Alabama Flood Towns Strain To Move Traffic And Votes
A regional column notes flood rerouting near Montgomery and riverside disruption while Alabama politics heats up with Kyzer Stewart’s early governor bid. The piece compares optimism and pessimism in wagers over public office expenses and references Michigan Wolverines lore and a veteran’s wheel chair tale.
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Alabama
Montgomery
Central
South Alabama
North Alabama
TVA
Kyzer Stewart
Highland Home School
Decatur Area Plans Baseball Field and League Hope
Residents push for a wholesome recreation facility in Decatur to host a semi professional baseball season in year one. If five nearby towns match facilities, a regional league could form in year two. until then, backers say the people must decide.
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Decatur
North
Alabama
Anderson visitors to inspect Decatur farm marketing setup
Ten to twelve business men from Anderson South Carolina plan a visit to Decatur Alabama next Monday to study the local farm marketing system. The visit aims to compare industrial payrolls and learn how Decatur achieved economic soundness while noting the system is strong but not perfect.
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Anderson
South Carolina
Decatur
Alabama
North
Sparkman proposal for nationwide civil rights study
The Huntsville Times lauds Senator John Sparkman for a plan to have a congressional committee study racial and economic problems nationwide before civil rights proposals are considered. The editorial argues the survey should cover minorities across regions, not just the South, and urges a nonpartisan approach. It warns Congress may resist and risks political pressure shaping outcomes.
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Congress
Truman
Sparkman
Washington
John Sparkman
United States
California
New Mexico
New York
Chicago
Detroit
South
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek Faces Waning US Chinese Support
A hostile tone suggests Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, age 56, remains powerful by securing US munitions to aid China but losses in supply after arms found with Japan and communists have reduced her appeal in the US and China. Her charm is challenged by past lavish spending and perceived high handedness.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
USA
Madame Chiang
United States
White House
Roosevelt
Miss King
Cordell Hull
Brazil
New York
Wellesley
The Nation Explores Mind as Battlefield in Nation
James Marlow reports on psychiatrists comparing the individual mind to a triple structure of subconscious conscious and conscience. He cites Dr. Sigmund Freud and Dr. Edward A. Strecker noting conflict within minds and the national psyche facing propaganda and public deception.
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James Marlow Washington
Sigmund Freud
Freud
Edward A. Strecker
University of Pennsylvania
Bo Os
Strecker
Chiang sisters and T V Soong feud in wartime China
Madame Chiang and her brother T V Soong barely speak amid family rivalries. In Washington the two averred to tension as a Chinese ambassador waited for a phone call from Madame Chiang, delaying dinner for an hour and a half. The family includes Madame Kung, Sun Yat sen’s widow, and romantic entanglements with an American officer.
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Chiang
United States
China
Mayling Soong
T. V. Soong
Washington
Madame Chiang
Mayling
H. H. Kung
Madame Sun Yatsen
Sun Yatsen
Chinese Republic
Martha Washington
Madame Sunn
Madame Suin
Gerald Tannenbaum
Baltimore
Madame Sun
Keadon
Childless Mayling Influences Power Amid China Wars
The piece notes Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife No. 3, childless, gaining Western sympathy while her husband sought other alliances. It claims Chinese warlords, allied with Japan, used her influence to divert munitions and hinder Allied fronts, with General Marshall revealing wartime air diversions to China.
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Mayling
Madame Chiang
USA
Washington
Marshall
China
U. S
West Point
Italy
Cven
Arms Disappear Again, As War Notes Recur
Fragmentary clipping notes that arms vanish repeatedly amid conflict. The text mentions American arms vanishing as a recurring issue in ongoing war reporting.
It’s Just as True Today
Franklin van Zelm reflects on Psalms 126:6 about sowing seeds and returning with rejoicing. The devotional emphasizes faith, perseverance, and divine blessing in harvest.
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Franklin van Zelm
Communists vs Japs and Chiang Kai-Shek arms aid critique
Marshall's figures claim US arms sold to Chiang Kai-Shek's forces feed Chinese troops while front lines strain under warlords. The piece argues Russians stay away, propaganda improves, and popular anger grows over shortages and high prices blamed on the Soong regime.
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Peureiney Marshall
U. S
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Soong Dynasty
USA
Madame Chiang -Kai-Shek
Quips and Quarrels Mark UN Debates Over Proverb Jabs
Western delegates reply to Vishinsky with their own proverb as the UN debate turns satirical. Dulles moves into Marshall’s former UN office, while Dewey’s GOP delegate faces mockery. A Chinese delegate’s speech is translated live by headphones as mischief and misread loyalties surface.
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Vishinsky
Dewey
Fohr
Foster-Dodlars
Nawieé
Americary
Marshall
Dulles
Hotel D'llena
Mrselt
L'Humanite
Sess Roenevel
United Nations
As Pegler Sees It Westbrook Editorial Snapshot
The piece recalls Roy Howard and Scripps McRae era editors, praising Ed Leech while critiquing union corruption and wartime press dynamics. It notes Dewey versus Truman outcomes, Hearst’s anti communism stance, and shifts in editorial policy amid postwar tensions.
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Ed_ Leech
Roy Howard
Mr. Leech
Scripps-McRae
Bolos
Scripps
Howard
Denver
London
Frank Munsey
Ed Meeman
Memphis
Alwys
Roy
Ed Leech
Harry Ryee
Comort
Gallup
Roper
Dewey
Ohoi
Illinois
Truman
White House
Wallace
Huey Long
Tom Clark
Sam
Barnie Baruch
F. D. Roosevelt
Chiang Kai Shek Faces Red Onslaught at Nanking
A major article outlines Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s defense against a Bolshevik backed Communist advance on Nanking. It notes Chinese forces outnumbered, foreign aid alleged, and the capital under tense mobilization. Madame Chiang Kai Shek travels to Washington seeking aid as the battle looms.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
Russia
Moscow
Nanking
Yangtze
Chimay
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Washington
Generalissimo
America
Chiang
Hoe
Canton
Youth Sentenced For Threats on President Life
Dennis S. Porter a 20 year old native of Mount Hermon La was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to threatening the life of President Truman in a letter written while in prison on a prior defamation conviction Porter told the court he intended to carry out the threat Assistant U S District Attorney Thomas Bradney said the threat stemmed from his defamation conviction and Porter criticized the president and the country in remarks during the hearing.
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New Orleans
President Truman
Dennis S. Porter
Mount Hermon
U.S
Hebert Christenberry
Truman
United States
Porter
U. S
Thomas Bradney
White ‘House
Franklinton
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the Daily
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Careone
Boys Town
Nicholas H. Werner
Nebraska City
Pegler
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