High Point Justice Debate Over Lindsey Case
The Guilford County Lindsey manslaughter case prompts a call for immediate investigation by Governor Broughton and Commissioner Cross. The writer argues a potential miscarriage of justice due to defense funding and asserts North Carolina justice must apply equally to all regardless of race or wealth.
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Overnor Broughton
High Point
Guilford Suerior Court
North Carolina
John Enry Lindsey
Gower- Broughton
Commis- Hathaway
Lindsey
Muncipal
Don MacRae
Guilford County
Hoyle Sink
John Henry Lindsey
Cross
Broughton
Googe predicts many anti veto congressmen may fall
Clip from 1945 quotes George Googe Southern VP F L as predicting three fourths of congressmen who voted to override FDRs anti strike bill will be defeated in two years. The piece casts doubt on such a large defeat rate and notes labor and Nazi propaganda interplay in South Africa politics and Smuts election dynamics.
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George Googe
F. of L
Googe
Roosevelt
Organized Labor
Two Elections Shape British Family and Global War
In summer two elections draw attention from the British family sphere. Australia seeks a Labor majority under Premier Curtin while South Africa faces a vote with UN implications. Smuts leads a belligerent campaign as German broadcasts tipped the contest.
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South Africa
Tab
Australia
Curtin
Labor
United Nations
Axis
Jan Christian Smuts
Prentiss Brown Sees Confusion Over Price Control
In an interview with Peter Edson, Prentiss M. Brown says Washington views price control and rationing as the most confusing home front issue. The piece notes public sentiment across the nation and suggests OPA reports may differ, humorously urging better hearings.
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Peter Edson
Washington
Thoughts of Others From Echoing Voices Across War Time
A mosaic of remarks from soldiers, officials, and civilians reflecting wartime views. Quotes cover court sessions, editorial praise, youth attitudes, brassieres of discipline, weather, WAC service, and logistics from North Africa to Tunisia, with names like W F Smith Jacqueline Clark D A Dowdy Senator Revercomb Captain McNeil Norman T Kirk and William M Jeffers.
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North Africa
Anya
States
Charles L. McNeil
Tunis
Bizerte
Transportation integration plan eyed by transport reps in Washington
A proposed nationwide move to group rail, highway, water and air lines into 11 to 17 regional systems is under study. Donald D. Conn of Chicago touts the plan while critics fear a rail-dominated monopoly and warn against hurried postwar actions.
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United States
Washington
Congress
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Board of Investigation and Research
Department of Justice
Senate
Donald D. Conn
Chicago
Transportation Association of America
Tun Conn
The
Transportation Association
Board of Investigation
Conn
Exchange of Stock and Control
Anti
Romans and Herbert on patience and duty
A brief devotional note contrasts Romans 15 1 urging strong to bear infirmities with Herbert remark that even the worst may utter something good. The text links sense and patience under divine guidance and preaching.
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God
Herbert
Educator Criticizes Autos and Gender Roles in a Quip
A tongue in cheek column argues autos harm youth and mocks gendered flyer quality. A Washington man awarded a bathing suit from household effects after his divorce jokes about future infidelity. Italian Palermo crowd cheers Uncle Sam. Moonlight romance and fashion trends are joked as short skirts stay.
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Washington
Mussolini’s fall sparks universal censure and mockery
Wartime column chronicles Mussolini’s collapse and Hitler’s snubs, detailing the Duce’s rise and fall, his failed dominion from Rome to Africa, and his humiliating ouster as Italy’s regime fractures under Allied pressure and internal betrayal. It notes Badoglio’s role and warns traitors in the axis.
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Benito Mussolini
Duce
Hitler
Rome
Benito
Castor
Turin
Has-Benito
Spain
Franco
Guadaljara
Mussolini
Albania
France
Greece
Africa
Italy
Sicily
Badoglio
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
J. P. Rawley
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Memben
Associated Press
John Budd
Lexington Ave
N. Y
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
R. L. Hanbarker
General Smuts
S.B.H
Ulation
Prentiss M. Brown
Mr. Brown
Canada
Gulf
OPA
Ren Point
Rouss
High Point Division of Superior Court
W. F. Smith
Enterprise
Jacqueline Clark
Durham
Braden
Arnold Koonce
D. A. Dowdy
New England
F. D. Farnsworth
Bangor
Maine
Sen. Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Jerrell Smith
Cincinnati
Max Collins
WAC
Hazel Chapman
Washington, D. C
Tunisia
Guadalanal
Army
Norman T. Kirk
Iceland
Ralph Reed
Air Transport Command
William M. Jeffers
Association of American Railroads
U.S
Palermo
Uncle
Uncle Sam
Winchell
Broadway
Adolf
Ethiopia
Stresa
Germany
Laval
Britain
Berlin
Ed Wynn
Musso
Soglow
Quisling
Bismarck
Benito de
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