High Point Police Chief Friddle urged to reform department
Editorial argues the High Point Police Department is second rate and needs a strong reform to restore public confidence. It calls for a police commissioner role to oversee a top to bottom overhaul, regardless of Friddle's guilt or innocence in the current case.
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High Point
W. Giddle
Crief
Braden
Jef Friddie
Civil Service Commission
Friddle
High Point Police Department
Friddie
W A B Sickness Delays Sunday Sermon and Explanations
A Sunday column explains that the W A B sermon will not appear due to Mr W A Fivens illness. The note adds a tribute and prays for A B to return next Sunday while cautioning against inflated expectations during wartime nerves.
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W.A.B
God
W. A. Fivens
A.B
War Of Nerves Invasion Pace Shows Strong Defenses
The piece notes Italy’s hard fighting and growing caution about Western Europe invasion. It contrasts Allied strength with Nazi fortifications built over years and suggests no near date for a major assault. Churchill and Montgomery words are read as indicating readiness, not imminent action.
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Italy
Europe
Churchill
Montgomery
Stalin
Union Officials Back Ford Action Over Plant Riot
The United Automobile Workers support Ford Motor Company in disciplining workers involved in a minor riot and unauthorized strike at the plant. Ten union employees were discharged and ten suspended. UAW President R. J. Thomas urged local officers to take drastic action to enforce the contract and strike pledge.
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United Automobile Workers
CLO
Ford Motor Company
Ford
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Washington Star
Citizens share thoughts on city limits and wartime concerns
Residents weigh extending city boundaries amid recent fires and nearby cleanup efforts. Others urge license fees for bicycles, discuss rationing, train seating for soldiers, and call for cleaner vacant lots amid mica mine shifts and wartime morale.
FDR'S YOUTH MOVEMENT
Washington report notes a Democratic push to emphasize a youth wave in party leadership with 40 year old Robert Emmet Hannegan slated to replace 57 year old Frank C. Walker as DNC chairman while Clemente staffers show younger ages. Republican strategists acknowledge the trend but foresee consolidation before nominating their own candidate. The piece links aging New Deal criticism to shifting power among top aides and Cabinet members.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Democratic Party
Ee Ee
Supreme Court
Robert Emmet Hannegan
St. Louis
Frank C. Walker
Democratic National Committee
Graybeard
Wickard
Morgenthau
Hannegan
Walker
Bertrand W. Gearhart
California
Japan
United States
Winchell on Broadway and the Dies Committee clash
A Washington column letters page from December 18 1940 recounts a private correspondence from Martin Dies warning Winchell about his anti Dies stance. The piece criticizes Dies for using Congress to attack misdeeds while funding his investigations with unclear results and alleges meddling against movie stars and the press.
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House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Winchell
Martin
Texas
House
Congress
Dies
Miss Temple
Cagney
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Lexington Ave
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London
Walter Crissman
Seid Ben Ridge
Bicycle Club
Slim Kendall
New Canaan, Conn
New York State
Bill Sharpe
North Carolina
4. L. Stuckey
Charlie Chaplin
Iris Gaither
A. T. Telfare
Baxter Smith
Bessie Tesh
Anderson Aldrich
Paris Island
Floyd Clark
Durham
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Roosevelt
Hanknegan
Dorothy Vredenburgh
Paul Porter
Charlie Michelson
Rep
Gearhart
John N. Garner
W. Lee
Pappy) O'Daniel
Garner
Tom Connally
Senate
Garnér
O'Daniel
INS
T. Y. Res
Broadway
America
Trotsky
Shirley Temple
Shirley
Temple
Eure
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