Deputy Edson recalls Stevenson and Alabama law vibe
The column links Illinois slot machine raids with Governor Adlai E. Stevenson’s reform stance and Alabama’s past, noting Stevenson’s pledge to curb corruption. It contrasts Miller’s emphasis on local enforcement for anti gambling and prohibition, and recalls Miller’s push to curb liquor and create a statewide highway patrol.
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Peter Edson
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Miller
Edson
Stevenson
Alabama
Three R's in Question as Education Fumbles Rise
A Midwest editorial questions neglect of fundamentals in favor of rapid schooling progress. It cites a Hoosier State critique on grammar and spelling in young reporters, blaming visual phonetic methods and early grade miseducation for a broad decline in literacy.
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Hoosier State Press Association
I. Slame
Willoughby Casts Shadow Over Korea Intelligence Debacle
General Willoughby, chief of MacArthur’s intelligence, is blamed for two key misjudgments over Korea. He underestimated the North Korean threat by dismissing tanks and overestimated the South Korean army, imperiling UN supply lines and posture. The piece notes political shifts as Republicans aim to win the solid South, citing Daniels’s critique of FEPC policy and a Strom Thurmond-Olin Johnston primary clash.
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Omar Bradley
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Daniel talk with President shows limited impact
The report notes Jonathan Daniels had prior conversations with the President in Chicago last May and again last fall, with unclear outcomes. It highlights that these talks did not seem to yield decisive results and reflects on the overall effectiveness of such political tactics.
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Daniels
Chicago
What Are You Missing In Life And Study
ARLIE B DAVIDSON argues that people miss much in reading and life when they do not think critically. A college student’s struggle shows the need to analyze, balance powers, and apply them to reach goals and find happiness.
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Robert Browning
Pegler's view on FEPC and South political invasive tactics
Pegler argues Republican figures such as Senator Brewster use FEPC to undermine Democrats in the South and claim GOP funds and ads swayed Willis Smith to oppose Frank Graham in North Carolina. He cites Brewster's inserted Congressional Record pages and a million reprints mailed to North Carolina, plus a backdrop of alleged anti democratic forces and public education concerns.
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South Carolina
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West Point
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New York
Ex-convicts and fake endorsements taint postwar politics
The article accuses groups mailing reprints of being run by figures like Dr. Edward Rumely an ex convict jailed in World War I and Ralph W Gwinn a Newark Republican. It alleges forged Negro endorsements for Graham under the alias National Society For Advancement Of Colored People, conflicting with the real NAACP.
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Ralph W. Gwinn
Newark
Eisenhower
United States
Graham
National Society For Advancement of Colored People
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Phony Endorsements Mislead North Carolina Voters
The article describes a scheme where pro Graham supporters used altered letters signed Whitte to imitate endorsements from a Walter White led association. Phony letters copied from New York caused thousands in North Carolina to skip the runoff polling. Senator Guy Gillette heads a committee but politically tilts toward limited inquiry.
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Walter White
Whitte
White
Graham
North Carolina
New York
Guy Gillette
Iowa
Stockholm peace appeal called deception in New York
A New York briefing denounces the Stockholm peace appeal as a Kremlin ploy aimed at undermining the U N plan for atomic control. Gordon Dean warns signatures push Eastern Europeans into hunger and Western signers become war criminals by aid of a phony peace push.
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New York
INS
Stockholm
U.N
World Congress of Partisans For Peace
The
Waldorf
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Gordon Dean
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Kremlin
U. N
Russia
Dean
Moscow
Europe
French National Assembly
Security Council
Commissioner Dean
Guardsmen Begin Two Weeks of Summer Training
More than 9,000 Alabama and Mississippi National Guardsmen of the 31st Dixie division began two weeks of summer exercises in Anniston Alabama. A staff officer said the division has a high Army priority for personnel and equipment, with a normal strength of about 13,000 officers and men.
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Anniston
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
United States
Dixie
Lightning storms count per year worldwide cited by Nat Geo
The National Geographic Society states there are about 16,000,000 lightning storms worldwide annually. The figure highlights global atmospheric activity and the frequency of lightning events across Earth.
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The
National Geographic Society
Dizziness Results From Many Ills
Dizziness stems from many conditions affecting balance and brain oxygen. Causes include infections of the nervous system, pellagra, pernicious anemia, heart and blood flow issues, low blood pressure on standing, migraines, pancreatic insulin rise, hunger, epilepsy, meningitis, and brain infections. A thorough exam of blood pressure ears and eyes is advised.
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May
King
America First and constitutionalism in wartime politics
A citizen argues against New Deal and Fair Deal expansion of federal power while defending the constitutional republic. He recalls how America First was mocked and Nazism exploited dissent, and he urges renewed faith in popular government and limited federal authority.
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