Cooperation test as fuel rationing lands in NC
The piece argues Americans must practice restraint as gasoline use is cut to four fifths in several states, urging motorists to reduce travel beyond 20 percent to aid others reliant on driving. It also notes Sayre’s plea for relief to Bataan, debates relief decisions, and praises MacArthur’s transfer, asserting leadership will shape outcomes in the Pacific theater.
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North Carolina
Philippines
Mr. Sayre
Bataan
MacArthur
Sayre
White House
Australia
Luzon
South Pacific
Indies
United States
England
Panama Canal
Sydney
Indian Ocean
Japan
United Nations
Australia and its defense in World War II
Australia faces a harsh wartime reality with wage freezes and strict work permissions while war aims hinge on a vast, well armed population. The piece contrasts Allied support and Australian resilience, noting strategic bottlenecks, supply gaps, and the need for home defense volunteers amid shifting German and Japanese moves and Hitler’s assertive planning.
Greensboro talk warns against optimistic war news bias
The Greensboro News reports Dr. Charles Copeland Smith of Chicago warned a joint Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association audience Tuesday night to avoid assimilating only favorable war news. He illustrated the grav ity of optimism and urged balanced reporting.
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Greensboro
Charles Copeland Smith
Economist
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association
National Whirligig News Behind the News
National Whirligig reports on 1942 first quarter arms output, highlighting planes ships and monetary outlays. It notes rising production despite auto shutdowns, calls for faster WPB action to meet demand, and discusses giant air transports as a solution to Axis blockades.
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America
Java Sea
Pearl Harbor
Hitler
Mirohito
Benito
F.D.R
W.P.B
Washington
Mordels
Uncle Sam
Russia
China
India
Middle East
Libya
Egypt
Chiang Kaishek
Burma
Delhi
Bat
Moscow
Cairo
Broadway Rogue's Gallery of Walter Winchell Tales
A column recounts Los Angeles showbiz lives from the Hollywood era. Lester Berger marries Prudence Edgar after a hard road from waiter to restaurant captain in Babylon, while other showgirls' marriages reveal the era's glitter and grit. A tale of romance, theft, ambition, and moral compromises exposes the era's temptations and consequences.
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Broadway
Hollywood
the Clymers
Reuben
Lester Berger
Missus
Babylon
L. A
Berger
Prudence Edgar
Jess
Broadway swindler dodges duty and dames in scathing sketch
A sharp sketch rails at a Broadway figure who ditched three wives and several business partners, fled to sunny climes, resisted the draft, and claims immunity. It notes a Fifth Avenue doctor among the harmed, mocks his excuses, and ends with Senator Walter F. George urging slight price hikes to meet living costs.
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California
America
Aging Father Time Local News Recap of Bank Affairs
A recap notes Commercial National Bank assets exceed its liabilities after closing. A high school band concert is set for Sunday at 2 30 in the Senior High auditorium. Rev Milton Whitener formerly of the Reformed church will preach Sunday morning at the local church. Miss Elizabeth Brown Mrs James Armstrong and Mrs Holt McPherson attended Greensboro College Day in Greensboro today. Marvin K Hamner suffers pneumonia at his home 18 White Oak Street. Mr and Mrs Teel Williams and Bruce Williams depart for Philadelphia to reside. Williams was with Williams Norris Furniture Co. Miss Ruth Rowe is visiting in Garden City. News briefs mention a beer bill favorably reported, Goethe centenary crowd in Carnegie Hall, unemployment figures, and remarks by Dr Frank Kingden Adolf Hitler T V Soong and Dr T Soong.
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Commercial National Bank
Milton Whitener
the Reformed Church
Whitener
Catawba College
Elizabeth Brown
James Armstrong
Holt McPherson
Greensboro
Marvin KK. Hammer
White Oak Street
Airs
Teel Williams
Bruce
Philadelphia
Williams
Williams-Norris Furniture Company
Ruth Roawne
Eleanor Marsh
Garden City
L. L
Senate
Starb
Carnegie Hall
New York
Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Breezy Fragments Highlight Oddities and Idle Quips
A collage of quirky notes mentions spring attitudes toward nature, a wager of five thousand bets to weigh a pound, a school in the east debating a smoking ban, pocket book snappers for women in theaters, and Air Marshal Sir Richard Peirse urging resilience in India.
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Sir Richard Peirse
R.A. F
India
Short Lesson In How To Lose The War In Washington
Peter Edson reports from Washington on wartime production pressures revealed by a failed Sunday inspection. Lieut. Gen. Knudsen canceled his visit, leaving plants to mislead on defense output while workers faced shifts and illegal overtime. The piece cites Guthrie’s controversial role in WPB reforms and urges a sharper, coordinated push to convert civilian industries to war production, warning political missteps risk defeat. It also notes alien property issues, critical materials, and early bets on bomb timing as part of broader wartime planning.
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Washington
William S. Knudsen
Knudsen
Guuluie
Guthrie
WPB
Robert R. Guthrie
Paducah
OPM
Philip Reed
General Electric
Treasury
National Aeronautic Association
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High Poins Enterprise
J. 7. Rawley
IR. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Mgr. Capus M. Waynick
Ratha Daly
Um High Point
Harriet Winston Sowall
Council
War Council
Fuehrer
Germany
Berlin
George Fielding Elliot
By Ray Tucker
Tokyo
Wyoming
Walter Winchell
Tle
Solomon
Flo
Billingsley
Fifth Avenue
Walter F. George
Georgia
Frank Kingden
The
University of Newark
Adolf Tiitler
T. V. Soong
Peter Edson
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
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