North Carolina welfare group denies political endorsements
Secretary Mary Price of the Conference for Human Welfare’s North Carolina committee clarifies that no endorsement was made for any candidate in the June trial, Oil and Water editorial, or the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The letter condemns aggressive campaigning by Price’s faction and praises Dr. Howard Odum for balanced views.
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Mary Price
North Carolina
Conference of Human Welfare
Committee For North
Efto
Price
PAC
Carl
Miss Price
South
Howard Odum
University of Carolina
Dr. Odum
Uthern Conference
North Carola
Forecast Picks for Two Congressional Races Prompt Caution
The article mocks fortune telling while predicting winners in two districts. It expects Durham to win in the sixth by about 1,500 votes and Thugnond atham to win in the fifth by under 1,000, cautioning readers not to wager heavily. It notes previous misses with Louis and Billy Conn.
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Durham
Bargaining Strains Threaten U S Maritime Supremacy
The article questions the price of a peaceable settlement in the merchant marine labor talks. It notes wartime pay remains high for seamen, World Wage aims at 64 dollars monthly for able seamen, and subsidy limits may not fix global wage gaps. It warns wage scales could undermine U S shipowners, domestic lines, and job opportunities.
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International Labor Organization
Greece
Sweden
Great Britain
Norway
Netherlands
New Zealand
Canada
United States
Bradley urges wartime pledge and policy pause to ease shortages
Veterans Administrator General Omar N. Bradley calls for labor to renew the wartime no strike pledge until prohibition and price controls can be coordinated with production. He suggests talks with Congress and the OPA to break bottlenecks and move toward ending shortages and the black market.
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Bowles
Labor
Chester
Congress
Capitol Hill
OPA
Washington Record Faces Little Face Lift and Big Debates
A 102-year-old government publication, The Record, remains plain in appearance yet lively in content. It gathers material from presidents, senators, and citizens, offering extended remarks, editorials, poems, recipes, and speeches in a dense appendix.
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Kathleen Stokey
Washington
Record
United States
Connersville
Ind
Congress
House
Senate
OPA
Plumley
R-Vt
Rep
Neely
D-W.va
Bilbo
D-Miss
Wiley
Wis
Wisconsin
Coffee
Wash
Doyle
Calif
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Residents debate nuclear policy and city plate designs
Vassie Wilson argues the United States must retain atomic capabilities and resist global disarmament while Ed Williams urges High Point to craft a new license plate promoting the city as The Furniture City. A reader condemns beggars on the main street, prompting further city reflection.
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United States
Vassie Wilson
Russia
Washington
America
High Pont
Ed Williams
High Point
High Point Observations and Parade Mixed in State
Mrs. Etha N Flippin criticizes city issues seen on street scenes and taxi failures. John B Palmer notes High Points energy and a burial plot venture near town. Frank McDonald laments missing parade elements including state guard, Red Cross, and a lone American Legion banner car.
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High Point
Piedmont
Warren County
John &. Palmer
Carolina
Frank McDonald
State Guard
Red Cross
American Legion
Capitol Square Speakership Rumors Roil Assembly Race
Rumors at the capitol say F E Lew Wa of Le noir may retire from the speaker race, leaving Thomas J. Pearsall of Nash with a strong 63 vote claim in the caucus. The piece traces historical patterns from 1939 to 1945, noting bitterness, regional splits, and past withdrawals shaping current lines.
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Capitol
F. E
Lew) Wa
Lenoir
Thomas J. Pearsall
Nash
Wallace
Pearsall
Parrallel
John Kerr, Jr
George Uzzell
Rowan
O. M. Mull
Cleveland
Uzzell
Mull
General Assembly
Oscar Richardson
Union
Richardson
Victor Bryant
Libby Ward
Ward
Bill Fenner
Bryant
Durham
Middle East
Piedmont
Pearsall Leading Race Dominates Eastern Ballots
Scouts report Pearsall holds a strong lead with the piedmont and far west voting coherently, while Wallace trails among middle eastern nominees. Analysts predict the Pearsall advantage unlikely to be overturned before a caucus vote as lawmakers monitor revenue and state service issues at capital square.
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Piedmont
Far West
Pearsall
West
East
Wallace
Capital Square
General Assembly
Senate Small Business Will Be Saved Again
A jumble of society notes, theatre gossip, politics and crime rumors spans entertainment stars, theater figures Carl Fisher and Mary Mason, bankers like Eugene Meyer, and politicians including Byrnes and Eisenhower. The piece lampoons gambling, scandals, and wartime ironies while sketching New York social life and national intrigue.
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Senate
F. Sinatra
J. L
O. Welles
Paul Douglas
Paul
Carl Fisher
Geo. Abbott
Mgr
Hudson Theatre
Mary Mason
Talu
Major Bowes
Eisenhower
Repub
Sam
Bikini
Leopold
Belgium
Switzerland
National City Bank
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Wall Street
Boston
Gov't
U.S. Army
Waltin Campbell
George P. Kimmel
D. C
Washington
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Omar N. Bradley
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Washington Post
Eugene Meyer
World Bank
Byrnes
Robert Hannegan
Joseph P. Kennedy
Meyer
Colonel
Captain Durant
Ed Rosenthal
Riverside Memorial Chapel
S. Billingsley
Sammy Renick
Chatham
Axel Wenner-Gren
Mexico City
Weaner-Gren
Otto Preminger
Marian
Beverly Hills
Preminger
Natalie Draper
Sol Rosenblatt
Wenner-Gren
Martha P
Estrella Boissevain
Mexico
Mrs. Preminger
Mit
Knoxville
Tenn
Baptist Ministers’ Conference
KKK
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J. Harold Smith
Paul Whiteman
Kennys
Capitol Grapevine
Vinson
U. S. Treasury
Umberto
U. S
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Chio
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Los Angeles
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Stuart Symington
Lecy
Nat
Lou
Cuba
Hizzoner
Belmont Race Track
Tammany Hall
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