War era politics and typewriter shortage in Raleigh
The piece notes political tensions in Raleigh as Democrats and Republicans clash over war era issues and a shortage of typewriters. It cites Archie and Oscar Pitts, the Legislature’s needs for 100 typewriters, rationing board backlogs in High Point, and calls to prioritize essential work. The dialogue mentions editorials, politicking, and local reaction amid national wartime strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie
Oscar
Pitts
Domestic coffee and postwar labor finance outlook
An essay argues Americans will endure limited coffee and warns household economics depend on wartime labor controls. It critiques unions backed by government for hiring and pay limits, notes potential for pay and price shifts, and questions tax effects on profits and losses. The piece ends urging acceptance of the current wartime economic setup.
Raleigh observers question school amendment ratification
Lynn Nisbet notes officials and Democratic leaders show waning faith in ratifying the proposed school constitutional amendment. The piece observes many who favor the amendment dislike its tying to the official party machinery and suggests campaign dynamics may be shifting as the fight tightens.
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Raleigh
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh News
Nisbet
Idle speculation on future North Carolina school board picks
A Raleigh guesswork piece weighs which figures may join the proposed State Board of Education if the amendment passes. It highlights Monroe Redden, Clyde Hoey, Ralph McDonald, Lee Weathers, Julian Miller, and others, noting the likely minority status of educators and the strong tilt toward business and financial backgrounds. The column urges consulting Redden and Prison Director Oscar Pitts for the inside view.
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Broughton
State Board of Education
Monroe Redden
Clyde R. Hoey
Ralph McDonald
Aunovity
Loey
McDonald
Lee Weathers
Shelby
Julian Miller
Charlotte's
North Carolina
Raleigh
Department of Public Instruction
Redden
Oscar Pitts
Business Future Like It or Not
The article argues that modern business is transformed by total war and collective bargaining. Owners lose influence as unions and policy shape hiring and production. The piece notes entrepreneurs control only capital and plant, while workers are governed by union rules and market pressures.
Would We Fight and Other War News Echoes
A government official questions whether Americans would fight as fiercely as Russians in a total war. He cites Paris fall history and asks if New Yorkers would defend home towns like Stalingrad. The piece links war readiness to civil coordination and farm sector friction with military life. The column then notes a first woman draftsman at the State Highway and Public Works Commission. It also lampoons labor disputes over music and production, and reports on farm-rail tensions with a naval station.
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Herr Hitler
Marshal Rommel
General von Bock
Stalingrad
Dr. Goebbel
Fuehrer
Russia
Don
Caucsus
Ukraine
Hitler
Norway
Volga
Europe
Dingle M. Foot
United Nations
London
Germany
Paris
Aly
Petrillo
Indiana
U. S. Naval Training Station
Federal
American Federation of Labor
Circus Workers’ Union
Army
Navy
North Carolina
Charlotte Observer
Asheville
War and Navy Departments
Wakestone
Raleigh
Josephus Daniels
The
News and Observer
Wartime statements from leaders on duty and democracy
A compilation of wartime quotes from Dr George E Schlesser Colgate University The Army and Navy Journal and others on preserving transportation consuming labor and the role of women voters and public duty amid total war The voices include Archibishop of Canterbury George B Powell and William Green urging support for community drives and labor peacetime concerns during conflict
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George E. Schlesser
Colgate University
William Green
A. F. of L
State offices move amid new building plans in Raleigh
The state moves toward consolidating offices as the 16 story Durham Life Insurance Building nears completion and rent to private space ends. Plans include an annex to the state revenue building and reallocation of space in the Capital Club building. Senator D Mac Johnson of Halifax County is nominated to fill the vacancy created by Julian Allsbrook’s resignation. John Rodman will likely resign to join the Navy, with the district committee selecting the nominee.
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State Buildings and Grounds Committee
Retirement Fund Commission
Durham Life Insurance
Insurance Company
Carolina Power & Lights Company
Capital Club
The
Power Company
Retirement Fund
State Revenue Building
D. Mac Johnson
Enfield
Halifax County
Julian Allsbrook
U.S. Navy
Johnson
Halifax
House of Representatives
Robeson County
Doctor Mac
D. Mac
Method—Johnson
Tarboro
Senate
John Rodman
Edgecombe
Eugene Brooks
Durham
Brooks
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