Warren and Warren Battle Government Waste in War Era
The text praises Comptroller General Warren's integrity and critique of Army control over final settlements and contractor advances, while condemning press-driven stunts by North Carolina officials. It argues GAO can better prevent fraud than the Army and remarks on public perception of Governor and First Lady Broughton’s cotton-field publicity.
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Postwar policing concept shifts to coordinated national forces
After early talk of a United Nations Army with troops serving under global command, the plan settles on coordinated military cooperation while each nation retains control of its own forces. Public support appears likely.
Super Bombers Frame Future War Aims
General H H Arnold predicts a new class of super bombers that will dwarf Flying Fortresses and fly round trip across the Atlantic with a carload of bombs. Wright Aeronautical Corp builds engines in New Jersey on a 24 hour basis. The piece also notes caution about Adolf Hitler’s shoes.
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Wright Aeronautical Corp
New Jersey
Adolf Hitler
Local High Point Views on War Drive and Daily Life
Residents discuss National drives, USO impact, and street repairs as High Point bounces back. Police note chickens killed by dogs, shoe discoveries, and a downtown real estate upswing with sales totalling ten thousand dollars.
Germany Denies A Separate Peace With Russia
The denial is treated as a familiar tactic to plant suspicion about Nazi dealings with Russia. The piece argues such denials imply wrongdoing and provoke doubt among Britain and the United States about alleged negotiations, labeling the move as not particularly skillful.
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So-And-So
Britain
United States
Tear drop cars unlikely this decade says Roos
Delmar G Roos Willys Overland engineering vice president says tear drop automobiles will not appear this decade though they may in the next. He adds postwar cars will be more efficient lighter with better transmissions lower operating costs and easier handling. We can already enjoy a pleasant ride in many older cars. The phrase the means to a persons ends often means the end to a persons means.
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Delmar G. Roos
Willys-Overland
Green bill would let 10,000,000 service members vote
Washington column argues Senator Theodore Francis Green drafted a plan to let military and civilian government workers vote under federal control. It criticizes proposed five member commission, partisan balance, and removal of voter qualifications while urging legal absentee ballots with equal media access and fair rules to preserve democracy.
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Broadway gossip and political whisper mill lists many giants
A sprawling column of political intrigue showbiz chatter and social buzz. Generals, a duchy offer to a motor monarch, reconciling stars Gertrude Lawrence and Madeleine Carroll, and a flood of names from Frank Walker to Jeremiah Mahoney mingle with headlines about teachers, bankers, and theater figures.
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