Demands for Direct Primaries Shape 1952 Conventions
Senator Paul H. Douglas critiques the 1952 Democratic and Republican National Conventions as backroom deals by party bosses. He supports Sen George Smathers national primary amendment and co-sponsors a presidential-primary bill, noting resistance from entrenched interests and possible compromise to a national or presidential-preference primary.
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Paul H. Douglas
Washington
Warren G. Harding
Teapot Dome
Congress
George A. Smathers
Fla
Smathers
Woodrow Wilson
Charles E. Bennett
Pipe carver from Valley City turns wartime skill into business
Allison Seymore, a WWII veteran from Valley City North Carolina, began carving pipes during downtime between battles. His hand crafted pipes gained 150 orders by war end, attracting buyers nationwide including notable figures. He plans expansion and more craftsmen to meet demand for his originals. John Curtis and brother created early chewing gum in 1848 using a Franklin stove to fuse spruce gum.
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Seymore
John Curtis
Franklin
Candidate plans peace demonstration in Childersburg stunt
A presidential hopeful stages a peace demonstration in Childersburg to beat swords into plow shares. The columnist doubts it will yield votes, noting Mr. Truman faces low spirits and the party refuses a whistle-stop campaign on his behalf.
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Childersburg
Mr. Truman
Public Records Rights Press to Stop Censorship by Officials
The Alabama Press Association and its AP group push for full access to public agency records. The Dothan Eagle cites Sheriff J Walt Cameron over withholding a docket sheet and warns that secretive handling of public records breeds broader censorship and erodes the public’s right to know.
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Alabama Press Association
Alabama Associated Press Group
Dothan Eagle
Houston County
Alabama
Eagle
J. Walt Cameron
Dothan
Ala
State of
Primary system expansion bill aims for national presidential primary
The proposal would increase the number of primaries and move toward a national presidential primary. The measure highlights fiscal support and endorses a broader primary calendar as a step forward in party reform.
Living Today and the Presidential Preference Primaries
A compilation of inspirational truths by Arlie B Davidson urging self belief and perseverance. A separate section discusses the Attorney General guiding cooperation with states to hold Presidential preference primaries with limited payments and persuasive nonbinding influence on delegates.
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Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
Davidson
Jorney
United States
Mary
AS Pegler Sees It on Latva McCarran Controversy
Pegler examines the Latva case under the McCarran Walter act noting deporat ion risks for Carl A Latva and his American family. He traces hostile coverage and innuendo around Pat McCarran to Hank Greenspun Bernard Yaroslaw and ADA links and clarifies misinformation about Chandler's and Reuben's restaurants.
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Boston
Carl A. Latva
Finland
United States Navy
New York Times and Herald Tribune
Latvn
Mary Patricia
Britain
Catholic University of America
Pat McCarran
McCarran
New York
Chandler
Greenspun
Nevada
Vito Marcantonio
Communist Party
Buggsy Siegel
Nabob
Siegel
Flamingo
Beverly Hills
Calif
Las Vegas
Nev
Printers’ Union
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Review-Journal
Bernard Yaroslaw
Senator McCarran
Yaroslaw
American For Democratic Action
ADA
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Yaroslaw Rubin
Reuben's
Chandler’s
Congress
Truman
The
Times and Herald-Tribune
Wyzanski
Frankfurter
Harvard Law
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Latva
Rubin
American Committee For the Protection of the Foreign Born
Frederick Cohen
Want To Know How To Rear Your Boy To Be President
HAL Boyle suggests a humorous guide for mothers to shape a future president. He mixes satire with political musings, advising steps from birth place fantasies to well rounded life experiences and odd traits like cooking, Tuba, and dogs, ending with a three year Army stint and a successful small business as a path to the White House.
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John Sparkman
Huntsville
Hartselle
White House
Bill
Joe
Lucy
Sarah
Morgan County
Hal Boyle
New York
United States
Junior
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Drew Pearsons
Elmer Wheeler
Pasagi
Allison J. Seymore
Valley City
N. C
Ness
Wheeler
Associated Press
Associate Press
MAIL
John W. Austin
Nashville
Tenn
First Methodist Church
Maliona
Council of Churches
Florence
Public Records
Statfs
Dobbin
Fred
Pegler
Cohen
New York Times and Herald-Tribune
Illinois
California
South
University of North Carolina
Harvard University
Wyoming
Michigan
Louisiana
Morgan County National Bank
FDIC
Federal Reserve System
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