Reynolds Face North Carolina Backlash Over Senate Bid
The Charlotte Observer editorializes that Bob Reynolds faces a hostile response as he weighs a 1944 Senate run. Reynolds, backed by supporters and profits from his Vindicator, is accused of isolationist stances and a tear campaign anchored in wartime casualties.
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Reynolds
North Carolina
United States Senate
Charlotte Observer
Bob Reynolds
United States
Senate
Roosevelt
North Carolinia
Congress
Congress sends tax bill back to committee after bitter debate
The House rejected forgiving 1942 income taxes and sent the bill to Ways and Means proposing a pay as you go plan. Both sides claim victory then defeat and agree a sane compromise is needed to avoid harming small taxpayers while reducing excess wartime taxes. The author warns that continued strife aids the Axis.
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Congress
Rum
Rommel
House of Representatives
Ways and Means Committee
House
William Wyler
Germany
Africa
Messerschmidt
Ed McGrady Seen for Expanded War Labor Roles
An unofficial Washington report suggests Ed McGrady former Assistant Secretary of Labor and now aide to Undersecretary Patterson may receive broader duties linking labor with war prosecution. The piece lauds his ability and calls for him to head or majorly influence the War Manpower Commission. It notes his controversial past with the Marion strikes and his robust reputation among North Carolinians.
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Washington
Ed. McGrady
Labor
Patterson
Frances Perkins
War Manpower Commission
North Carolina
McGrady
Marion
Clyde Hoey
Wallace Winborne
Supreme Court
N. A. Townsend
Department of Justice
AFL
Department of Labor
Madame Perkins
High Point Voices Debate Labor Roles and War Efforts
Readers share views on labor representation in government, juvenile delinquency links to zoning, library needs for math texts, the local USO gap, fuel rationing concerns, and community wartime activities. Officials discuss labor practices, war profits taxes, and civic engagement through War Savings.
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A. E. Poston
High Point
Doug Gold
Real Hero Deserves Medal for Blizzard Journey
A 43 year old aluminum worker Lloyd Converse braved 20 miles through a blizzard and sub zero cold to reach his job and then worked two eight hour shifts. Supporters say such devotion deserves a significant medal and see workers as soldiers of industry inspiration.
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Lloyd Converse
Donald Nelson
Converse
Hog calling contests and jungle battles flash in odd note
A quirky editorial collage mentions hog calling contests and Guadalcanal as a “first defeat” for the Japs while musing on summer travel poison ivy and an Indiana janitor skipping rents. It ends with a Dads and math joke about arithmetic problems.
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Guadalcanal
Jobless Benefits Reach 295000 As War Rolls On
About 295000 U S workers now draw state unemployment insurance officials say this level has fallen from 800000 a year ago and from a peak of 1268000 in June 1940. Officials believe total unemployment may hover around 750000 though never fall below that figure. A study in progress will reveal more details in the coming month.
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U. S
Federal Bureau of Employment Security
Armed Services
Social Security Board
New York City
New York
United States
Winchell On Broadway
The piece surveys Broadway scene quirks and figures from the Guild Theatre sale to radio interests, mentions Rodgers Hart early success, and ridicules theatre glitz. It notes entertainers' nicknames, midtown spots closing on Mondays, and political tempers around 1944 campaigns amid Pearl Harbor aftermath.
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Guild Theater
Broadway
Guild
Hungarrick
Budapest
Rodgers & Hart
New York City
Dusty” Anderson
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