Call for jail death inquiry and separate jail doctor plan
The editorial urges a full probe into printer Harry Isbell’s death after jail admission and pneumonia. It suggests separating jail medical care from public health duties, proposing a dedicated on call city physician for prisoners and on the job for workers injured, with city leaders asked to study such arrangements.
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Earl Phillips
Harry Isbell
R. A. Herring
Phillips
High Point
North Carolina jail fire deaths raise calls for action
Two more inmates burned to death in Hot Springs Madison County NC add to recent jail fires. An official warned of dangerous conditions in smaller jails as four prisoners died in Scotland Neck jail. Call grows for Governor Cherry to intervene and for state aid to fix local jail conditions.
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North Carolina
Hot Springs
Madison County
State Department of Welfare
Scotland Neck
Whose Affairs Drew Pearson Questions Truman On Hannegan
Drew Pearson quotes President Truman saying he is satisfied Hannegan can run his papers and will be allowed to do so. The issue shifts to whether Truman can manage the Democratic Party’s affairs amid fragile party control in Congress and loyalty to allies like Hannegan and Pendergast.
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Drew Pearson
Truas
Hannegan
Pap
Democratic Party
Taerabers
Congress
Truman
Tom Pendergast
Capitol Square Informal Young Democrats Conference Debate
Some two dozen attendants at a Winston Salem gathering argued over whether the meeting was a formal executive committee session a regular convention an informal conference or a rally. The group designated it a rally removing any binding resolutions. Speakers Hoover Taft Major John Lang Major Mayne Albright and Lt. P. O. Kidd Brewer debated leadership from veteran party figures. CONVENTION efforts aimed to bind the organization by action at Winston-Salem.
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Young Democrats
Winston Salem
Hoover Taft
John Lang
Mayne Albright
P. O. (Kidd) Brewer
Regar
Fifth District Race Winds Tight in Winston-Salem
Editorial on the Fifth District contest names Representative Carl Durham Judge Earl Rives and Scarborough as rivals with Folger and Thurmond Chatham in a neck and neck race. It notes regional support split among court house crowds veterans organized labor and farmers and predicts a hard fought victory.
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Winston-Salem
Carl Durham
Earl Rives
Scarborough
John Folger
Thurmond Chatham
Young Democrats
Folger
Over the Hill Editorial on Young Democrats Rally
Winston-Salem editors critique a Young Democrats rally noting aging leadership and past age limits. The piece laments dwindling energy, calls for new recruiting beyond former members, and quips that the group is now over the hill after four years of dormancy.
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Winston - Salem
Ponce de Leon
Fountain of Youth
Young Democrats
Yds
Young Democrats Seek Statewide Convention and Revival
With Salem's failure and a quorum shortfall for the executive committee, a special sub committee will arrange a September statewide convention to elect officers, submit a program of work, and revive the nearly inactive state Democratic clubs. Some members warn that engaging the 21 to 25 age group is essential to prevent a separate organization for older members.
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Salem
Friction Within Young Democrats Evident After Meeting
Even amid claims of harmony there is clear friction in the young Democrats organization. An undercover fight sought to stop the gathering from becoming a Folger rally, tying it to the fifth district congressional race.
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Folger
Dency
White House
C.S
van Johnson
Lowell Thomas
Sam Rosenman
High Point Church Attendance and Land Frustrations Highlighted
Brooklyn Dodger star William Smith notes High Point's 87 churches amid churchgoing in town versus Ohio. Eugene Thomas laments land scarcity and red tape delaying reasonable housing under wartime controls and calls for stricter price ceilings.
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High Point
William Smith
Brooklyn Dodger
Ohio
Eugene Thomas
Public reactions to local politics and arts events
Citizens comment on a cappella choir at the Greensboro state contest and criticize judge ratings as well as remarks on political candidacy and party leadership. Local figures including Mrs. Philip Silver and former Lt. Governor Horton weigh in on maturity in music, early decisions in senate races, and youth engagement in the Democratic Party.
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Greensboro
Phillip Silver
Cronstedt
Postwar import shortages linger into new year
The piece warns of continued scarcity of spices like black pepper and other imports as the Pacific war ends. It notes India Philippines Indonesia and Indo-Chinese rubber and tea stocks and forecasts slow arrivals of jute camphor copra milk and tin from Bolivia the Belgian Congo and Malaya with harbor repairs and political unrest extending limits.
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Washington
Pacific
Indonesia
India
Japan
Indo-China
Bolivia
Belgian Congo
Malaya
United States
Trade restarts dimmed by inflation and shortages
By Jack Stinnett, fats oils and soaps will resume this year but not on grocery shelves. Inflation, black markets, and distant trade with Orient nations like China hinder normal exchange. Rubber and silk will stay constrained. synthetics reduce demand. most commodities require patient waiting for about a year.
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China
Uncle Sam
La Follette Brothers Return to Republican Fold
The La Follette brothers Bob and Phil shift from the New Deal alignment to the Republican Party. They assess wartime and postwar politics, signaling potential Senate influence for Bob and a cabinet or high admin role for Phil once conservatives regain power.
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la Follette
Wisconsin
Bob la Follette
Mr. Roosevelt
Phil
Hitler
Washington
la Follettes
Bob
Republican Party
Harold Stassen
Bob L Follett
The Progressive and La Follette Split Over Stassen Prospects
By George Sokolsky the piece argues liberal factions split over Harold Stassen. It contrasts The Progressive and The New Leader as true liberals while The Nation and The New Republic languish. It weighs Shipstead versus Stassen in Minnesota and the implications for Stassen’s presidential hopes.
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la Follettes
Harold Stassen
Progressive
United States
la Follette
Socialist
Nation
New Republic
Michael Straight
Bruce Bliven
Bliven
Ssive
Leadon
Choice of Chief Justice could shift Truman’s political balance
The selection to replace late Chief Justice Stone may split Truman’s party between liberal and conservative factions. A liberal appointment and a conservative replacement could influence the 1946 and 1948 elections, as nine justices interpret laws for future generations. The court currently sits evenly divided, with four liberals and four conservatives amid Burton’s unsettled stance.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan F. Stone
Truman
CIO
High Tribunal
Congress
Hugo L. Black
William O. Douglas
Wiley B. Rutledge
Frank Murphy
Stanley F. Reed
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
Burton
Diplomatic Defeats Shape Truman Byrnes Accreditation Move
The piece surveys postwar U S diplomatic missteps and reversals that led to accrediting representatives to hostile regimes. It argues the policy changes avert a diplomatic vacuum but notes long resisted contacts, sanctions, and interventions failed to curry popular support abroad or fix relations with Franco Peron Tito Iran and South American states.
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Uncle Sam
Truman- Byrnes
United States
State Department
Stalin
Hitler
Mussolini
U. S
Franco
Spain
Peron
Argentina
Tito
Yugoslavia
Iran
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