PROOF OF THE PUDDING
An editorial argues for Bailey’s draft bill to strip fed payrolls of nonfathers of draft age, boosting Army numbers amid wartime shortages. It criticizes political influence in hiring, notes Washington warnings, and calls for tax simplification while debating debt repayment methods and Roosevelt’s ghostwritten statements.
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Ted States
Josiah W. Bailey
Fed
Congress
Bailey
Army
High Point
War Manpower Commission
Washington
High Point Bond Auction Hopes for Strong Civic Turnout
Tonight in High Point a bond auction before the chamber of commerce follows a patriotic parade. The drive has lagged and risks missing its quota without a large enthusiastic crowd. Citizens are urged to attend and support the sale with a pep boost.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Carter Dalton
Union official cautions on wartime aims and rights preservation
A W U A official, Thomas de Lorenzo, president of Local 365, says the union policy is to win the war without sacrificing the rights under current contracts. He adds the union does not intend to give up present contract terms but to expand them. He notes constituents would not endorse declaring “I don’t want to win this war at any cost.”
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Congress
Roosevelt
Insular
Mr. Roosevelt
Automobile Workers’ Union
Thomas de Lorenzo
U. A.W
Debates on World War I Debts Stirred by Roosevelt and Coolidge
The piece notes how Coolidge resolved the 1917-18 war debt dispute with a rhetorical quip They hired the money didnt they Roosevelt is described as internationally minded beyond his Yankee predecessor and hints at ongoing fiscal philosophy reflecting those debates.
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Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Poor Planning Leaves DC-3 Used for Army Fishing Trip
A DC-3 once used by commercial airlines, now handed to the Army, carried officers on a week long fishing trip to northern Minnesota. The trade magazine American Aviation notes the overworked fleet and the inability of private lines to reclaim these planes.
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American Aviation
Minnesota
Uncle Sam
Bowles cautions public on rationed meat supply during quota experiment
OPA General Manager Bowles tells the public not to expect extra meat from a two month suspension of slaughter quotas. He notes beef cattle are plentiful but urges patience and warns against pressuring butchers for more than rationed amounts.
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OPA
Bowles
War Bond Drive Voices By North Carolina Citizens
Postmaster S C Clark notes bonds cashing at an all time low as public support grows for funding the war effort. Shoeing needs and school wear are rising while local officials discuss rationing and postwar plans and a pastor's return.
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S. C. Clark
SWPC report shows little impact in war production effort
The seventh bi monthly Smaller War Plants Corpora tion report covers June 6 to July 30 and shows SWPC aid to small business amounts to about one billion dollars versus six billion monthly war production. Sub contracts reach 3 720 totaling 862 million while 459 loans to 407 firms total 18 million.
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War Plants Corporation
Miod
SWPC
Army
Pearl Harbor
A Thought on Faith and War Compared
A brief quotation cites 1 Timothy 6 12 urging the good fight of faith while contrasting war with peace via a Tacitus line asserting even war may be better than wretched peace. The note blends scripture with classical satire.
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Tacitus
1942 U.S. Farm Income Estimated At 15 Billion
The 1942 cash income from marketing by American farms is estimated at 15 billion dollars. This figure highlights the wartime agricultural expansion and national food supply stability.
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America
Winchell on Broadway Attacked CBS Free Speech Clash
A historical page ad and letters debate CBS policy on opinion in news versus commentary. Paul White defends restraint while critics liken his stance to censorship and warn of biased influence on public opinion. The controversy echoes broader debates over press independence and free expression.
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United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Paul White
CBS News
White
Mr. White
Winchell
Union League Club
Republican National Committee
Columbia B
East
George III
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Valley Forge
Bunker Hill
Tunisia
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High Point Enterprise
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
H. A. Cecil
Mgr
D. A. Rawley
Robert Thompson
Memben
Associated Press
N. Y
John Budd CO
Lexington Ave. N
Audit Bureau OF Circulations
R. L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means
Willie Clinard
J. A. Sloop
R. T. Amos
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
North Carolina
C. E. Rozzelle
Frank T. Miller
Guilford County
Austin M. Garriss
Warren R. Waldron
High Point College
Foreign Service
Bill Hart
Burlington
Iowa
North Africa
C. E. Jones
Mrs. Carter Dalton
Peter Edson
Senate
Murray
Patman
War Production Board
Robert W. Johnson
Johnson
Trade Association
Army Service
Maritime Commission
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