County urged to reject Life Insurance bid for Guilford building
The High Point area case recalls a court ruling affirming county authority to borrow for the building project. Officials discuss the Life Insurance Company bid to purchase the High Point county building. Commissioner Hoffman notes the project is self supporting as the facility pays for itself. The chairman is away and could not opine.
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Aoa Life Insurance Company
High Int County
Greensboro
Guilford
Joe F. Hoffman
J. E. Millis
The Press and its Role in Community Life Series
A newspaper plans a nine part series explaining the press function in a community. It outlines topics from Freedom of the Press to Local History and invites readers to study how a newspaper serves its readers, organizations, and institutions.
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Newspa
Rter
Governor orders patrol duty list amid liquor raid questions
Inconsistent critique of Attorney General McMullan s compilation of state highway patrol duties follows Governor Boyd Br o u g h ton s instruction after Ilk esboro trials The piece argues patrolmen s role in liquor raids and local law enforcement may blur lines with city and county arrests and SBI involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry McMullan
Broughton
Ilkesboror
SBI
High Point War Fund Drive Boosted by Local Civic Support
Local citizens urged creation of a fund to furnish taxi fares for soldiers returning from USO dances. Leaders tout a unified United War Chest campaign involving seven local agencies and seventeen National War Fund groups. A Greek community letter from Lt. Robert H. Coleman praises High Point for backing allied efforts and expresses gratitude for support during bombing missions over Berlin.
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USO
Frank Wood
National War Fund
United War Chest
High Point
Ed Mendenhall
Red Cross
Robert H. Coleman
Women’s Society
States
England
Berlin
N. C
America
U. S
N.C
Greece
Union official defends soldiers in cannery duty dispute
Leon Schacter of the Meat and Cannery Workers Union describes a wartime cannery duty issue as a smear on labor. He claims soldiers furloughed to work in canneries paid union dues under a closed agreement, while critics say the policy was unjust and shocking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Leon Schacter
Meat and Cannery Workers Union
New Jersey Bureau
Mr. Schacter
Union
Newsweek
CBS
Paul White
Columm
Union League
Mr. White
Pearl Harbor Trials Arraignment and Public Trial Debates
The piece argues Articles of War differ from common law for Admiral Kimmel and Major-General Short and discusses options for arraignment by December 7 1943, including in camera trials or recessing to allow open proceedings after the war. It contrasts wartime secrecy with domestic laws and criticizes government spending strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Kimmel
Short
Pearl Harbor
Senators return from world tours push self interested policy
Washington observers say returning senators spoke privately for a tougher American stance on postwar policy, noting British influence and propaganda, the value of global bases, and a shift in OWI and OPA approaches amid gas rationing changes and potential enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
Asia Minor
Ment
Russia
Japan
New Deal
Russell
Georgia
Congress
South Pacific
Office of War Information
OWI
On Broadway and Hollywood Scoop Parade Rumors Fly
Winchell reports Ed Flynn pals expect him to be FDR personal ambassador to the Vatican. Gary Cooper spurns Captain E Rickenbacker role due to pressure. Blumenthal plans U.S. return amid J Schenck case notes and tax settlement. Adories and court cases, censorship debates, and industry gossip fill a sprawling column.
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Ed Flynn
FDR
Vatican
Gary Cooper
E. Rickenbacker
A. C. Blumenthal
U.S
J. Schenck
Gov't
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Paramount
Sherman Billingsley
Buddy de Sylva
Quentin Reynolds
Collier’s
Vanity and sin cited in biblical and literary lines
A compact juxtaposition of Isaiah 5 18 scripture warning against vanity and the cart rope metaphor with a La Rochefoucauld reflection on how little one says without vanity egging them on. The two quotes highlight moral folly and self interest in theological and secular thought.
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Mgr
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N. Y
Mecca
Lesington
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
the Press
Frank J. Sizemore
B. G. Henley
Frances Wiles
Pearl Harbor Trials
London
Paul Mallon
Petroleum
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Broadway
White House
Tammany
Hull
Welles
Crowley
Stettinius
Sumner
Franco
Spain
Wm. Donovan
Martin J Kennedy
Walter Winchell
Wallace
Jesse Jones
Texas
Litvinov
Dept. of Justice
New York
New Orleans
Allan Chase
Cuba
Rockingham
Harry Oakes
Bluebloods
Miami
Nassau
de Marigny
Oakes
Heywood Broun
Putnam
Edward J Malley
Braun
G-men
Lubitsch
Zanuck
Betty Grable James
Senator Reynolds
Lou Pollack
Asheville
John J. Anthony
Cesar Romero
Virginia Bruce
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Yale Law School
Jack Benny
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