Straw Poll Signals War Peace Debate Rise
A short commentary notes Gallup poll shifts on war aims and peace terms. It cites 92 percent opposition to any Hitler coin and 4 percent for ending the war via a promise, with 8 percent in favor of compromise. The piece urges fair, nonpartisan selection of local rationing board members and questions the impact of political activity on wartime policy.
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Asheville Airport Funding Sparks Political Curiosity
The Asheville Hendersonville airport may receive 65000 from the federal government with larger sums to follow. The piece questions why Senator Bailey sponsored the original airport while Reynolds is left out and asks if Reynolds is aiding the expansion or if credit goes to Bailey and anti Reynolds forces in Congress, noting possible political maneuvering.
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Asheville- Hendersonville
Josiah W. Bailey
Raleigh
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
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Reynolds
Senator Bailey
North Carolina
Congress
Two Wrongs on Censorship of Radio Speech
A CIO Automotive Workers vice president Richard Frankensteen criticized Senator Taft and Congressman Vorys in a Columbus radio speech, but the station censored it as controversial. The piece argues for free political criticism, condemns censorship, and contrasts totalitarian tactics used against unions with the right to speak. It also critiques Hatch Act style controls and an OPA directive barring rationing board members from political campaigning.
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Joe Boyd
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J. F. Jones
OPA
Congressman Vorys
Ohio
Columbus
Frankensteen
New York World-Telegram
CIO National Maritime Union
Westbrook Pegler
CIO
S.B.H
Chester Bowles
High Point War Bond Meeting Closes City Stores Early
City merchants president George Rankin says all High Point shops will close from 9 to 10 30 next Thursday for a war bond mass meeting at Center Theatre. Other quotes discuss council meetings, budget actions, material shortages, and war effort confidence. Deputy sheriff Davis recalls WWI, and local officials urge full commitment to the Third War Loan drive with a $4 426 250 quota.
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High Point
George Rankin
W. T. Powell
Ramspeck Reports Freeze on Civil Service Roster Growth
Rollback of federal civilian employees tops 3,000,000 names with a War Department pledge to cut 100,000. Ramspeck praises the move while urging details on which civilian agencies participate and cooperate in the reduction.
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Ramspeck
House Civil Service Committee
War Department
Portrait of a Hero in wartime on a weary train
A Washington bound train car hosts a swaggering returning sailor with medals and a merchant mariner boast, clashing with sober soldiers and a wary boy. After drunken misadventures, Hubert the hero ends with MPs detaining him, illustrating wartime bravado versus restraint.
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Philadelphia
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Surprising Growth Facts From Postwar Era Office and Rail Data
A clipping notes that over half of Manhattan office space is under 20 years old and 221 million passengers rode the 10 trunk line railroads in 1942. It also cites finches as the largest bird family with 1200+ species, U S housewives discarding 8 to 10 million pounds of waste fat monthly, and natural rubber used in over 35 000 wartime applications.
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Membem Associated
Associated Prees
High Point
N. Y
Baltimore
Merchant Marine
Manhattan
George Jean Nathan
Esquire
George Ross
Nathan
Robert Frederick Kuhn
Bund
Germany
Adolf
Philly
Kuhn
U. S
Gov't
America
Whatiell
On Broadway Portraits and Political Banter
A long column mocks rivals and press feuds over wartime journalism. It cites McCormick Gannett wires and Sintra crime jokes, notes Burkean editors, Sumner Welles, Hideo Hiraide, and postwar policy tensions. It critiques press networks, State Department criticism, and Nazi-linked figures while poking at public figures and media personalities.
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