Resignation of Prison Director Pitts Sparks Political Fallout
The article reports the resignation of Prison Director Oscar Pitts announced by Governor Oscar G. Broughton. Pitts plans to enter the livestock business in western North Carolina and leaves amid criticism of his political activities and patronage. It notes tensions with Governor-elect Gregg Cherry and reflects on Pitts career and the administration's handling of business and war production.
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Gvernor Broughton
Oscar Pitts
North Carolina
Broughton
Gregg Cherry
Pitts
Cherry
Judge Warlick
Monroe Redden
Democratic
Hoey
Senate
Pitt
Highway
Capus Waynick
Allen Keith
Jean Luke
Conover
Greenwich
Satdee
Anna Lee
Robert Stevenson
Jack
Paulette Goddard
Carole Landis
Landis
Mickey Devine
Horace Dodge
Wm. Cahill
Virginia Grey
Baskin
N. Y. University
Kenneth Maloney
England
LaGuardia Field
J. J. DeMartino
Italy
Fiorello
Dewey cites wartime strain on small businesses
The speech highlights a net 500,000 small business closures in 1942 1943 as big firms grow. War material shortages and restricted commodities pushed many tiny firms out of business, underscoring the shift in the wartime economy and its impact on casual, local enterprises.
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Dewey
Secretary turmoil crosses North Carolina politics and education
Secretaries fill a web of tasks from the Governor’s private secretary to the NECAs soon to be secretary Ralph McDonald. Budgeted campaigns show Republican and Democratic spending near thirty thousand dollars as national committees add to state totals.
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Capitol Square
Secretary of State
Association
Thomas BE. Dewey
North Carolina
Republican Committee
Constitutional Democratic Committee
Democratic Committee
Washington
Community comments on High Point College debt relief
Virginia Frank praises college value and community impact while urging debt removal to let the Christian institution accelerate. Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins supports moving into a higher gear post debt relief as the college enters the wartime era. Mrs. Sarah Pridgen commends local shoppers and pleasant storepeople during her Wilson visit.
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High Point College
Rev. W. Wilbur Hutchins
High Point
Sarah Pridgen
Wilson
Community voices urge debt relief for High Point College
Letters from alumni and community figures urge lifting the college’s debt to secure its future. Contributors advocate bond purchases and support for education funding, stressing the college as a vital investment in youth and national security. Postmaster Clark notes encouraging mail-response expectations for a holiday drive.
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High Point College
William D. Lewis
Clark
Roosevelt and Dewey Campaign Clash in Oklahoma
The campaign nears finish as Roosevelt campaigns despite reluctance while Dewey emphasizes serious issues and research. The exchange includes attacks on records and distortions, with public spectators enjoying the televised give and take and mockery of past presidents.
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Roosevelt
Dewey
Teamsters
Oklahoma
George Washington
Aerbert Hoover
Emeeratt
By George Sokolsky and the 1940s Campaign Foibles
The column criticizes the 1940 campaign figures and performances including Bricker Truman Clare Luce Welles Sinatra Browder and Ickes. It argues the public spectacle harms accountability and claims the American people lack seriousness about governance. It ends urging a real change in national character and leadership.
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Bricker
Truman
W. C. Fields
Clare Luce
Helen Gahagan
Hollywood
New York
Welles
Julius Caesar
Frank Sinatra
Earl Browder
Old Harold Ickes
Bosch
Matty
Postwar talks show Churchill Stalin rifts and new alignments
Washington notes reveal Britain and Russia pulling strings in the Balkans Greece and Poland with Moscow press objections to universal postwar deals. Churchill seeks Roosevelt meeting for a unified stance while Moscow snubs civilian aviation talks and defers Bretton Woods terms amid ongoing divisions.
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Washington
Moscow
London
Churchill
Ito Commons
Balkans
Poland
Stalin
Moscow-London
Russia
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Greece
Roosevelt
Tehran
League of Nations
Dumbarton Oaks
Vilian Aviation
Chicago
Spain
Portugal
Switzerland
Bretton Woods
Morgenthau Bank
Hitler
Senator Ball
Mssrs
Dewey
Ball
League
Postwar power dynamics and Nazi strategy analyzed
Paul Mallon discusses postwar tensions among the three powers, noting Moscow’s restraint and Churchill’s warning about Nazi hopes for divisions. He argues that the Nazis undermine themselves by resistance and that Britain and France must avoid 1919 style league fantasies while Russia and the United States push for a real multilateral peace. Domestic Communists’ passivity further complicates interpretation.
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Dumbarton
Moscow
Churchill
Britain
France
United States
Russia
Broadway gossip and bets swirl around stars and politics
Celebrity rumors span Abe Lyman wagering on FDR over Dewey, Deweyite bravado, Durbin romance hints, Veronica DeToth marriage plans, and Ritter and Lind bravery citations. Notes on polio, divorces, Navy aims, Hollywood tastemakers, and nightlife chatter flood the page with fast moving, unnamed vignettes.
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Abe Lyman
Copacabana
Andre DeToth
Ragnar Lind
Jeffrey Lynn
Dixie Dunbar
Henry Hull
Joan Turner
Satdee
U. S. Navy
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Oscar
By Lynn Nisbet
National Democratic Committee
Ilinois
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Charlies Z. Flack
The
Utilities Commission
McDonald
NCEA
Ralph McDonald
Virginia Frank
Sara Walker
Venient
M. F. McNeill
W. Tipton, Jr
George Sokolsky
Mr. Dewey
Dent
Rank Sinatra
Toots
White House
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MAN About Town
Sally Rand
Florida
Sally
Feds
John Huston
Barbara Bannister
Billie Boze
Lenore Lemmon
Mary Kirk Brown
Edwin Carewe
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Mary
Will
Gerald Colcord
Linda Keene
Networks
Kelly
Stabie
Linda
Reno
Syndicatec Weekly
Versailles
MGM
Archbi Spellman
Danny Kaye
Mary Ganley
Sammy” Dowell
Dorothy Donegan
Zanzibar
Joe E. Lewis
Copa
Navy
Chrystal Duminger
A. J
Dunhill
Donald Nelson
Averell Harriman
NBC
Miguelito Valdes
le Conga
Virginia Hill
Hirohito
Sylvia Diamond
D. Alber
Peter Manasse
Uruguay
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Sinatra
Frankie
Buddy Ebsen
Ruth Cambridge
Las Vegas
G. H. Vetteler, Jr
Army
Red Sheltah
Garbo
Dobbs Ferry
Frederic Coudert, Jr
Frank Kingdon
Bob Dunn
Harold
Life
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