Truman Gambled With OPA Bill Debate and Veto
The piece critiques President Truman for vetoing the compromise OPA extension and gambling with inflation risk. It argues the Senate and House leaders favored compromise while Truman listened to Bowles. It warns of immediate inflation dangers if price controls end and urges Congress to pass an extension or stronger permanent legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Truman
Missouri
Harry Tru
Senate
House
Congress
Harry Ruman
Chester Bowles
Mr. Truman
United States
CPA
Unusual Manicurist Request From Hosiery Plant
Ralph F. Miller notes an odd employer request for a manicurist from a hosiery factory to keep workers hands and nails smooth for nylon hose. Judge D C Mac Ree laments the term pool room and remarks pool halls adopting different names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph F. Miller
D.C. Mac Ree
Careful Driving Citation Brings Theater Pass in High Point
Local readers share views on pool halls and voting while veterans office staff praise cooperation. George Edwards recalls a police traffic sergeant issuing a citation for careful driving, exchangeable for a Center theatre pass within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John E. Saintsing
Veterans Administrative Office
George Edwards
4. O. Pike
Traffice Sq
Pike
Center Theatre
C. C. Stoker
J. O. Pike
Paths of Those Who Forget God Sermon Reflections
A reflective sermon analyzes Bildad the Shuhite from Job, contrasting natural law and spiritual ruins for those who forget God. It cites biblical metaphors of a dry oasis and a spider’s web, and references Wolsey, Shakespeare, Hugo, Napoleon, Hitler, and the Battle of the Bulge to argue that trust in God yields lasting strength while worldly power collapses.
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Bildad
Job
Rdinal Wolsey
Henry VIII
Grand
Wil Shakespeare
John Fletcher
Victor Hugo
France
Napoleon
Cyrus
Persia
Alexander
Macedon
Alcibiades
Greece
William II
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Readers warn on comics and foreign politics for children
The column questions a World’s Finest Comics advisory board including Lauretta Bender and Pearl Buck while discussing a Johnny Everyman story set in the Soviet Union. It portrays a Soviet court accusing Nikitin Vashilov of theft and contrasts American ads with scarcity, urging caution about national portrayals in children’s reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauretta Bender
Josette Frank
Robert Thorndike
Gene Tunney
W. W. D. Sones
C. Bowie Millican
Pearl S. Buck
Bess B. Lane
Johnny Everyman
United States
Soviet Russia
Nikitin Vashilov
Sovietia
Nikitin
American Luxuries and Russia Seen Through a Comic Strip
By George Sokolsky discusses Nikitin the Soviet visitor in a US comic strip. The piece argues the strip portrays Americans as selfish and prejudiced while omitting freedoms like speech elections and privacy, prompting questions about teaching patriotism to children.
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Everyman
United States
Raci Ag
Johnny Everyman
Nikitin
America
Action urged as 1947 traffic plan discussed at safety conference
Coleman Roberts of the Carolinas Motor Club pledges a $1000 check to back a five year program for statewide road safety. Officials noted North Carolina ranked third in traffic fatalities per mile and predicted about 1250 deaths and over 56 million dollars in property damage next year if trends continue. The effort aims to mobilize public support and donations to finance the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman W. Roberts
Carolinas Motor Club
Cherry
Roberts
North Carolina
Robert Burch
T. Boddie Ward
Oll
Coleman Roberts
A. H. Graham
Highway and Public Works Commission
Public safety drive eyed as traffic plan grows
Lynn Nisbet notes Graham shows little public opinion concern while W D Carmichael Jr questions Dr Albert Coates influence. Gov Cherry criticizes lax recorder court traffic sentences and John Umstead suggests a short course for recorders as the traffic organization seeks a $15 million five year budget to extend nationwide, with press radio and civic groups urged to promote citizen responsibility.
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Sson
Highway Commission
Graham
W. D. Carmichael, Jr
Albert Coates
Institute of Government
Coates
Cherry
Recorder Court
John Umstead
Recorders
Winchell On Broadway and Newsroom Banter
A slice of 1940s newspaper life. Winchell reminisces about famed writers and editors, reporters discuss the craft, a police chase and a rare televised boxing photo era are noted, plus bids for censorship and a Hollywood letter. The piece ends with a vignette on a Mexican impresario and a singer's pay.
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Truman
Bikini
George Sokolsky
Russia
Nikky
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Winchell
Broadway
Daddy Kunyon
Jimmy Hopper
Hopper
New York
42Nd Street
6Th Avenue
Daily Mirror
Viewtone Television Company
Mirror
Barney Coons
Boston
Censor
Gypsy Rose Lee
Walter
Elayn Chambers
Hollywood
Philip Wylie
Elayn
Jerry Riley
Mr. Winchell
Harry L. Plunkett
National Theatre Supply Co
Ambrose Bierce
Ray Goetz
Mexico
Goetz
Mooseer Nevair
E. Simms Campbell
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