Congress must speed soldiers home from Europe now
A Paris clipping quoted Joseph Curran of the National Maritime Union blaming the War Shipping Administration and ships being dry docked for delays in bringing soldiers home. The writer urges Congress to cut red tape and fashion a law to force faster repatriation, praising North Carolina's political push but calling for stronger action until the bottleneck breaks.
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Paris
G.I
High Point
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
Europe
Admiral Land
War Shipping Administration
Mr. Curran
Union
Congress of the
United States
Navy
Congress
North Carolina
Hoey
The Danger to Small Business From Tax Relief Proposals
The piece credits O Max Gardner and his war board with a practical stance on tax relief that could raise workers take home pay without raising prices. It warns small businesses may suffer as larger firms with wartime profits gain more relief, increasing costs for little firms and squeezing profits.
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Washington
O. Max Gardner
War Mobilization and Reconversion Board
Max Gardner
Gardner
Truman
Economist
High Point
North Carolina
Governor Cher ry Blasts North Carolina Highway Commission
Governor Gregg Cherry sharply rebuked the highway commission for neglecting secondary roads and criticized Chairman A H Graham and Chief Engineer Vance Baise. He contrasted North Carolina with Virginia and South Carolina, urging a correction of failing service and signaling supervision by the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Graham
Highway Commission
Gregg Cherry
Graham
Vance Baise
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Growth plans for North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Mrs. H. T. Hudson, city chairman, says the orchestras growth will aid thousands in music development and calls the project a state responsibility inviting High Point citizens to join. Judge Felix E. Allen criticizes stereotypes about alcohol related crimes, arguing drinking is voluntary and responsibility remains.
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North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
H. T. Hudson
North Carolina
High Point
Felix E. Allen
Veterans share duty, travel plans amid postwar reflections
Sgt. Carr describes service near the Burma border and notes many India veterans may return to airline work. He wears Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with two stars and a unit citation. He hopes for world peace and better global leadership as Russia moves toward democracy.
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India
Doe D. Carr
States
Enterprise
Sergeant Carr
Burma
Carr
Inside the Nazi state from captured leaders reveal
Washington reports reveal Dr. Schacht provided a clearer view of Hitler’s regime. He details three billion marks for armaments in 1937 38 and explains why cabinet meetings ceased after 1938. Goering Goebbels Himmler and Thyssen are quoted with sharp judgments from the capture.
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Washington
Hitler
Dr. Schacht
Schacht
Hjalmer Horace Greeley
Schacsi
Berlin
Goebbels
Himmler
Rges
Thyssen
Paris
der Fuhhrer
General Udet
Goering
Roosevelt
Nazi war costs and inflation in Hitler era illustrated
The piece reviews Schacht's 1938 protests and Hitler's inflationary financing, estimating Nazi war costs at about 430 billion marks with 70 billion from inflation and 360 billion from compulsory bank measures. It notes bond financing at 3 percent and argues Nazism reveals defective mindsets in absolute power and arithmetic limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Schacht
Hitler
Italy
Atomic energy debate shifts from power to peril
The piece argues the focus on atomic weapons is a race for destructive advantage. It warns that such a race threatens humanity and urges using atomic laws for welfare, not destruction. It cautions against tying scientists' hands and cautions that any use of bombs could lead to mutual annihilation.
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Congress
Soviet Russia
After World War II the weary map of power shifts
By George Sokolsky reflects on the desolation of Germany Poland England France and Japan after the war. He argues peace demands nations accept responsibility to seek a road to peace and warns of an atomic arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union. He questions the futility of conquest and the fate of mankind.
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Germany
Poland
England
United States
France
Europe
Soviet Russia
Council of Ministers
Japan
Asia
MacArthur
Manchuria
Korea
Scientists Debate Atomic Energy and Secrecy
The speaker argues that the atom’s science should stay free and universal while noting that bomb construction remains secret for now. He warns against bills that would enslave science or promote totalitarian control, while opposing racial murder by atomic energy and congressional secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Hitler
Germany
National Whirligig on Nazi Assets and Postwar Demilitarization
American agents reveal plans to hide German assets abroad after defeat. They note 750 German affiliates across six countries and emphasize banking secrecy as a major obstacle. The report urges total elimination of Germany’s war potential and lessons from air campaigns shifting to destroy transport and supply lines.
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I. G. Farbenindustrie
Germany
Orvis A. Schmidt
Treasury
Spain
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Argentina
Turkey
Berlin
Krupp, Stinnes
I. G
Weimar Republic
der Fuehrer
Werhmach
United States
Great Britain
New York
London
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Russia
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America
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