Kirkman Honors Promote Puerto Rico Railroad Role
The Office of Defense Transportation appoints former Mayor O Arthur Kirkman as general manager of the American Railroad in Puerto Rico. His background in government and railroading, plus Cuba residence, suit him to manage a government owned line amid labor strife.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
Office of Defense Transportation
American
Puerto Rico
DDT
Kirkman
Cuba
Arthur Kirkman
High Point crowd quotes on gardens and soldiers in wartime
Readings from local letters and comments reveal support for a victory garden push by the American Business Club of High Point and praise for American soldiers. Voices from Gov. Broughton to Ossie Davis discuss youth work, rationing, tax collection, and postwar peace hopes, highlighting community concerns and national policy debates.
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Associated Press
Associaess
High Point
American Business Club of
J. M. Broughton
Ossie Davis
Shoe Shine Boys
Negro Shoe Shine Boys
Troy Short
High Point Enternse
High
Edna K. Harding
Jakie Devers a Hustler Driving Second Front Push
Gen Jacob Devers head of U S armored forces at Fort Knox is praised as a tireless organizer who pushed rapid tank development and training for a quicker European invasion. His motto Let’s go embodies his push for a fast second front and minimal red tape.
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Fort Knox
U. S. Armored Forces
Jacob L. Devers
Europe
Jakie Devers
Dever
York
Artie Shaw
Pearl Harbor
Pulitzer Pruze Committee
Vaughn Monroe
Reuben’s
Jack Edwards
Ginger Harmon
Washington Politricks
Jane Weeks
W. Wanger
The Cynic and the Psalmist on Sorrow and Joy
The passage argues that cynics misread the Jewish historical arc from bondage to the Promised Land noting toil sorrow and exile as universal human burdens. It counters cynicism by claiming faith endures through hardship and that joy can follow night.
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Israel
David
Solomon
Temple
Paul
Egypt
Canaan
Abraham
War Manpower Commission brings stability to labor system
The War Manpower Commission shifts from chaotic recruiting to a stabilized, orderly labor market. The piece praises the move as a strong, necessary step for national interests, noting prior wild job hopping and cross-town shifts as wasteful. It credits new authority and resolve for bringing order out of chaos and hopes for lasting reform.
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War Manpower Commission
Distress Psalm and Shakespeare Line Share Verse Fragments
A biblical verse from II Samuel 22:7 and a Shakespeare line describe distress and gratitude. The two fragments echo prayer and rustic harvest imagery.
Broadway Gossip and War Time Notes From Avon Era
A rapid-fire roundup of entertainment and wartime tidbits. Mentions William Shirer London broadcasts, Mary Martin in Dancing in the Streets, Frank Sinatra reissue, Tach Leontovich replacement rumors, Rickenbacker donations to Army Air Forces Aid Society, Ed Chodorov and Hazel Scott, Jack Gleason debut, WAVES recruit Mary Hay, and a string of theater and society mentions reflecting wartime culture and personnel.
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Frank Sinatra
Harry James
Columbia Records
Richelieu
Gov't
Madison Sq. Garden
Waacs
ABC of
The
Ussr
Vinton Freedley
Mary Martin
Oklahoma
Garrick Gaieties
Guild
Leontovitch
Tamara Geva
Rickenbacker
Army Air Forces Aid Society
US Army Air Force Emergency Relief
H. H. Arnold
Jimmy Walker
Frank Case
Biltmore
Blayne Butcher
Lennon
Mitchell
Ward Wheelock
Red Mosier
American Airlines
5Th Avenue Hospital
Jay Russell
Fort Custer
Dick Haymes
la Martinique
Jackie Gleason
Ed Chodorov
Hazel Scott
Phyllis Rogers
Johnny Long
Richard Springer
Air Force
Bolling Field
Jean Sutherlin
OPA
Jerry Blanchard
Swing Street
Armando
Richard Barthelmess
Mary Hay
WAVES
Jack Caidin
Lillian Russell
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R. B. Jerry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
MR. Kirkman
Thomasville
Denton
Ment
Mr. Johnson
Moses
Isaiah
Jeremiah
God
Redeemer
America
W.A.B
Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
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Germany
Rosa Sutherland
D. W. Hopkins
Britain
Russia
United States
M. P. Vernon Bartlett
J. RB. Vogler
Axis
S. B. Paul
Tunisia
Henry L. Stimson
Africa
Allen Wheeler
Wilson O. Weldon
North Carolina
Harold Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Carey Howerton
Peter Edson
Jakie” Devers
U. S
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Devers
Samuel
Winchell
Broadway
Stork
India
Saratoga
New York
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Hollywood
Santa Ana
Officers’ Club
Hal Roach
Army
Fort Roach
Eddie Dunstetter
Santa Ana Way
Countess von Ravenholt
James W. Bell
Evansville
Indiana
Kathleen Moran Robey
Newsweek
Boston
Ilona Massey
Hungary
Red Cross
NEA Berwick Inc
Hitler
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