Public safety notes mix civilian cooperation and fire hazards
In a city update, Sara Alderman laments civilians on buses while soldiers have no priority seating. Fire Chief E. K. Ingram praises annual inspections. Murray M. White questions auto casualty rate reductions amid wartime conditions. Sergeant Meyer Levin, a Brook bombardier, earns additional decorat ion for valor. The piece ends with a provocative question about Hitler and Jewish fighting abilities.
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E. K. Ingram
Pepare
Lars
High Int
OPA
Meyer Levin
Brook Bombardier
Colin Kelly
Hitler
US mobs in Mississippi lynch two 14-year-olds after jail escape
A Mississippi mob kills two Black 14-year-olds after they were taken from jail following an attempt to report a crime involving a white girl. The incident sparks national outrage, with calls for accountability, though expectations of prosecutions remain low. The piece condemns mob violence and urges Americans to confront racial hatred at home.
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Mississippi
United States
United States of America
Duquesne Dukes Rescue Homecoming With Carolina Game
A years old sports tale recalls Buff Donelli arranging a last minute Duke homecoming at Chapel Hill after Rice canceled. The narrative centers on Buff’s sympathy for North Carolina, a Negro trainer’s delayed arrival, and a Governor’s hospitality during the South visit.
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Duquesne University
Carolina
Chapel Hill
Rice
Tar Heels
Buff Donelh
Duquesne Dukes
Buff
North Carolina
Duquesne
State College
Raleigh
Dukes
South
China
Howard
Donelli
FBI
Army
Rayon Fabric for Army Tires Sparks Southern Critique
A letter to the editor condemns southern Senators and Representatives for opposing rayon fabric in army tires. The writer argues military needs and technical benefits favor rayon over cotton, noting increased heat resistance and efficiency, while accusing rivals of prioritizing constituents’ profits over national welfare.
Budget Commission Urged to Back Hospitals Funding Increase
The North Carolina State Advisory Budget Commission heard requests from the three state hospitals for the insane for a near doubling of operating funds for professional and custodial care. The piece criticizes past underfunding and urges the commission, including Governor Broughton, to approve the needed funds to address the state’s treatment of the mentally ill.
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State Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Budget Commission
Inflation talk and a playful print error headline
The excerpt mentions Leon Henderson approving some grocery price increases while the president warns on inflation. It cites an Enterprise headline claiming Hitler demands Danes join his army and jokes about a printer resisting a typo. It hints at hoarding limits and tire turn-in discussions.
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Leon Henderson
Hitler
Walter Winchell on Broadway New York Heartbeat
Walter Winchell comments from Broadway and New York society scenes in a brisk column noting Francis Biddle and wife at Carnegie Hall after a speech on Italian-Americans, Berle and wife at the Carlyle, Gregory Ratoff in Washington-bound mood, and rapid-fire notes on entertainers, trials, and public life. The column mingles gossip, politics, and show business with sharp, period flavor.
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New York
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Carnegie Hall
A. A. Berle
Carlyle Hotel
Madison
Gregory Ratoff
Pennsy Depot
Washington
James Young
INS
Japan
Correa
Corcoran
Yesternight
Warren Noble
Stalingrad
Janet Blair
Savoy Plaza
Lily Pons
Sailor in San Francisco Dungarees and a War On
Captain Frederick C Sherman now Rear Admiral arrived in San Francisco wearing borrowed dungarees. He went to buy a new outfit and stopped at a five and dime for toothpaste toothbrush and shaving cream. The sales clerk asked for a rubber band and reminded there is a war on.
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Bigtown
San Francisco
Frederick C. Sherman
Lexington
Street assessments foe in Raleigh case air of three rounds
The city has won the second round in the dispute over street assessments. The Supreme Court at Raleigh is expected to deliver the final ruling this fall on the city’s right to collect delinquent assessments. Other items note campaigns, small fires, and assorted jottings from the era.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
High Point
North Carolina history text shortage plagues classrooms
In North Carolina schools, fifth and eighth graders lack adequate state history materials. Despite appeals from students and teachers, the basic Warren and Newsom Lefler texts are scarce or unavailable, while state agencies push tourism and development material that does not suit grammar school history.
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North Carolina
State News Bureau
Board of Conservation and Development
State Highway Commission
Department of Agriculture
State College
Scrap drive prompts mixed signals on campaign
Two news items on the Scrap campaign reach the desk, one urging full donations citing Jack Benny's Maxwell, the other from a war agency seeking used trucks and vans to convert into transports for War Workers. The juxtaposition questions whether the drive has been overly emphasized.
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Jack Benny
Maxwell
Scrap vs. useable tractors and rails in wartime transport
A mid 20th century letter argues against junking usable farm machinery and passenger cars as scrap, urging that salvage should prioritize transportation needs for food production. It notes rail salvage debates in North Carolina cities, WPA bond for title provisions, and Detroit’s revival of streetcar and trolley services as precedent for reusing rails and vehicles.
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North Carolina
Carolina
Benny
Maxwell
War Production Board
WPA
WPB
Detroit
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J. P Rawley
SS B. Terry
Rawley
Sec
Treas
Mmett A. Cecil
Mer
Bert Thompson
Sekate Peer Neewes
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Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Algh Point
N C
Congress
National
John Sudd Co
Lexington Ave
New York City
Sara Alderman
Murray M. White
America
Hirohito
Hoey
Broughton
John H. Parker
United States Supreme Court
Lynn Nesbit
Capitol Square
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Bob Hope
Abe Lyman
Moss Hart
Alex Woollcott
Fred Allen
49Th Street
Fred
Carolyn Marsh
Avis Andrews
Vaughn Monroe
Commodore
Dick Wilson
Coq Rouge
Xensa Yuna
Thelma Carpenter
Jelly
New Orleans
Aquarium
Prof. Marti
Senor Alvarez
Copacabana
Bennett
Dewey
Susan Miller
Hildegarde
Persian Room
Larry Doyle
Saranac
Christy Mathewson
Arnold Reuben
Biz
Henry St
Manhattan
W. 52Nd Street
Wall Street
Jersey
Riverside Drive
Toffenetti
43Rd and
The
Canyon
Gutzon Borgiuni
Mt. Rushmore
Lincoln
Jefferson
Horatio Alger
47Th Street
Worth & Worth
Pepsi-Cola
Midtown
Ted Lundburg
Delmonico
Columbia Pictures
Father
Harry Cahn
Columbia
Warners
Pacific
Wiliam Haines
H'wood Intenor
Hizzoner
Gallagher
52Nd St
Australia
Judy Garland
Geo. Murphy
MGM
Me and My
Gal
Jime
Fen
Warsaw
Poland
Ele
al Smith
Bruce Catton
Germany
P. M. Wright
St. Louis
Henry Ford
Herbert Hoover
William 4. Eisenman
American Society For Metals
William M. Jeffers
President Roosevelt
Capital Square
Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Warren
Lester
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