Infantry Pay Boost Advocated in Wartime Address
The piece endorses War Secretary Stimson’s push for monthly pay increases for infantrymen, arguing that coordination across services is key in modern warfare. It notes infantry hardship, cites 19.8 percent casualty share and 70 percent of ties, and frames pay boosts as sustaining a high state of morale rather than rewards.
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Stimson
Congress
Army
Navy
Sol
Theorth
Haz—E.v.m
Itching for Work In Postwar Attitude Critique
The Charlotte Observer editorializes on postwar labor habits noting many avoid work while wages rise. It cites Henry Ford predicting jobs for all who want to work but warns a national disease of laziness and interference from malingerers.
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Charlotte Observer
Henry Ford
Churchill Remains Key Reporter In War News
Churchill, famed for wit, once a Boer War reporter, updates Parliament on D-Day. He notes thousands of ships and planes behind the assault and praises airborne troops and Eisenhower as weather and decisions complicate operations. The prime minister expresses cautious optimism as operations proceed.
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Winston Churchill
Louth
Ndt
Hitler
Churchill
Northfrica
D-day
House of Commons
Eisenhower
Police, City Officials Urged to Explain Shooting Incident
A High Point incident left John Davis gravely wounded in a backyard and a man jailed overnight. Authorities must publicly address police actions, with citizens demanding timely, forthright disclosure and accountability. Thearticle also casts light on postwar housing debates and satirical notes on politics and culture.
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John Davis
High Point
Star Chamber
Frontline Gratitude From High Point Red Cross Clubmobile
Miss Helen Bolling writes from England thanking High Point volunteers for Red Cross support that funds a clubmobile aiding service members. Archie Batalas expresses optimism about Allied invasions and freeing Balkan nations as prayers and worship respond to the call.
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High Point
Red Cross
Helen Bolling
England
A. J. Bolling
Steele Street
Local residents discuss war, charity, and postwar plans in High Point
Clyde Foushee and others praise wartime spirituality while highlighting the milk fund for underprivileged children as vital service. They urge doubling the war bond quota as the drive opens on the 12th. City officials propose a postwar sports meeting to strengthen the local program.
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Lucy Harper
Lawrence Herman
High Point
Royd& Braden
Rome and the religion of God amid modern materialism
A reflection on Rome's enduring grandeur and its link to faith, contrasting Western materialism with a belief in absolute truth. The author laments secular drift, industrialization, population shifts, and rapid travel eroding traditional moorings, stressing the city’s spiritual significance in a changing era.
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Rome
Tiber
God
Rome and the City of God as beacon against war and ruin
By George Sokolsky, the author extols civilization built on family and faith, defending religion as a force for good. He praises American liberators who spared Rome, laments destruction threatening Europe, and rejects a purely utilitarian view of war while honoring renaissance in art and spirit from Raphael to Michelangelo.
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Wotan
Europe
Rome
Christianity
Micah
Isaiah
Jesus of Nazareth
Paris
Vienna
Berlin
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michael
Thomas J. Watson
Int'l Business Machine
Nanette Kutner
Good Housekeeping
Lincoln R. Goward
Norwalk
Conn
Justice of the Peace
U. S
Goering
John Murray Anderson
New York Hospital
Mildred
Democrats Jockey for Delegates Across Texas and South Carolina
Washington reports show tension as Texas and South Carolina Democrats weigh their delegates to the national convention. Senator Pappy O Daniel and Lyndon Johnson figures loom over the Texas fight while South Carolina Senator Cotton Ed Smith faces five opponents after Friday filings.
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Texas
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Senate
Pappy O’daniel
New Deal
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Jesse Jones
Commerce Secretary
Jones
Mr. Roosevelt
Cotton Ed” Smith
Philadelphia
Olin Johnson
Smith
Baruch report on wartime plant converts revisited
Paul Mallon discusses FDR and the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation episode at Baruch plantation. He argues Navy distrust, high production costs, and mismanaged wartime conversion politics. Byrnes promises worker care, while Baruch’s business conversion plan lies forgotten amid shifts in policy.
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Texas
Roosevelt
Brewster Aeronautical Corporation
Navy
Kaiser
War Manpower Commission
Byrnes
CIO
Baruch
Willkie spending tale and Broadway gossip mix
A jumble of cinema and political chatter claims Willkie supporters spent 450000 to defeat him in Wisconsin and notes on Runyon, Hart, Molnar, and other Hollywood figures. The column blends society gossip with election talk and showbiz moves across Broadway and New York venues.
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Willkie
Wisconsin
Greta Gabo
H. Crocker
Los Angeles Examiner
Damon Runyon
My Town
Dickenson
John Payne
Ann Shirley
Stork
Arlene Francis
Frances Robinson
Arlene
Sing Sing
New York
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