Religion and Politics Meet in Practical Applied Faith
A wartime period essay urges churches and ministers to apply religious principles to social economic and political issues. It praises courageous reformers who tackle topics like syphilis wage justice and labor rights while acknowledging resistance among some clergy. The piece argues democracy requires religious ethics in public life and calls for fearless preaching of the commandments today.
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America
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Henry Mn
Central
High Point
Kansas City
Raleigh
God Keeps His Jewels and Spares His People
A sermon-like reflection on Malachi 3 17 and divine care. It traces prophetic hope from Abraham and Moses to Jesus and the early church, asserting God never forgets spares life and remains a loving father guiding history toward a divine purpose.
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Jacob
Malachi
Israel
Braham
Moses
Abraham
God
Jesus of Nazareth
Earth
Tennyson
Jesus
Paul
Felix
Martin Luther
Worms
John Wesley
England
American Republic
America
Flanders Field
W.A.B
Thoughts on War Time Life from High Point Citizens
A compiled group of quotes from local leaders and residents in High Point. Dozens of voices discuss wartime morale civic aid milk funds housing for soldiers and praise for air force service across states and nations. The remarks reflect support for troops college life and international affairs.
Rubber Strike Repercussions For Akron and Railroads
Peter Edson warns that union wage gains in good times risk long term harm, tracing Akron rubber industry moves from 1930s to the 1940s. He notes decentralization, wage hikes, and potential plant relocations as labor pushes for higher pay, with impacts on employment and regional competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Washington
Goodrich
Co. I. O. United Rubber Workers’ Union
Goodyear
Akron Rubber
Fear Not in a World Like This
A brief verse fragment echoes warning and courage from Old Testament exhortation and Longfellow. It blends Ezekiel’s call to refrain from fear with a meditation on strength through suffering. The lines invite resilience amid harsh speech and trials.
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Longfellow
Navy Naming Conventions and Mottos From a Naval Glossary
The text explains that gunboats are named for U S island possessions repair ships for mythological figures survey ships for scientists and mathematicians the phrase bear a hand means hurry up a sea lawyer is a sailor who argues Navy regulations and Pennsylvania's state motto is virtue liberty and independence
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The
United States
U. S. Navy
U. S
Navy
Pennsylvania
Reporting the North Africa embroglios and postwar probes
The piece profiles American correspondents led by Middleton and Stoneman rating medals for North Africa reporting amid State Department pressure to curb coverage. It notes Columbia Broadcasting pressure on Collingwood, hints at ex-fixer Harry Butcher, and recounts warship prisoners, postwar indictments in the Darlan case, and Sultan of Morocco’s reception of a respectful Arabic booklet.
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Drew Middleton
Wm. H. Stoneman
John MacVane
Chas Collingwood
North Africa
State Department
Columbia Broadcasting
Collingwood
Harry Butcher
Eisenhower
Morocco
Nogues
Meknes
Rabat
Harvard
Port Lyautey
Kasbah
Tunisia
Darlan
Giraud
Laval
Patton Surges in Tunis Campaign With Early Brilliance
Insiders say Gen. Patton will distinguish himself soon despite a buildup in Tunisia. Life photographer Eliot Elisofon returns home minus 80 pounds after escaping a burning plane. Eisenhower reportedly complained about too many newsmen in North Africa. Newsweek previews Leslie Howard in Spitfire. Many reporters wear campaign ribbons, while correspondent Stoneman bears a Nazi bullet wound in the rear.
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Patton
Tunisia
Eliot Elisofon
Eisenhower
Washington
N. Africa
Newsweek
Leslie Howard
Howard
Stoneman
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Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Hose
Mynger
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Luftwaffe
John Kalte
Wv. L. Hunt
High Point College
Sgt
Simon M. Kolnig
Iowa
Air Corp
North Carolina
Charlotte
Argentina
M. L. Patrick
John S. Millis
U. of Vermont
Mina Wilson
Greensboro
South
Carl F. Hartz
Hitler
Italy
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
A. B. Healy
Ruth McLarry
J. Howard Pawler
Camp Blanding
Corp
James T. Crews
WAAC
Aux
Gretchen Dykestra
Berlin
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Canada
Joseph M. Tucker
WPB
Peter Edson
War Labor Board
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Tunis
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Algiers
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