Temperance and loyalty mix in wartime reflections
A commentator argues temperance applies to more than liquor, criticizing national intemperance in diet, work, politics, and opinion, while noting President Roosevelt drinks milk instead of coffee. The piece condemns Congress members for blind loyalty to the White House over patriotic duty and asserts the public interest must come first.
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Hopkins
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
N. Y
Churchill
Hitler
Germany
Sweden
Berlin
Sun
George E. Sokolsky
Earl Browder
Browder
Sok
Moscow
N. Y. Post
Wealth Drafted in War Economy Sees Rising Output, Falling Profits
Analysis of 1942 earnings reports shows 71 percent higher gross manufacturing volume since 1928 29 with 47 percent lower after tax profits. Taxes and government controls shrink net income as wealth is drafted for national effort, while labor remains the target of dispute.
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the Magazine of
Wall Street
National Industrial Conference Board
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Herbert Bayard Swope
Secretary of War
S.B.H
Profitable Salvage Aids Unemployables In Rhode Island
Providence program shows human salvage yields $7 return per $1 cost as unemployables receive tests, training, and job placement via the U S Employment Service. For $400 in a month, $2720 saved by avoiding paid jobs. Hollywood notes top A 1 to 1 A and cautions on vacation time. Some suggest sport and morals as health aids.
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Providence
Rhode Island
U. S. Employment Service
High Point Citizens Share Wartime Views and Hopes
Readers across High Point discuss ancestry and local progress, from churches and colleges to industry. Letters touch on war effort, shortages, defense needs, rationing, and postwar plans, with comments on patriotism and international alliances.
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High Point
Jefferson
Washington
Dr. C. Excell Rozzette
Juanita Lee
John L Lewis Holds Aces In Wage Fight Strategy
Peter Edson outlines how John L. Lewis appears to control the wage dispute with the United Mine Workers gaining leverage through government actions. A court ruling on portal to portal pay and an extended negotiation window bolster Lewis as he testifies before a Senate committee, shaping pressure for wage increases and ongoing talks.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Solid Fuels
Harold L. Ickes
Office of Price Administration
Circuit Court of Appeals
Tennessee Coal and Iron
Uest
Truman Senate Committee
Prayer Moves the Arm That Heals the Land
A devotional quote from II Chronicles 7 14 urges humility prayer and repentance to gain divine forgiveness and healing. A second line from James Montgomery Ward emphasizes prayer as the force moving salvation.
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James Montgomery
Florida golfer endures 16 hours straight on course
A Florida golfer reportedly played for 16 hours straight, a challenge noted with light humor. The item hints at endurance sports and a playful wager about surviving a long round.
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Florida
Time on Broadway and Radio in Wartime Intelligentsia Notes
A review column surveys theater and radio during wartime in New York. It notes editor cuts to a ditty and praises Philadelphia reporting on Al Schmid. It mentions actors, shows, critics, and broadcasters with several named figures and outlets.
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Intelligentsia
March of Time
Stalin
Golden Gate Quartet
Tom O'Connor
E. James Smythe
Roger Butterfield
Life
al Schmid
Philadelphia
Time
Quentin Reynolds
Russia
Elmer Davis
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Tery
Ame
Capitol) Hill
Harry Hopkins
McNutt
Wickard
Hollywood
High Point, North Carolina
Miss Frank
High Point High School
United States
E. Morgan
Anthony Eden
Annapolis, Md
A. G. Marsh
L. M. Boswell
Wales
Jack Jones
Robert P. Patterson
Waacs
Clifford Yow
Mae Barrier
Mrs. Dresser
Massachusetts
Paul V. McNutt
Seigt
George C. Kenney
Allied Air Forces
Southwest Pacific
Alf M. Landon
Peter Edson
Our Town
Erin O'Brien-Moore
Thelma Schnee
Theodore Newton
Clay Clement
George Abbott
George Coulouris
Richard Ail
Milton Berle
Winter Garden
Johnny Long
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Cedric Hardwicke
Doris Bowden
Henry Travers
Alice Faye
Jack Oakie
June Havoc
John Payne
Gordon & Warren
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Dick Powell
Eddie Bracken
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Ethel Waters
Cole Porter
Charles Collingwood
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Drew Middleton
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Norman Corwin
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Lily Norwood
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James Wechsler
Cong
Ham Fish
Foreign Relations Committee
Clare Luce
Somerset Maugham
Joe Dineen
Redbook
Herbert Agar
Variety
Bennett Cerf
Cerf
Saturday Review of Literature
Dale Kramer
Geo. R. Clarke
Harold Ross
New Yorker
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Hannah Lees
Elizabeth Hall
King Lardner
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