Salary Bill in North Carolina Aims High Point Pay Raises
Editorial notes Representative Crissman plans a bill to raise High Point mayoral pay to 600 dollars and councilors to 600 each while criticizing the current 2 dollars a week. The piece discusses civil service conflicts with the Health Department and an attorney general opinion, suggesting the bill may do little harm regardless of outcome.
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Enterprise
Raleigh
Walter
High Point
Herring
Civil Service Act
City Health Department
Future of Germany debated by Churchill and Roosevelt
The New York Times compares Churchill and Roosevelt on postwar Germany under the heading Future of Germany. Churchill urges measured steps to ensure peace and subsistence for Germans, while Roosevelt calls for temporary German control, destruction of nazism, and reparations without vengeance.
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The
New York Times
Churchill
Roosevelt
Germany
Congress
San Francisco
New York
G.O.P
F.D.R
Capitol Square Exemption and Juries in 1946 Debate
A proposed bill would let women be excused from jury duty upon request based on sex though opponents call it blanket class exemption. An amendment to remove the ban on women jurors may be voted in 1946, or women could not serve if not ratified. Also noted is Kerr Scott’s potential REA post and Governor Bickett’s 1917 vision for farm electrification in North Carolina.
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State Supreme Court
Women’s Clubs
General Assembly
Winborne named for Eastern Federal Judgeship amid FBI scrutiny
The Raleigh rumor mill points to Stanley Winborne, chairman of the Utilities Commission, as a candidate for the Eastern Federal Judgeship succeeding Judge I M Meekins. FBI checks are rumored, with officials saying reports are confidential to the attorney general and the President.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
United States
Winborne
Wartime pessimism and fighting on still bind the homefront
A Washington report argues that despite German and Japanese losses the war extends further. It cites fuel, oil, and bread shortages, mass refugee flows toward Berlin, and continued German resistance. Field Marshal Montgomery says the war will have a long, hard final phase. The piece warns against premature peace expectations.
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Washington
Japan
Germany
France
Italy
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Berlin
Trav
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Pacific
War Front Calm Or Peace Feelers In The Pacific
The piece argues that clearing the Philippines will sever Japan from the sea, with Adm Bull Halsey warning of possible peace feelers while officials stress that any relaxation on the front or homefront risks prolonging the war and wasting lives and money.
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Philippines
Formosa
William F. “Bull” Halsey, Jr
United Nations
Prelude to Peace Amid War's Turmoil and Treaty Debates
The piece argues that peace moves are shaping a future without a formal boundary treaty, as fronts shift to possession. It criticizes attempts to restrain Senate debate, cites the Atlantic Charter and Moscow Agreement, and questions a hidden Tehran accord shaping postwar power under Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt.
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United States
Senate
Europe
Asia
Great Britain
Soviet
Rusia
Russia
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Postwar Conferences Map World Power Shifts
The article reviews Moscow Tehran and Yalta as major conferences shaping postwar order. It notes British influence in the Mediterranean and broader roles for the United States, Soviet Russia, and the Netherlands in Asia while hinting at secrecy and unresolved questions about U.S. territorial position after the war.
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Teheran
Poland
Finland
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Russia
Iran
China
Communist Party
United Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
League of Nations
Yalta
Holy Alliance
Europe
Asia
San Francisco
Bretton Woods
Congress
Moscow
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Great Britain
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
Greece
Soviet Russia
Critique of universal military training polls and youth draft
A Washington opinion questions straw polls on compulsory military education. The writer argues the polls misdefine universal training as a year long draft of teens and calls for alternatives such as home-based training, expanded guards, and new academies. He criticizes educational polls for ignoring feasible options.
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Army
Navy
National Guard
West Points
West
Great Lakes
Chamber of Commerce
Democratic youth military training urged to replace draft
Paul Mallon argues against compulsory youth draft proposing a Democratic voluntary military training system. He warns public opposition could end any real program and urges college presidents educators churchmen and parents to push a democratic reserve program for future national needs.
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Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Congress
Poe
War Department
War News From Iwo and Pacific Fronts Shapes Public View
The report updates wartime conditions from Iwo Jima Lubang and Corregidor. It notes Japan's housing shortage amid heavy Allied bombardments and outlines Allied attacks on oil refineries in Balikpapan Palembang and Sumatra. It highlights Japanese labor conscription and wartime discipline while contrasting Japanese missteps and stubborn defense.
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Iwo
Lubang
Corregidor
Nippon
Pacific
Japan
Orient
Hirohito
Tokyo
Yokohama
Berlin
Southwest Pacific
USAAF
RAF
Balikpapan
Borneo
Dandang
British
Palembang
Sumatra
Asia
Joil
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Mr. Crissman
Doc
Sad Reich
Capitol Square
Scott
United States Senate
Aubrey Williams
Federal Rural Electrification Administration
Kerr Scott
By Lynn Nisbet
America
Elers
Jack Stinnett
George Sokolsky
O. Henry
Paul Mallon
Far East
Iwo Jima
Burma
MacArthur
New Guinea
Rommel
Seventh Air Force
Private
Breger Abroad
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