War's Aftermath and Home Front Issues Collected Notes
A broad column surveys Allied victory in Africa and Japan's pace in the Pacific, then shifts to domestic topics. It weighs possible drafts for WAAC and WAVES, discusses public relations growth during wartime, notes Burlington Mills adopting institutional advertising, and hints at postwar civic challenges from veterans to laundries and rationing effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
U. S
Italy
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Philippines
Java
China
John Doe
Burlington Mills Corporation
Public figures comment on city, war efforts, culture
Mayor Koonce lauds retiring mayor Kirkman’s four year report. Installations speakers urge unity and public scrutiny for the new council. business leaders support a single national war fund drive. Citizens note gardens, concerts, and cultural plans while officials pledge sustained war effort and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold J. Koonce
C. Arthur Kirkman
Hidden price increases in consumers purchases outlined
Peter Edson explains that wartime controls create hidden price rises as quality declines in shoes and other goods. He cites Army priorities, leather limits, and material shortages reducing durability, while consumers face higher real costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ARMY
Navy
Price cuts and war bonds shape wartime living
The text links price reductions and savings via War Bonds to improved living standards. It notes inflation concerns, proposed Office of Price Administration work on maximum price schedules and minimum quality standards, and hints at summer leisure plans as rationing continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of Price Administration
Chick Farmer
el Morocco
Bette Cannon
Tower
Richard Barthelmess
Boy
Stewart
Phyllis Avery
George Fraziers
Pop
Geo. J. Nathan
Panchito
Versailles
Coast
Jane Froman
Mme. Chiang
White House
FDR
Ramon
Benita
Bette Davis
Ida Lupino
Broadway Gossip and Politics Stir In 1944 Headlines
The column mixes war politics and Broadway gossip. Wallace ouster efforts in 1944 with Sam Rayburn as running mate clash with Republicans backing MacArthur Farley. Mayors to resign. Dempsey divorce case looms. numerous stars and officials tied to rumors, travel, and wartime roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Sam Reyburn
Repubs
MacArthur
Farley
Jim
Jack Dempsey
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
John Jacob Astor II
Dan Toppings
Sonja Henie
West Coast
Jimmy Durante
Midtown Hospital
Broadway
Washington
Joe Kennedy
Midtown Realty
Jimmy Ritz
Mimi Berry
Star and Garter” Seminary
Jack Warner, Jr
Dorothy Pinto
General Electric
Ernest Chappell
Claudia Morgan
Footlights
Mike Romanoff
Satevepost
Reader's Digest
Alva Johnston
Navy
Ben Hecht
U. S. Navy
Bruce Cabot
Liz Whitney
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High Point Enterprise
P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
A Robert Thompson
Associated Press
ARD
Wwe
Gigs Peimt
Rational Native
Lesington Ave
Otty
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
War Department
WAAC
Department
WAVES
SPARS
Marine Auxiliary
High Point
The
Burlington
Wilson O. Weldon
Noble T. Praigg
Republic Canaaen
Elizabeth Pendty
A. Coke Cecil
John Myers
T. A. Kearns
Ladies Home Journal
Howard Kinney
Rep
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Tunisia
Gen
Brehon B. Somervell
Robert P. Patterson
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
Cemang
Peter Edson
Bizerte
Tunis
Rome
Uncle Sam
Ohio Senate
Illinois
Winchell
Joseph Davies
Shack
Dorothy Fox
Florida
Senator Chandler
Kentucky
J. P. Greggs
Marcella Chandler
Baruch, Jr
John Edgar Hoover
L. G. Farben Industrie
South America
OPA
Adexee L. Maxon
Lou Gehrig
Dudge Lloyd
Gregory Ratoff
Jed Harris
Harris
Lionel Atwill
Reno
Air Force
NBC News
NBC
NBC News Room
Algiers
Columbia
Mutual
New York
Chas. Poletti
N.Y
Cong Ham Fish
Sulgrave
Rodney Boones
Hearst Exec
Chicago
Stork
Winthrop Rockefeller
John 8S. Rockefeller
Doe McCrea
Dep't of Agriculture
California
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