Wake Forest move urged for greater service and fortunes
The editor argues Wake Forest should relocate to Winston-Salem to access Reynolds funding. The piece compares Trinity becoming Duke and urges acceptance of the Reynolds offer, noting benefits for education, the Baptist denomination, and the state, while acknowledging alumni concerns.
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Wake Forest College
Winston- Salem
Baptist State Convention
Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Wake Forest
Wake County
Trinity College
Trinity
Durham
Reynolds University
Duke University
Smith Reynolds
Baptists
Meredith College
Raleigh
Meredith
State College
State
Grand jury praised for serving public, despite missteps
The Guilford county grand jury is valued as a public agency despite bumptious assertions and some misfacts. The editorial argues the panel, though risky, exposes issues in public affairs, providing useful oversight and accountability for the county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Grand Jury
Guilford County Grand Jury
Guilford
Capitol Square Campaigning and Governors Race Rumors
Campaign chatter centers on state politics while funds flow to the national Democratic treasury after the Jackson dinner. W. P. Horton reports the state quota of 18000 is exceeded as Umstead and other governors hopefuls mingle with party leaders. Warren’s standing declines after missing the dinner and failing county quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
National Democratic Party
W. P. Horton
Governors race talk and candidacy buzz in 1948 race
The piece notes Lynn Nisbet and fellow hopefuls as potential 1948 governor candidates with some disappointment over lack of broad rallying. It lists attendees such as Charles M. Johnson Libby Ward Stag Ballentine John Kerr Jr Edwin Pate and Tom Pearsall. Congressional presence is shown by aides Kid Brewer and Jack Spain for Bailey Huey. Fifth district focus centers on John Folger meeting in Winston Salem with candidates expected to remain through the primary possibly forcing a second race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Johnson
Libby Ward
Stag Ballentine
John Kerr, Jr
Edwin Pate
Tom Pearsall
United States
Kid Brewer
Bailey
Jack Spain
Huey
Herbert Bonner
Harold Cooley
Fifth
John Folger
Winston-Salem
Nick Bez Named Instrument Of U S In Bering Sea Fishing
Letters describe Nick Bez as a leading Democrat in Washington and an associate of Governor Wallgren and Senator, while others call him a shrewd businessman. The piece notes a proposed U S fishing deal worth 3,750,000 dollars and highlights Bez as treasurer of the Yugoslav American committee praising Marshal Tito.
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Nick Bez
United States
Bering Sea
Washington
Wallgren
United Committee of
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
State Department
Tito
Josip Broz
Zagreb
Croatia
Russia
Red Army
Communist Party
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Posip Broz
Tito and Titoism in American editorial view
By George Sokolsky criticizes a department’s stance toward Tito and domestic policy. It questions wartime to peacetime economic shifts, labor’s neglect, and argues a pro Tito bias among officials while noting the Bez committee’s suspicious links to Soviet Russia and a $3,750,000 fundraising scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Labor
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
United States
Soviet Russia
Nick Bez
Churchill Stalin debate seen through parliaments and liberty
The speaker analyzes the Churchill Stalin exchange, arguing Churchill’s goal was diplomatic and stressing parliamentary freedom as universal. Stalin’s reply is viewed as misinterpreting liberty, equating it with fascism, while noting Russia’s one party system and how it mirrors totalitarian methods.
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England
Congress
France
Chamber of Deputies
Stalin
Churchill
Hitler
All Free People
Russia
Stalin blamed yearning for communism in Europe says Pravda interview
Paul Mallon presents a Pravda interview with Stalin asserting that European yearnings were not the cause of communism. He argues communism spread through seizure of governments and aggressive movements, noting parliamentary nations show limited Communist majority and strongest in France via a coalition with Socialists.
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Pravda
Stalin
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Yugoslavia
Europe
France
Italy
Postwar Pay Gap Hurts Top Earners in Washington
A wartime income analysis shows top bracket executives with a wife and two children still faring worse in take home pay in 1946 than before Pearl Harbor despite tax relief. The bureau of internal revenue figures compare net incomes, 1936-39 take-house, 1944-45 take-home, and 1946 take-home for varied salaries, highlighting the era’s living-cost increases and tax shifts.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Proportionate tax inequities noted by Stinnett
Jack Stinnett argues that income tax inequities are visible immediately. He notes a $10 000-a-year earner now pays about five times his 1936 to 1939 tax, while a $500 000-a-year executive pays only about one third more. The tax system shifted from top-bracket taxation to broadening the base, causing doubling to quintupled tax amounts across brackets.
National budget clash threatens postwar navy funding
Congressional critics accuse Budget Bureau director Harold D. Smith of doctoring figures to cut 2 billion dollars from the navy postwar fleet, risking national security. They cite Smith's power over administration policy, lack of naval experts on staff, and clashes with Forrestal Leahy Nimitz and Roosevelt era orders. Vinson leads hearings demanding restoration amid Cabinet censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budget Bureau
Navy
Harold D. Smith
James V. Forrestal
William D. Leahy
Chester W. Nimitz
Smith
Congress
Nimitz
House Naval Affairs
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Mr. Smith
Harding
Roosevelt
FDR
White House
Army
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
War Department
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Malin D. Craig
Vinson
Rooosevelt
Truman
Milledgeville
House
Forrestal
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Umstead
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Moscow
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Jack Stinnett
OPA
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Oregon
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
Dennis Chavez
Ernest W. McFarland
Arizonian
Wyatt
CPA
U. S. Forestry
Forest Service
Herbert Lehman
UNRRA
New York
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