Notable local voices discuss politics and service
Lt Crowell Little, a former Carolina star quarterback with the Army at Ft Belvoir, praises national league play. James E Lyon reports Junior Rangers drive for scrap metal is keeping youth busy. D A Dowdy, High Point druggist, critiques the Greensboro school amendment and party politics. Sam Morris is named Republican standard bearer for U S Senate. Navy Day chair Max T Payne highlights Theodore Roosevelt birthday and High Point servicemen.
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Washington
Crowell Little
Carolina Star
Army
Engineering Corps
Ft. Belvoir
James E. Lyon
Fort Bragg
Clifford R. Frazier
Greensboro
D. A. Dowdy
High Point
Dowdy
Broughton
North Carolina
Valve Bankers
Republican Party
Sam Morris
Raleigh
United States Senate
Theodore Roosevelt
Max T. Payne
Navy Day
Manpower Crisis and Ex-Inmates as Soldiers
The article surveys differing theories on wartime manpower needs, estimating up to nine million new workers and urging consideration of ex-inmates and parolees as suitable soldiers. It cites E A Locke Jr and advocates evaluating prisoners for military service with cautious optimism and common sense.
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E. A. Locke, Jr
Donald Nelson
Merchants Of Death Raid On Le Creusot Threatens Armament Cartels
The Le Creusot Schneider armament works in France was bombed by four motored Lancasters. The piece argues the raid targets the vast munitions holding connected to Basil Zaharoff and the prewar arms trade, suggesting the attack challenges the idea of war as a merchant driven enterprise and recalls wartime weapon networks across Britain France Germany and Italy.
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Schneider
le Creusot
France
Allied
High Command
Britain
Germany
Italy
Basil Zaharoff
Zaharoff
Wickes, Ltd
Soldiers From Prison in War Service Debate
A Glendale editorial argues for relaxing military eligibility rules for ex prisoners. It cites Lewis E Lawes of Sing Sing and contends standard changes may be needed as a total war demands broader manpower while warning against admitting those emotionally unfit. The piece favors allowing able criminals to serve if physically and morally healthy.
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Lawes
North Carolina
Hathaway Cross
Pearl Harbor
Misled sponsors face backlash over state constitution amendment
A column claims many board of education supporters were misled by the amendment push. It notes major endorsers will issue statements or vote against the measure on November 3. The piece questions the future treatment of labor in school texts chosen by a new board dominated by business and finance experience.
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Board of Education
North Carolina
Walter Winchell notes on Show Shops and Hollywood items
Walter Winchell surveys current shows and films including George Abbott's Beat the Band with a jolly score by Johnny Green and book by George Marion Jr. He notes Nightclub acts, magazine covers, and cast changes, plus reports on Lady in the Dark, A Yank at Eton, The Glass Key, You Cant Escape Forever, and The Boogie Man Will Get You. Also covers industry gossip, magazines, and a Moscow AP dispatch on Stalingrad fighting.
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George Abbott
Johnny Green
George Marion, Jr
Abbott
Jerry Lester
Romo Vincent
Blitz
Susan Miller
Jack Whiting
Prof. Green
The
Times
Molly Piccon
John Mason Brown
Philly
Paramount
Mitchell Leisen
Equity
Hollywood
Sonja Henie
Leeland
John Payne
U.S. Marines
Mickey Rooney
Eton
Freddie Bartholomew
Miguel
Brian Donlevy
Alan Ladd
Veronica Lake
Rascal
Intelligentsia
Whit Burnett
Benchley
Eugene O'Neill
God Brown
Ernest Hemingway
Phyllis McGinley
FPA
Gypsy Rose Lee
Frederick van Ryn
Reader's Digest
Cecil B. DeMille
Broadway fair and Times praise for Willkie noted
The Times favored Willkie compared with Roosevelt on Broadway, while Harriet Hughes from Washington predicted Rep. Clare Hoffman would be renominated for his views reflecting his constituents. The piece also recalls Mark Twain journalism tricks, literary reviews, and radio program critiques across the cultural scene.
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Roosevelt
Times
Willkie
Harriet Hughes
Detroit
Washington
Clare Hoffman
Miss Hughes
Raoul Auernheimer
Mark ‘Twain
Paging Father Jime Exverpis from files of The Enterprise of Ten and Twenty Years Ago
The 1932 report notes new post office interior lighting fixtures costing 3090 dollars and a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan for a local power project. General Albert L. Cox of Raleigh to address the American Legion. Local marriages and social notes include Genevieve McAllister to Richard Angel and Margaret Freyberg exploring a music program. News briefs cover FDR criticism of GOP mismanagement, a Savannah convention site, growing trade prosperity, and drought in the Deep South. Local items include Kiwanis honors for Nellie Muse, the Western NC Conference gathering in Monroe, preacher salaries totaling 385909, and regional visits. The British PM Lloyd George resignation and Portland IWW arrests are noted amid state Sunday school growth.
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Toval News
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
American Legion
Nellie Muse
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Asheville
Highway Patrol Faces Shift as Pay Sparks Walkouts
The state sheriff's association urged Governor Broughton to act on mass resignations by highway patrolmen due to low pay. They note patrols assist local police, warn that war strains enforcement, and fear shifting patrol duties drains highway funds for counties. The governor sent the request to budget and highway bureaus without a firm recommendation.
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State Sheriff's Association
Broughton
Shorts
Budget Commission
Th Motor Vehicles Bureau
Bye
Highway Department
Aviation Accidents and Training Safety Record Stated
The Raleigh News and Observer notes that despite rapid expansion in military aviation training, the casualty toll remains low. Robert A. Lovett says the accident rate per 1,000 hours flown this year is below the 10-year peacetime average.
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Fuling
Kitty Hawk
Dieppe
Robert A. Lovett
Air
Raleigh News & Observer
Fragmented Wisconsin Bravery and Academic Faith Chorus
Hunters in Wisconsin killed an Angora by mistake. Some women make fools of men and some get there too late. A college professor notes many go to college for atmosphere and end up with air. Dr Winfred G Leutner urges students to rise above disappointments and build faith in America. Dr Robert J Kerner visits Raleigh via university ties as wartime production looms.
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Wisconsin
America
Winfred G. Leutner
Western _Reserve University
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