Oklahoma election signals national international policy split
The Oklahoma contest shows Democrats buoyed by one district win while debates focus on whether candidates stressed national or international policies. The piece notes Willkie’s critique of Republican leadership and predicts heated organizing around a May 6 Young Democrats rally in Winston-Salem amid convention timing fights and intra party maneuvering.
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Willkie
Winston-Salem
Gregg Cherry
Ralph McDonald
Raleigh
War talk and political shifts mix in wartime debate
A collage of wartime opinions questions labor draft plans and 4 F work battalions while noting cross purposes among the President Labor Chief and Selective Service Director. It laments election year inertia and cites East Carolina Teachers College leadership questions and a Guilford County political uproar.
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WAVES recruitment and home front opinions in High Point
Ensign Georgiana Pentlarge notes North Carolina leads navy enlistments and urges Tar Heel women to join WAVES as invasion nears. Readers discuss ration books, press freedom, expiration dates on stamps, and local cleanliness, with ratings on inflation and home-front duties.
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High Point
The Trials of a Rationing Board Secretary Jones
A look inside the rationing board office shows J. F. Jones denying extra gasoline to many applicants while others plead illness work or travel needs. The scene contrasts patient civilians with assertive officials as lines form and decisions unfold in amid wartime fuel control.
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New York
Lucius Beebe
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Joan Crawford
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Winchell On Broadway Portrait of a Modern Woman
A fragmented profile describes a modern Broadway woman through fashion, manners, and attitudes. It critiques celebrity culture, social expectations, and personal choices with sharp, satirical depictions of wealth, vanity, and independence.
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