Guilford County Faces Sheriff Succession Prospect
The Guilford county commission must appoint a one year sheriff to fill Sheriff Sean Story's death and plan for the 1946 primary and general election. Rumors point to candidates like John Hughes Archie Cannon and possibly Carl Durham with local contenders Roy Morgan and William York. A court case on airport funding awaits state supreme court ruling as treasurers pay into a new airport authority.
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Sean Story
Guilford County
Sheriff Story
Lee Wilson
John Hughes
Archie Cannon
Carl Durham
Roy Morgan
William York
Greensboro
Hoyle Sink
High Point
Guilford
State Supreme Court
Raleigh-Durham
Supreme Court
Evening light foretold by Zechariah and world peace call
The article reflects on Zechariah 14 6 7 and its prophecy of evening light, linking it to post war reconstruction and global righteousness. It cites Greece under moral twilight, Augustus era fading, Jesus birth, and Hugo on peace, urging love among nations to hasten the great day.
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Zechariah
Berechia
Iddo
America
Great Britain
Russia
Greece
Paul
Mammon
Bome
Israel
Augustus Caesar
Roman Empire
Jesus of Nazareth
Bethlehem
Rome
John
Jesus
Victor Hugo
Paris
London
St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Berlin
Vienna
Turin
Rouen
Amiens
Boston
Philadelphia
W.A.B
Campaign for better telephone manners urged
Mrs Jennie Davenport urged a newspaper or phone company campaign to promote courtesy on calls. She noted many well bred people demand to know who is speaking and contrasted this with door to door introductions. Ralph Miller said serving on a Greensboro jury left him a week behind on everything as court duty dominates his life.
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Jennie Davenport
Ralph Miller
Greensboro
Prisoner of war son freed after three years
Mrs Roscoe Webb of Thomasville reveals how a letter from her son Royce kept her faith alive during his captivity. Reid Cooke, in civilian clothes on leave, reflects on his homecoming. Cora Briles jokes about her car and Mrs R A Herrings AAUW workshop trains branch officers. Estelle Hopkins asks why a pupil is late after mule race escapes.
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Royce
Roscoe Webb
Thomasville
North Carolina
Estelle Hopkins
Allen Jay School
Behind the News on the Wage Policy Struggle
Washington editors describe the labor dispute saga as the administration seeks a workable wage policy. They note Schwellenbach faceplant over the oil settlement and warn that token raises and arbitration would fail to end strikes. The piece critiques the revived labor board and the looming November 10 big conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Schwellenbach
Mr. Truman
War Labor Board
Labor Department
WLB
Garrison
Industry
AFL
Labor Conference Drift and Union Power Dynamics
Paul Mallon notes the October conference is delayed as labor leaders travel to Europe. John L. Lewis is limited to a single delegate and one vote with no committee participation. Telephone workers briefly attempted to join but later abstained, raising questions about conference effectiveness amid ongoing labor-management tensions and Roosevelt-era precedents.
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Europe
Bellows
John L. Lewis
Industry
Labor
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Labor Policy and the Unions Split
The piece argues that Roosevelt failed to curb strike power and achieve genuine collective bargaining. It notes unions and government relied on compulsory arbitration, with NLRB and WLB decrees, while jurisdictional wars and intra union conflicts remain unresolved. It concludes Truman inherits a divided labor landscape and uncertain political approach.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
NLRB
WLB
AFL
CIO
John L. Lewis
Mr. Truman
By George Sokolsky on labor politics and union influence
The piece argues the Democratic alliance with PAC CIO guides labor policy and portrays the Truman administration as neutral in the dock workers dispute. It contends the CIO is politically driven, backed by Roosevelt-era policies, and misaligned with worker needs, urging Congress to address the labor issue nationaly for veterans and the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pac-Cio
Joe Ryan
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
United States
Ryan
CIO
United States Steel Corporation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Myron Taylor
Sidney Hillman
Roosevelt
Mme. Perkins
AFL
Labor
Truman
Robert Hannegan
Congress
National Labor Conference Seen as Possible Cure
The article traces Truman’s labor management conference as a potential path to industrial peace, noting fragile hopes, stale machinery, and a need for a balanced, voluntary approach. It outlines objectives for business and labor, the role of mediation, and the risk of delayed congressional action amid wage price pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Congress
Schnellenbach
Snyder
War Labor Board
White House
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
D.A. Rawley
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Ihs
Associated Press
Pont Office
Ac Hien Point
W CO
Carrifi
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
Steapot
Java
Reid Cooke
Cora Briles
R. A. Herring
N. C
American Association of University Women
Mary Green Matthews
First Methodist Church
Paul Mallon
George Sokolsky
Pacific Northwest
Coolidge
Wilson
Sam Gompers
Cincinnati
Connecticut
E. Simms Campbell
Granada
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