Wolfe Lifts Out Axis Propaganda to Nail Famed Detective
In a Manhattan office Rex Stout, the mystery writer behind Nero Wolfe, works on a counter propaganda broadcast aimed at exposing Axis lies. He uses a method of fact based rebuttal by quoting Nazi officials to reveal true aims and warn U S audiences.
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To Wolfe
Paganda
Trude McCullough
York
Manhattan
Tokyo
Africa
Nero Wolfe
Nero
Rex Stout
Stout
Berlin
Germany
Engelke
Jesus Christ
Adolf Hitler
Theodore Fritsch
Julius Streicher
Munich
Christ
Hitler
Reich
Jesi
Jesus
Probing War Propaganda and Public Resolve
A historical newspaper passage discusses wartime messaging from Sergeant York and CBS broadcasts. It cites Stout urging direct exposure of Axis lies to the American public, and White of Freedom House promoting a coast to coast weekly “secret weapon” program to galvanize war effort and unity against Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul White
Freedom House
CBS
Ruth
Elmer Davis
Mrs. Ruria Shelton Named Classroom Teachers Head
Mrs. Ruria Shelton of Cloverdale School Faculty was elected president of the High Point Classroom Teachers organization succeeding Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley who did not return this fall. Also named were Miss Lucile Brown vice president Miss Katie Hale secretary and Miss Margaret Chatfield secretary. Additional officers and committees will be elected this week, the president announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruria Shelton
Cloverdale School
High Point Classroom
Elizabeth Kelley
Shelton
Lucile Brown
Katie Hale
Margaret Chatfield
Elm Street
Children Left To Own Devices As Parents Go Into War Work
In wartime cities mothers work in defense plants creating a day care crisis. WPA funds seed war nurseries. surveys show 5 to 7 million more women needed by 1943. Cities report many children left in cars or with older siblings. New Haven Hartford Elmira Fort Wayne St Louis report rising day care demand and gaps.
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Nedville Nordness
ST. Louis
Hithhe
Johnny
Little Mary
Mama
Uncle Sam
WPA
Paul V. McNutt
New Haven
Conn
Hartford
Massachusetts State Department of Education
Elmira
N. Y
Fort Wayne
Ind
New Jersey
Social Planning Council
Feneral
Lessons In English By W L Gordon
A compact reader on proper usage and pronunciation. It covers common misuses such as tired versus very tired and emigrant versus immigrant. It teaches synonyms like obedient and tractable and warns on misspelled words. It also includes a word study emphasizing daily vocabulary growth.
First Aid course set at William Penn High
Dr J C Morgan announces a basic first aid course starting Monday September 28 at 7 30 pm at William Penn High School. All Civilian Defense registrants and auxiliary police who have not had first aid should join. Professor C E Yokely will teach. enrollment time will be arranged based on enrollees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Yokely
High Point Civilian Defense Council
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point area
A series of property transfers are listed across Guilford County townships including High Point. Transfers involve buyers and sellers such as Fulton, Caudle, Sanders, Cloniger, Milowar, Hopkins, Yates, Frew, Burton, Reese, Anderson, Gibson, and Smith with parcels on Denny Street East Russell Street and in Anderson Heights and Quint Boone Land.
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High Point
Paul B. Fulton
Ray M. Caudle
Denny Street
J. Paul Sanders
D. Kermit Cloniger
W. Co. Jones Subdivision
Lacy Milowar
George Hopkins
Pickett
J. R. Yates
N. M. Bexton
Yates Road
W. OL. Frew
J. Sanders Dallas
Russell Street
S. A. Burton
Alma Burton
Ss. A. Burton
Owen Reese
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Butnam Avenue
J. S. Anderson
Carl F. Gibson
Paul H. Gibson
Anderson Heights
Dr F. Smith
Rock Creek Township
W. J. Lockwell
James Meera
Elizabeth Street
Lawrence T. Hoyle
Louiss C. Doster
Washington St
Manila Stands Isolated From Rest Of World
A circular based on Swedish liner Gripsholm returnees reports Manila, the Japanese-occupied capital, is cut off from the Philippines and the United States with no postal or telegraph service and trains limited to two points. Food shortages, lack of medicines, and internment of about 3,500 Americans at Santo Tomas are described.
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Edward E. Bomar
Washington
Alanila
Philippine
Philippines
United States
Gripsholm
Manila
Pearl Harbor
Santo Tomas University
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Wyolfe
Axis Fies
Ppe
Asia
U. S
India
Southeast Asia
America
Fukyo
Lves
Sergeant York
Paramount Today
U.S
Short Wave
P. S
IL Ant
Gary Cooper
Alvin C. York
Tennessee
Paramount Theatre
Paramount
St. End
Iday
With Jeffrey Lynn
Diffisp
TS Theatre
Donald M. Barry
Rialto
W.L. Gordon
Mack
Des Moines
Register-Tribune Syndicate
WSS
Calfornia Shipbuilding Corporations
Wilmington
California
Booker J. Washington
Marian Anderson
Hugo Mulzac
Pittsburgh Courier
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Courier
Congress
Cherry ST
A. W. Waddell
Cherry Street Presbyterian Church
WMFR
Lela
Giorna Hammond
Underhill Avenue
Emmanuel Baptist
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Good Will Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
D. D. Mason
Emmanuel
Mt. Vernon
Episcopal Mission
Hairlip Funeral Home
Othello D. Stanley
St. Titus Episcopal Church
Jean “We Smith
W. C. Cook
Dorcas
Daughters of Dorcas Club
First Baptist Church
H. M. Kirkpatrick
ST. Mark
Womens Society of Christian Service
St. Mark Methodist Church
Theodosr. Johnson
Edmondson Street
Alpha Art
Alpha Art Club
Charles F. Drake
N. Parham
Willdeam Penn
Mars Ihel G. Cobb
Mary Etta James
Willlham Penn High School
Henry James
Alexander Hill
Cornelius Ashworth
Girl Scout Troop 20
Cadlorea Park
L. S. Merritt
Troup 2
T. Y. Brincefield
W. H. Bond
Mavel Burnett
Spencer Allen Crone
Albemarle
Dave Colson
Hoover Street
Crone
Guilford County Realty
Girl Scout Leaders Club
Fairview Street
A. L. Jones
W. S. McLeod
J. W. Ballinger
S. A. Hoover
Mary’ Ruth Wimrey
Girl Scout
Girl Scout Central Office
J. K. Williams
Willie Marie Carter
C. V. Holmes
S. B. Davis
Barnes
C. W. T. Barnes
Columbia, S. C
Mis. Vernon Baptist Church
State Theatre
Salem Street
Thomasville
Mrs. Miniver
Greer
Garson
Teresa Wright
Reginald Owen
Walter
Pidgeon
Dame May Whitty
Henry Travers
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