Urban planning group urges city to rely on local data
An editorial urges the Charleston Municipal Planning Commission to influence traffic and parking decisions. It criticizes the State Road Commission for ignoring local studies by Lansias Segoe and C. W. Mathews, and calls for downtown parking solutions including cooperative garages and potential under-street parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Road Commission
Municipal Planning Commission
C. W. Mathews
Commission
Charleston
State Road Commission
Planning Commission
Military solution for Korea war urged by Ridgway
The piece argues the Korea war is a political struggle but a military leader Ridgway seeks a practical end through overwhelming air and naval power to halt Communist supplies and stockpiles. It notes President Truman claims ample planes and warships and urges informed citizen judgment on diplomacy and strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Matthew Ridgway
Truman
Red Forces
Pentagon
State Department
Strawberry Festival Floats on Greenwich Village Lawn
The First Presbyterian Church on Fifth Avenue hosts its annual strawberry festival on the lawn, drawing New Yorkers who wait in line for ice cream and cake. Mrs. Henry Joiner leads the Women’s Guild with 450 attendees served at fifty cents each as lanterns and lights set a nostalgic village tone.
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First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
Eleventh
Twelfth Street
Washington Square
George Washington
New York
Whale
Gotham
Hudson
New York City
A. C
Women’s Guild
Florida
Kansas
Caldwell
Idaho
Three Forks
Mont
Florence
S. C
Guild
Henry Joiner
Atlanta
Platform battles swirl as Eisenhower and Truman push edges
The two parties clash over a national platform as Eisenhower presses a firm foreign policy line while Truman aims to outflank civil rights opposition. Key figures include McCormack Dever Sparkman Kefauver and Kefauver aides. The battle hinges on the platform draft and potential White House intervention.
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Washington
Gen. Eisenhower
Truman
Gen
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Frank McKinney
Gov. Dever
McCormack
Chicago
Rep. McCormack
Dever
House
Democrats
Hill and
Sparkman
Alabama
Sen
National Committee
Truman Dinners for Draft? Aides Discuss Dignitaries Dinner Talk
President Truman hosted private dinners for Democratic leaders and business elites, including Dwight Palmer and Frank McKinney, where he discussed the 1948 race and his plans. The edition also recounts a Canada Yard bombing debate and Sen McCarran’s Spain aid maneuverings amid foreign policy battles.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight Palmer
General Cable Co
St. Louis
Roy Fruehan
Robert Smallwood
Lipton’s
Owen Cheatham
Georgia - Pacific
Frank McKinney
McKinney
Burlesque plans and Hollywood notes swirl in City Hall buzz
A parade of showbiz items fills the page with gossip from Broadway to Hollywood. Burlesque hopefuls seek mayoral permission to revive Broadway burlesque, while stars like Arlene Dahl and Vera Ellen are named in weekend chatter. John Garfield’s widow downsizes in Manhattan. Rose Hardaway, the dancer, dazzles in romance and fights. Monied deals appear as Vaughan Monroe rejects $500,000 for his Meadows club, and industry figures debate star treatment under studio edicts. Card games spike amid bad weather, with Lee J. Cobb among the losers. Martine Carol and a French director tie the knot next month, Jane Russell appears in Road to Bali, and Gertie Lawrence hears of Brynner’s train room intrusion.
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City Hall
Inpellitert
Arlene Dahl
Southampton
Ernie Byfield, Jr
Torchy Ernie
Vera Ellen
John Garfield
Central Park West
Riverside Drive
Sioe Louis
Rose Hardaway
Harry Gregs
Hollywood
Vaughan Monroe
Boston
the Meadows
Robert Clary
Peggy Ann Garner
Richard Hayes
Stephen Crane
Lang Turner
Martine
Howard Hughes
Jane Russell
Paramount
Crosby-Howe
Bali
RKQ
Harry Wild
Jane
John P. Allison
Kathleen Winsor
Danny Scholl
Top Banana
Billy Eskstine
Fr. Hollywood
RKO
Arthur Hennicut
Gertie Lawrence
Yul Brynner
Walla
the Gazette
Bethlehem steel contract would end the strike in 1949
Victor Riesel reports on a proposed agreement involving Bethlehem Steel executives Joseph Larkin and John Morse with CIO leader Philip Murray. The plan would impose a union shop on new workers and require existing unions, granting a $10 weekly wage increase, but the deal was rejected by other steel companies and the strike continues as the industry wars over control and prestige unfold.
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England
Tance
Italy
Nickoli Lenin
United States
Charleston
Gazette
C. P. Williams
America
Philip Fee Marsy
Taft
Sam
Baltimore
Benjamin Harrison
Truman
Acheson
Europe
Yalu
Korea
Washington
Mark Clark
Joint Chiefs
Clark
London
Spain
McCarran
Nevada
Tom Connally
Connally
Tt Am
Senate
Sal Alywudsberg
Anl Gewenetn Steel
Joseph Larkin
John Morse
CIG
Phil Murray
Bethlehem
New York
Tataseran
EER
CIO Steel Workers
Letal
Tral
Puttsa
Headaha
Club 21
CTO
Philip Murray
Aueass Cxacli
Murray
CIO
Bethlehem Company
Bethlehem Yieled
Trutman
National Steel Companies
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Capitol Street
France
Federal Reserve
Fentral Reserve Board
Treasury
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J. Ry Belknap
Marthe Willard
Rollie
Yours
Aaiton Hemsley, Ball Hero
Inez Rabb
Charles R. Armentrout
Kanawha County
Greenwich Village
Doris Fleeson
Itr
Howard University
Sen. Kefanver
Drew Pearson
Dorothy Kilgallen
Fire Island
Lee J. Cobb
Martine Car
Victor Riesel
Pr. S. BE
Weber
Baptist Temple
Wertz
Watson Selvage
A. 5. White
Marshall College
Wholesale Division
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Louisville & Nashville
Lake Erie
Lester Maithland
Albert Hegenberger
San Francisco
Hawai
Charles F. Hughes
U.S. Fleet
Naval Operations
Geneva
Switzerland
Clarence Chamberlain
Charles Levine
Warsaw
Poland
Zurich
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