Prison training programs continue for inmates
State prisons keep teaching inmates marketable skills for life after release. The piece recalls Dr. Leon Meadows, former Eastern Carolina Teachers College president, currently serving a term for embezzling student funds, defended as a well meaning educator misled by his bookkeeping. Warden Hugh Wilson assigns Meadows to manage prison hospital records.
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State Prison
Leon Meadows
Eastern Carolina Teachers College
Hugh Wilson
Horse Sense in Raleigh Committee Tussle Over Truman Tickets
In Raleigh a committee arranging President Truman's Raleigh speech debates ticketing policy. Banker-politician LeRoy Martin advocates first come first served access, fearing unrest if power players get reserved seats. Pageant at a 3,500 seat auditorium looms. outcome depends on who gets in and who pays.
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LeRoy Martin
Politi
Raleigh
Truman
Martin
Mem
Mr. Martin
Harry Truman
Lawyers' Pay Compared to the Solicitor General
Raleigh column criticizes legal pay disparities by noting private lawyers paid 7 500 each for Meadows case while the solicitor earns 4 500. Arguments emphasize case duration costs, office expenses, and the security of a set salary versus private practice risks.
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Raleigh
Lynn Isbet
Leon Meadows
Council of State
Tere
Betts Wins Fight for State Tire Purchases
W X Betts state director of purchase and contract faced Army indifference over surplus tires at Fort Bragg. After appealing to Washington and Congress, surplus property now allows the state to buy needed tires for school buses and highway vehicles, affirming Betts’s stand against being pushed around.
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W. Z. Betts
Army
Mr. Betts
Fort Bragg
Washington
Congress
Office of
New York
Suggestion on Cumberland County school days during flood
The South board notes Cumberland County floods forced four lost school days. It questions making up days or teaching on Saturdays within NC’s 36 five day weeks. It asks whether four Saturdays could substitute for missed time without overburdening students or teachers.
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State Board of Education
Cumberland County
Cumberland
North Carolina
Rationing Board Handles Tire Shortage and Veteran Draft Influx
Local rationing officials faced a tire shortage with 900 tires allowed per October. J F Jones says one usable tire helped a stranded visitor, prioritizing home needs. Marie Morgan notes veterans increasingly flocking to draft boards as discharged men arrive with hopeful smiles.
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J. F. Jones
OPA
High Point
Public Gripes Highlight High Point City Life
The vivid letters quote a German POW recalling wartime hunger and a Bolivian official praising High Point as an industrial city. Local concerns focus on unsafe street repairs delaying tire wear and motorists frustrated by no late night eateries as traffic grows.
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High Point
Jose Argendas
New York
Critics muting communists on public stage in Madison Square Garden
The piece argues that American communists exploit double standards in criticism of political figures. It notes harsh reactions to critiques of Roosevelt or his family versus labeling critics as fascist or anti semitic and points to the Madison Square Garden rally booing General MacArthur to support William O Dwyer.
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Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
United States
General Pershing
Madison Square Garden
William O’dwyer
New York
General MacAruh
Pacific
Japan
Communists Within Aid Foreign Power Says Sokolsky
By George Sokolsky argues that American Communists align with foreign powers, shifting stance with changing regimes. He warns of internal influence in New York and Detroit elections and calls for ending the perceived subversion to protect American national existence.
Scrapping the Fleet and Rethinking World Power
A writer questions American postwar strategy arguing the United States should not preserve its shipping advantage or pursue aggressive commercial gain. The piece mocks imperialism while urging a drastic stance against fleet advantages and demanding a rethink of U.S. world role and relations with Britain Russia and Japan.
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Russia
Kaiser
Soviet Union
W. L. White
Dardanelles
Europe
Japan
United States
World power without power or decision
Paul Mallon laments American leaders adrift in foreign policy. He argues the nation has abdicated assertive leadership, questions if the U.S. is an empire, and suggests drastic moves such as secession to Russia while urging generous aid to Britain and Stalin to avoid offense. He warns of fear if Russia or Stalin disapprove.
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High Point
James Underwood
Washington
Crowley
Russia
Britain
Stalin
Albert J. Engel
Michigan
Patterson
Ignors
France
Muskegon
Marshall
Engel
Secrecy and politics swirl around atomic bomb project
Roosevelt and War Department officials shielded atom breaking research from Vice President Truman and other leaders as spending grew. Marshall defended funds to Engel and others, while by passing attempts sparked tense Capitol Hill hearings. Stimson later explained the Oak Ridge visit, ending the controversy as Truman’s influence grows.
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Roosevelt
War Department
Truman
Robert P. Patterson Jr
George C. Marshall
House Appropriations Committee
Nations Committee
Army
Patterson
Engel
Stimson
Nnt
Dr. Conant
Harvard
Berlin
Taber
Secretary of War
Appropriations Committee
Oak Plant
Tennessee
Nations
Clarence J. Cannon
Missouri
J. Buell Snyder
George H. Mahon
Texas
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