Labor Day reflections and political forecasts in 1940s Ohio
The piece reviews Labor Day meaning as a wartime public duty and praises workers and fighters alike. It notes a few high profile columnists joining The Enterprise and discusses the Bricker amendment idea, evaluating Republican prospects and warning against Bricker-led nomination. It compares Harding era politics with possible shifts toward Roosevelt era ideals and speculates on future elections with Willkie or Dewey as alternatives.
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Bricker
Ohio
Republican Party
White House
Oine
Harding
Wendell Willkie
Tom Dewey
Willkie
Dewey
North Carolina politics and looming governor race chatter
Raleigh political writer Tom Bost reports on Webb Williams potential role in Dr. Ralph McDonald's campaign for governor. Williams, father of the Pasquotank Act legalizing liquor in eastern counties, is seen as a key figure as McDonald tries to win wet support while courting dry voters. Possible managers include R. N. Sim or W. Umstead, both known for their dry stance.
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Associated Press
High Point
N. Y
Raleigh
Tom Bost
GDN
Webb Williams
Elizabeth City
Ralph McDonalds
Tom
Idayet Nu
Wisésteeme Journal
Dr. McDonald
Clyde Hoey
Gregg Cherry
Senate
McDonald
Piedmont
Cherry
Best
R. N. Sim
Baptist State Convention
William Umstead
North Carolina
Winston Churchill
Bill Henry
Taganrog
CBS
Jean Brooks
Raymond Scott
Mike
W. W. Archowski
Harper's
Switzerland
Germany
Anthony Eden
Valentines
Churchill
Frank J. Taylor
Collier's
Ethel Barrymore
Barbara Heggie
Bourrymores
Farnsworth Crowder
Community voices on supper for servicemen and war effort
Residents discuss the YWCA Sunday supper for servicemen with 150 boys served, hostesses and volunteers, food price checks to aid the OPA, and the upcoming war bond drive opening September 9. Other notes cite football for boys, national debt concerns, investments in government bonds, and canning season shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Miller
YWCA
Inference on Axis fate and Mountbatten plan
Washington reports British Information Minister Bracken predicts Italy will fall before Christmas while Germany likely endures winter. The piece discusses Allied plans, Mountbatten as expedition head, and talks of unconditional surrender terms and potential Axis regime shifts as the route to peace.
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Washington
Bracken
Italy
Quebec
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Lord Mountbatten
Far East
Royal House
Mountbatten
MacArthur
Broadway Notes Of An Innocent Bystander The First Nights
A brisk survey of September premieres on Broadway and in cinema. Highlights include The Snark Was a Boojum with Hervyn Nelson Frank Lovejoy and Jane Huszagh, Kronenberger’s Shubert critique, and a look at The Merry Widow revival and The Two Mrs Carrolls. Hollywood fare features The Sky's the Limit and Destroyer with Edward G Robinson and Glenn Ford, plus wartime newsreels and radio broadcasts as a cultural snapshot of 1940s show business and current events.
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Owen Davis
Hervyn Nelson
Frank Lovejoy
Jane Huszagh
Louis Kronenberger
PM and
Time
Shubert Theatres
Kronenberger
Chicago
Points West
Elisabeth Bergner
Mrs. Carrolls
Magic Lanterns
Fred Astaire
Joan Leslie
Edward G. Robinson
Glenn Ford
Wallace Beery
Sarge
Philippines
Marilyn Maxwell
William Lundigan
Norway
Elliott Arnold
Merle Oberon
Brian Aherne
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Greensboro
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India
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Times
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Griggs
Berlin
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Robert Johnson
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