Next North Carolina Governor Could Come From Eastern Wing
Raleigh observations reveal early 1948 gubernatorial speculation with candidates including Stimous Valentine Libby Ward Kenneth Royal John Kerr Thad Eure Charles Johnson Umstead Horton and others. The author leans that one of Ward Umstead or Horton may become the next governor, likely from the eastern bloc.
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Roosevelt
North Carolina
Raleigh
Stimous Valentine
McDonaldites
Fountain
McDonald
Libby” Ward
New Bern
Kenneth Royal
John Kerr, Jr
Broughton
Thad Eure
Charles Johnson
Willam Umstead
Supreme Court
Willkins P. Horton
Umstead
Cherry
Senate
Living Christ and the danger of indifference to His message
A devotional reflection on Jesus hatred without cause and the persistence of faith through persecution. It recalls John 15 25 and cites John Hus and Hitler as contrasts, urging readers to heed scripture and not forget the Living Christ in perilous days.
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Satan
God
Jesus
Herod
Pilate
Saint Paul
Christ
John Hus
Adolf Hitler
Jesus Christ
Hitler
Judas Iscariot
Benedict Arnold
Fried chicken furlough plan sparks wartime humor
Pvt Charlies W Allman, back from two years in the South Pacific, jokes his main furlough plan is eating southern fried chicken. Harold Reeves complains about Main Street ordinances taxing shop owners as he jokes about tall hats and awnings. Lee Gibson urges people to buy Federal ante stickers on Monday to avoid fines.
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Pvt
Charlies W. Allman
South Pacific
Harold Reeves
Main Stret
Lee Gibson
Local Voices Highlight Budget Talks and Youth Center Fun
Residents comment on city budgeting and staffing while Elaine Forward praises a Friday Youth Center dance. Homer Holton notes Wake Forest football potential, and Lt. Col. Hawkins discusses postwar demobilization and store hours impact. Ralph Miller reports broad WMC job referral cooperation as city managers consider end of year finances.
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Youth Center
Elaine
Homer Holton
Carolina
Twin Cities Plan Aims Tax Reform For Corporations And Individuals
Business leaders and chambers of commerce produced a new postwar tax plan. They hired experts at about 8000 dollars to draft 20000 brochures outlining a twofold approach: cut individual taxes by about 16 percent while preserving a 40 percent rate on corporate income, removing the war excess profits tax.
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Washington
Twin Cities
Ve. Rum
Roosevelt
Njustice
Bor
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
A. F. of L
Chamber of Commerce
NAM
C. of C
Tax reform ideas spark debate on corporate and individual rates
Paul Mallon discusses dividends taxed twice and critiques current tax policy. He notes corporate taxes paid and proposes shifting to lower corporate rates while raising individuals, citing Beardsley Ruml and postwar budget questions as evidence for reform beyond Washington.
Archives film vaults showcase wartime cinema for public study
In the National Archives complex a quiet theater with no ticket booth shows a broad range of film for individuals or groups with legitimate interest. The Division of Motion Pictures and Sound records holds over 100 million feet of film, from Grover Cleveland to World War II footage, for educational and wartime use.
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Washington
National Archives
Little Hollywood
Archives’ Division of Motion Pictures and Sound
Grover Cleveland
John Bradley
Bradley
Navy seeks out of print World War I naval actions
Archives experts work with the Bureau of Standards and film makers to develop durable film expected to last 300 to 500 years. The storage rooms hold movies of presidents since Cleveland and voices since Wilson, plus 1890s Indian war chants. Farther shelves include later war chants from Japanese and German programs, with 25,000 recordings in the division.
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Bureau of Standards and Film Makers
Bradley
Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
U. S
Nazism in America and FBI counterespionage successes
John Edgar Hoover portrays Nazi sabotage as doomed by Pearl Harbor with 15,750 Fifth Column arrests. He highlights Bund leaders Kunze Lehmitz De Spretter Luning and other plots, noting successful FBI field work, intercepted plans, and the collapse of German espionage efforts in the United States.
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John Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
America
Normandy
Caen
Poland
Pearl Harbor
FBI
U. S. Treasury
Ernst Fritz Lehmitz
Erwin Harry de Spretter
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