Newspaper notice and staffing lines from High Point Enterprise
Public notice style fragment lists roles D A Rawley secretary treasurer Hammett Cecil general manager Waynick editor. It notes carrier policies for advance distribution in towns and city limits and subscription payment to the office. Includes copyright and republication statements from Associated Press and a partial masthead.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Congress
John Budd CO
Lexington
Communist platform ridiculed in June 3 1940 critique
The piece mocks the Communist party platform calling for no war spending and making the rich bear the crisis burden while noting inconsistencies. It praises North Carolina Congressman Lindsay Warren for saving federal road aid and supports continued high level road construction as national defense. It also mentions Soviet wartime prep and a jab at High Point’s retail reputation.
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Communist Party
Congress
John Williamson
Soviet Russia
North Carolina
Lindsay Warren
House Committee On Roads
Warren
Blue Ridge Parkway
Virginia
Governor proposes Legion committees to root out subversive propaganda
Governor Hoey urges North Carolina American Legion posts to form committees to cooperate with government agencies in uncovering un American activities and potential subversive propaganda. He asked J H Rose to mobilize Legion support and Rose accepted the invitation as the nation seeks to defend its principles of true Americanism.
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American Legion
Hoey
North Carolina
J. H. Rose
Rose
Sprucing Up Wrenn Street Block Prompts Community Debate
The city finished widening sidewalk paving on Wrenn Street from Commerce to High. Despite improvements the area near Main Street still looks shabby, especially at store rears. A remodeled store has boosted the block and residents ask if the entire block can be spruced up behind other stores.
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Wrenn Street
Commerce
High
Main Street
A Way About Them in School Election
At William Penn Negro High School a solo female candidate challenged four male peers for student government president. Despite the school's female majority, the girl received 34 votes, far less than a fifth of the total. The article notes a perceived male edge in voting.
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William Penn Negro High School
How To Win Friends And Influence People Lesson Turned On A Doctor
Dale Carnegie style tale shows Ross F. Roberts a Pittsburgh life insurance broker who used a doctor’s opposition as ammo. He learned personal details, framed insurance as a duty, and had the doctor buy a policy himself. The punchline urges readers to make a tough customer sell himself.
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Pittsburgh
Dr. Brownee
Ross F. Roberts
Brownsville Road
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Tor
Fate of Neutrals in Present War
Editor's opinion argues that modern conflict will end neutrality as nations are drawn into war. The piece foresees U S involvement along the southern border and predicts a climactic judgment of the nations with justice restored through divine law rather than treaties. Continued on Page 11.
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Joel
Jehoshaphat
United States
Zion
Patman Levels Claims On Nazi Propaganda Ring In Congress
Texas Congressman Patman spent an hour detailing alleged Fifth Column and Trojan Horse activities linked to Nazi Germany. He named Carl Byoir as a propagandist receiving as much as $6000 a month from German interests and urged Congressional investigations supported by Walter Winchell’s column.
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Patman
Texas
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
U. S
Congress
Carl Byoir
Byoir
Walter Winchell
Daily Mirror
East 40Th Et
Carl Byoir & Associates
Congressional
Germany
America
Carl Byci & Associates
Nazi Germany
High Point Mass Meeting on Proposed Airport
Hundreds of citizens gather tonight in High Point to support the proposed airport project. Community events include seniors staging the annual class night at the local high school and Community Chest seeking unpaid pledges.
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High Point
Community Chest
Patman Accuses Viereck and Byoir in Nazi Propaganda Ties
Congressman Patman charges newspaperman George Sylvester Viereck and Carl Byoir with leading Nazi propaganda in America. He alleges Viereck sympathetic to Germany, controlling Nazi material, and Byoir coordinating Berlin offices and import of propaganda. He links Byoir to an espionage network in the United States.
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Patman
George Sylvester Viereck
Carl Byoir
Viereck
Byoir
Hitler
Germany
Carl Bycir
America
Berlin
United States
Congressman faces calls for probe over Nazi influence links
The speaker accuses Carl Bycir of representing Hitler interests and urges immediate investigation into his power and the alleged placement of Nazi sympathizers across the country as a potential fifth column. He cites Norway Denmark Poland and other nations with Nazi collaboration.
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Buoir
Patman
Hitler
Nazi Germany
Norway
Denmark
Poland
Rman
Carl Bycir
Local building permits total $638000 this week
Twenty years ago local building permits totaled $638000. A local committee was to meet that night to discuss ways and means to bring back Southern trains Nos. 21 and 22. A North State Telephone Company representative said automatic dial installation in High Point was well under way.
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North State Telephone Company Today
High Point
Patman cites Trojan Horse tactic and Fifth Column origins
The congressman links Hitler and Franco era quotes to warn of internal enemies. He recalls Dimitrov urging workers to adopt Trojan Horse tactics and notes a Madrid siege claim of a fifth column. A Holland coffee posters report allegedly shows internal networks aiding invasion. Treason from within is portrayed as the greatest peril.
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Madrid
Spain
Holland
Germany
Belgium
Patman
Mrs Welborn Visits Friends in South Carolina
Mrs J S Welborn has returned from South Carolina where she visited friends. Lawrence Little of Chattanooga Tennessee addressed local Christian Endeavors here yesterday as field secretary and spoke on the general work. Mr and Mrs H E Montsinger will leave tonight for Pittsfield Massachusetts to visit the former's brother.
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J. S. Welborn
South Carolina
Lawrence Little
Chattanooga
Tennessee
H. E. Montsinger
Pittsfield
Mass
President Wilson will not call extra session of Congress
Women sympathizers of the Irish cause burned a United States flag in front of the treasury building in Washington yesterday. Louis Liguett, president of United Drug Company, says America stands in the position today of having lost everything we went to war for.
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Wilson
Congress
United States
Treasury
Washington
Louis Liggett
United Drug Company
America
Student Riots Reported From Belgrade and Buenos Aires
From Belgrade and Buenos Aires come reports of student riots against one belligerent or another. Anything will do, it seems, to keep the mind off studies at final exam time.
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Belgrade
Buenos Aires
Gentleman From Texas Probe Army Links in War Department Check
The column accuses Walter Winchell of Nazi propaganda links dating to 1933 and praises Congressman Patman for naming names. It urges The Gentleman From Texas to contact the War Department to verify claims about Carl Bycir alleged to hold a U S Army Reserve commission as a Lieutenant Colonel in Army Intelligence.
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Congressman Patman
W. W
Buoir
Patman
Congress
Walter Winchell
Texas
War Department
Carl Bycir
U. S. Army Reserve
Army Intelligence
Change in Johnson act to make loans to allies expected
Washington reports a likely change in the Johnson act to permit war loans to allies within six months. Supporters cite aid to allies and potential boosts to farm exports as reasons. action may come if Congress stays in session or if an extra session is convened.
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Washington
Don Bruce Catton
Congress
Portsmouth
N. H
U. S. Navy
Agai
S. Navy
Job Boom Likely Skips Youth Despite War Business Rise
Reeves, chairman of the American You Commission, says any postwar business boom will largely miss jobless youth as most new openings, if any, will not go to inexperienced young people.
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F. W. Reeves
American You Commission
Fat Fatitus: Pressing Health Reform Urged by Well
Sumner Well undersecretary of state warns that many in recent generations are both physically and mentally overweight. He calls for urgent health reforms addressing obesity and mental well being across society.
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Sumner
Monroe Doctrine Shielded by British Navy
Dr. Frank T. Nenbaum of Columbia University contends the Monroe Doctrine has long been sustained behind the veil of British naval power, implying strategic reliance on external balance rather than direct American enforcement.
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Frank T
Nenbaum
Columbia University
Dies committee to probe fifth column activity in the South
The Dies Committee will begin hearings Monday on fifth column activity in the South. It aims to investigate alleged foreign influence in Texas, the Birmingham steel industry, and air bases on the southern border, with claims of aliens holding jobs in Washington.
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Land OF the
FREE
Dies Committee
Dies
South
Texas
Colnists
T.V
Birmingham
Washington
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