High Point Demands Fair Board and Legislature Representation
High Point voters rally for one of five seats on the county board and legislature, arguing the city’s population merits a fifth of membership. Greensboro shows stronger registration and interest, while High Point residents worry underrepresentation could follow political apathy. Voters urged to turnout next Saturday to oppose disregard and support home candidates.
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High Point Democrats
Greensboro
High Point
Byrnes Blames Russia for Paris Conference Failure
Secretary James F. Byrnes says Russia blocked peace efforts, criticizes postwar reparations talks, and urges patience with Russian fears. He notes U.S. aid to Italy and calls Russian demands preposterous while hoping for a June meeting to yield results.
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James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Russia
Italy
United States
Stalin and Co
Tar on My Heels book review praises North Carolina tales
A Raleigh column editor reviews Bill Sharpe’s Tar on My Heels, a 44 piece collection of North Carolina human interest stories by a state press agent. The book avoids boastful firsts and instead presents folksy portraits with Johnny Hemmer’s pictures, from mountain wood carvers to farmers and shopfolk, inviting affection for the people.
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Bill Sharpe
North Carolina
Mr. Sharpe
Sharpe
Johnny Hemmer
Tobacco Road
America
East
Old Customs and Echoes From a World in Transition
A Moscow commentator contrasts Russian views a year after V E Day with Western notions of treachery and due process. Stars and Stripes reporters ask U S G I s in Tokyo about Japanese girls, noting American openness and the Nipponese trait of availability for lonely soldiers far from home.
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Moscow
United States
Canada
Mikhailovitch
Army
Stars and Stripes
Tokyo
Draft Dilemma Reflections on Conscription and Politics
The author questions continued conscription and argues Congress failed to craft an adequate draft bill. They critique draft age rules and political influence, noting uncertainty about the war's status and the country’s peril after V-E day.
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Pac Mgch
Puesto Es
Congress
United States
Distress from secret wartime deals endangers U S liberty
A Pierre era voice argues the public was misled by secret and unconstitutional pacts at Moscow Tehran Yalta and Potsdam. The piece laments unpublished facts and warns the nation bears blame for war, urging vigilance against bases and policies that threaten democracy and national existence.
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Seiz- of
United
Moscow
Teheran
Yalta
Pots Potsdam
United States
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
Postwar view on German quartz crystal synthetic process
American technical experts report wartime German research produced lab grown quartz crystals that replicate natural crystals mined in Brazil. They say artificial growth could reduce costs, with a seed crystal placed in a machine to commence growth, potentially easing radio transmitter and submarine depth-sounder needs.
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Washington
Brazil
Nature
U. S. Technical Industrial Intelligence Nee
THB
Artificia
Scientists Trace Nazi Use Of Synthetic Tars In War
The report notes Nazis pursued artificial tars during WWII as they sought substitutes for natural oils. It details a process using silica and seed crystals to form a silica solution, with water circulation to grow crystals. It also mentions German efforts to obtain Brazilian crystals despite smuggling through neutral countries.
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Pacific
MacArthur
Brazil
Lewis, Roosevelt Rift Tied to Tax Power and Rail Strike Tactics
The article outlines tensions between John Lewis and Franklin D Roosevelt over labor power and taxation framing, recounting alleged push for a vice presidency bid, a dramatic White House exit, and the role of the railroads in a broader political struggle, noting Petrillo as a contrasting figure.
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Lewis
Roosevelt
Steve Early
Steve
White House
Russia
Petrillo
Caesar
Lewis’s call for union taxing sparks national fear
Paul Mallon condemns the idea of labor groups taxing wages and goods as a dangerous, self-destructive move. He argues a nationwide union tax would burden the public, raise prices, and resemble an audacious assault on human rights, worse than communism. He singles out Lewis as leading this risky trend and warns Truman and Congress against allowing it.
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Congress
Lewis
Railroad Brotherhood
Truman
Supreme Court
Washington's Capital Under Attack by Critics and Vandenberg
An in depth critique labels Washington a disgrace in governance and urban chaos. It cites police failures, jail incidents, traffic gridlock, and political mismanagement from the White House and Congress, with Senator Vandenberg's cautious presidential prospects and a retained ace in the hole.
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Washington
United States
White House
Magnicity
Paris
Atumn
D. of C
McCoy
James M. Curley
Massachusetts
Mr. Curley
Murderers’ Row
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Van
Truman
Senator Vandenberg
Hearst
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Senate
Bilbo
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