High Point community items mix sports, FBI, and safety
Local high school fans applaud a 0-0 High Point Reidsville game drawing about 4000 admissions. FBI details from J Edgar Hoover era’s March of Time are shared by Sgt McMahon. Rotary notes credit an iron lung donation aiding Betty Jean Miller. Police warn against city limits shooting of 22 rifles and high power air rifles citing ordinance violations and potential injuries.
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Reidsville
Fred Flagler
High Point
High Point Rotary Club
Betty Jean Miller
R. R. Ragan
Betty Jean
Friddie
Sunday Thoughts on World War II War Realities
The piece argues that four ton bombs, secret weapons, and mass slaughter threaten civilians worldwide. It condemns complacency, urges imagination of starving children and abused women, and notes misjudgments about Japan, Russia, and front openings while calling for awareness and prayer in church.
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Greece
Poland
Pearl Harbor
Eleanor Clubs and Rights for Domestic Workers
An editorial argues that Negro women may form groups and choose Eleanor Roosevelt as patron, stressing workers laws apply to all groups and noting wage rules may not cover domestic labor. It observes domestic workers may seek higher defense industry wages, while many return home with little leftover after meals and quarters.
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Eleanor Club
Domestic Workers Union
Daughters of I
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Clubs
Ku Klux Klan
Divine Pity Like a Father Pities His Children
A sermon reflects on Psalm 103 13 stressing Gods fatherly mercy toward the fearful and obedient. It contrasts harsh depictions of punishment with a compassionate benevolent God, urges reverent fear, and cites biblical examples like Elijah Isaiah David Livingstone and Jesus to illustrate guidance and care amid modern anxieties and war impacts.
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Jesus
David
God
America
Elijah
Jezebel
Isaiah
Uzziah
David Livingstone
Orient
Africa
High Point
Horn to the Hornet: Safety Group’s Morse Code Suggestion
The National Safety Council proposes a simple horn signal to curb reckless driving. When a speeding car roars past or brakes suddenly at red lights, motorists should respond with three quick honks followed by a long blast in the rhythm of Victory’s V to warn others and deter dangerous stunts.
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National Safety Council
International Morse
Victory
Domestic Workers and Economic Debate Sparked by Eleanor Club
In a domestic setting the speaker treats maid employment as an economic matter rather than secret ulterior activity. The piece notes tolerance for the maid joining an "Eleanor Club" but warns of dismissal if criticism of Mother Eleanor and Father Franklin intensifies, reflecting harsh attitudes toward workers.
Life and Liberty Echoes From Carrollton Legacy
A prose sketch recalls Charles Carroll of Carrollton born 1737 in Annapolis, his role in independence, and later life. It links his pledge to liberty with wartime sacrifice, then shifts to reflections on life’s rhythm from Cecil Haworth and invokes Conwell’s Acres of Diamonds to urge meaningful work and service.
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Charles Carroll
Annapolis
Maryland
Charles F. Carroll
Fligh Point
Carroll
South Carolina
Enterprise
Carrollton
Library of Congress
Washington, D. C
France
America
Frederick County
Canada
England
United States
George Washington
Confederacy
Rhytha Cecil Haworth
National Park
Wyoming
Russell H. Conwell
South
Conwell
Newbern
Temple
Neuse
Temple University
Philadelphia
Ife
Walter Winchell On Broadway's Rise and Fall in Hollywood
The piece recounts Walter Winchell style on Hollywood figures, a swank Las Vegas past, and a fall from grace as taxes and political shifts topple a premier spot. It notes ex-partners settling for $5,000 and a Nevada gamble ending in financial ruin, plus a New Yorker couple's love story amid hardship and later glimmers of success.
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Hollywood
Movieburg
Los Angeles
Nevada
Flo
New York
Fingerprinting as a national civilian ID leveled by war
An editorial argues for expanding fingerprinting beyond criminals to all citizens. It envisions a national civilian file tied to birth and death records and border control, funded by a small identity card fee, with registration at post offices or schools and exemptions for juvenile offenders to avoid stigma.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Bureaus of Vital
Congressional voices on war plans and labor views
Rep Warren G Magnuson says military aim is to crush Kiska in Aleutians or seize it by invasion before winter. C E Wilson of General Motors discusses shortages, unchanged overall outlook. Charles E Sorensen of Ford notes improving labor conditions with growing pains. James Roosevelt recounts firing two shots at snipers after a Makin stand raid.
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Tam
Kiska
Warren G. Magnuson
Washington
Charles E. Sorensen
Ford Motor Co
James Roosevelt
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Lexington Ave
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Jack W. McMahon
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High Point Department
Hoover
Asia
Pacific
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
OWI
Buenos Aires
Saye
Walter Winchell
Broadway
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Borscht
Boas
the Waldorf
Joe Louis
Joe
Bill Berry, Jr
Spencerville
Ohio
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Saarbrucken
William Berry, Jr
Thorsten Sellin
University of Pennsylvania
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corp
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