Community Chest returns lag in several divisions
Arthur Neve, executive secretary, notes dis appointing returns in the Community Chest drive with only the Industrial Division meeting its share. He reports a 19.5 percent year over year rise in that division and urges workers and managers to contribute to sustain the agencies. Also, Captain W H Long praises Carolina's win over Duquesne and Will J Baldwin notes strong opposition to the state school amendment amid a light election mood.
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Community Chest
Arthur Neve
Public Service
Commerce
Special dinner meeting amid education vote controversy
A North Carolina group named the Defense of Democracy Through Education plans a October 23 dinner in High Point to discuss keeping schools during the wartime crisis. Its leadership includes Governor Broughton and officials allied with backing a state board of education amendment. The note questions motives and frames the event as propaganda for the amendment.
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North Carolina
Board of Education
Governor Broughton
Clyde Exwin
Roy Morrison
McDonald
Faith, Hope, and the Gospel in Hard Times
A reflective editorial argues that unbelief is life’s opiate while faith and hope sustain endurance through war and loss. It cites Romans and Paul’s example of patience under trial, urging persistent faith, love of God, and the Holy Spirit to guide believers toward righteous living despite adversity.
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Paul
Jesus
John
Abraham
Fife
God
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Moerner
Hell
Heaven
After Thoughts From A War Era Page Cartoonist
A nostalgic column mixes corn husking memories with 1937 Charlie Chaplin visit at Greensboro, draft board musings, patriotism, and calls for better labor management government teamwork. The piece notes Liberty Bonds era sentiment and includes short quips about Chaplin and wartime effort.
A Sunday Prayer CD in Heaven and the Peoples War
A 1940s column calls on Americans to learn the true nature of the war as a people's democracy struggle. It cites mob lynchings in Mississippi of Black youths, anti Jewish sentiment in North Carolina, a Klan revival in Georgia, and notes white and Black, Christian and Jewish voices must unite to defeat totalitarian rule. It pleads for unity across races and faiths to defend democracy.
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America
Charlie Chaplin
Greensboro
Woman's College
Chaplin
Charlie
Greenshoro
Fettle
Tolks
Mississippi
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Walter Winchell On Broadway BEWIND THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
Walter Winchell discusses World War II era events with satirical vignettes from Moscow Oslo and Amsterdam. The piece mocks Nazi officials, German propaganda, and Allied responses while noting Polish wartime hardship and public sentiment amid evasive censors.
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Duquesne
W. H. Long
High Point Fire Department
South Carolina
Fordham
Elizabeth City
High Point
Will J. Baldwin
Charlotte
Lord Jesus Christ
AL OB
Roy Bundy
Rawley Farm
Ray
Bundy
Sam
P.S
D. B
A. F. of L
William Green
Britain
Earth
Lord Halifax
U. S
Army
Navy
Harry R. Sheppard
Ohio
U. S. Employment Service
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Bewind
Stalin
Moscow
Re Army
Norway
Lun
Lunde
Quisling
England
St Abbied
Fuehrer
London
Amsterdam
Maria
Johanna Maria Vincent
Seyss-Inquart
Hite
Miss Vincent
Poland
Warsaw
T& Poles
Goebbels
Hitler
Roosevelt
Dumkopf
Caile
A. Woolleatus
Brest
Hue
Nes
Hotan
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