Gardner to Run for Senate Against Reynolds in 1944
North Carolina political figure Max Gardner declares for the U.S. Senate while Bob Reynolds seeks re election amid a life event and a changing alliance landscape. The piece outlines past ties, potential partnerships with Gregg Cherry, and the wartime context shaping the race.
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Gardner
U.S. Senate
Bob Reynolds
Bessie Gardner Hoey
Max Gardner
Senate
Evalyn McLean
Hoey
ner-Webb College
James Webb
Gregg Cherry
Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Reynolds
Frank Hancock
McDonald
McDonald-Reynolds
Nine Month School Law Impacts Local Tax Levies
Raleigh dispatch analyzes how the statewide nine months school term affects locally approved special taxes for school improvements. Local boards must define purposes, rates, and eligibility with state board approval, and the governor’s 170 day option adds complexity to revenue use.
Beja Front View of Allied Air Offensive against Germans
Reporter describes from a ruined Byzantine castle near Beja Tunisia watching Hurricanes and Spitfires attack German forces on the Mateur Beja road. Beja bombed by nine Stukas. civilians killed. About 5,000 Axis prisoners taken and 23 tanks knocked out including a Mark VI by sappers.
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William B. King
Beja
Tunisia
Africa
Mateur
Castle
Castle Hill
New Carolina Wrestling Captains Named
Frank Mordecai of Raleigh and Hobie McKeever of Birmingham named co captains of UNC wrestling. Alan Mordecai, 165 pound conference champion, unbeaten in intercollegiate action. McKeever, undefeated in the conference last two years, 128 pound title holder for second straight season.
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Chapel Hill
Mar
University of North Carolina
Lexington
Frank Mordecai
Raleigh
Hobie McKeever
Birmingham
Alan Mordecai
McKeever
Legislative debate on new law options and governor powers
The article notes possible election or later legislation to satisfy community aims. It highlights two controversial options: allowing administrative units to elect the ninth month and granting the governor power to shorten the state controlled term to eight and a half months. Confusion could prompt repeal efforts at the next session.
World War II lend lease probe and Indian affairs reviewed
The House Foreign Affairs Committee studied lend lease operations and potential commitments as the renewal measure was considered. Officials indicated minimal debts to the U.S. are likely if the war continues, with offset credits for beneficiaries and no immediate repayment plan discussed.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
State Department
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Dean Acheson
Uncle Sam
London
Dwight David Eisenhower
United Nations
North Africa
Ike
Krishnalal Shridharani
New York
Congress Party
John Bull
Gandhi
Nehru
Ple
Pacific War Council
Allied High Command
Wendell Willkie
Empire
Wallace
America
Japan
18-Year-Old Boy Sought For Quiz In Four Slayings
Auburn, Calif. officers sought 18-year-old Raymond Latshaw for questioning in the Latshaw ranch killings. Amos Latshaw, 38, is named as the slain former roadhouse operator, found with his wife Ollie, 39, and three others. Authorities believe Amos may have killed his second wife.
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Auburn
Calif
Charles H. Silva
Raymond Latshaw
Amos Latshaw
Amos
Latshaw
Silva
Ollie
Evening Radio Schedule Listings for Tuesday
Radio program grid for Tuesday March 2 ET lists two hours for Central War Time adjustments. Night segments include Front Page Farrell Captain Midnight to Sinatra performances, news highlights, war commentary, and a mix of orchestras, serials, and comedies across CBS NBC and ABC networks.
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Farrell
Biu
Ben Bernie
Cbs
Shrednik
Nbe
Comica
Blu
Frazier Hunt
Cls
Olga Coeiho
Cbs West
Harry Wismer
Rhumba
Edwin C. Hil
Cbe Rhythm Ensemble
St. Louis
Paul Lavalle
Ube
Korn Robbiers
Biv
Jack Armstrong
Biu-West
John B. Kennedy
Bill Stern
Jowell Thomason
Captain Midnight
Fred Waring
Col Stoopnagle
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Eva le Gallienne
Harry James
Johnson
Joe Rines
Cbhe
Arthur Hale
Kaiktenborn
Nbe Dance Music Orchestra
Ginny Simms
Hollywood
Karl Godwin
Newa
Cbe
Sam
Abner
Dance Music Orchestra
Horace Heldt
Pa Gardner
Duffy
al Jolson
Monty Woolley
Army
Nbc-Basic
Big Burns
Anen
Cba
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs-Basic
Leo Cherne
Nbc
Dale Carsene
People
Bob Hope
Frank Sinatra
Dbs Dance Music Orchestra
Weat
Tragic Wells Death Ties Family Murder Case
Raymond Latshaw and his parents Charley and Bertha Latshaw plus son Charles were found dead after a fall into a well while the wife’s body was being disposed. Raymond had quit his job at the Sacramento Army Air Depot to work at the family ranch. Police noted delinquency with his draft board and unclear whereabouts. A deputy sheriff traced the scene after neighbors reported starved animals and long mail accumulation since February 14.
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Charley Latshaw
Bertha
Charles
Raymond Latshaw
Sacramento
Liberty freighter sponsorship announced for Matthew T. Goldsboro
Miss Martha Daniels will sponsor the Liberty freighter Matthew T. Goldsboro to be launched by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington on March 14.
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Goldsboro
Martha Daniels
Matthew T. Goldsboro
North Carolina Shipbuilding Company
Wilmington
Senators Warn of Nutrition Shortages Amid War Strains
Senator Reynolds urges immediate government action to boost availability of essential foods and vitamins. He cites shortages in grocery stores, rationing of processed foods, and the need for real or synthetic substitutes to prevent dietary trouble as Victory Gardens gain importance.
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Washington
Robert R. Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Wickard
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Hoover Sees Food as Key War Problem
Chicago March 2 Hoover declares the nation’s top domestic war problem is sustaining 1942 farm production to feed U.S. forces and allies. He cites submarine and Japanese blockades reducing imports, warns of a serious farming drop without prompt remedies, and urges Army cooperation to protect food supplies.
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Albert Leman
Japan
Burma
China
Subcontinent
Pandit Nehru
United States
Gandhi
Subhas Bose
Axis
Bengal
Chicago
Hoover
Great Britain
Russia
Farm boys draft deferred to harvest 1943 reform plan
The proposal urges deferring further farm boy drafts until after 1943 planting and harvest to ease shipping bottlenecks. It envisions training townsfolk to assist farmers and notes that one pound of waste cooking fat yields glycerine for four 37mm anti aircraft shells.
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Mary Martin
Dick Powell
Betty Hutton
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Alan Ladd
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Rialto
Henry Aldrich
Jimmy Lydon
State Board of Education
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Salem Street
Thomasville
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Jackie Cooper
Shadow OF
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U. S. Army
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New Carolina Wrestling Captains
Europe
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Irene Nowa
Iowa
Ray Tucker
War Department
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American Legion Magazine
Military Bank
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Winterich
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Capitol Hill
Rotunda
Will Rogers
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
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Indian Ocean
Azores
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Berlin Lokalanzeiger
Morton Downey
Raymond Paige
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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