Courtroom chatter and odd quotes surface in old record
A garbled transcript reveals street corner remarks and courtroom asides. Private George Moser Jr notes would not trade a boot camp memory for money. Dr. J G deR Hamilton questions facts amid an automobile collision tale. A witness testifies to pheasants on the road and a French misinterpretation. Local attorney Silas Cain critiques a Southern study as police efficiency. A druggist and clerk discuss air raids over the city. Citizens debate stadium funding and potential foreclosures as attendance concerns grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. der. Hamilton
University of North Caro
Southern
Iit
Counci
Silas Ca
cRae
North Carolina to intensify postwar advertising drive
The North Carolina advertising committee and Governor plan a stronger push to promote tourism and industry despite wartime shortages. Bill Sharpe leads the campaign emphasizing steady, sustained promotion of vacation spots and industrial opportunities to build goodwill and future business. Tobacco, auto, and retail sectors are urged to invest in advertising now to secure postwar growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Board of Conservation and Development
Bill Sharpe
Roger Babson
America
Alumni Rejoice As Billy Woolen Makes War Record
Alumni recall Billy Woolen of Chapel Hill as a WWII hero who shot down four Japanese planes in Coral Sea and Midway battles. The piece notes his family ties to University leadership, praises service efficiency, and cites Wade Bruton’s shift from attorney general candidate to a Washington desk job. It argues generals and civilians alike contribute, with veterans and noncombat roles alike sustaining the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of North Carolina
William Stone
Billy” Woolen
Chapel Hill
McCuskey
Billy Woolen
Consolidated University
Charlie Woolen
Charlie
Bessie Woolen
High Point
Billy
Wescott Robertson
Wade Bruton
VMI
Bruton
Army
Washington
They Also Serve and the Criticism of Civilian Commissioned Officers
A cautious editorial notes that critics overclassify men commissioned from civilian life into the army or navy. It argues many such officers prove capable despite suspicions tied to “pull” and emphasizes that most commissions arise from merit rather than bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Pull
Second Front Opens in Allied War Strategy Debate
The article outlines Allied discussions on a European second front to relieve the Soviet Union. It notes pressure from the Communist Party of Britain for diversion efforts and weighs risks to morale if a front fails. The piece considers temporary bridgeheads, expanded commando raids, air supported landings, and potential full invasion, balanced against German reinforcements from the eastern front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Russia
Communist Party of
Britain
Turkey
Sweden
India
France
Cologne
Brevities and oddities from a curious column
A quirky snippet features a scientist remark about an ant soul, sugar fears, teeth care tips, and fashion trends. It notes slow straw hats for comfort, questions bathwear patterns, and quotes a housewife dismissing cucumbers from sugarless recipes.
Walter Winchell Criticized by Public Figures for Smear Tactics
Washington and Chicago papers quote congressmen and editors condemning Walter Winchell as a smear artist who harms national unity. The debate centers on his broadcasts and calls for loyalty tests while critics urge him to don or drop a naval uniform. The Washington Times-Herald and Chicago Tribune sources frame a clash over patriotism and press power amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare E. Hoffman
Michigan
Walter Winchell
Walter
New York
Washington Times-Herald
Winchell
Nations
Fish
Washington, D. C
America
Hamilton Fish
House
Congress
Navy
The
Chicago Tribune
Roosevelt Visits North Carolina Acknowledging Support
High Point area notes say Governor Roosevelt spoke in Albany of his regard for the South and anticipated broad support from voters across major parties. Local items report market meetings, local visits, and brief society notes amid scattered news briefs on mills, rail, and public figures.
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L. J. Fisher
High Point Township
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
N.Y. Ya
Fisher
Roosevelt
North Carolina
South
Furniture Market Association
Elwood Hotel
Cigarette stubs blamed for major North Carolina fires
A June forestry report shows 93 fires across 58 counties with forest fire control, 42 caused by careless smokers, total damage about 867,377 on 37.10 acres. If trends held for counties not reporting, losses could exceed 50,000. Debris burning, incendiary fires next, lightning third. Mussels fetch 40 cents a bushel at Morehead City as shuckers plant operates. Defense schools planned in Chapel Hill with air raid alert training and bomb reconnaissance instruction for civilian defense workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Forestry Division
Department of Conservation and Development
Defense Workers
Chapel Hill
War era quotes on politics and warfare
A collection of wartime aphorisms and reflections from leaders and officials including Mowrer Gandhi and Benes. The remarks touch on preparedness, propaganda, taxation, and the moral stakes of war, noting distrust of Hitler, views on postwar Germany, and critiques of political maneuvering during conflict.
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
B. Terry
Ilewad A
Rawley
Mmnett
A. ‘Cecil
Bert Thompson
Treas
Gen. Agr
Associated Press
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
N. C
of Congress
National Adv
Joan Budd CO
Lexington Ave
New York City
George ‘Scoot"Moser, Jr
United States Nine Corps
D. A. Wdy
Istant
John Mo
Dowdy
Rupert T. Pickens
Toms, Jr
Bball
Gril
Broadway
Butch O'Hare
Houston
Lexington
Tam
Paw
George Spelvin
Australia
Tegs
Spelvin
FBI
Hitler
Intelligence
Westbrook Pegler
Bune
U. S
Tiglic
Justice Department
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Dilling
Chicago
Elmer J. Garner
James
Wichita
Kansas
Robert Edmondson
Santa Barbara
Gerald Winrod William Griffin
N. Y. Enquirer
Chas. B. Hudson
Omaha
Neb
Ellis O. Jones
Robert Noble
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Indianapolis
Col
E. N. Sanctuary
Herman Max Schwinn
Ralph Townsend
San Francisco
Scribners
Gerald B. Winrod
James C. True
George Sylvester Viereck
Jime
Margaret Fowler
Greensboro Road
Mit
Gilead
J. &. Wood
Jewell Spencer
Hoover
Attlee Pomerone
Ohio
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Arthur H. Paschal
West Green Street
Chamber of Commerce
Brookridge
Ruth Everett
Edenton
Ruth Mungo
Elm Street
George Yates
Dennyce McAdams
Winston-Salem
Central Avenue
Internal Revenue Department
Raleigh
Zo Lo
Cain
Capital Square
Morehead City
John A. Nelson
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Office of War Information
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Shapovalov
Lieut Joachim Louis
Eugene L. Cox
Georgia
Germany
Edward Benes
John Drewen
Hudson County, N. J
Thomas F. Meaney
Jerome Daly
Board of Transportation of
Hell
Wartim
Leon Henderson
Federal Price Adminnstrator
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