Slattery Hearing Sparks Senate Debate Over Roosevelt Aide
The former rural electrification administrator testified yesterday that Jonathan Daniels of the White House staff threatened a smear campaign to force his resignation. Daniels admitted efforts to secure Slattery's departure, while the piece notes Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt faces questions over a $200,000 loan and a $4,000 settlement. The editorial urges transparency and urges states to act on poll tax issues amid broader political tensions.
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Poll Tax Reform Support Across States Mentioned
The High Point Enterprise and Raleigh News and Observer back poll tax abolition as a prerequisite to voting. They note North Carolina ended the tax in 1820, with Florida and Louisiana soon after and Georgia removing it this year, while several southern states still enforce the measure.
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Smart Fellow Cherry Keeps His Feet on the Ground
Governor Cherry offers a cautious stance toward a Hendersonville senate gathering set for this month. Reports say he plans to be elsewhere during the event while noting the visit of prominent speakers including Sam Rayburn and Alben Barkley. The governor cites a prior commitment to a Michigan conference, avoiding commitment to attend Hendersonville events.
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Few Clothes Drive Aided Allies As Shortages Loom
An editorial notes the recent clothing drive aided allies worldwide while clothing makers fear limited orders for next fall and winter. It jokes about Russians, Stalin, and riding breeches, and mentions hundreds of New York air raid sirens being sold as lease breakers amid shortages.
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Soldiers tour High Point impresses local officials
Lt. F L Irwin cites education officers and troops from Fort Bragg visiting High Point with favorable impressions. Brigadier General Merritt A Fidson urges support for the seventh war loan to pressure Japan. Charles Kinsey writes from a destroyer about Italy service and personal sacrifice.
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A Soldier Writes Home On Rome Sights And War News
A serviceman recalls visiting the Roman forum the Colosseum and Vatican City during a trip, noting landmarks like St. Peter's and St. Paul’s cathedral plus Mussolini’s youth center. He shares a wartime letter urging patience at home as Pacific servicemen endure mass dangers and hopes for safer days.
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Meat Shortages and Labor Gaps Highlight War Time Food Picture
Washington reports focus on distribution rather than OPA blame as meat per person falls about 25 pounds from last year while total yearly meat per person remains 125 pounds. Egg supplies rise in some cities yet edible eggs remain hard to find. butter runs about 40 percent below pre war levels. Labor shortages haunt war plants and farms, with 750,000 emergency women farm workers needed for harvest amid shifting plant closures and resignations.
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Women farm volunteers shift from leisure to labor
The Department of Labor Women’s Bureau notes a change as non-farm women prove capable in farm work. A coastal farmer cites high quality, quick learning, and steady effort. The main hurdle is treating farm work as vacation despite long hours and rest breaks.
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Goering and Nazi War Crimes Focus Dominate U S Debate
The piece argues the U S government must promptly punish Nazi war criminals, urging immediate action on Justice Jacksons proposals. It recalls Goerings admission that Nazi leaders planned mass murder and condemns delays that could allow guilt to escape justice, citing wartime brutality and the need for strong postwar accountability.
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Guilt and blame in German wartime psyche warnings
Albert Leman argues that Germans blame others for wartime crimes and rarely show genuine contrition. He cites inept attempts to excuse actions, collective guilt ideas, and the view that individuals are not responsible when acting for the state.
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On Broadway Bristles with Society and War Era Gossip
Nancy De Marigny seeks annulment over Reno divorce not recognized in Britain. Lois Long intimates tease of an unhappy flash. Notes on Gloria Vanderbilt and Winthrop Rockefeller, a report of FBI China secret service, Tito raid deaths, Red Cross badges, actors, and entertainment chatter.
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