A Very Difficult Decision About Roosevelt for Fourth Term
The piece analyzes Franklin D Roosevelt's reluctance to seek a fourth term, arguing his self made indispensability and salesmanship mask a thirst for power. It contrasts experience and leadership with the risks of extending his wartime presidency and calls for a national choice between continuity and a younger, less power minded successor.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Mr. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
China and Japan clash over world order in war era editorials
The column links July 7 1937 and December 7 1941 to Japan aggression in China, urging strong US support to save China. It argues Americans must act swiftly to bolster Chinese resistance, stressing China as a keystone of civil order in the Far East and tying taxicab policy to broader stability. It also notes editorials on various topics from taxation to wartime morale with a period voice.
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J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Enterprise
Associated Press
Postice
High Point
N C
Japan
China
United States
Far East
Marco Polo Bridge
Christian Science Monitor
Pres. Wilson
Russia
Washington
America
Water taste prompts question from visiting guest in High Point
Bob Larraby, recently from Tennessee and now in Winston-Salem, complains about chlorine taste in High Point water. Mrs. Whitesell stresses proper canning practices of production, sterilization, and sealing. City official Paul Clapp notes police must collect unlicensed dogs and endure owners’ curses at tag purchases.
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Bob Larraby
Tennessee
Winston-Salem
W. K. Whitesell
City Home
Paul Clapp
Local Red Cross Rooms Track Early July Dressings
Archdale and Trinity women in new Red Cross rooms have produced over ten thousand surgical dressings by July. Mrs. A L Stevens notes timely July quota and potential August output if efforts continue. Frances Burton extols dehydration as a cheap home food preservation method. Belvin Moore praises John Bricker for candor in presidential race. C B Baxter lauds Churchill as Britain's stabilizing leader in dark days.
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Archdale
Trinity
Red Cross
A. L. Stevens
High Point
These Days of Scholarship and the Electric Eye Test
An opinion piece on modern exams, praising objective tests and machine scoring. It cites the 1944 New York regents scholarship exam, praising its 240 multiple choice questions and urging students to answer by judgment, not perfection, as the machine reads pencil marks only.
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State of New York
United States
Department of Commerce
Sound choice prompts test questions about exams and rationalization
A columnist argues exam questions are unclear and biased to machine scoring. He critiques civics questions on ratification and government type, notes the error of assuming fixed answers, and claims rationalization appears in exam content. he urges reading the constitution and recognizing broad government forms.
One Man's Explanation of Dewey Nomination Strategy
In this piece Governor Dewey’s non candidacy is examined as both political tactic and statesmanlike restraint. The author argues Dewey sought nomination without a heated contest to preserve independence, enabling him to assemble a broad, nonpartisan advisory team and prepare for handling unprecedented national challenges.
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Kroscor Drummond
Christian Science Monitor
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
World Affairs
On Broadway and Washington Feud Over War and Politics
A barrage of questions targets public figures and policies from Mrs. Ernest Lundeen to Churchill and Mussolini. The piece rails against pacifists, isolationists, and lobbyists while urging accountability for politicians and press freedom amid wartime politics.
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