Noting Potential Governors for North Carolina
The piece reviews Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor in North Carolina and weighs their fitness for the role. It highlights Hugh Horton, W. I. Halstead, L. Y. Ballentine, and hints at John Larkins and Willie Lee Lumpkin, describing Horton as a popular 47 year old lawyer with legislative experience. It muses on duties of the lieutenant governor and the value of courts and local civics.
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Hugh Horton
Williamston
W. I. Halstead
South Mills Down
Camden County
L. Y. Ballentine
Varina
Wake County
John Larkins
Trenton
Willie Lee Lumpkin
Louisburg
Halstead
Raleigh
Ballentine
Senate
Larkins
Lumpkin
McDonald's
Sam Rayburn
Jones
Farley
New York
Werner F. Trinler
John Wildberg
Chicago Sun Amusement
Sears-Roebuck
Loew's
Lexington
Staten Island
Martinique Statute Stalemate and Change in Island Administration
The piece traces Georges Robert’s resistive stance as Vichy appointed administrator of Martinique against U S arguments for UN alignment. It notes a slow, protracted effort to seal Caribbean defenses, the resignation after Hull’s food cuts, and a shift to a new regime pledging four warships and twelve merchant vessels to the United Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Robert
Vichy
Martinique
United States
France
Robert
United Nations
Caribbean
State Department
Hull
S. C
First North Carolina Superior Court session outside county seat
Raleigh correspondents report High Point will host the first term of the North Carolina Superior Court outside a county seat. Officials consider whether to travel for the celebration given travel costs and accessibility.
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High Point
Deponent
Jupiter Pluvius
Guilford County
Greensboro
North Carolina Superior Court
W.A.B
Raleigh
Sunday Beer Bans Spread Across State
City councils face criticism for prohibiting Sunday beer sales while Raleigh leads a frank stance on drinking and wartime norms. The piece notes broader Sunday ban trends, cites soldier crowds, and hints at debates on gender roles and winter weather.
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Raleigh
Public voices weigh nursery care and postwar projects
The debate gathers citizens and officials in High Point on fall manpower, nursery school shifts, funding methods, and public health goals. Speakers include W F Credle C L Amos Mrs Everett Marsh Jr Judge D C Macae Janet Greene and Admiral Standley with notes from Igor Sikorsky on postwar helicopter growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
C. L. Amos
U S Exports Rise in Wartime Trade Volume
Peter Edson surveys wartime U S foreign trade showing exports about three times imports with $13 billion annualized exports in early 1943. He notes private firms handle deals under BEW license controls, with RCA financing and MILO PERKINS explaining importer and exporter roles.
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U.S
U. S
United States
Board of Economic Warfare
America
BREW
Milo Perkins
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
BEW
Congress
Perkins
Halsa
Milton on weakness and judgment in Isaiah a thought
A Miltonic reflection on Isaiah 14 10 about weakness before God and man. The fragment notes that wickedness stems from weakness and will not grant remission, urging moral accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Marriage in Illinois Quick and Tidy Union
An Illinois couple wed and separated in forty minutes, a note on rapid unions. The quip about a six foot cell hints at punishment. The passage also touches car noise from misadjustment and cheeky sayings about wealth and self image along with brief mentions of Albert Spalding, Nicaragua gold aims, and rising Harvard costs from past to present.
Broadways legend and society spies swirl in wartime rumor mill
Intimate world chatter ties Broadway figures like Marlene Dietrich and Jean Gabin to assignments and weddings while society names swirl around John Jacob Astor III's next bride and Luce Willkie support. Vague opera, film and political notes across cities hint at deals, previews, and celebrity moves amid wartime constraints.
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Charles
Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Time-Life
Luce
Willkie
Congress
Victor Moore
Shirley Page
Robert Thomas
Vandamm
Carol Wheeler
Life
Lou Holtz
Hollywood
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Point
N. C
John Budd
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Horton
Oyez
The
Greensboro News
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
W. F. Credle
C. S. Buchanan
State Health Department
Sweden
Frank J. Sizemore
D. C. Macae
Janet Greene
Africa
Robert D. Keeler
North Africa
Sicily
Gladys Moran
William H. Standley
Igor Sikorsky
Peter Edson
NEA
Regu
Illinois
Albert Spalding
Nicaragua
Harvard
Winchell
Broadway
Connecticut
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Rhode Island
Dewey
Massachusetts
Burke
Boston
Tobin
Saltonstall
GOP
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Sen. Aiken
Maine
Churchill
FDR
Wolcott Gibbs
New Yorker
Edward Chodorov
Gibbs
Doe) Fields
Joe Fields
Ed Chodoroy
Jerome
Nevada Ranch
Anna
Ann Durgen
Harper's Bazaar
Indore
Paul Abbott
Modern Museum of Art
Hempstead
L. I. Deb
Lee
Mexico
Q. Reynolds
Metro
North American
Harry James
Walter Suffren Gurnee
Veddy Reed
Pretty
Henry Ford
Roy Porter
Clifton Webb
Libby Holman
Jack Pearl
Jane Froman
Doctor
Dutton
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Tommy Manville
Westchester
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H'wood
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Gerald L. K. Smith
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