Nine-man city council elected amid mixed party victory
Peoples Voice offers congratulations to the nine new councilors and mayor Arnold J. Koonce. The result is a Republican victory with five Democrats on the council, aided by dissension in the Democratic ranks. The editorial calls for independent thinking and warns future policy depends on the administration. It ends with a reflective note on global understanding and clear communication.
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Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
Leroy Briggs
Fourth Ward
J. M. Thomas
Government payrolls rival 1939 industrial wages
Government now pays more in wages and salaries than all American industry did in 1939, including armed forces and state local units but excluding subsistence. About 13,500,000 on payrolls with yearly remuneration near $13.5 billion, per National Industrial Conference Board.
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National Industrial Conference Board
Sam
S.B.H
Universal language and planning across cultures
The piece questions postwar planners focus on global institutions and universal standards, arguing a chart cannot fix the world. It cites the Beveridge Plan and warns that language nuances between Chinese and English hinder true understanding, suggesting meanings lose clarity when languages cross barriers.
Markets After the War Explores Jobs and Production
The National Economics Unit reports on postwar employment from a selling goods angle. It warns that government buying will shrink, public works cannot absorb all veterans, and by 1946 about ten million more workers will need jobs than in 1940. Technology and demand may shape output.
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National Economics Unit
Department of Commerce
P.E
Max Hill
Times Square
George White
Ronan York
Star and Garter
Bob Hawk
Fdr
Hunter College
Robert Morleys
Oscar Wilde
High Point Election Reactions Split Party Lines
Statements from Wade Renfrew W W Horton and other residents reflect mixed views on the city’s political shift. They discuss party labels, cooperation on the new council Arnold J Koonce as mayor and prospects for better governance amid a mixed council and postwar expectations.
Inflation Teach-In With Five Finger Money Trick
Peter Edson outlines how rising estimates of 1943 national income toward 145 billion dollars signal inflation risk. He breaks down disposable income and consumer expenditures to show a 40 billion dollar inflationary gap, urging enforced saving, higher taxes, or war bonds to curb excess purchasing power.
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Congress
Davenport
A Thought But Glory Honour and Peace Quote
A brief moral note cites Romans 2 10 praising glory honour and peace to those who do good with the sentiment As you sow ye are like to reap attributed to Butler in a likely publisher’s or sermon fragment.
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Butler
Paragraphs Advice Worth Its Weight in Silence
The passage contrasts advice with action, noting much advice is valueless. It suggests varied paths to fulfillment, including buying furniture or raising a family, as means to achieve one’s ends without cost or fuss.
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Enterprise
Associated Press
High Point
Joseph C. Grew
Broadway gossip and spy storms fuel Walter Winchell column
Noted columnist Walter Winchell lampoons Broadway life with gendarmes rounding up a nine man mob, haute society figures like Kay Swift and Vera Shea shifting careers, and a volley of rumors from film to politics. Headlines span Cohan, Nancy Carroll, Eric Johnson, Fritz Duquesne, German espionage and Hollywood shifts amid a flurry of names, theaters, hotels, and upcoming productions.
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James Pettit
Kay Swift
Oregon
New York
Fred Allen
Frank Sinatra
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