Roosevelt’s personal diplomacy eyed as wartime strategy
The article argues President Roosevelt favors individualized diplomacy over formal conferences. It notes his face-to-face talks with Churchill Chiang Kai-shek and Stalin, his private approach to alliance, and the use of this strategy to bolster political prestige. It cites Henry Stimson’s similar tactics in the 1930s and warns against overreliance on backstage diplomacy.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Aoiling
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Chiang Kai-shek
Woodrow Wilson
Versailles
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
League of Nations
Churchilll
Cairo
Teheran
Stalin
Britain
United States
United Nations
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
F.D.R
Henry L. Stimson
Herbert Hoover
Stimson
Pierre Laval
Paris
Hindenburg
Berlin
Curtius
Bruening
No Man’s Land
Mussolini
Stimson’s idealist diplomacy amid fading hopes
The excerpt recalls Stimson’s belief in personal diplomacy to end international misunderstanding. It notes his disappointment with the shift from rivalries to friendship and his enduring optimism that FDR will fare better than Hoover, despite age and disillusionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Stimson
Washington
F.D.R
Mr. Hoover
Invasion Talk Through War Memo on Italy and WWI Lessons
The piece weighs strategic failure and endurance in Allied Italy actions against praise for restraint and learning from past battles. It cites leaders like Alexander and Marshal bad weather, fortified fronts, and the insistence that destroying enemy power matters more than rapid territorial gains, while recalling WWI casualty scales and evolving tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Cassino
Hindenburgh
Costume pattern doubles as dress and playsuit option
Obsolete ad notes Pattern 4805 offers a two in one outfit with skirt transforming a playsuit into a dress. It lists sizes from 12 to 42 and fabric needs for size 16. Buyers are invited to mail twenty cents plus size and address to High Point Enterprise for pattern orders.
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Anne Adams
High Point Enterprise
West i
New York
Jim Ashmore Dies Former Carolina Coach at 50s
James N. Ashmore former head basketball and baseball coach at the University of North Carolina 1927 31 died in Decatur Illinois He also coached at Washington State Millikin Western Maryland Colorado Iowa DePauw and led Carolina s 1927 28 29 teams to Big Five titles He is survived by three sisters and two daughters from Decatur Illinois and Springfield Illinois
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Chapel Hill
James N
Jim) Ashmore
University of North Carolina
Ashmore
Richview
Illinois University
Decatur
Ill
Teresa High School
Millikin University
Carolina
Washington State
Millikin
Weather Hazard Shapes Early Seaborne Attack Plans
The text discusses how storms and ill organized ports affect amphibious expeditions. It compares the Armada defeat to Drake with March to May weather patterns and notes that seaworthy craft reduce to carry capacity and shallow draught, risking rough seas and misfortune for landing operations.
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Phibious
Drake
Channel Zone
Strange Rule Causes A Ban To Be Placed
Washington May 19. The postal solicitor banned Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit from the mails and then lifted it pending a Massachusetts court ruling. The issue rests on whether a word or context makes a book obscene or could incite strife. The solicitor acts on requests by local postmasters and the decision may be appealed to a federal court.
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Lillian Smith
Massachusetts
South
Post Office
Mothers Day Program at Deep River Church Highlights
Mothers day services at Deep River featured readings and songs with Mrs Florence Allen delivering a fine talk on Mothers. Visitors from Greensboro Raleigh Guilford College and Gibsonville attended. A Friday night youth gathering at Thrift lake ended with games at Mrs Lydia Thrift home.
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Deep River
Florence Allen
Joseph Peele
Joe Peele
Baby
Greensboro
Doris Marie Wilson
Raleigh
W. V. Meadows
Gibsonville
Early Ogy
Rufus Stanley
Helen Binford
Guilford College
Thrift Lake
Lydia Thrift
Centenarian backs lowering voting age to 18
Austin C Shafer a 100 year old Civil War veteran cast his first presidential ballot as a youth of 20 in 1864 and still favors a national voting age reduction for servicemen to 18 He recalls hearing Gen Fremont at 12 and notes 19 presidential elections with 12 wins and 7 losses in his record He expects to vote Republican in November if alive and is living at the National Military Hospital with two grandsons serving in World War II.
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Los Angeles
Austin Conrad Shafer
Sherman
Army Besse
Atlanta
Georgia
Shafer
Mount Ephriam
National Military Hospital
John C. Fremont
New Republican Party
Agin
Buck
James A
Grover Cleveland
Franklin Roosevelt
Local visitors and hospital update from Guilford area
Mrs. Weston hosts guests on Tuesday. Beulah Skeen Lois Skeen and Sgt Leonard Skeen visited Guilford College relatives Thursday night. Judy Holmes daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Holmes recovering well after a severe accident and is set to return home soon. Rev and Mrs Joseph Peele of Guilford College visited friends here on Tuesday afternoon.
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R. V. Weston
Beulah
Lois Skeen
Sgt
Leonard Skeen
Guilford College
Judy
Ralph Holmes
Joseph Peele
City-Wide Baptist Training Union Meets Sunday
The City-Wide Baptist Training Union will hold its monthly meeting at West End Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30. All city churches are expected to be represented. Rev. Wilbur Hutchins of First Baptist will be the s er and J F E Hedrick, city president, will preside.
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Baptist Training Union
West End Baptist Church
Wilbur Hutchins
First Baptist Church
Ser
J. FE. Hedrick
Mouth lines skincare routine at home
Instructions describe treating mouth and cheek lines by massaging one side for five minutes then applying astringent and finishing with a lubricating cream. The tone suggests simple at home beauty guidance.
Lawyers Make Up One Third Of Declaration Signers
The document notes that thirty four of the fifty six signers of the Declaration of Independence were legal professionals.
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Robert Taylor
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Charles Gooch
Salisbury
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J. Gurney Briggs
H. C. Briggs
W. F. Wheeler
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Edgar Weston
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W. C. Johnson
Guilford County
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Win. G. Ragsdale, Jr
Lloyd C. Amos
Frank Linville
Oak Ridge
C. H. Doggett
John W. Stubbs
Brown Summit
R. Gregg Cherry
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