Tar Heel debate on Graham duty to university and war work
The Tar Heel questions the visiting committee on advising Dr Frank Graham to abandon War Labor Board duties for full university presidency. It cites a campus survey showing support for Graham’s continued government work. The piece urges trustees to resolve the issue openly and notes new editorial column These Days by George Sokolsky. It also briefly praises tax simplification legislation signed by Congress.
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Tar Heel
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Frank Graham
War Labor Board
Graham
Victor Bryant
Durham
John W. Clark
Franklinville
Kemp Battle
Rocky Mount
James H. Clark
Elizabethtown
Frank
WLB
George Sokolsky
Defense Transport, OPA spar over North Carolina travel publicity
The Office of Defense Transportation and the Office of Price Administration dispute a North Carolina State News Bureau release that suggested resorts near Raleigh were crowded with soldiers' families. The piece defends Bill Sharpe of the State News Bureau, praising his publicity work and suggesting the report may have reduced travel rather than promoted it.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Harvey Roseman
Raleigh
Office of Price Administration
Theodore Johnson
North Carolina
News Bureau
Bill Sharpe
DDT
OPA
Roseman
Johnson
Sharpe
Dr. McDonald
Gregg Cherry
Local readers weigh primary votes and sports hype in High Point remarks
Tom Robertson notes no reported vote stealing after Saturday's primary amid absentee voting debates. Bascom Baynes hails High Point and Sedgefield Horse Show success with Greensboro and High Point residents playing key roles. Judge W G Bramham comments on a baseball crisis and hopes for postwar professional baseball in High Point.
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Tom Robertson
Bascom Baynes
Home Security Life Insurance of
Durham
High Point Spoksmen
High Point
Sedgefield
Greensboro
W. G. Bramham
High Point Discusses Postwar Planning and Local Issues
Local leaders weigh postwar planning concerns in High Point including water mains upgrades and city equipment. Citizens discuss civic duties, rent control reasons, and candidates' integrity while public interest grows in a weight lifting AAU contest featuring Carolina boys and a Friday Center Theatre film showing.
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High Point
A. 4. Koonce
Mary Sue Briggs
Bumblebee Flight Fable Versus Science and War Hero Roots
A GM sourced note questions the bee flight fable and the value of provable science versus life outcomes. It argues that genetics and social origin do not guarantee battlefield success, noting good stock and hard work in veterans and the limits of scientific proof in real life.
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General Motors
What happened at Teheran and why it matters
By George Sokolsky argues that public understanding of Teheran remains uncertain and secretive. He contrasts hidden wartime decisions, press explanations, and the limits of proving what occurred, suggesting the truth may lie only in a specific state of mind rather than verifiable facts.
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Pearl Harbor
Teheran
United States
Great Britain
Congress
Parliament
Hitler
Saturday Evening Post
Forrest Davis
Demaree Bess
Davis
Demaree
Teher
Hickenlooper the Down to Earth Politician in Iowa
Des Moines column portrays Gov. Bourke B. Hick enlooper as a practical, blunt politician who explains economic ideas through his daughter’s simple questions. The piece emphasizes his view that political success comes from toppling rivals rather than winning an office outright.
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Ray Nance
Des Moines
Iowa
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Washington
Guy M. Gillette
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Gov. Hickenlooper
Golden Dome
State House
West Front
Stinnett cites voter weariness toward New Deal in Republican year
Jack Stinnett notes public sentiment builds against the Roosevelt administration as voters grow weary of New Deal policies. He says opposition personalities matter less, and he bets this is the Republican election year, with Iowa as a key front.
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Looper
Roosevelt
Iowa
Broadway Buzz Mixes Politics Showbiz And War News
Column notes Senator Thomas of Utah and Lucile Petrey may merge. Rubinoff relies on a fiddle soon. Willkie heads to Indiana for campaign plans. The Montgomerys rehearse lullabies. Sonnenberg ill at Great Lakes Naval Hospital. body wills to science. Wheeler’s proposed tax hits small stations hard while big stations feel little. Hollywood deals and industry chatter fill the page with names and dates from wartime America.
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Thomas
Utah
Lucile Petrey
Army Nurses
Rubinoff
W. Willkie
Indiana
George Montgomerys
Dinah Shore
Isabel Jewell
Paul Marion
F. Walker
Leo Crowley
FDR
Rome
Damon Runyon
Colyum
Journal-American
Tommye Adams
Jose Iturbs
Gus Sonnenberg
Ace
Great Lakes
Southwest Pacific
Medicos
Sonnenberg
Senator Wheeler
Drew Pearson
Wheeler
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YWCA
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America
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Jack Stinnett
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Freon
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Billy
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Femme Fliers
Army
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Los Angeles
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Jackie
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Brooklyn Eagle
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Rhumband
the Colyum
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Jessica
Georgian Court College
Trenton
N. M. Turner
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