North Carolina Democrats urged to replace leader after election flaws
The editorial notes improvements in the Republican bloc and criticizes Democratic campaign spending and strategy. It highlights a surplus at Dems, reduced turnout, and says Monroe Redden’s “sectional” approach hurt statewide votes. It calls for a new Democratic chairman before the next election and faults Redden’s handling of the school amendment and alleged improper influence on election officials.
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North Carolina
Democratic Executive Committee
Monroe Redden
Redden
Democratic Party
Monroe Redder
Democrats of
Aed
Broughton
Christmas Seal Drive Endorsed by City Leaders
Mayor O Arthur Kirkman praises the High Point Tuberculosis Association as the Christmas Seal drive opens with officials urging robust sales. Dr M D Bonner and others tout the campaign as essential for prevention and care, noting hidden TB cases and the need for public support.
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High Point Tuberculosis Association
O. Arthur Kirkman
M. D. ‘Bonner
Lee Gravely
Africa Second Front Debate Shifts German Strength
The piece argues the African invasion diverts Axis forces from Russia, reducing the likelihood of a Europe Western Front and prompting Hitler to move air power between theaters. It warns of Russia and Africa battles intensifying, predicts possible Tunisia clash like Dunkirk, and discusses using college facilities and training for the expanding army amid wartime strain.
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Mediterranean
France
Europe
Italy
Tunisia
Russia
Red Army
Hitler
United Nations
Africa
Dunkirk
Colleges In War Consider Training Soldiers At High Point College
A federal representative discussed using part of High Point College facilities for soldier training. No proposal or timetable exists, but the trend of war drafts will likely reduce college enrollment, impacting the 18 to 19 year old student pool.
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Army
High Point College
America Lost to Filibuster Blocking War Effort
A wartime Senate filibuster by eight Southern state senators kept in place a poll tax voting barrier. The action blocked majority rule, wasted time, and delayed the war effort while condemning soldiers to fall and the nation to spend more and more. America lost as the leaders paused and the nation suffered.
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Washington
America
Broadway gossip and political squalls in a restless year
Walter Winchell notes on Broadway Charlies Boettcher kidnapping Denver Lee Wiley elopement rumors. Washington buzzes about a near fistfight between two Senators. El Morocco fights over Mary Kirk Brown at the door. War secretary Henry Stimson escapes danger. Congress members and TV and press figures swirl in nightlife, scandal, and intrigue across New York social scenes.
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Denver
Lee Wiley
H'wood
Washington
New England
Midwest
el Morocco
Mary Kirk Brown
Henry Stimson
Ham Fish
St. Regis Maisonette
Winchell
Gwan
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
Thanksgiving observance and local notes from 1932
Thanksgiving day was peaceful with a sunrise service at Central Friends Church annex. Roosevelts unseen train passed through town. Obituaries and social notes include Miss Irvin Paylor and Walter Harrett home for holidays, and birthdays and travel updates. Danville beat High Point High 19 to 1 in football.
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Christmas Endeavor Union
Roosevelt
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Fellowship of Jesus
Irvin Paylor
Stuart Circle Hospital
Richmond
Margaret Chever
Walter Harrett
Carolina
Oscar Myers
Yeterday
Charlotte
Mrs. B. T. Myers
Myers Park
Greensboro Elks honored with reception and luncheon
A Greensboro Elks delegation led by the exalted ruler and grand officers received a morning reception at the Elks Home followed by a luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel. Other items note Miss Miriam Norris visiting Winston Salem, B P O E members on a Proctor trip, Rev and Mrs Bowne returning from New York, and a hunting trip in Randolph County. A forest fire near Asheville and federal fraud allegations in cantonment construction are reported, plus a plan to invite Clemenceau to speak in Charlotte. A Missouri boy has run away from home forty times and parents may soon tire of the habit.
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Jack Sterling
Miami
West Side
Cary Grant
New York
Greensboro Elks
B.P.O.E
Elks
Sheraton Hotel
Miriam Norris
Winston- Salem
B. R. Thurman
Proctor
H. N. Bowne
Lawrence Leonard
Randolph County
Asheville
Clemenceau
France
Charlotte
Dehydration Tech Cuts Bulk For Shipments
The article notes dehydration removes water from fruits vegetables and hay to cut bulk and weight for transport. Vivian Whitfield of Pender County says North Carolina may feed cattle from small bags rather than bales once dehydration drying is widely applied after cutting.
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Pender County
State War Industry Committee
North Carolina
Cabbage Dehydration Talk and Cows in North Carolina
A Wilmington meeting notes Dehydration cabbage and its taste issues. Eastern North Carolina dairy concerns highlighted with few farm family cows observed en route to Willington. War-industry committee members misdirected by a blond during a ship dock outing, then recovered. A repeat offender jailed across states tallied. A free film on chemical warfare travels North Carolina with Asheville Greensboro Raleigh Wilmington showings. Babies born January February tend to weigh less than summer births.
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Willington
Charles M. Johnson
Bruce Etheridge
Raleigh
Johnson
Etheridge
Asheville
Greensboro
Wilmington
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