Daniels Urges National Defense Unity At Chapel Hill
Former Navy Secretary Uncle Joe Daniels spoke at the naval pre flight school farewell at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. He urged unifying the war and navy into a department of national defense and merging army navy air corps marine corps and coast guard into one fighting force, drawing mixed reactions from brass and praise from funders.
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Joe Dan
Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
Navy
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
War and Navy Departments
Department of National Defense
Army
Air Corps
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Poppycock on Truman social life sparks GOP luncheon debate
Drew Pearson says Republicans in Washington discussed attacking President Truman after attending a party on Jefferson Island hosted by a lobbyist for soft drinks and sugar. The piece defends Truman’s right to social contacts and questions the premise that officials must shun all social ties to remain trustworthy.
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Drew Pearson
House of Representatives
Washington
Truman
Jefferson Island
Chesapeake
Russell Arundel
Capitol Square Expansion Plans Move Toward Branch Offices
The North Carolina market division may open teletype equipped branch offices in Charlotte and Asheville to speed market news and data for farm crops and livestock. The cooperative venture involves state and federal governments with possible future inspection staff and no fixed opening date. Ohio official J Harry Moore visited Raleigh to discuss labor and noted his son at Camp Lejeune. Revival in business seen as charters surge with sixteen new filings and two revisions, including Whisnant Hosiery of Hickory and Newton Glove.
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Department of Agriculture
Charlotte
Asheville
Raleigh
Washington
Department
J. Harry Moore
Department of Industrial Relations
State of
Ohio
Labor
Forrest Shuford
Moore
Shuford
Schwellenbach
Camp Lejeune
Marine Base
Secretary of State
North Carolina
Whisnant Hosiery Company
Hickory
Newton Glove
Newton companies seek charters and securities listings
Lynn Nisbet notes two Newton firms with one million dollars authorized capital stock and six hundred thousand dollars paid in. Secretary of State approves several stock and bond series while withholding others pending reliability checks. North Carolina pursues beetle control with spring sprays and fall soil treatment and tests DDT in Boone Blowing Rock with funding from state and federal sources.
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Newton
North Carolina
Clarence Brannon
Agricultural Fund
Boone-Blowing Rock
Prisoners Return After Tarboro Jail Break Poem
Two inmates who escaped Edgecombe county jail in Tarboro left verse for deputies. They claim cleverness with tools then admit they are educated fools. Blood hounds pursued them and they returned to prison that night. The write up ends with a humorous dog verse contrasting hounds and convicts.
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Edgecombe County
Tarboro
Time Changes Tonight For Extra Hour Of Sleep
The piece urges readers to decide before bed whether to set clocks back for daylight saving time or wait until morning. It notes eastern standard time is again standard and invokes a plea for the extra hour of sleep.
Safeway Transit seeks fare increases on Wrightsville line
The utilities commission reviews Safeway Transit Company of Wilmington request to raise Wilmington to Winter Garden fares from 5 to 10 cents and Wrightsville Sound 2 to 20 cents while Beach service would go to 25 cents. The firm shows assets of 357,852.41 and operating costs of over 0.38 per mile with a loss near eight cents per mile. Claims assets nearly double Tidewater Power purchase. commission weighs fair yield versus public impact. No city fare increase requested.
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Utilities Commission
Safeway Transit Company of
Wilmington
Wrightsville
Winter Garden
Wrightsville Sound
Beach
Commission
Tidewater Power
State Utilities Commission
City Manager and Chief Pledge to Enforce Noise Ordinance
A reader cites City Manager Roy Braden and the police chief promising to enforce the city's anti noise statute. The letter notes long inexplicable non enforcement since passage and urges cautious application amid public concern. A separate quote recalls an admiral frightened by a riding incident in Tokyo.
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Roy
Braden
Smith
Labor voices and train signals spark city debate
The discussion spans fairgrounds, train whistles, and public safety as officials and union leaders weigh impacts of labor demands and city rules. Gov. Chauncey Sparks comments on industry and agriculture interdependence while CAW-CIO and manufacturers executives frame wage boosts and living standards.
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Chauncey Sparks
Alabama
War Time Unions Clash Over Prices And Overtime
The piece argues postwar adjustment will cause strikes and wage concerns as unions seek to maintain wartime take home pay. It notes a Detroit Trotskyist union opposing a Social-Democratic-Communist group and a New York elevator workers strike against WLB rulings. Henry Wallace cites an $8 million shift in national income as the economy moves from war to peace.
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United States
Detroit
New York
WLB
Henry Wallace
The right to strike and purchasing power in the U S
By George Sokolsky argues that the right to strike must be balanced with national needs. He warns wage and price spirals threaten purchasing power, urges preserving high living standards, and stresses a strong domestic market with 27 million well paid buyers for high priced goods. He cautions against industrial disruption during wartime.
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Pope
New York
Donovan exits OSS amid calls for a united postwar intelligence bureau
In a slice of postwar debate President Truman rejects expanding OSS and shifts tasks to the War and State departments. The piece argues for an independent bureau spanning justice and FBI, led by a nonpartisan figure, to preempt a fragile future security order. It cites British intelligence as a model and warns against agency bloat or politicization.
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Washington
Will Bill Donovan
American Intelligence Service
OSS
Truman
War Department
Donovan
Sumner Welles
Balkans
Congress
OGPU
NKVD
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Marine Corps
Justice Department
FBI
Political debate on intelligence limits and foreign information
The author argues for broad access to information and stronger action against counterespionage, urging minimal political censorship and alignment with national need. Reflects on Truman's OSS reforms and lessons from Pearl Harbor and Nazi defeat, stressing the value of coherent intelligence oversight.
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Treasury
Truman
Donovan
OSS
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
On Broadway- WINCHELL atomic power overview
A reflective survey traces atomic science from its tiny nucleus to vast energy. It highlights uranium's role in bombs, potential peaceful uses, and the history of key figures like Einstein and Curie, noting secrecy and future prospects.
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United Nations
A.p
Einstein
Germany
Princeton University
America
Patent Office
Switzerland
Albert Einstein
Madame Curie
Henry Adams
Lucretius
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