World War Era Speculation Urges Big Allied Moves
A speculative piece argues the United States and allies may strike Japan and Germany this summer. It notes Japan, Attu and Kiska, Russia’s possible Siberian base activity, and a Mediterranean Axis vulnerability as signs of a wide conflict. It also discusses equal pay advocacy linked to Dr. Graham and his secretary Katherine Lackey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Germany
Pacific
Navy
Frank Knox
Attu
Kiska
Russia
Siberia
Mediterranean
Syria
Graham
Dr. Graham
State Budget Bureau
Governor appoints mayor of Carolina Beach prompts protest
A editorial condemns state law allowing the governor to appoint local officers including the mayor and municipal court judge. It argues the system subverts democracy, notes property owners hold influence, and urges a nonpartisan campaign to repeal the rule ahead of the next legislative session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eton
Carolina Beach
Highland Greensboro
Guilford
Don MacRae
Broughton
North Carolina Magnesium Prospects and State Service
A little-noticed item notes Dr. A F Greaves Walker urges NC to fund research to extract magnesium from olivine a vast local resource. The piece argues government and industry neglect a potentially war and postwar essential metal favoring proactive state investment. It also mentions Frank P Graham and Josh Horne for regional conservation leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Greaves- Walker
State College
Metals Division
War Production Board
North Carolina
Frank P. Graham
the Niversity of North Carolina
War Labor Board
Graham
State Department of Conservation and Development
Josh Horne
Rocky Mount
Broughton
Policewomen urged for High Point amid rising crime
Judge D C MacRae calls for policewomen to shield the public from intoxicated and predatory women on the streets, while local officials discuss arrests, court dockets, and public service issues as community life adapts to conventions, utilities, and lake recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
Red Cross praised by soldiers in letters from Fort Belvoir
Major Leon H. Goldberg asserts the Red Cross embodies decency and service with clubmobile work and personal contact for troops. Pvt Milton Kutzin from Fort Belvoir testifies the Red Cross provides comfort, entertainment, and practical aid for hospitalized soldiers and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jelsy
Georgia
Iowa
California
American Red Cross
Legionnaires
America
Leon H. Goldberg
Pvt. Kutzin
Red Cross
Post Exchange
Angels of Mercy
Milton Kutzin
Fort Belvoir
Servant of God Well Done Aulic
A devotional line echoes Mark 11 44 with the notion that true leadership is service to all. The fragment emphasizes humility as the path to commendation in faith outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark
Servant of God
Aulic
Broadway Gossip and Personal Affairs Across the City
A sprawling roundup touches on Luci Li of Ellis Island status, marriages and gifts in Dorothy Thompson and other social circles, Broadway shows, casting records, and industry jests. It notes rulers and actors such as Jan Smuts, Peggy Joyce, Mae Murray, and Lena Horne, plus industry moves from Shuberts to WAACs and Petri’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucci
Ellis Island
Dorothy Thompson
Paul Patterson
Baltimore
Beaverbrook
England
Peggy Satterlee
Errol Flynn
Peter Arno
D. Wilan
Tallulah Bankhead
Natalie Hays Hammond
G. Jessel
Lois Andrews
Jessel
Harry James
la Grable
Washington
Jan Smuts
South Africa
Thrush
William Bishop
Universal
Sinclair Lewis
Angela
Hays Office
Broadway
London
Ann Corio
Palm Springs
Zero Mostel
Willkie
OWI
Barnes
Jean Rognan
Lisbon
Helen Traubel
Met
St. Louis
Maxine Sullivan
Parris Island
Philip Plant
Reuben
Musician Union
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High Point Enterprise
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Ihs
Associated Press
AP Features Press
High Point
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Katharine Lackey
Elois Mitchell
Cassie Dunn
City Collection Dept
City Lake
Reese Snider
Ben Ridge
Gaston Johnson
H. G. Hamilton
Mason Brown
Clyde Chenault
John Bivins
Eugene Meyer
Harvey N. Davis
Stevens Institute of Technology
Henry S. Harmison
South Pacific
U. S
James F. Murray
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
The
United States Army
New York Times
Winchell
Mickey Rooney
Joy Hodges
Mae Murray
Fist St
Bill Corum
Santa Monica
Shuberts
Prince” Chorus
Ben
Curry
Old Dunn
Stimson
Army
Waacs
Tin Pan Alley
Missour
Charmaine
Diane
Peggy Joyce
N. Y
Armando
Copa
NEA Service
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