Legislature Enacts Pro-Wine Compromise Amid Crises
Editorial notes the wine interests shaped a key compromise killing the Stone amendment and prompting a smoother exit as the session nears adjournment. It predicts heavy patronage tasks for Governor Cherry, including board appointments, the highway commission, and a looming U S judge nomination while noting SBI delays in Davidson County election probes. The piece concludes by comparing the western front map's Belgian bulge to calmer times.
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Raleigh
Cane
General Assembly
Cherry
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Guilford County
State Board of Education
Sanfort Martin
Winston-Salem
A. S. Brower
Duke University
Guilford
Amos Kearns
High Point
Charles Hines
Andrew Joyner
Red Cross Praise From War Front Letter
Sgt. Frank Wall of the 406th Bomber Squadron writes home praising the Red Cross overseas. He notes a Mobile Unit serving hot coffee and doughnuts and mentions a local Aero Club that opens late for meals amid cold rainy weather.
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Red Cross
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Red Cross Aero Club
Red Cross support praised by soldiers and locals
Army Lt. Robert M. Pearce writes from Paris that Red Cross clubs provide the same excellent treatment as in London. Locals report ration hook losses soar and the ration board struggles with crowds. Marine Pfc Dwight Harris, back after 27 months in the South Pacific, warns that civilians may not grasp the war until directly affected.
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Red Cross
Army
Robert M. Pearce
Paris
Betsy Yow
American Red Cross Club
London
Pfc
Dwight Harris
South Pacific
Roosevelt Doubts on Poland Pact Revealed in Radio Critique
A radio commentator rebukes the Yalta Polish settlement, citing Roosevelt’s admitted compromise and suggesting a shift in perception. The piece portrays three leaders at Livadia Palace bargaining over Asia’s and Europe’s future with limited witnesses and fading imperial power.
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Holy Alliance
Livadia
Yalta
Russia
United States
Three World Landmasters and a Georgian Astasic
The writer catalogs three figures shaping global power: a tough American statesman, a Georgian Astasic ruler likened to a czar, and the cautious European leaders Churchill Roosevelt Stalin. The piece portrays power, ambition, and the call to sustain liberty against rising tyranny. It ends with a Polish hymn urging endurance and resolve in the face of war’s cost.
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Astasic
Georgia
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Europe
Churchill
Roosevelt
Senate
Stalin
Unanimous approval needed for postwar security plan
The commentator critiques a postwar peace proposal stressing unanimity among the Big Five for force and arms decisions, argues it is not a security, disarmament, or league binding pact, and notes Russian–Stalin influence shaping a compromise that could boost Senate support and empower vetoes under the Monroe Doctrine.
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Washington
League
Roosevelt
Livadia
Woodrow Wilson
League Council
Lodge
Ball
Burton
Hatch
Welles
Wallace
Mr. Roosevelt
Stalin
Russia
Dumbarton Oaks
Britain
United States
Senate
South America
World council debates set to test US veto power and big nation blocs
Paul Mallon warns of a council where a 7 of 11 majority governs war decisions, risking clash among the Big Five and small nations. He notes Russia and Britain could push aggression in the Americas without a veto, while urging public understanding of air transport, armaments, and propaganda to avoid false security.
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Congress
Council
Russia
Britain
South America
Manchukuo
Ethiopia
United States
Chicago
Steyne
Portrait of a Chameleon in a World of War and Lies
Dino Grandi, Conte di Mordano, emerges as a central Fascist figure whose life spans World War I to World War II. The piece contrasts his 1945 self defense with a long record: editor of L Assalto, head of a terror squad, deputy, staff to Mussolini, director of oil interests, diplomat to the League of Nations, and tester of alliances with Britain and Germany.
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Italy
Bologna
L'Assalto
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Duce
Squadristi
Po Valley
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Fiume
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Count Volpi
Grand Council
Germany
Hans Frank
Poland
Ribbentrop
London
Napoleon
Kaiser
Hitler
Lisbon
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