United States Angered by Russian Air Incident Over Europe
readers react to reports of a Russian fighter planes entering U S airspace near Vienna and firing near an airport. The piece accuses Russia of deliberate provocation, criticizes delays in response, and urges a firm stance against Moscow while noting past apologies and tensions with the Reds.
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Newsussia
United States
Tula
Vienna
Mark Clark
Reds
Ans
Ven
Russia
Rained Nurses Warn of Missed Nursing Careers
The piece urges young women to consider nursing as a respected, in demand profession. It notes hospital schools seek entrants for September, but many qualified women avoid training for pay delays. It compares staff vs private practice benefits and emphasizes nursing as a valued service to humanity.
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South
Tax discounts opposed by Greensboro Daily News
The Greensboro Daily News argues against the Guilford county tax early payment discount system. It notes two percent off in June and gradual reductions to zero by February, praising periodic payments for ease of collection and advising possible reform toward quarterly payments while urging retention of some incentive for early payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro Daily News
Guilford County
Pere Marquette Proposes Dining Car Tipping Ban
The Pere Marquette rail line launches an experiment to ban tipping in dining cars calling it a tyranny of custom. It argues tipping degrades both giver and receiver, fuels embarrassment, and shifts costs to workers with low salaries. The note reflects on broader unfairness in tipping culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Marquette Railway
City Taxes, Growth, and Chicken Feed Reflections
Local residents discuss possible tax increases to fund city growth in several sectors while noting economic pressures. One homeowner supports higher taxes to boost wages for city employees as the metropolis competes with North Carolina cities. Another farmer laments feed shortages and considers selling his chickens as costs rise.
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H. L. Kanter
High Point
North Carolina
Readers vent on High Point bus service and street safety
In letters to the editor residents complain about buses arriving only every seven minutes and crowding during rush hours, risking delays and hungry evenings. A marcher warns drivers about red lights and pedestrians, while another writer laments the early summer vacation season.
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High Point
Ralph Wickiser
Nanny Ikinson
Communist party line on labor stirs postwar shifts
Peter Edson reports that the U S Communist line urges wider unity among labor movements and criticizes John L. Lewis for welfare fund tactics. They blame railroad division for defeats and praise unity among maritime unions following San Francisco talks.
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Washington
U. S
Communist Party
John L. Lewis
Congress
den Harey
Alvaniey Johnston
A. F. Whitney
Truman
San Francisco
Labor unions feud and strike talk roils U.S. movement
A CIO-led plan for a June 15 general strike spreads across seven unions with world maritime support. AFL leaders denounce it as political while leftists praise solidarity. The piece notes bitter rivalry, calls for unity, and broad opposition to anti labor legislation amid a tense national labor scene.
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CIO
VU. S&s
AFL
U. S
William Green
Ve Dubinsky
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
Sam
Joe
Congress
U. S. Labor Movement
Communist Daily Worker
John L. Lewis
Commies
Green
Lewis
Phil Murray
America
Proram
United States
Spain
Argentina
Capitol Square Stateswomen Highlight Girls State Program
About 150 high school girls attended the seventh annual Girls State in Greensboro with Secretary of State Thad Eure and Governor Cherry discussing state finance and government. Officers elected by the students include Jewel Adams governor Louise Boo Pearsall lieutenant governor and Coan Bell speaker of the house. SBI election-law probes in Davidson Graham Polk and nearby counties proceed slowly with indictments in some cases and limited cooperation from locals.
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Capitol Square
Fifth
Thad Eure
General Assembly
Cherry
North Carolina
America
North Carolina American Legion Auxiliary
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina At
Greensboro
Capitol
Legion Boys’ State
Chapel Hill
Institute of Government
Little General Assembly
Jewel Adams
Wake County
Louise Boo Pearsall
Rocky Mount
Coan Bell
Fayetteville
House of Representatives
SBI
Davidson
Graham, Polk
Tax savings drive surge in new corporate charters
Eugene C. Brooks Jr. explains the boom in new corporations chartered to carry on old firms business. Stockholders avoid higher income tax on stock sales by dissolving old firms and buying into new corporations. The policy, aided by tax laws, has increased charter applications from a few weekly to over twenty daily, straining the secretary of state's office.
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Eugene C. Brooks, Jr
Durham
Capitol
Brooks
Secretary of State
Winchell on Broadway: Klan as America's persistent foe
The column laments the Ku Klux Klan as a long-standing threat to democracy, linking its influence to wartime insurgency and allied movements. It cites historical ties to the Bund, Nazi plots, and regional activities, naming figures like Edward James Smythe, Manfred Freiherr, and Eugene Talmadge while warning of ongoing dangers.
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Ku Klux Klan
America
Bund
Edward James Smythe
Camp Nordland
KKK
Klan
Manfred Freiherr
San Francisco
George Deatherage
Deatheridge
Nightshirt Strnkers
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Main and
Southern Railway
Peter Edson
George Sokolsky
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Winchell
Broadway
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Fritz Kuhn
Gestapo
Donald Shea
Army
Shea
Bush League
Rockford, Ill
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Black Legion
Midwest
National Workers League
Detroit
Michigan
NWL
Dalton
Georgia
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Talmadge
Vigilantes, Inc
F. Lee Evans
Evans
Georgia Klan
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