Labor s Leadership and War Time Politics Recall
A High Point citizen criticizes union democracy and racketeers while praising coal miner leader John L. Lewis for better pay and war effort considerations. The piece notes Samuel Gompers and wartime loyalties, then recounts Munich and Churchill’s rise as pivotal moments guarding liberty, ending with a plea to remember liberty.
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High Point
Atic
L. Lewis
John L. Lewis
Samuel Gompers
England
American Nation of Labor
Looking Back At Nazi Surrenders And War’s Lengthy Course
A retrospective notes thousands surrendering to the Allies in Germany as the Nazi government struggles to transfer power. It observes dwindling coal oil and munitions while Allied leaders plan larger offensives after key cities fall. The piece reflects six years back to the crisis start and mentions March.
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Germany
Vienna
Prayer's Purpose and the Generals in Prayer
A Georgia Sunday School class prayed for General MacArthur and many other leaders, prompting letters of response. The writer questions turning prayers into publicity and scrapbooks, noting generals have work to do and prayers should remain a supplication to the Almighty.
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Atlanta
MacArthur
Associated Press
Capita l Square Divorce Opinions Highlight Two Year Separation Rule
The state supreme court issued six opinions on Wednesday with half of them appeals by men seeking divorces from their wives. Two cases upheld lower court refusals, one remanded for further trial, and one involved a misruling on jury access. The Dudleys’ eight children and the two year separation requirement frame most discussions, with Chief Justice Stacy criticizing Judge Ruthsild on a separate case.
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High Court
Art Moody
Jewell Floody
Avery County
Wilson Arlick
Schenck
Rufus Dudley
Ivorce
Fannie Tripp Dudley
Pitt County
Theudleys
Ney
Richard Pixon
Denny
Dudley
Stacy
Ruthsild
J. Otis Taylor
Bessie Taylor
Catawba
North Carolina Supreme Court notes and public notices
Lynn Nisbet Jude reports on high court actions including a default affirming a Bone decision not precedent and a three three split on a hotel fire death suit. Governor Cherry brings Trinity Bible with Mordecai poem to oath ceremony as officials sworn in. Oil drilling in eastern NC was premature with essential machinery delayed. State agriculture report criticized as propaganda with Kerr Scott photo and farm scenes.
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Gregg Cherry
Trinity College
Duke University
Samuel F. Mordecai
North Carolina
Morehead City
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Kerr Scott
General Fund
Small nations seek voice in Dumbarton Oaks plan
In Washington a key debate at the San Francisco conference is how to balance small nations' fears of domination by great powers with the need for swift action by a powerful council. The 11 member council will wield policing like duties. permanent seats go to the United States United Kingdom U S S R France and China with six rotating seats.
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Sigrid Arne
Jack Stinnett
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington
United Nations
San Francisco
World Organization
United States
United Kingdom
U.S.S.R
France
China
Council
Jersey City
Dutch Pamphlet Shapes Yalta Talks on Small Nations
Jack Stinnett notes a printed Dutch proposal to include three small nations on the council of 11 for action, arguing 150 million in Europe and 100 million in Latin America deserve freedom from fear. At Yalta the Big Three show partial support. The plan shifts to seven member majority requiring two small nations with Big Five approval.
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Netherlands
Europe
Latin America
San Francisco
Yalta
Annual Passages on Slavery and Liberation
A speaker recalls annual Passover readings linking slavery in Egypt to modern oppression. He invokes Moses, the Last Supper, and the moral imperative to reject slavery as an enduring human crime, urging reflection on liberty and justice across generations.
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Moses
Egypt
Christ
Slavery And The Moral Duty To Oppose It Now
By George Sokolsky argues every nation has no right to enslave others and condemns Nazi and Soviet oppression. He urges Americans to oppose all forms of slavery, defend freedom of choice, and publicly denounce slave labor plans despite wartime realities. He cites Poland Romania Bulgaria and Europe’s dissidents facing disappearance under communist rule. He calls slavery unthinkable and vows to keep faith with democratic ideals and older human rights.
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Hitler
Russia
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Siberia
Liberia
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Anton C. Pegis
Bennett Cerf
Soviet Russia
Labor Freeze Debate Shapes War Mobilization Policy
Washington dispatch analyzes a new labor policy replacing the defeated draft plan. The measure would empower War Mobilizer Byrnes to freeze workers in unspecified areas with penalties, while exemptions for strikers remain unclear. Critics from AFL CIO manufacturers and chambers warn it could trap workers and misapply authority, leaving key issues unsettled as McNutt may interpret Byrnes directions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Byrnes
Congress
Manpowerer McNutt
War Labor Board
Labor draft plan fuels controversy and confusion in Congress
The piece argues a labor draft would compel employers to hire and limit plant operations, notes opposition by Dewey Short and Joseph O Mahoney as undemocratic, and suggests Senator Warren Austin as insider sponsor. It claims the measure masks a broader wartime draft strategy and was a bargaining compromise.
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Dewey Short
Missouri
On Broadway Private Papers Of A Cab Reporter
A mixed column notes New Yorkers pride in Mayor La Guardia yet concern over curfew and casualties. It recalls wartime topics from Nazi prisoners near a TNT plant to Hughes of reporting and voices on religion and persecution with satirical, pointed commentary.
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LaGuardia
New York
Washington
Justice Byrnes
Jefferson Barracks
Gumbo
Missouri
T.N.T
St. Louis
Hitler
Rhine
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