Remembering Tom Jimison A Life Of Contrasts
An obituary tribute to Tom Jimison who lived 59 years, an ordained minister and lawyer, a journalist, and a labor leader. He supported the down and out, wrote investigative articles at Morganton State Hospital, and inspired calls to name a hospital ward after him for his work with alcoholics and the mentally ill.
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Tom Jimison
Tom
Morganton
Charlotte News
North Carolina
Fellows
Secrecy at UNC Trustees Meeting Draws Criticism
In a Raleigh News and Observer account the UNC board executive committee met behind closed doors with no definite action. The piece questions democracy in secret public decisions and urges policy change to end secret meetings of university trustees and their executives.
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University of North Carolina Board of Trustees
Raleigh News and Observer
Cherry
Raleigh
People's University
North Carolina
Nursery school for colored children under threat of closure
In the They Say column O E Davis city boys commissioner for Negroes warns the nursery school for colored children may close with Lanham Act funds ending. He notes costs rise to about six dollars per child weekly and few Black mothers can pay, urging consideration of impacts on families and community.
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O. E. Davis
City Boys
C. EF. Davis
Kay Kiser eyes home return to promote North Carolina
The famed promoter Kay Kiser wants to retire briefly and return to North Carolina. He aims to cancel about two and a half years of radio contracts, then perhaps promote local projects such as a bowl game or cultural ventures. The article extolls his showmanship and ties to North Carolina.
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Kay Kiser
North Carolina
Kiser
Kay
Rocky Mount Way
Chapel Hill
Carolina
Veteran veteran laments loan roadblocks for new service station
T H Streater describes three years of service including 15 months in the Southwest Pacific and an honorable discharge from the U S Marine Corps. He recounts being denied loans to buy equipment and being refused merchandise by wholesalers who said they only sell to their customers. He questions how a veteran starting a business can be a customer.
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T. H. Streater
Southwest Pacific
U. S. Marine Corps
Moscow
New York
York
Congress
Con
Nists
American Labor Party
Indorse
Talks on Negro veterans and nurseries touch city life
Quotes reveal anger at wartime policies and liquor smuggling while C F Davis laments the closing of a Negro nursery school and its impact on working mothers. Critics urge sidewalks and city planning to protect children walking to school amid postwar changes.
Communist Attacks in New York Mayoral Campaign
A columnist denounces Communist criticism of Bill O Dwyer in the 1941 New York mayoral race. He accuses the Daily Worker of lies and labels opponents of O Dwyer as Hitler’s allies and Fifth Columnists. The piece also attacks Goldstein and LaGuardia’s backers as saboteurs of national defense.
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O'Dwyer
Fiorello LaGuardia
Hitler
Daily Worker
Pune
Odepert
New York
Goldstein
America Firsters
Soviet Union
Britain
Debate on Communists and Nazi policy dominates column
James W. Ford criticizes O'Dwyer for demagogy in backing Roosevelt and warns against Communist influence. The author recalls Moscow trials and compares Soviet loyalty to wartime patriotism, urging voters to reject any candidate endorsed by Communists or American Labor groups.
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Hitler
James W. Ford
DC Dwyer
Roosevelt
O'Dwyer
Thomas Jefferson
Tom Paine
Abe Lincoln
Soviet Russia
Earl Browder
William Foster
The
Daily Worker
Truman program stirs debate on postwar prosperity
Washington column argues President Truman’s postwar plan mixes tax relief with large new outlays. It notes a rising stock market and questions why permanent peacetime spending would top 25 billion annually, contrasting Davis and Vinson with Roosevelt policies and unemployment aims.
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Truman
Treasury
Vin
Mr. Elt
Critics question wartime program's viability and aim
Paul Mallon argues holding back proposed government expenditures may reduce inflation and competition with private enterprise. He notes conflicts within the plan, such as reemployment for veterans and wartime workers, and fears higher taxes and continued deficits undermine Truman’s policy, echoing past opposition by Roosevelt and CIO.
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Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
CIO
Pauley’s role in Moscow reparations plan outlined
Edwin W. Pauley, chosen by President Truman as reparations commissioner and top diplomat at the Moscow conference, has long been a trusted fund raiser and party organizer who helped balance the Democratic machine. His background as an oilman and his Palermo ties shaped his appointment to lead U.S. reparations talks with the Soviets and Allies, while Potsdam and UN precedents frame the eight points guiding future German payoffs.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Truman
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
Roosevelt
Nim
California
NRA
Democratic Party
Frank Walker
Hmoratio Alger
Edwin Wendell Pauley
Horatio
University At Berkeley
Moscow
Indianapolis
Alabama
South
West Coast
Occidental
University of California At Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Hollywood
Ed, Jr
Chicago
United States
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Bay
White House
Petroleum Administration
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Germany
Potsdam
Japan
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Russia
Poland
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United Nations Organization
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