Now or never for adequate NC schools says group
A public letter argues Governor Scott and lawmakers misjudge North Carolinians willingness to pay for better schools. It urges mass letters and personal meetings to secure higher school funding, warns of a second rate system without bold action, and recommends prioritizing school needs over new construction elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
North Carolina
Advisory
Education Commission
Raleigh
Raleigh News and Observer
Pblic
Budget Commission
Fritz Kuhn Seeks U S Citizenship After German Release
The former band leader, a Nazi figure, complains of German justice after a German appeals court freed him after under a year of a ten year sentence. He plans to pursue American citizenship, arguing only in America would he receive real justice. The piece voices concern over his potential influence and Nazism revival.
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Fritz Kuhn
America
Kuhn
Germany
Fritz
15 Years Turkeys and a Press Conundrum
A Spokane man was sentenced to 15 years for stealing a turkey. The author notes editors may avoid Nazi names and other topics, urging caution about reporting and a growing rents issue raised by the National Housing Expeditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ilse Koch
Hjalmar Schacht
Fritz Kuhn
Spokane
Wash
Tighe E. Woods
National Housing
Filibuster debate and civil rights policy in the Senate
W A Bivins discusses filibuster origins and use in American history. He notes southern senators aim to block President Truman's civil rights program and questions whether such tactics fit a democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Truman
Repeal of North Carolina Auto Inspection Law Sparks Debate
In Public Pulse Greensboro columnist A Blumenthal questions why state legislators scrapped the automobile inspection statute. He warns of unsafe drivers and old cars flooding into NC from states with stricter rules and argues for continued safety measures.
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A. Blumenthal
Public Pulse
Greensboro News
North Carolina
Joyner urges NC education funding to aid ailing schools
Dr J Y Joyner, former state education head, addressed Raleigh legislators urging robust school funding. He praised Aycock sparked reform and warned that despite faults, the state must invest to improve teachers and opportunities for a million children across the east and west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Raleigh
J. Y. Joyner
Kinston
Aycock
Phoenix Flame reframes adage about glass houses
The Phoenix Flame presents a playful spin on a familiar saying by suggesting residents of glass houses should feel fortunate about their unique homes. The item hinges on wordplay and commentary rather than a news event.
Heat and Forgiveness Teases in a Small Town
Flora McFlighty quips with her brother in law Rev. George McGivish about Dora Daily and a spring hat resembling peatime. George warns of unforgiveness as Flora jokes she will forgive and forget, noting the heat in hell might ruin her hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora McFlighty
George McGivish
Dora Daily
Daisy Doderick
George
Flora
Dora
Democracy Stories In Berlin Highlight Opposing Americas And Russia
Harold C. Stagg writes in Family Times about a Berlin debate on democracy. An American officer and a Russian officer imagine exercising free speech in their capitals with no arrest. The American cites Washington and the White House. the Russian cites Stalin and the Kremlin.
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Berlin
Midwest
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Mr. Truman
Russia
Stalingrad
Moscow
Kremlin
Harold C. Stagg
Family Times
Two Nations Hold The Power To Make War Or Peace
George Sokolsky argues the United States and Soviet Russia hold world power and defend a balance via the United Nations and NATO. He warns against intellectual arrogance and urges clear terms for when America enters conflict, tracing policy roots to Teheran to Potsdam and Stillwell Marshall.
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United States
Soviet Russia
Charlemagne
Europe
United Nations
Great Britain
Germany
Czechoslovakia
China
Truman
Dean Acheson
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Russia
Stilwell-Marshall
Claire Chennault
Elbe
Rhine
Scandanavia
Holland
Teheran
Yalta
Moscow
Potsdam
Singapore
Winchell In New York Notes Stir Springfield Bookie Wager
Gloom hit Springfield as locals chased Winchell tips on Hialeah race six. Walter won $16.60 to win with $8.30 place and $6.40 show, sparking bets and losses across the city. The column also notes Cuban tensions and Hollywood gossip from New York society reports.
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Springfield
Mass
Hialeah
Walter
Winchell
Damon Runyon
Jan Sterling
Gene Blakeley
Mr. Roberts
Arthur Miller
Miami Beach
Copa City
Singer’s
Quotes and quips from early 20th century figures
The passage offers brief commendations of Henry Steele Commager, a retirement remark by Sen. Arthur Capper, and a sharp joke from radio comedian Eddie Cane. It presents optimistic, practical, and democratic traits attributed to figures in American public life.
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Mag Pipple
Robert Sylvester
Holywood
Gail Garber
Queens
Ross
43Rd
Broadway
Elizabeth Tayior
Life
Ceil Chapman
Faye Emerson
Richard Aldich
Lily Henry
Henry Steele Commager
Columbia University
Arthur Capper
Kansas
Senate
White House
Margaret Truman
Eddie Cane
Mad House satire on gallery rules and politics
George Dixon mocks strict senate decorum as a gallery cheer erupts during Tom Connally’s filibuster defense. He riffs on mink coats, White House secrets, and Jefferson and Jackson, then notes Florida freshman A S Herlong’s orange juice stand and staff humor with California rep Clinton D. McKinnon.
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Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Sclon
Syd Herlong Jr
Florida
California
Herlong
West Coast
Clinton D. McKinnon
Scottish Parliament Bans Golf to Favor Archery
In 1457 the Scottish Parliament forbade golf arguing the game kept men from required archery practice. Molybdenum improves stainless steel corrosion resistance. Over 100,000 products use stainless steel from jewelry to jet engines.
Sea Creature and Words Puzzle
A mixed word puzzle list includes clues for horizontal and vertical entries such as sea creature aquatic mammal and various common terms. The grid tasks solvers to fill intersecting words like sea eagle electrical and other themed terms.
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Brotherhood of Man
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Irene Dunne
W. A. Bivins
George Sokolsky
New York
Cuba
Prince Serge Obolensky
Count Adelbergh
Gen. Clay
H. J. Abs
Nazi Germany
Federal Reserve Bank
Abs
U. S
Patricia Wymore
All For Love
Jack Dempsey
Long Island
Howard Hughes
RKO
Rockefeller Center
Manhattan
Roulon Nielson
Phyllis Arnold
Slapsy-Maxie
Arnando
Music Hall
Hildegrade
Brook Club
Palm Springs
Cal
Joe Louis
Simone Simon
el Borracho
Ivy Green
Wall Street
Ray Bours Bon
Russell Burke
The
Navy Blueblood
Katherine Blake
FDR
Steve Cochran
Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey Circus
Runyon Cancer Fund
Madison Square Garden
Bill Odom
Evelyn Thompson
Colymm
Louis
Art Kassel
Mercury
Dick Contino
Sinatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Stork Club
Santa
Alger Hiss
Mike O'Shaughnessy
Chuck Barnet
Clifford Odets
George M. Cohan
Jimmy Walker
June Haver
Coasters
Eddie Stankys
Braves
Dodgers
J. Lebworth
Yale
Lena Yonoschewska
Truman Capote
Leon Henderson
Gigi Durston
George Dixon
Miss Reid
Mayflower
Estelle Fredericks
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Jefferson
Jackson
Old Hickory
Leav
Jacob
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