Tri-city air hub urged to unite Greensboro Winston-Salem High Point
An editorial urges Greensboro Winston-Salem and High Point to overlook rivalries and form a tri-city air hub in the geographic center, linking airports by highways and buses, to maximize postwar air service and regional growth. It calls for a tri-city council to coordinate cooperation.
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Greensboro-High Point
Winston-Salem
Reynold’s
Greensboro
High Point
North Carolina
Winston- Salem
Tri-City
Great Triangle
Atlanta
Life’s vapor and faith in works and divine will
W A B reflects on James 4 14 emphasizing life as a vapor and urging deeds under God’s will. He contrasts mortal fragility with purpose, citing Marcus Aurelius John Ruskin and Turner to argue true life lies in softened hearts and active virtue. He closes with a wartime call to labor at God’s loom.
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Saint James
Jesus
Jerusalem
Paul
Apostle
Marcus Aurelius
James
John Ruskin
England
Turner
W.A.B
High Point residents discuss OPA rules sugar allotments and postwar plans
Frank Harris warns motorists may pressure station operators amid OPA rules while sugar allotments require two applications. Mrs. Luna Sloop notes the double process burdens sugar canning. C. L. Thomas hopes for timely postwar building plans and health department repairs. Oliver French, scout for the Brooklyn Dodgers, calls High Point a baseball talent pool.
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OPA
High Point
Frank Harris
North Carolina
Oliver French
Rochester Red Wings
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
War and home front voices from wartime North Carolina and beyond
The piece compiles remarks from diverse figures including Tony Simeon on girls softball interest, Rob King Jr. praising night workers, President Roosevelt on war effort, Deputy W N Wheeless on a hoax, Clyde Hoey's rise, and leaders like J Henry Highsmith and Emory Land on bonds shipbuilding and nursing care. It adds T R Short on tax collection and Hull’s Iceland salute.
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North Carolina Federation of Woman's Clubs
Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
State Nurses Association
J. Henry Highsmith
Raleigh
N. ©. Federation of Women’s Clubs
Dewey and Roosevelts duel rages over party fate in 1944 race
An analysis cites anti Dewey Republicans plotting to derail his nomination and block F D R on fears of a Roosevelt victory. It weighs Roberts Taft and Wadsworth as possible spoilers and notes Dewey struggles to win early delegates amid party disarray.
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Ani-Dewey
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Owen J. Roberts
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
James W. Wadsworth
G.O.P
F.D.R
Dewey
Joe Pew
Roberts
Batk
John W. Bricker
Taft
Wadsworth
Upper New York
Albany
Roosevelt
Tom
Washington
Manhattan
Philadelphia
Finland and Axis forces shift in war’s ebbing phase
The report notes Finnish Nazi divisions and recent reinforcements could move to bolster the Axis line in Norway or Italy. It warns that until these troops are removed, they threaten Allied efforts and that the Karelian drive has political impact by deterring Balkan puppets and potentially influencing Hungary Bulgaria Romania and Baltic states. It also states Soviet offensives hinge on removing Axis troops in Finland to relieve pressure on Eisenhower.
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Finland
Republic
Hull
Helsinki
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United Nations
Wehrmacht
Mannerheim
Stalin
Normandy
Italy
Balkan
Hitler
der Fuehrer
Hungary
Bulgaria
Rumania
Berlin
Trieste
Estonia
Baltic
Eisenhower
England
Russia
Sta
von Rundstedt
Europe
WLB
WLR
Reynolds attacked as New Deal rabble-rouser in Broad caset
The column rails at Senator Reynolds for stepping down from the Senate and accuses him of pandering to rabble-rousers. It criticizes his stance on war measures and his alliances, calling for accountability and labeling his career a failure. It also references other political figures and pro fascist allegations in a broad critique of wartime politics.
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Sen. Reynolds
Reynold
Germany
Hosanm
Reynolds
Senate
Martin
Spain
Hitler
Franco
World Service
Cong. Rankin
Cong
Hoffman
Gerald L. K. Smith
Smith
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R. B. Terry
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Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Chambers of Commerce
Kio
C. L. Thomas
Health Department
Wrenn Street
Tony Simeon
High Point Y.mlc.a
Rob King, Jr
President Roosevelt
Poland
W. N. Wheeless
Bob Reynolds
Clyde R. Hoey
Clyde Foushee Potts
Emory
Land
T. R. Short
Sveinn Bjornsson
Independent Republic of Iceland
Republic of Iceland
White House
al Smith
Herbert Lehman
Mr. Dewey
Charley Michelson
Gov
Bricker
Earl Warren
California
New Deal
Burt
By Ray Tucker
Wheeler
Winchell
Flng
Univ. of Berlin
Politik
Merwin K. Hart
Supreme Court the
Jackson
Con Dies
Kuhn
Pearl Harbor
Klan
Sylvania
Keystone Patriotic Society
Georgia
Sons of America
Michigan
Sons of Liberty
South
Mid-West
Texas
Joseph P. Kamp
Awak
Lawrence Dennis
Constitutional Educational League
Kamp
FBI
Dies’ Staff
Private
Breger Abroad
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