Gasoline Rationing Reflections From Soldiers And Officials
Corporal L Y York from Passaic New Jersey laments rationing hardship on soldiers and civilians while praising southern towns. rationing board chairman Troy R Short warns against speeding and enforcement. City Manager E M Knox predicts a postwar construction surge and limits on non essential projects. Rachel Ship Jett notes 4940 students in defense training across 32 North Carolina cities and 125 classes in the Piedmont area with most trainees recent graduates.
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North Carolina
Rachel Ship Jett
High Point
United States Employment Service
Piedmont
Phillips effort to nominate Ean'l Phillips ends
The Enterprise reports that Earl Phillips will not pursue the Democratic nomination for Guilford County's state senate seat. Business pressures and loss of staff make leaving his current position impossible. The paper still urges High Point unity to back a local candidate for fair representation in Raleigh.
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Ean'l Phillips
State Senate
Phillips
Joe Carruthers
Guilford County
Earl Phillips
High Point
Greensboro
Stokesdale
Enterprise
Guilford
North Carolina
Brotherly Advice for GOP Nominee in Guilford County
A Guilford County Republican Committee considers nominating a High Point woman to the State Senate. The piece suggests selecting a candidate who is both attractive and articulate, noting politics resembles a beauty contest at times. It urges the anonymized dark horse to use charm and strategy, appealing to judges and referees whose votes decide the outcome.
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Guilford County
Republican Committee
State Senate
Bob Reynolds
Gas Chiselers Targeted in Rationing Probe
Chairman Troy Short and the local rationing board vow a full investigation into a man found with unentitled S gasoline coupons. The man claimed a friend dropped them, but Short warns violators—willful or not—face prosecution and stiff penalties to deter chiselers during wartime.
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Troy R. Short
Troy Short
Short
Orde
City Solicitor Harris Jarrell Criticized Again
An editorial rails at City Solicitor Harris Jarrell amid union calls for his firing. It contests alleged “special favoritism” by Draft Board No. 4 and argues the council should dismiss him for losing public respect, noting political ties to the mayor and past pro German remarks. An auto theme closes the piece.
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Jarrell
Textile Workers Union of America
Selective Service
Draft Board No. 4
Enterprise
Raleigh
Draft Board
Kineman
Europe
Joe Hitler
Germany
Harriss Jarrel
Aidity Council
Walter Winchell On Broadway Notes Of An Innocent Bystander
Walter Winchell on Broadway surveys first nights and press chatter about postwar Broadway shows. It notes Uta Hagen and Jose Ferrer as standout performers, mocks weak productions like Vickie, and highlights industry gossip from The Front Pages and Intelligentsia sections while touching on radio and magazine items.
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Vickie
S. M. Herzig
Hollywoods
John Anderson
A.W.O.L
Uta Hagen
Jose Ferrer
Taylor Holmes
Mme. Matzenauer
Met
Irvine
Lunts
G. Kaufman
Paying Father Jime Campaign Launch Reports
Paying Father Jime of Durham launched his campaign in this city last night as Democratic candidate for Congress from the Sixth District. The Y M C A membership drive reports will be presented at a Wesley Memorial Methodist Church supper. World Series action saw the Yankees defeat the Cubs 12 to 6 at Yankee Stadium. Former Senator John Sharp Williams dies at Yazoo City, Mississippi, at 78. The Hagenbeck Wallace Circus sets up in High Point.
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W. B. Umstead
Durham
Congress
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Yanks
Chicago Cubs
Yankee Stadium
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colorado Springs
McCook
Nebraska
U. S
George Norris
John Sharp Williams
Yazoo City
Miss
Uick
Mississippi
United States Senate
Hagenbeck - Wallace
High Point
Jones Street
Luther Bridges
Capitol Square notes wizard war shifts and cautions
Around Capital Square reports Henry Hill will not return to the next legislature, named acting postmaster at Hickory, retiring from the Democratic ticket. Other nominees join wartime service, vacancies rise, and party rules scramble to fill seats. Blackouts, cotton picking, school vacation, and fuel oil shortages loom as North Carolina prepares for war.
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Capitol Square
Henry Hill
Catawba County
Senate
House
Hickory
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Charles Boyer
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John Steinbeck
Edloquentin Reynolds
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Tyrone Power
Douglas H. Munroe
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Ed Wynn
J. B. Massieu
Sidney Smith
Judy
Anon
James Barrie
Betty Hutton
Snake
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Anna Roselle
Grose
Helen Hayes
Woman’s Life
Waldo Frank
Colliers
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Holt McPherson
Lizzie Gooch
J. F. Slate
Tulane University
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Burlington
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Gaston
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Rutherford
George Davis
Hyde
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H. C. McPhail
Wayne County
Farmer McPhail
Boswood
Currituck
Broughton
Clyde Erwin
School Commission
Nathan Yelton
Shelby
Cleveland County
Civilian Def
OPA
Merritt A. Edson
G S. Marines
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