Gandhi seeks full freedom and civil disobedience start
The piece reports Gandhi asking Britain for complete independence and threatening civil disobedience by August 7, with Indian Congress approval expected. It reflects on his influence, Thoreau's Civil Disobedience, Japan’s threat, inflation, and U S wartime homefront issues, urging national responsibility and unified effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tandhi
India
Britain
Ace
Promses
Indian Couness
Gandhi
Nough
Henry David Thoreau
Andhi
Aps
Sipila
Ndia
Transgressors Face Hard Path, Stroke of Punishment Cited
A compact moral excerpt notes the hard road for wrongdoers with biblical and poetic references. It contrasts Proverbs 13 15 guidance with Cowper’s warning on unleashed sin and divine retribution.
Americans face rising prices and wartime strain at home
The piece examines a broad public mood as inflation and shortages press households. It notes Americans eager to obtain desired goods despite crises, wage pressures from workers and farmers, and a perceived see-saw economy where neither side gains as costs climb. It reflects a wartime domestic uncertainty.
No Interloper and Washington Brass in War Times
A Charlotte Observer editorial on Elmer Davis notes his role in wartime coverage and clashes with censors. It reflects on official courtesy, veteran habits, and the public’s wartime effort while recalling Lincoln’s line. The piece comments on air-raid drills and civilian defense alerts in High Point and Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charlotte Observer
Elmer Davis
War Information Service
United States
Davis
Iran
Navy
Army
High Point
Enterprise
Civilian Defense Corps
Greensboro
Government seeks 850000 secondhand typewriters for war work
War Production Board chief Donald Nelson asks U S business to donate or sell 850000 used typewriters. Letters go to firms, dealers and agencies will act as buyers. Surplus machines will boost army navy and war commissions while factory output focuses on guns. Also notes on federal job losses and probation cases in Raleigh and Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Leon Henderson
The
Christian Science Monitor
France
Amazon
St. Lawrence
Congress
America
United States
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
OWL
Nelson
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
WPB
Budget Bureau
WPA
Bowas
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Sam Smith
Smith
Walter Winchell New York Heartbeat Update at Big Town
A brisk collage of celebrity sightings across New York venues Sardi's Algonky Savoy Plaza and La Martinique features Dorothy McGuire Ruth Gordon Fannie Hurst William Holden Ray Bolger Greta Garbo Cary Grant Myrna Loy and Dinah Shore among others. Reports note crowded Stork Club chatter and a biting quip about show business in Chicago plus hints of court action and agency shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy MceGuire
Claudia
Sardi
Ruth Gordon
Fannie Hurst
William Holden
Moompitchers
Ray Bolgers
Fort Broadway
Stork
Lotus Brentfield
Gypsy Rose Lee
Algonk
Enrico Caruso
Larry Adler
Savoy Plaza
Jan Struther
Miniver
Biltmore
Harry Hopkins
Greta Garbo
Central Park
la Martinique
The
Lovely Girls
Hsuing Shi Fei
Broadway seen as intellectual Fascist quits Weekly
A fragmented New York page features quips and local vignettes from Manhattan. It mentions Mori’s moving to 9th Street and 112 Central Park South, a new companion for La Garbo, a guillotine at the Hotel Pierre, and sharp lines about a sign in a Fifth Avenue bookshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mori
Greenwich Village
S9th Street
Central Park South
la Garbo
Mr. Slater
Slade
Pierre
Manhattan
Sth Avenue
Lexington
Father Duffy
Dorothy Kilgallen
Reuben’s
Staten Island
Park Avenue
Guilford County Leads in Highway Divisional Arrests
Local News Briefs report Guilford County leading in highway divisional arrests. Weather breaks heat wave with rain. Miss Lucy Neal Carr returns from New York and Richmond visit hosted by Mrs Harmon. Mr and Mrs R A Sheroff spend weekend at Wrightsville Beach. Mrs Edward L Brown returns from Asheville. Thirty heat victims in the South as rains arrive. American aviator Clarence McElroy rescued after 17 days in Mexican jungle. Governor Gardner rejects further NC salary cuts. Parrot joke about Roosevelt Churchill shared. Navy recruitment shifts gender humor. Dorn Dinah Shore quote appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
O. R. Weaver
Fairfield Road
T. A. Brown
Southside Labor Association
Lucy Neal Carr
New York
Richmond
Alrs
Dave Harmon
Elizabeth Hayden
High Point
R. A. Sheroff
Wrightsville Beach
John Abels
Asheville
Edward L. Brown
South
Clarence McElroy
Gardner
North Carolina
Houdry Rubber Plan Sparks Washington Bonfire
Peter Edson reports on Houdry Process Corporation advertising a quick and cheap butadiene method aimed at synthetic rubber. Houdry alleges government delay while oil firms with ties to Houdry seek a stake, raising questions about government scrutiny and industry influence in wartime rubber policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Houdry Process Corporation
Eugene J. Houdry
Specials
Houdry
Labor
de Gaulle
Rubber Reserve
Frank Waltman
Republican Party
Sun Oil
Socony Vacuum
Arthur Pew, Jr
Philadelphia
Sun
Standard of New Jersey
Sun, Socony-Vacuum and Houdry
Hechter
Phillips Petroleum Company
Southwest
Phillips
War Production Board
Ile
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HE High Poins Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
B. Terry
A. Rawley
Treas
A. Cecil
Sapus
M. Waynick
Carrie
Associated Press
Ponny
N C
Nationa Adv
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
York City
Sin Let Loose
Cowper
Abraham Lincoln
A. Lincoln
Capital Square
Harry Griffin
Charlotte
Office of Government Reports
Raleigh
OGR
Griffin
Consolidated Agency
Revenue
Ben Eaton
Winston-Selem
Department of Revenue
Thathaway Cress
Parote Commission
Ndwin Gill
Walter Winchell
Dorothy Parker
Chicago
Evelyn Vernon
Helen Jepson
Metopera Star
N. J
Whirlaway
Joan Crawford
Boyer
James Reston
Secasas’ Rhumband
LaConga
Roosevelt
Cerney Twins
Havana-Madrid
USO
Penn Depot
Dinah Shore
Yikes
Broadway
Princess Montenegro
Nelson Seabra
Dusko
Coral Bruce
Lawrence Dennis
Annie
Bray Byron
Yugoslavia
Churchill
Can
Oslo
Peter Edson
Mayor la Guaraia
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