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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1952
Page
4
Bainbridge writer S M Griffin predicts Kefauver delegates could travel to Chicago with front signs reading Elect Kefauver and back signs See Rock City as a playful nod to Governor Russell in Georgia politics.
The Tuscaloosa News notes a real shortage of public post office boxes with only 810 boxes for a city of 46 000. The postmaster says the odds of obtaining a box rely on someone else giving one up.
The piece recalls the 1908 convention where Theodore Roosevelt split the Republicans in a Bull Moose bid, the 1916 rift that kept Roosevelt from running, and how those divisions helped Woodrow Wilson win a tight 1916 race. It notes Hughes’s shock at losing California and the broader map shift toward the West.
The Anniston Star reports that motorists should not pick up hitch-hikers amid rising crimes by free riders. Law enforcement notes the danger of highwaymen and urges drivers to curb Good Samaritan impulses. Twenty states have laws banning hitch-hiking. others have guest rider laws to protect drivers. A small hardness of heart may prevent thefts of money baggage and even loss of life.
The Washington Merry Go Round reports Democrats optimistic at the Republican convention. They suggest Taft Ike splits and Eisenhower missteps could aid a Democratic fight, with Earl Warren seen as the only Republican who could help Democrats gain votes.
Pegler notes Democratic leaders warn against publishing to keep Republicans from nominating Warren but argue GOP may seek unlikely edge if Ike Taft deadlock arises. The Chicago convention scene unfolds with speakers, banners, fire trucks, and Roaring crowds as Eisenhower and Taft factions clash.
Wilbur claims the Republican nominee will be Eisenhower with Taft as the rival, noting delegates are relieved to settle the field. He analyzes platform aims, calls for moral revival, and questions private party power to choose presidents, predicting a vice presidency decision remains unsettled.
A compact meditation on friendship stressing its essential role in life. It argues friends provide support, care in illness and sorrow, shared meaning, and social expansion to avoid solitary, unrewarding living. The piece encourages easy means to make friends through friendliness.
Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine refuses to participate in the Chicago event after back and forth with Joe Martin and GOP leaders over speaking time and minority representation. The dispute ties to Senator McCarthy and Taft forces, as Smith recently defeated Owen Brewster for renomination.
Dr Robert Dixon Brown 49 senior chemist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was named dean of the University of Alabama School of Chemistry Metallurgy and Ceramics effective Sept 1. He succeeds Dr Stewart J Lloyd who retired June 30 and Brown is on leave from the University faculty.
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