Veterans urged to build Tri-Cities memorial center
W B McEwen proposes a national scale memorial for World War I and II veterans in the Tri-Cities area. The plan envisions a vast complex with a 50 000 to 100 000 seat stadium, a grand opera venue, convention space, a Rose Bowl like eastern venue and a Madison Square Garden size auditorium, attracting events to boost regional hotels and tourism. He urges cooperation among Tri-Cities groups, saying veterans can lead a massive civic endeavor.
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W. B. McEwen
High Point
Winston-Salem
McEwing
Tri-Cities
Triangle
Madison Square Garden
Rose Bowl
Seaboard
North Carolina
Atlanta
Mr. McEwing
North Carolina Aeronautics Commission urged to aid aviation growth
Editorial urges public and General Assembly support for a permanent advisory aeronautics commission and expanded aviation infrastructure in North Carolina. It highlights eminent domain for airports, coastal landing strips, and strips alongside highways to speed postwar civilian air travel, plus notes WPB reconversion shifts and quotes WPB official Krug on transitioning to peacetime production.
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North Carolina Aeronautics Commission
General Assembly
North Carolina
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Dayton
Congress eyes September adjournment as reform talks loom
Congress plans to adjourn around September 15 as House and Senate reconcile surplus property and demobilization bills. Leaders cite war production board developments and uncertain timing. The article notes ongoing questions about future policy and references Donald in context.
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Congress
War Prouction Board
Donald
Government sale of surplus war planes begins
The Surplus War Property Administration has started selling surplus planes to the public. Purchases go to the highest bidder via regional Civil Aeronautics Administration offices, with first dibs for former private owners, and ceiling prices set by a formula. Many planes are trainers and transports, while obsolete combat craft may be scrapped or dismantled for parts.
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M. Nelson
War Production Board
WPB
Nelson
J. A. Krug
Senate
Concord Tribune
Washington
Uncle Sam
Surplus War Property Administration
SWPA
Civil Aeronautic Administration
CAA
War Training Service
Europe
P.S
Churchill
Civilians Readied for Postwar Aircraft Rules
The piece notes buyers must secure a registration certificate a ferry permit and a temporary airworthiness certificate before returning a flyable plane home. After arrival owners must remove military insignia obtain a NO number and a permanent airworthiness permit before flying again. The Petroleum Administration for War backs broader civilian aviation fuel rationing as postwar training chances loom.
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Armed Services
The
Petroleum Administration For War
General Marshall on postwar defense and citizen army role
The piece argues General Marshall favors a measured postwar American army, warns against militaristic political pressure, and supports ROTC as a bridge to a future officer corps. It notes the difficulty of sizing the U S military and the balance between a citizen army and reserves in peacetime and war.
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United States
Marshall
America
G-Men
Dewey
Frank Kingdon
Henry J. Taylor
Kingdon
Taylor
Guild
American Newspaper Guild
Heywood Broun
Martin
Varga
King Features
Sec
Cuba
William Belt
Beltsville
Washington
Havana
Belt
J. P. Morgan
Glen Cove
Stork Club
Lexington Hotel
Mapuanu
Kinney
Britain
Argentina
U. S
N. Y
Zanzibar
ROTC in Schools Could Shape Postwar Defense
By George Sokolsky argues for a Citizen's Army and the possible use of ROTC in high schools and colleges to blend schooling with military training. He warns against a professional military caste while acknowledging past success of voluntary defense and calls for careful expansion of ROTC to youths and enlisted ranks.
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Republic
Germany
Japan
Aviation talk and town visits by North Carolina official
State Sen. Roy Rowe, Raleigh for delivering the aeronautics commission report to Gov. Broughton, discusses civic clubs and plans for affordable landings. He travels by plane between Burgaw and events, while Lee H. Smith joins the push in Raleigh. The commission plans 3000 copies. mystics and abracadabra references appear, and Charles Z. Flack is named chief clerk to the utilities commission, effective Oct. 15.
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Roy Rowe
Raleigh
Aeronautics Commission
Albemarle
Red Springs
Rowe
Sen. Rowe
Burgaw
Lee H. Smith
Smith
Hagerstown
William C. Olsen
Gov. Broughton
The
Utilities Commission
Charles Z. Flack
Forest City
E. O. Self
Flack
Gov
Broughton
Congressman Bulwinkle
Washington
Bulwinkle
Flack picks new Rutherford County real estate and insurance post
Lynn Nisbet reports the Flack appointment confirms bureau predictions amid many appointee guesses. The move is seen as a steadying choice to keep the office running smoothly, with the governor needing a successor for the private secretary role in the final months. The piece notes four secretaries in a four year term, due to wartime transfers and leave.
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Rutherford County
Flack
Tom Banks
Tom
Judge Advocate General's Department
Washington
Alston Stubbs
Navy
Broughton
Hitler
Broadway Buzz and World Affairs from Collier's Slice
Rumors and notes from Collier's dated around mid decade touch on Chiang Kai-shek, Dulles and Franco links, Willkie attacks, and a string of showbiz items from Broadway with mentions of Sinatra crafts, Van Johnson, Dinah Shore, and Ethel Merman. Also notes on politics, Cuba, and World War II era concerns.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Frank Sinatra
Dept of Justice
Julianna
John Foster Dulles
Franco
Willkie
Demmy
Repub
Collier's
Percy Hammond
Greenstreet
van Johnson
Erminie Randolph
Baron Holstein
British Honduras
Dean Hudson
Dinah Shore
Mark Barron
Ethiopia
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City Bureau OF
Onkel Choe Goebbels
Truman
Prospect
Missouri
Java
Jack Stinnett
George Sokolsky
Woll
Colege
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Miami
Saratoga
Broadway
Jack Tell
N. Y. Times
Gallupoli
Crowell
Fanny Ward
Ben Swig
Boston
St. Francis Hotel
San Francisco
Cox
Collier
Gwethalyn Graham
LaGuardia
Knopf
James Stevens
Paul Bunyan
la Vie Parisienne
Comdr
Krug
W.P.B
Louis Bromfield
U.S
Reader's Digest
Eleanor Lansing Dulles
State Dept
Sec’y of State
Palmer Houe
Chicago
Commodore
Lou Holtz
Star Time
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Ethel Merman
Sadie Thompson
Lamar Trotti
Wilson
Zanuck
Spencer Tracy
Dick Himber
Eliason
Von
Private
Breger Abroad
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