Demobilized records branch to leave High Point this fall
High Point faces a fall move as the demobilized records branch of the adjutant general's office prepares to relocate to St. Louis. The change affects housing and payroll, with many civilian workers, mostly women clerks, seeking local employment and a postwar expansion in the city.
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Adjutant General's Office
Washington
High Point
Sport
St. Louis
E. C. Gault
Bevin Called Key Foreign Secretary in New British Government
The piece singles out Ernest Bevin as the likely top influence in Britain's new government, noting his wartime role mobilizing manpower as labor secretary. It describes him as tough, left-leaning on some issues, but favorably viewed by Americans for blunt, face up diplomacy. It suggests Byrnes and Bevin may pursue frank relations and honesty as policy.
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Ernest Bevin
Ernie
Lancashire
Jimmie” Byrnes
Spartanburg
S. C
Ernie” Bevin
Bristol
Capitol Square Satisfied Over Highway Route Debate
Raleigh responds to highway commission changes on hyper-roads with mixed feelings from civic groups. Asheville and Waynesville express skepticism about a 270 foot right of way and four lanes. Taylorville and Lenoir may push for US 64 routing changes to link with local roads. Lt. Col. Howell J. Hatcher, alias Doggie, visits Capitol Square amid patrol division rumors.
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Raleigh
Highway Commission
Chambers of Commerce
Asheville
Waynesville
Taylorsville
Lenoir
Statesville
Morganton
Hickory
Howell J. Hatcher
Doggie
Capitol Square
Col. Hatcher
Highway Patrol and Safety Division
Army
North Carolina faces postwar funding squeeze and no state fair
The finance outlook shows the C&E fund depleted with about $750,000 for the year, largely used for Camp Sutton hospital acquisition and indigent care. A special session may be needed to cover postwar needs, with only a $20 million reserve awaiting legislative action. No state fair this year.
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Council of State
Camp Sutton
Monroe
C&e
General Assembly
State Board of Agriculture
Central Leaf Tobacco Company
Durham
J. 8. Dorton
Veterans’ congress drives wartime legislation surge
Washington lawmakers term the 1945 46 sessions the veterans congress as about 4000 bills have been filed since January many aimed at veterans or their families. Bills cover farm equipment priority, bonus pension plans and overseas visits to graves of fallen loved ones with the GI bill of rights amended after 1944.
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Clair Johnson
Jack Stinnett
Washington
House
Senate
Congress
William J. MccDermott Jr
Veterans topics in Congress as care of wounded highlighted
By Jack Stinnett veterans adoption topics rise as returning service members resurface. Lawmakers weave remarks about veterans into addresses during a period of a House veterans committee inquiry into the Veterans Administration. Omar Bradley was named to succeed Frank T. Hines. investigation cooled but continues.
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House Veterans Committee
Veterans Administration
Omar Bradley
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Affairs
Morality of Washington and Roosevelts in Nepotism Debate
A Philadelphia reader questions the morality of thanking a stranger for a loan to a president’s son and cites George Washington versus Parson Weem. The letter discusses Brigadier General Elliott Roosevelt and the president’s duty to avoid nepotism amid public scrutiny of financial dealings involving the elder Roosevelts.
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George Washington
Parson Weem
Elliott Roosevelt
United States
Morals and Morality in Politics and Business Critique
A columnist reflects on public figures tied to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Elliott Roosevelt, arguing that perceived favoritism and family profits undermine national morals. He connects postwar shifts in ethical standards to Prohibition, education, and cultural change, citing Hoover Willkie contrasts as a measure of era morality.
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Wendell Willkie
Colorado Springs
Herbert Hoover
Elliott Roosevelt
Willkie
Hoover
Elliott
Winning the War Trade and the Postwar Economy
The piece argues two main drivers for full employment and mass production: foreign aid to allied nations and rapid reconversion after Japan’s defeat. It discusses reliance on overseas markets, obstacles like price levels and raw material shortages, export controls, and the Sterling bloc shaping postwar American trade and competition.
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Truman
Ace
Europe
New York
Trade and postwar policy doubts in United States Britain ties
An article reviews hopes that discriminatory postwar curbs will be removed after the war if the United States helps Britain rebuild and avoids crowding foreign markets. It notes double taxation, travel hurdles, and calls for reciprocal trade agreements with Latin America and Europe.
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Ton
Britain
National Foreign Trade Council
New York
United States
Latin America
United Kingdom
Neutrals
Europe
Winchell On Broadway Notes From A Newspaper Man
A collage of anecdotes about W I Winchell and Hollywood figures. Quips from Justice Murphy and a playful look at industry figures including Fred MacMurray Alec W Woollcott Lillian Braithwaite H G Wells and James Agate, plus backstage stories and a YMCA praise for Winchells fairness.
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Ernie” Biven
By Lynn Nisbet
National Guard
America
Philadelphia
George Sokolsky
Mr. Hartford
White House
President Roosevelt
Tammany Hall
Bretton Woods Monetary Fund
International Bank
Uncle Sam
John Bull
British Commonwealth
London
Middle East
By Albert Leman
Winchell
Justice F. Murphy
High Court
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
FDR
Justice Murphy
Fred "MacMurray
Fred
Alec Woollcott
H. G. Wells
Lillian Braithwaite
The
London Star
James Agate
Lillian Dorothy-Parker
England
Charles Brackett
la Braithwaite
Rome Vincent
Winter Garden
Romo
Romoaid
Brooklyn Eagle
N. Y. World
Dept of Agriculture
League of Nations
League
Herb Swope
Exec
Swope
Gerandas
John
William
Mary
Russia
Henry Stimson
John E. Rankin
Colgum
M. Todd
Ringlings
Goodyear
Secretary of War
Kostelanetz
Chrysler
Anne Nichols
Abie
H'wood
Rankin
Cassidy
Movietown
Laura
D. Pearson
Private
Breger Abroad
Senge
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