Braden Earns Praise for Fair Nonpartisan City Manager Candidacy
The Enterprise welcomes Mr. Roy S. Braden as city manager in High Point. He is praised for fair play during the search, his nonpartisan view of city government, and his willingness to broadcast opportunities to qualified applicants. The note highlights his past as IA CM president and his restraint in self promotion. This portrait complements broader commentary on cost of living shifts since 1939.
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Roy S. Braden
Braden
International Association of City Managers
E. M. Knox
Association
High Point
Mr. Braden
Cane
Pennsylvania
Roy
Dep't
U.S
Giovanni Martinelli
Met Opera
John Lardher
Newsweek
Gypsy Rose Lee
George S. Kaufman
Billy Rose
New York City
Flora Robson
England
Bricker
Capitol
Philip Faymonville
U. S
Moscow
The Cost of War Beyond Money
The piece argues that war’s price surpasses billions in materiel, stressing that civilization’s progress rests on collective ideas. It laments the loss of potential leaders and thinkers, warning that Hitler’s aggression halts general progress and risks irreparable damage to human creativity.
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Germany
Hitler
Restaturateur Francis Fined in English Rationing Books
In England rationing records caused a cafe owner to drop peas into a pot to tally tea and hot beverages sold while the Ministry of Food demanded neat ledgers. Restautateur Francis was fined 12 pounds for failing to keep proper books, raising questions about bureaucracy in the empire.
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England
OPA
Ministry of Food
Francis
Empire
Cost of living figures lag as data show rising trends
The article notes delayed statistics on living costs, with May 15 1943 figures showing a rise over August 15 1939. It warns that the trend is upward, and current living costs exceed official estimates by more than 6.9 percent, while actual costs may be higher.
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Washington
S.B.H
Labor Department
Savannah
Seattle
Catania
Rudolph Binder
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Eure
Ukraine
Caucasus
Orel
Bryansk
Poland
United Nations
Balkans
Russia
Germany
Normandy rearming hopes rise as capsized liner nears righting
Observers see the Normandie about to be righted within days after erecting a reviewing stand. As the U S S Lafayette, she could be reconditioned for varied uses from carrier to troopship. Experts note thin shell and fire risk, but aim to fix defects for possible future service. Sentiment favors aiding France’s freedom.
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Normandie
U.S.S. Lafayette
France
Citizens urged to vote wisely and support government
Major Arnold J. Koonce emphasizes civilian backing for war efforts and governance. Local leaders discuss war outcomes, tax stamps, service centers, and civic appointments as morale and recruitment rise in wartime communities.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Hipie Club
Palace Guard shapes 1944 political clash at White House
Peter Edson argues the so called Palace Guard around Roosevelt includes Hopkins Frankfurter Rosenman Niles Cohen Vinson Gilbert and others. He notes rumors of a covert super government operating above cabinet and questions their influence on war policy and presidential messaging.
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Palace
Roosevelt
White House
Harry Hopkins
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Samuel N. Rosenman
New York
David K. Niles
Ben
Office of Government Reports
McNutt
Wayne Coy
Smith
Budget Bureau
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus
Palace Guard
First Family
Congress
The Lord Gets His Best Soldiers From Affliction
A devotional quote citing Psalms 1877 and Spurgeon about trembling times and divine deliverance. It emphasizes God reviving the troubled and saving by his mighty hand.
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Spurgeon
Italian Troops Turn Against Germans in Sicily Report
The item notes some Italian troops in Sicily defecting from the Germans. It mentions a hospital run in Bermuda by an Army jeep carrying an expectant mother. The piece also includes light commentary on social life and a school teacher advocating pleasant speech.
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Sicily
Hamilton
Bermuda
Winchell on Broadway and Hollywood Whispers
A sweeping column of show business gossip and politics spans warnings at Hollywood spots about underage Mrs. Chaplin, marriages and pregnancies in theater circles, wartime ops and staffing shifts, plus notes on Willkie, Winchell, and public policy. Names include Doris Duke Cromwell Ellen Morgan Wally Boag Major Spence John Anderson Giovanni Martinelli and more.
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Hollywood
C. Chaplin
Kkker
Doris Duke Cromwell
Southern College
Ellen Morgan
K. Hepburn
Wally Boag
Fartzell Spences
Yank
Willkie
Philip
Navy
Irv Berlin
Wacs
Col. Hobby
M. Wylie
MGM
Journal-American
John Anderson
H. W. Howzes
Gen. Arnold
Esther Gaylord
White House
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N. Y
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
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Pasteur
Shakespeare
H. Severn Regar
J. Lee Gibson
Internal Revenue
U.S.C. Service Men's Center
Virginija Frank
Miss Frank
J. J. Corrigan
George F. Ball
J. F. Jones
John F. Story
Enterprise
North Carolina
Peter Edson
White House ‘Palace
New York State
Citiens
Jablesa
Mussolini
Lea
Canada
Winchell
Broadway
Chicago
To & Bettors
Wallace
Repubs
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Martin Town
Rio
Rushville
Indiana
Murray Lewin
Riverside Chapel
Madison Square Garden
James Davises
West Side Hospital
Wynn Murray
H. Wynn
BBC
Algiers
Robert Donat
Star
Robert Dunnett
Towners
Frank Farrell
Jerry Cooper
Det Riot
Narita
Savoy Plaza
Sam Frans Josef
Austria
Indore
Philly
52Nd Street
Serge Voronoff
Startling
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Gerald L. K. Smith
Lyone
Gerald Smith
Albert Johnson
Patricia Deering
Kay Fears
Billy Rose Petal
Ivan Black
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