Congress and the Railroads Clash Over Freight Rates
The editorial argues Congress should not own railroads or fix rates but must oversee ICC actions and freight-rate decisions. It criticizes political influence in ICC appointments, notes regional bias against the South, and urges Congress to keep a vigilant public-eye on rail policy and rate setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
United States
Railroads
Washington
Fred Snider
S. Newlin Hayworth
Morrison Talks of Senate Run and War News
The piece discusses Cameron Morrison’s decision to skip re election to Congress and the possibility of a Senate bid. It weighs chances against Hoey or Reynolds and cautions friends to shield him from risky political maneuvers. It also reports rumors of sabotage by Nazi crews and foresees a likely German defeat with hopes Nazism collapses within months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hoey
Reynolds
Pickin
Cam Tan
Cameron Morrison
North Carolina
Luetzow
California doctors offer prepaid medical plan for residents
About 50 000 Californians in public war housing join a state prepaid medical care program run by physicians. Fees range from 2 50 to 5 monthly covering medical and surgical care hospitalization nursing X ray lab and special services. Also notes on German army methods and a Hollywood film pairing Frances Dee with Donald O Connor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
War era letters from High Point readers and servicemen
Readers share thoughts on war effort and morale in North Africa and Home Front. George Winters recalls finding The Enterprise on a mountain top near a disabled tank and readers urge reporting and accountability for unemployed loafers. S/Sgt Gibson in England asks to log bond buyers names amid a crash landing and combat hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Winters
North African Theatre of War
Enterprise
Carl F. Gibson
U. S. Army Air Force
England
Channel
Postwar Vision for Civil Air Transport and Uniform Regulation
Col. Edgar S. Gorrell, head of the Air Transport Association, envisions postwar civil aviation using war born radio and electronic devices like automatic pilots and altitude indicators to coordinate flights. He argues for federal air transportation regulation to replace state codes as aviation expands from war logistics to peacetime passenger and cargo service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar S. Gorrell
Air Transport Association of America
Gorrell
General Pershing
Omaha
Wichita
Topeka
Germany
Kansas
Toka
Iowa
Wielessly Coune
Congress
Lea-Bailey
Native American Sparrows Save Farmers Billions
Native American sparrows are estimated to save farmers 35000000 dollars annually by destroying weed seeds and consuming insects. The figure highlights the birds' value to agriculture and pest control.
Honor Roll of War Lib Ships Names Prominent Journalists
U S Maritime Commission to name Liberty ships for fallen newspapermen and broadcasters led by Ralph Barnes Harry Crockett Frank Cuhel Byron Darnton Melville Jacoby Ben Miller Webb Miller Ben Robertson Jr Jack Singer Carl Thusgaard Robert Post omitted by Overseas Press Club of America despite public bid to honor reporters who died or went missing in action The report also notes Sam Goldwyn Sumner Welles and Sumner Welles reception with leading publishers and editors and references Welles resignation amid Times politics
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Maritime Commission
Ralph W. Barnes
N. Y. Herald Tribune
Royal Air Force
Albania
Harry Crockett
Mediterranean
Frank J. Cuhel
Mutual Broadcasting System
Lisbon
Byron Darnton
N. Y. Times
New Guinea
Melville Jacoby
Australia
Ben Miller
Webb Miller
London
Ben Robertson, Jr
Jack Singer
INS
U. S
Carl Thusgaard
Acme News Pictures
Madang
Robert P. Post
the Times
Overseas Press Club of America
Bob
Germany
Times
Bob Post
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
A. B
H. A
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Associated Press
High Point
N. C
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Congress and the Railroads
Cam Morrison
Cam
Mans
S.B.H
Gestapo
Frau Himmler
Berlin
Russia
Universal
Frances Dee
Joe McCrea
Donald O'Connor
Bessie Tesh
T. A. Kearns
Edmund E. Day
Cornell University
Steve Ingram
Tokyo
C. F. Tomlinson
Raleigh
Duke University
Greensboro
High Point College
James Melton
Powers That Be
Oklahoma
Harry Baumel
James
Peter Edson
Winchell
Broadway
Sam Goldwyn
North Star
Sam
Capt. J. Patterson
Patterson
Sumner Welles
The
Waldorf
Ogden Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Arthur Sulzberger
Anne O'Hare McCormick
Dorothy Thompson
Henry Luce
Leon Henderson
Raymond Gram Swing
Welles
Sulzberger
Arthur Krock
Frank Fay
Bert Wheeler
Bert
Fay
Wheeler
Somerset Maugham
Lambeth
Edmund Gosse
Maugham
Gosse
Wes Bernie
Ben
Mt. Hebron
Beverly Hills
Bernie
New York
Marty Hellinger
Col Lege Inn
Chicago
Duchin
Private
Breger Abroad
By Lt
Dave Breger
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