President Truman backs federal driving license plan to set minimum standards
The president promotes a federal automobile driving license law to raise state standards and allow cross state travel only with federal or compliant state credentials. He cites high traffic deaths and urges congressional action to curb the national and state safety problem.
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Truman
North Carolina
National Highway Safety Conference
Washington
Congress
Coal Strike Risks Massive Job Loss Across Regions
The article projects 450 000 non miner workers unemployed now with potential rises to over a million in a week and into the millions in two weeks if the strike lasts. It cites 400 of 700 southern textile mills to close in 30 days and warns government takeover could follow for both sides.
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South
W. P. Jacobs
American Cotton Manufacturers Associ
Private aircraft era dawns with federal airport act sign
The federal airport act opens funding to add 3000 new fields over seven years and upgrade 1300 existing ones, aiming to revive private flying, spur lower plane prices, and boost safety and efficiency. local readers urged Greensboro High Point to build a feeder airpark to serve small planes, given Fraley field limits and rising air traffic.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
High Point
Greensboro-High Point
Fraley Field
Eldon
Greensboro High Point
LaGuardia Faces UNRRA Funding Tug of War
Fiorello LaGuardia as UNRRA director general pushes for a $600 million appropriation to feed starving people. He warns Congress against haggling and even threatens to resign if debate turns bitter, while the German invasion unfolds and American soldiers' wives arrive to support troops.
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Fiorello LaGuardia
UNRRA
New York
Mr. LaGuardia
Congress
Germany
Local GOP Opposes Parking Meters and Coal Strike Cold War
Local residents quarrel over parking meters in High Point with claims it will drive shoppers from the city and affect area churches. A commenter blasts the GOP reasons as weak while another resident warns the coal strike is a major national crisis needing government action.
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High Point
Austin Simmons
Citizens propose tough laws and police reforms
Residents urge enforcement of strong legislation with immediate results. They criticize political interference in High Point's police department and call for depoliticizing leadership. Others blame government inflation policies for rising prices and unemployment benefits. Some favor Capt. Tea gue or Capt. Stoker as police chief with better cooperation.
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James Bulla
High Point
William Coleman
Capt. Teague
Capt. Stoker
Lowdermilk
R. B. Andrews
National whirlgig rebuff dents Truman program prospects
The seventy ninth Congress nears adjournment with a record of inaction on Truman's 21 point program. Leadership is tired and divided as conservatives gain leverage, signaling many measures may die without a summer session.
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Truman
House
Senate
White House
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Liberals
Murray-Green- Lewis
Russian Communist Constitution Defeated In France Setback
In Washington the article notes a shift in Soviet strategy as Browder meets in the Kremlin. It reports France rejected a Communist constitution aimed at centralized power, the British Labor Party bans Communists, and CIO unions move to expel CP members. It questions whether Moscow will push for wartime cooperation with capitalism.
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Kremlin
France
Gaulle
Chamber of Deputies
London Times
Labor Party
CIO
Communist Party
Earl Browder
Russia
Browder
Lok
Moscow
Clash of systems frames world conflict as dictatorship versus democracy
Paul Mallen argues that fascism has fallen as a threat while communism remains a rival. He questions Browder’s chances and suggests a clash between socialism and communism, with democracy and capitalism on the opposite side. He notes the USSR’s broad power and redefines socialism and communism in competing terms.
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Browder
Kremlin
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
The Red Mill and the Sloppy Uniforms in Public View
A theater viewing of The Red Mill prompts reflections on national symbols. A naval officer in uniform chats with a companion during the anthem, ignoring proper posture. The piece condemns lax attitudes and a failed response to veterans in uniform at a May Day communist parade.
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Red Mill
New York
Sokolsky attacks Bowles and OPA over rhetoric and policy
The columnist condemns Chester Bowles and OPA for using public funds to campaign and pressuring the press. He argues Congress alone should set policy and decries Henry Wallace's praise of Russia. He warns against political shortcuts and defends Anglo Saxon foundations of American life.
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OPA
Chester Bowles
Congress
Mr. Bowles
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