Resident Attends Democratic Conventions Becomes Expert
The Tuscaloosa News notes a resident who has attended numerous Democratic conventions and is now viewed as a political expert. It lists nominations for Wilson Johnson and Roosevelt among the conventions attended, while readers recall John W. Davis in a NYC event. In Kennewick Washington Glenn C. Lee was jailed after editorial criticism of recall petition advertising.
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Tuscaloosa
Wilson
Johnson
Roosevelt
John W. Davis
New York City
Calvin Coolidge
Kennewick
Wash
Glenn C. Lee
Tri-City Herald
Justice of the Peace
Lee
Free America
Kentucky Gentleman Veep Barkley Returns Home
Alben Barkley will move back to Paducah Kentucky to live as a Kentucky gentleman his age kept him from continuing as president Labor and others thought he was ten years too soon He wished people would say he served his country well May his remaining years be free from burdens of public service
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Alben Barkley
Paducah
Kentucky
Veep
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Tan
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Harry Truman
Oscar Chapman
Secretary of the Interior
Colorado
New West
Becoming Accustomed to Heat in the South
The article notes people grow used to 100 degree days as cooling devices become common at home and work. It predicts science will end long hot spells in the South and future winters will be as mild as now.
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South
Roosevelt Name on Ballot Mirrors 1932 Appeal
The passage argues that the Democrats could strengthen their ticket by adding Franklin D Roosevelt Jr to the ballot. It suggests using Roosevelt as vice president and links the famous name to voter recall from 1932, positioning Stevenson for president alongside Roosevelt Jr.
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Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr
Stevenson
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Grass Roots Safety Drive By Morgan County Dealers
The Decatur Automobile Dealers Association pursues a grass roots plan to boost highway safety in Morgan County. It will recruit civic clubs to spread traffic safety awareness and mobilize voter turnout in November without endorsing any candidate.
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Decatur Automobile Dealers Association
Morgan County
National Automobile Dealers Association
Automobile Dealers Association
Truman's VP Preference Wields Quiet Weight at Convention
A Washington briefing traces President Truman's evolving signals to party leaders on a Vice Presidential choice. Harriman receives initial backing for support of the New Fair Deal, while Barkley surfaces as a competing option urged by Democratic leaders to prevent a split. Truman quietly weighs prospects amid Southern and New Deal loyalties.
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Ed Flynn
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New Hampshire
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Richard B. Russell
Adlai Stevenson
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Chapman
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Pittsburgh
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Reuther
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Byrd
Russell and Lewis linked in TaftHartley revision push
The piece traces how Senator Dick Russell of Georgia reportedly received a statement from John L. Lewis via David Charney, two days before a Democratic convention, amid tensions with Virginia delegates and pressure from Gov. Herman Talmadge and Atlanta banker Freeman Strickland. It notes Charney’s Kefauver committee cross examination and suggests Russell’s possible lack of awareness of Lewis’s influence.
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John L. Lewis
Georgia
Chicago
Jake Arvey
Illinois
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Russell
David Charney
Lewis
Charney
Virginia
Atlanta
Freeman Strickland
Herman Talmadge
Cain
Kefauver
Frankie Costello
Kefauver Prothers
As Pegler Sees It Alects At Democratic Convention
The column lampoons the Democratic convention and figures like Adlai Stevenson and Kerr, Harriman, and Kefauver. It attacks Stevenson as weak and the party as corrupt while naming Perle Mesta India Edwards and other figures in a caustic portrait of the political scene.
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Smoke filled rooms hint Kefauver ticket shifts in 1952 race
Article notes Harriman aides privately push to place Averell on a Kefauver slate with Roosevelt Jr. as VP The Chicago scene shows Arvey urging a first ballot for the Veep then switch to Stevenson Dodge Dawson urges opposition to Kefauver while a young supporter backs Harriman India Edwards seeks only vice presidency Oscar Ewing’s HQ prominently shows President Truman pictures.
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Joe Leighton
Harriman
Kefauver
Averell
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Chicago
Jake Arvey
Illinois
Stevenson
William Dawson
House of Representatives
Lookalike Kerr Impersonator Roams Chicago Lobby
A man in the Conrad Hilton lobby bore a striking resemblance to Senator Kerr with a Kefauver boutonniere. He was identified as Francis Robinson of Ashland Nebraska, who closely resembled Kerr in appearance.
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Omaha
Kerr
Robinson
Kefauver
Hilton
Taft
Senator Kerr
Oklahoma
Harriman
Dessie
Cross Roads
New Mexico
Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Francis Robinson
Ashland
Nebr
TVA Construction Report Highlights Major Dam and Plant Work
Recent field reports note the first cofferdam at Fort Patrick Henry dam in East Tennessee has been unwatered. Exploratory drilling and abutment excavation continue as erection of boilers at the Johnsonville plant proceeds. Kingston plant work centers on turbogenerator foundations for four units. In the past month 350,000 cubic yards have been removed for the Colbert plant.
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Fort Patrick Henry
East Tennessee
Johnsonville
Kingston
Colbert
TVA Plans John Sevier Steam Plant near Rogersville
The Tennessee Valley Authority will build a John Sevier steam plant on the South shore of upper Cherokee Lake near Rogersville East Tennessee. The two units will deliver 180000 kilowatts each with initial Congress approved funding. The plant honors Tennessee’s first governor and is tied to local history and nearby McCloud community.
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Rogersville
Tennessee
John Sevier
Congress
Franklin
North Carolina Senate
North Carolina
Knoxville
Cherokee Lake
Holston River
McCloud
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