Preparedness For Peace Editorial Urges Postwar Growth For High Point
This second editorial argues High Point must pursue postwar industrial expansion through diverse growth, improved labor relations, and a stronger chamber of commerce. It highlights North Carolina’s favorable position, the need for an industrial relations council, and cooperation between employers and workers to ensure lasting prosperity.
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South
North Carolina
High Point
America
Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
High Points
Tom English King 25 Dies From War Wounds
A hometown tribute recalls Thomas English King, 25, of the armed forces in the Pacific, found after being reported missing and dying from wounds. Friends express sorrow, pride, and a pledge to honor his sacrifice as others who fell in service are remembered.
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Thomas English King
Pacific
Tom
America
Great Britain
Musicians’ Union
Arthur Garfield Hays
Gertrude Lawrence
Anthony
Boundaries of the waste to the City of God remark
A fragmentary quotation references moving from the bounds of the waste toward the City of God attributed to W A B.
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City
God
W.A.B
Public figures punished for travel in wartime limits
Maryland state comptroller J Millard Tawes lost A and C gaso books for a year for driving to Georgia to attend a wedding during a pleasure driving ban. He then transferred title to his car to his wife who would receive an A book, while a newspaperman jailed for criminal libel. This reflects wartime controls and accusations of hypocrisy.
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J. Millard Tawes
Maryland
Georgia
OPA
Tawes
War Bond Talk From Local Leaders in High Point
A collection of quotes from High Point officials and guests urges support for war bonds. Figures include John H. Kalte Ruth Dug gins Grover H. Jones J. T. War math Arthur Kirkman D. C. Mac Rae Capt. Glenn Perry W. C. Idol May or Arnold J. Koonce and Joseph C. Grew, stressing duty, unity and backing the war effort across communities and fronts.
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Glenn Perry
North Africa
News Behind the News on Anglo American Alliance
The piece analyzes postwar plans for an Anglo American alliance as a path to peace and security. It contrasts Churchill Roosevelt Dewey and Lippman on a permanent world peace scheme, stressing air power and bases as decisive factors over armament pledges. It flags air bases from Newfoundland to British Guiana and promises further analysis tomorrow.
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Washington
Churchill
Harvard
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mackinac Island
Walter Lippman
Lippman
Russia
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Bahamas
British Guiana
Britain
Latin America
Saturday Evening Post
Pacific
Time when authority corrupts rulers and fuels vanity
A short meditation citing Ecclesiastes and Butler on how power intoxicates rulers. It warns that authority makes men giddy and vain, turning lawgivers into careless figures who hurt others.
Batteries Wear Down as Instruments Wear Out
Dr. M. B. Leath laments worn instrument batteries and the inability to replace them. San Juan, Puerto Rico, is cited with a population around 170,000. Argentina plans to increase rabbit production for fur hats. Wrens often build nests that remain unused.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York Glances at Cantor Hellinger Feud and Broadway Buzz
New Yorkers chatter about the Eddie Cantor Mark Hellinger split over Thank Your Lucky Stars and scan a flood of showbiz items. H.L. Mencken’s allergy wart on Johns Hopkins, charity games with slim returns, salaries at Paramount, war reports, and previews of vaudeville Laugh Time headline a mosaic of stars, broadcasts, and industry moves across New York.
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Eddie Cantor
Mark Hellinger
H. L. Mencken
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
the Herald- Trib
Stanley Woodward
Chicago
Billy Rose
Carmen Jones
OWI
Little King
N. Y
Paramount
Paul Small
Bert Wheeler
Greenwich Village
Maxwell Bodenheim
Vic Mature
Murmansk
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Berlin
Audrey Simpson
Hoover
Commodity Exchange
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John Budd CO
Lexington Ave
N. Y. City
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
Igh Point
New Zealand
Police
Ruth Duggins
Grover H. Jones
Porto Rico
Arthur Kirkman
American Railroad Company of
Africa
Health Department
D. C. MacRae
W. C. Idol
Arnold J. Koonce
Japan
Joseph C. Grew
Chanel
Y Paul Mallon
Argentina
Chell
Broadway
Gary Cooper
Rickenbacker
20Th Century-Fox
Street
Crossley
Uona Massey
Roxy
Rosario
Antonio
Newsweek
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New Yorker
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Lord Beaverbrook
London
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Nutz
State Dept
Albany
Kelly
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Farley
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scotty
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Lord Halifax
Congress
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G. J. Nathan
MGM
Suzy Eliason
Mussolini
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Air Force
Hazel Baker
Riviera
Jolson
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McCormick
Angela Greene
Warner
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