New State School Board Named In North Carolina
Governor Cherry appoints ten members including Dr. B B Daugherty and A S Brower to the new State Board of Education with ex officio Ballentine and Erwin. The board includes lawyers H E Stacy Archibald Graham John A Pritchett educator A C Edwards and Mrs. R S Ferguson plus editors Julian Miller Santford Martin and D Hiden Ramsey. The editorial notes the group combines public service experience with school focus and urges local citizens to engage with district reps like Mr Martin on school matters. Termite reports in the Arctic Circle add a light closing joke.
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State Board of Education
Cherry
North Carolina
L. Y. Ballentine
Clyde Erwin
B. B. Daugherty
Appalachian State Teachers College
A. S. Brower
Duke University
Daugherty
State School Commission
Brower
State College
Purchase and Contract
Duke
H. E. Stacy
Lumberton
Archibald Graham
Clinton
John A. Pritchett
Windsor
General Assembly
Stacy
Graham
Pritchett
A. C. Edwards
Hookerton
Farm Bureau
R. S. Ferguson
Taylorsville
Julian Miller
Charlotte Observer
Santford Martin
Winston - Salem Journal
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville Citizen
Martin
Dr. Miller
Ramsey
Guilford County
Winston-Salem
Griffith Visits White House Aide Hints On Baseball Continuity
Washington owner Clark Griffith met President Roosevelt for his annual pass, discuss ing wartime baseball. Miller of the War Production office suggested McNutt’s sympathy to keep baseball going, while Griffith jokes about signing McNutt. Also notes a French term used by soldiers meaning to circumvent rules.
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Washington
Clark Griffith
Washington Senators
Roosevelt
Griffith
Pearl Harbor
White House
Watson Miller
Paul V. McNutt
War Commission
Grifth
Miller
Mr. McNutt
Indiana University
System D stories from a National Magazine article
Lt Col Fred G Vosburgh cites a National Magazine piece on System D used by the French to smuggle money and items past guards. An example shows a hollowed battery fooling detectors though only a lighted battery reveals the ruse, illustrating long folklore of clever French improvisation.
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Fred G. Vosburgh
National i Magazine
Germany
Night Club Age And Curfew Debate In The United States
A Cincinnati reader challenges the idea of New York as the United States, arguing curfew rules and nightlife reflect broader social trends. The writer criticizes wartime indulgence, gangs robbing servicemen, and the proliferation of speakeasy style clubs that lure men in uniform. He condemns the era’s licentious nightlife and its lax proprieties.
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Cincinnati
New York
United States
Warh Yrnes
la Guardia
Nightlife Curfew Controversy Presses Wartime Morality
By George Sokolsky criticizes late night streets in wartime, arguing curfew breaks lead to vice and crime. He warns of ruined morality, police entanglements, and gangsters exploiting crowds of servicemen and civilians seeking “fun” after curfew.
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Mr. Byrnes
USO
Wartime shortages loom after victory in Europe predicts slow civilian supply
A wartime forecast warns that even after V-E Day civilian goods will be scarcer for months. Shortages will affect lipstick, auto parts, buttons, radio tubes, soap, and household items as production remains limited and repair parts are scarce across industries.
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Hitler
Fifth Avenue
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Rosin Supply Strains Surface of War Time Commerce
The piece notes turpentine and rosin use in soap and paint during wartime. Labor shifts from rosin gathering to Victory plants, prices limit raises, and the OPA fears imbalances. Prisoner labor strains manpower, German imports face local objection, and sulfuric acid treatments raise sap flow but injure workers.
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South
Victory
OPA
Army-Navy
Capitol Square Present Vote on School Board Fees
The State School Board fees were confirmed with no dissent but at least four legislators voted present. Sen John Kesler and Reps George Uzzell Kerr Craig Ramsey of Rowan county expressed mild protest over Gov reappointing Harry Isenhour. Dr Brown of Hoke also voted present over omitting Sen Ryan McBryde from the list. Former Gov Broughton and ex-Lt Gov Harris were seen in a hotel and joked about being beens with the term Xs. Broughton hints at a U S Senate bid in three years, Harris muses about returning as Lieutenant Governor.
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John Kesler
George Uzzell
Kerr Craig Ramsey
Rowan County
Harry Isenhour
Dr. Brown
Hoke
Ryan McBryde
Broughton
Harris
Capital City
U. S. Senate
Senate Lovereast
Parliamentary procedure twists in Sampson tax fight
In Sampson County the tax collector issue pits Representative Honeycutt against Senator Vann as the House tables Vann's bill. After a prolonged debate a motion to reconsider the tabling vote fails 41 to 40 amid confusion. John Kerr Jr. frames local beer and wine bills, praising local option.
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Honeycutt
Vann
Sampson County
House
John Kerr, Jr
House Finance Committee
North Carolina
Winchell On Broadway Highlights New York Scene
A brisk column surveys G P S and social figures in New York across venues like the Stork Club St Moritz and Park Central Lounge. Ernest Hemingway wields a six inch stiletto in a perilous joke while public figures and entertainers including Walter Pidgeon Arturo Rubinstein Gypsy Rose Lee and John D. Bulkeley receive attention. A street vignette recalls a Midtown cigarette purchase ending with a quip from a proprietor.
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New York
Ernest Hemingway
Stork Club
Don Nelson
Walter Pidgeon
Fifth Avenue
The
Chicks
Alice Frost
Anthony
Rumplemayer
St. Moritz
Arturo Rubenstein
Jeanne Byrne
Park Central
Gypsy Rose Lee
Highland Falls
Milionaire
John D. Bulkeley
Pierre Cotillion
Mid-Town Tragedy and Sizzling Showbiz Notes
Mary Ann Parker, a young model, died in a midtown dentist chair after anesthesia. her broker, Max Reichenstein, advised reducing her $25 000 policy to $6 000. The column also reports spats among Grace Moore and Nino Martini on tour, plus various entertainment and legal items from the era.
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Mary Ann Parker
Max Reichenstein
Grace Moore
Nino Martini
Lawrence Dennis
Hermann Schwinn
R. E
Joe McWilliams
Geo. A. Deatherage
Dud Pelley
Kunze
Diebel
Sage
Lyman
Viereck
Liz Dilling
Washburn
Barbara Field
OWI
Monty Woolley Comments On Peace Rumors And TV Signals
In a fragmented broadcast from beyond the coast Monty Woolley discusses rumors of peace as radio networks recount wartime chatter Barbara Jones stays on alert and a visa denial affects Chevalier’s planned entry under Vichy France policy The State Department may decide to welcome him with caution amid legal and press coverage from early March.
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Broadway
Monty Woolley
Columbus
Barbara Jones
Rice Chevalier
Voice
Nce
Atlantic City
Mauin
England
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