Christmas shopping season opens early in High Point
A lengthy editorial weighs pre Thanksgiving Christmas openings in High Point Greensboro and Winston Salem. It argues against early openings citing Thanksgiving significance child morale and short shopping season but urges a coordinated post Thanksgiving start next year by ministers and merchants. It defends commercialization as a normal economic force supporting churches schools and living standards while urging spiritualization.
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High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
America
ABC
The Boss Complex and the Ohio Postmaster Switch
An Ohio postmaster resigns to return to rural mail carrier work. Harry Bavis, a top Ohio mail carrier, is praised for field skill over executive promotion. The piece argues many bosses fail to match the talent of those who execute, predicting happier service on his route and improved efficiency.
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Ohio
Harry Bavis
Fixing the Vault and Wild Life Tales in Washington
In Washington the Department of Commerce publishes a monthly procurement synopsis to reveal government buying needs and curb influence peddling. A bid call for repair work on the Treasury vault doors is noted, alongside humor about raccoon romance and wildlife publications. Rep. Bow notes that one billion minutes have elapsed since Christ.
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Washington
Department of Commerce
Commission
Sam
ECA
UNRRA
Greece
General Services Administration
U. S. Treasury
Albert M. Day
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Wildlifer Day
Day
United States
Brr
Mr. Day
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
Christ
Red Menace Reports War Prison Camps and Atrocities
Reports from Germany and other nations recount thousands of war prisoners and political detainees in Soviet and Siberian slave camps with severe conditions, foul rations, and high death rates. In Korea the U S Eighth Army cites mass killings of Americans and Allied POWs by Reds, with North Koreans blamed for most slayings and little access for neutral observers. An old joke, white Christmas sprays, and a local Belhaven profile wrap a scattered column of items.
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Germany
Europe
Russia
Siberia
Korea
U.S. Eighth Army
James M. Han- Tey
Eighth Army
U. N
International Red Cross
North Korea
Douglas -MacArthul
Quotes on actors and normalcy from Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan, noted screen actor, states that actors differ from ordinary people. He rejects being normal wholesome or average and questions how one could be such and still pursue acting. The remark highlights his view of acting as distinct from conventional norms.
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China
Greece
Turkey
Africa
America
Robert Ryan
The Many Murders By Bloody Stalin
A sensational article traces Soviet crime and murder mystique from Trotsky’s assassination to vanished figures in America. It alleges KGB links, hidden archives, and covert killings, naming Sylvia Ageloff, Frank Jackson, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Carlo Tresca, Ludwig Lore, Ben Gitlow, and Krivitsky while detailing alleged tactics and a network of disappearances across decades.
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Trotsky
Stalin
Russia
Frank Jackson
Jackson
Juliet Stuart Poyntz
U.S
Kremlin
Secret Police
la Poyntz
West 51Th Street
Nism
Ludwig Lore
New York
Ben Gitlow
Scribners
Poynt
OGPU
Patriotism and nationalism in a global era
A writer defends patriotism and national loyalty against charges of blind nationalism. He argues for United States defense, preserves American life and institutions, and critiques world government fantasies, warning that globalism weakens will to survive and national resolve. He recalls World Wars and Korea and asserts a balanced stance favoring patriotism over globalism.
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Joseph A. Prachar
Berwyn
Illinois
United States of America
United States
Mr. Prachar
Germany
Stalin
Hitler
Russian Empire
Europe
Korea
World Union
World Federation
United Nations
Russia
Isaiah
Micah
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Thornbrouze
Pon
Daltons
Carter Dalton
Leechville
Pungo
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Belhaven
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Carter
Dalton
Purgo
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Walter Winchell
Sylvia Ageloff
Sylvia
Paris
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Mexico
Commu
Carlo Tresca
Tresca
Eneral
Walter C. Krivitsky
Krivitsky
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