High Point War Effort Critique and North Carolina Gubernatorial Campaigns
The piece argues High Point women neglect Red Cross duties harming war support while noting the public campaign for governor features mudslinging. It compares candidates Dr Ralph McDonald and Major Gregg Cherry, praising Cherry’s restraint and McDonald’s provocative tactics, and predicts voting outcomes a week ahead.
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Ralph McDonald
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
McDonald
Major Cherry
Clyde R. Hoey
Cherry
Stratosphere Piercing 120 mm Gun Promises New War Balance
The piece notes anti air craft guns evolving alongside aircraft and cites a Camp Davis report on a new 120 mm stratosphere piercing gun that shoots four miles higher than prior models. It argues the ultimate winner remains the infantryman with a gun and bayonet, the common foot soldier.
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Camp Davis
Government overreach cited in Ward case and dismissal
The piece notes the dismissal of a larceny charge against Paul D. Sowell, a Montgomery Ward official, after government actions in seizing the mail order house are questioned as abuse of power. It highlights a Gestapo like process and calls for attention to government overreach and justified dismissal. It also references a separate remark about a trapper making store teeth from wolf fangs and the 1944 steak.
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Cherry
Montgomery Ward
Paul D. Sowell
Ward
Lowell
United States
Washington Star
War era chatter and local notices mix in High Point report
Local readers hear from Dr. H P Ross on counterfeit gasoline coupons totaling about 22 000 gallons in High Point and from Frank Sthremore about war bond payroll savings. Community appeals cover milk funds for children and Shrine Ceremonial success.
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H. P. Ross
High Point
Dies Committee Faces Uncertainty as Texas Labor Clout Grows
Washington report outlines the waning influence of the Dies Un-American Activities committee amid CIO labor pressure in Texas and Alabama. It notes the health decline of Martin Dies, looming GOP threats to abolish the panel, and the shifting power of major unions like the four brotherhoods and postal clerks.
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CIO
CIOPA
Congress
Senate
CLOPA
South
Alabama
Dies Withdrawal Ends Special Committee Title Ambiguity
Report notes Martin Dies withdraws from the Texas second district race, affecting the fate of the Special Committee to Investigate the Un-American Activities and its Dies group. The article outlines shifting political dynamics and potential impact on investigations.
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Martin
Texas
Winchell on Broadway and the White House Night Gaffe
A late 1940s style column recounts a crowded White House moment with Churchill and a War Dept aide rushing news to FDR. Churchill’s quip about his daughter and a jab at Congress follow, alongside satirical bits about Mountbatten and a German Bund family.
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War Dept
Pennsylvania Avenue
FDR
Mr. Churchill
England
White House
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