Roosevelt and party leaders weigh postwar Congress
The piece surveys F D R era politics with Roosevelt allied leaders predicting cooperation from the new House and Senate, noting the likely clashes with Republicans and Southern conservatives. It discusses the influence of the A C O and P A C factions, Wallace's lingering influence, Byrnes as a potential secretary, and party rivals shaping 1947 policy.
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Byrnes
Henry
Bryan
la Follette
Hull-Jones
Washington
Cordell Hull
Henry Wallace
Tennessean
Wallace
James F. Byrnes
Mr. Byrnes
Five Men Return To Civilian Life From Service
Five men reported to Selec tive Service Board No. 5 upon discharge. Names include Charles Harold technical sergeant? no, actually Technician Fifth Grade U S Army with two years, Loie Ray McMahan MM ave U S Navy two years, Robert Gordy Garland Private U S Army one year three months nine days, Claude Alexander Hess Seaman 2/c U S Navy five months, Charles William Creason Private U S Army two years four months twenty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Board No. 5
Charles Harold
United States Army
Loie Ray McMahan
MM Ave
U. S. Navy
Robert Gordy Garland
U. S. Army
Claude Alexander Hess
Charles William Creason
U.S. Army
Chiang Kai-shek Trained as Military Leader in Japan
Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek studied military training in Japan, shaping later leadership. The note highlights his defense background and ties to Japanese institutions influencing his strategic approach.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Hollywood Gossip and Casting Bits From a Busy Week
In Hollywood on Jan. 2 Dolores Moran’s sister Marjorie marks her 20th birthday and joins the WAC. Binnie Barnes trains in fencing for The Spanish Main with Fred Cavens, while Mickey Rooney prepares for fatherhood as his southern bride Betty Jane Rose records Oceans Apart overseas. Barbara Britton appears in The Virginian costume from 1914, Nancy Walker shares Virginia Weidler’s phone to soldiers, and Ivan Stauffer’s celebrate their anniversary with a pheasant hunt near Marysville. Gable bags ducks near Bakersfield. Xavier Cugat seeks U.S. Senate approval for the Venezuela medal, and Sheily Mitchell’s engagement to Maj. Bob Lipton ends after three days.
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Harrison Carroll
King Ventures Syndicate
Hollywood
Dolores Moran
Marjorie
WAC
Dolores
Mickey Rooney
Mickey
Betty Jane Rose
Ted Lewis
Nancy Walker
Virginia Weidler
New York
Virginia
Ivan Stauffers
Cora Sue Collins
Marysville
Prince David M'Dvani
Virginia Sinclair
Gable
Bakersfield
Venezuela
Simon Bolivar
Xavier Cugat
U. S. Senate
Sheily Mitchell
Cugat
Bob Lipton
Lyons consder Mexican divorce and hotel shelter story
The report notes Lette Lyons may pursue a Mexican divorce after selling the family homes. Allan Jones rents an apartment but cannot keep children, leaving the couple in temporary hotel shelter. It mentions Dana Andrews singing on screen in A Walk in the Sun and Gary Cooper performing in Along Came Jones.
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Lette Lyons
Allan Jones
Joneses
Dana Andrews
Gary Cooper
Jones
Hollywood Hi Jinks and Romance Across Tinseltown
Hollywood gossip notes Wes ley Ruggles plans 1500 feet of 16 mm film for English audiences while Frances Langford sheds four pounds from her Pacific tour. A French director Rene Clair Edmund T. Greville reportedly killed by a robot bomb in England. Bob Walker pairs with Martha O Driscoll before a two week Arizona vacation. Hurd Hatfield Angela Lansbury at the Biltmore Bowl. Ritz brothers head to Chicago. Ann Savage with Milton Golden. Jack La Rue seen at Hollywood Park. Ann Rutherford Claudia Drake recall same John Burroughs high school class. Walter Pidgeon replaces standin Robert Young.
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Hollywood
Wesley Ruggles
Los Angeles
Hurd Hatfield
Angela Lansbury
Biltmore Bowl
Seymour Chotiner
Dolores
Lyman’s
Ritz Brothers
Chicago
Ann Savage
Milton Golden
Jack la Rue
Hollywood Park
Ann Rutherford
Claudia Drake
John Burroughs
Walter Pidgeon
Robert Young
British Tommie Slings New Lingo In War Slang Feature
The piece notes that British soldiers are crafting wartime slang distinct from World War I terms. It explains calls like tommies under shellfire and describes a narrative of British understatement replacing familiar phrases with fresh jargon. A small civic notice follows, about a land sale in High Point North Carolina with details on bidding and property location.
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London
RAF
Higher Price For Product Is The Issue
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration will study within a month whether wage increases for CIO steelworkers require higher steel prices. The War Labor Board granted shift differential awards totaling about 5 cents an hour for 400,000 steel workers, with a 15 percent living-cost ceiling since Jan 1 1941.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
CIO
OPA
War Labor Board
WLB
Philip Murray
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Eunice Osborne Farlow
Funeral services for Mrs Eunice Osborne Farlow 85 were conducted at Marlboro Friends Church yesterday at 3 PM by Rev York Teague and Rev B B Bulla. Grandsons Stanley Osborne Raeford Farlow Madison Davis Everett Farlow Raymond Farlow and Oscar Spencer served as pallbearers. granddaughters carried flowers. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Eunice Osborne Farlow
Sophia
Route 1
Marlboro Friends Church
York Teague
B. B. Bulla
Stanley Osborne
Raeford Farlow
Madison Davis
Everett Farlow
Raymond Farlow
Oscar Spencer
Funeral services for George S. Myers at Poplar Ridge
George S. Myers age 61 died suddenly Friday while en route to a doctor. Funeral held yesterday at 2 PM from Poplar Ridge Friends church with Rev. J H Boles and Rev. W A Pierce officiating. Pallbearers were Snow Lumber Co. employees R M Stilley Wayne Montgomery W B Johnson Sam Teague Harrison Wagner D A Howard. Interment in church cemetery.
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MYERS
George S. Myers
Poplar Ridge Friends Church
J. H. Boles
W. A. Pierce
R. M. Stilley
Wayne Montgomery
W. B. Johnson
Sam Teague
Harrison Wagner
D. A. Howard
Snow Lumber Company
William Peyton Byrd Funeral Services Held Near Elkin
Funeral services for William Peyton Byrd 74 of 308 Mangum Ave were held Tuesday at 2 pm at Round Mountain Baptist church near Elkin with burial in the church cemetery.
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WM. Peyton Byrd
William Peyton Byrd
Mangum Ave
Round Mountain Baptist Church
Elkin
Funeral for Mrs. Almeda Myers in Thomasville
Mrs. Almeda Sullivan Myers of Thomasville died at home Thursday night. Funeral Sunday at Emmanuel Reformed Church at 2 30 led by multiple pastors. Grandsons served as pallbearers. Jarrett trio provided music. Interment planned in Emmanuel Reformed Church cemetery after grandson arrives from California.
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Almeda Myers
Edith Bodenhamer
California
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Emmanuel Reformed Church
Nazi Tactics In North Italy Puzzle Allies
Analysis notes why 27 German divisions stayed in Northern Italy despite scarce reserves on other fronts. It cites Hitler's strategic aims, Allied air superiority, and Kesselring's defensive gamble as factors in the prolonged Bologna fighting amid harsh Alpine terrain.
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Italy
Fifth Army
INS
Bologna
Wehrmacht
Alps
Reich
Hitler
Mark Wayne Clarke
Fifth
Axis
Kesselring
Anzio
Kesselri
City of Point Vested Property Sale Notice
A notice dated November 21 1944 states Arnold J Koonce mayor vested property at lot 177 Emerywood Addition No 4 Guilford County NC with bids to be offered for said property per order of the City Council of Point.
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High Point Township
City of
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
H. C. Byrum
Office of Register of Deeds
N. C
Anold J, Koonce
Wearview
Arnold J. Koonce
Carter Dalton
Emily Acock
Bronze Star Awarded to Film Star for Normandy Service
Lt. Comdr. Robert Montgomery received the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement as operations officer of a destroyer squadron during the D Day Normandy landings. Commodore Schuyler Heim presented the award at Terminal Island naval base ceremony attended by Montgomery’s wife and two children. Montgomery recently went on inactive duty.
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Wilmington
Calif
Robert Montgomery
Schuyler F. Heim
Naval Eee
Terminal Island
Elizabeth
Robert
Donald Montgomery
Montgomery
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