Parker for Supreme Court A Letter from Lum berton
R C Lawrence writes that vacancy created by Justice Byrnes should be filled by Federal Judge John J Parker of Charlotte. He denounces Senate rejection of Parker, notes North Carolina had no representative on the high bench since George E Badger, and urges the delegation to back Parker for a Southern state appointment.
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Supreme Court
Justice Byrnes
R. C. Lawrence
Lumberton
John J. Parker
Charlotte
United States Senate
Parker
Washington
George E. Badger
Slap in the Face Outcry Over State Board Amendment
Editorial blasts Superintendent Erwin over urging teachers and principals to back a constitutional amendment creating a new State Board of Education. It argues the measure misdefines “business and finance” leadership and excludes educators, calling the proposal a direct insult to school staff.
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Clyde A. Enwin
State Board of Education
Erwin
North Carolina Education Association
North Carolina School Board Association
State School Commission
North Carolina
Parker nomination praised as wise choice for court
J E Down in the Charlotte News argues Judge Parker's Supreme Court appointment would unite Republicans and vindicate him after Senate opposition in 1931. He would bring much needed judiciary background to the court as its senior Fourth Circuit member. A Raleigh observer notes a quoted 1930 speech by the former chief of FDR about naval defense and inland waterways. Dr C C Crittenden calls the 1861 65 war the War of Southern Independence.
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Parker
Supreme Court
J. E. Down
Charlotte News
Senate
U. S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
F. D. R. Too
Little Washington
Daniels
Europe
C. C. Crittenden
State Historical Commission
W. P. Horton
Chatham
Metropolita
Through Channel and Red Tape in Government Delays
The piece jokes about how a simple local ordinance amendment on tank-truck sizes was delayed through a web of offices from the Office of Defense Transportation to state and city officials, illustrating bureaucratic red tape. It contrasts this with a critique of Allied postwar policy and preference for democracy over totalitarian models.
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Washington
Raleigh
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
Frank Bane
Council of State Governments
Bane
Broughton
Manteo
Motor Vehicles
T. Boddie Ward
Ward
O. Arthur Kirkman
Eddie Knox
Times Square
Father Wm. A. Maguire
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Walter O'Keefe
Martha Raye
S. P. Eagle
Hollywood
Copacabana
Milton Berle
Selfish Logic and the Risk of Delayed Aid in WW II
The piece argues that delaying relief to the Soviet Union risks losing the war and envisions a scenario where if Russia defeats Germany without allied support, it will dictate peace and dominate Europe, making the Red Army the most powerful force globally. The commentary questions the consequences for the Western allies and the postwar order.
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Russia
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Red Army
Berlin
Europe
Unfair To Ward Seeks More Money For State Patrol
AP reports Motor Vehicle Commissioner T Boddie Ward asks the State Budget Commission to urge the Legislature for higher funding, more auditors and inspectors to oversee dwindling automobile traffic. Ward’s current year appropriation totals 900 323 and requests for next year rise to 1 017 930 amid gas rationing and wartime shortages. The note ends by quoting a 1917 polar explorer and remarking on waning football season interest.
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Associated Press
T. Boddie Ward
State Budget Commission
Ward
Highway Patrol
Raleigh
Broadway Buzz and Social Whirl on 1940s New York Streets
Glimpses of Ed ward Arnold, Luxem bourg royals, and a parade of celebs along Fifth Avenue. Walter Beebe and others mime Hollywood life at the Savoy Plaza and Pierre’s War Relief auction draws Ella Logan’s bid of 115 dollars. Moonlit chatter from Stork and Midtown haunts, draft board rites, and a chorus of streetwise wits capture Broadway’s glitter and grit amid wartime America.
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Edward Arnold
Movieville
Savoy Plaza
Ayear
Charlotte of Luxembourg
Rene de Bourbon Parme
Margaret of
Denmark
Vth Avenue
Sinclair Lewis
Somerset Maugham
Michael Arlen
T. J. Grayson
Betty
Sweetbrier College
Reuben’s
Ella Logan
Prison Stealers Face Scheduling Troubles In Raleigh
Publicity men for the State prison football team struggle to find opponents as travel limits and transport issues curb matches. The Central Prison team, nicknamed the Stealers, includes several murderers, raising safety concerns. Parolee Bit Allen, once a star athlete, is involved in parole revocation, affecting team rosters and games. Negotiations with other schools stalled. the New Year game against Caledonia may be called off.
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Central Prison
Bit Allen
Bill
Star College
Priso
Raleigh
Reconstruction Finance loan to North Carolina Bank & Trust Co
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation loaned Greensboro based North Carolina Bank & Trust Co. over seven million dollars. Other items note Young Republican voters approving loyalty to new chairman A Coke Cecil and various local church events. President Hoover urges women voters to duty. Cotton crop estimates show a 115000 bale rise. Samuel Insull travels Europe amid Chicago embezzlement case. railway car loadings rise steadily.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
North Carolina Bank & Trust Co
Greensboro
Dean Clyde Milner
Central Friends Church
Clyde Myers
Oak Street
Horace Haworth
A. Coke Cecil
H. Norwood Bowne
Leaksville
Reidsville
Hoover
Samuel Insull
Europe
Arc
War Bonds and Unity Echoed in Wartime Voices
A collage of wartime quotes from officials and observers stresses total war mobilization and national resolve. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox praises training and gear readiness while Under Secretary of War Patterson urges unity beyond race and creed. Freddie Hazlitt Brennan and Walter Nash also weigh in on sacrifice and optimism.
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U.S
Secretary of Navy
Frank Knox
Robert P. Patterson
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