Pressure for decontrol and women in government roles
An editorial argues that removing price controls on meat via OPA decontrol will come only with strong public pressure from American housewives. It urges placing capable women in top government roles to gain political advantage and model business with women executives.
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Chatham
United States
Zre Women’s Bureau
United St Tes Department of Labor
Érs
Ugmond Chatham
Chatham Blanket Company
Outdoor historical play planned by Western Carolina groups
The Western Carolina Associated Communities backed by the State Board of Conservation and Development plans an outdoor historical drama similar to the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island. The piece hints at political maneuvering around meat control and congressional reactions as the 1940s policy landscape shifts.
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Western Carolina
State Board of Conservation and Development
Roanoke Island
Western North Carolina urged to stage Tsali story drama
The piece cheers a plan to create an outdoor drama in the Smoky Mountains about the 1838 Cherokee relocation and Tsali’s revolt. It argues the setting and historical tale would attract tourists, employing descendants and mountaineers as actors while highlighting past white treatment of Indians.
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Associated Press
Paul Green
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Oklahoma
Tsali
Smoky Mountains
Roanoke Island
Community Chest agencies urged as vital to industry
W B McEwen says Community Chest agencies are essential to a thriving industrial community likening support to an operating cost and renews last year’s pledge. Ralph E Miller notes two fold benefit for employers hiring handicapped workers.
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W. B. McEwen
Ralph E. Miller
United States Employment Service Office
Employers Support Disabled Vets in Postwar Jobs Drive
In High Point leaders praise employers who match jobs to workers abilities and pledge continued support for veterans. A. J. Koonce lauds the Community Chest uniting welfare agencies across faiths and classes to strengthen community spirit and fund local services. He renews his yearly contribution.
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High Point
A. J. Koonce
Lehman Seeks Senate Move Amid Party Shifts and Pressure
Herbert Lehman, once New York Governor and UNRRA head, now runs for the U S Senate. He campaigns with Democrats and the American Labor Party and is courted by communists linked to Wallace support, amid criticism of double allegiance and political pressure.
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Herbert Lehman
United States Senate
New York
UNRRA
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Lehman
John J. Bennett, Jr
U. S. Senate
American Labor Party
Byrnes
Wallace
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Daily Worker
State Department
G.O.P
A Lehman
An Ives
Fdr
Senate
Russia
Houdini
New York State
Lehman criticized for sparring with Byrnes on foreign policy
By George Sokolsky argues former New York Governor Lehman fails to positively challenge the State Department’s stance and could hurt bipartisan support for Secretary Byrnes. The piece warns Lehman risks damaging the nation’s unified foreign policy and aiding Communist interests.
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New York State
Byrnes
Paris
Lehman
Elliott Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Harry Truman
United States
Russia shifts tone at Paris talks after Molotov Moscow trip
Washington reports that Soviet pressure at the Paris conference eases after Molotov’s Moscow visit. Byrnes strengthens U S unity with senators Vandenberg and Connally, while Molotov and Russia adjust tactics without changing goals. Stalin’s line shifts from bluff to inside pressure, with Byrnes remaining largely in private circles.
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Washington
Paris
Molotov
Moscow
Byrnes
Messrs. Molotov
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Truman
Turbulent Times Foresee War and Peace in Global Arena
Commentator Paul Mallon warns London readers of looming threats from Turkey over the Dardanelles while noting Dreamboat’s strategic flights raise Soviet suspicions. He argues diplomacy turns to warfare dynamics, with Russia seeking to unsettle Britain and its democratic allies while Stalin’s quip about the Pope underscores a tense international mood.
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Turkey
Dardanelles
England
France
Cairo
Moscow
Russia
Stalin
Roosevelt
Vatican
Contested journalism and censorship across eras
A collage of opinions on press freedom and censorship from wartime and peacetime periods. Notes on Pravda and German publishers under Nazism, reflections by reporters and editors such as Pearson and Bennett, and quips about Washington and London correspondents illuminate conflicts between truth, policy, and public taste.
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