Heat and politics fuel a weekend of chaos and twists
A noisy weekend sees the Senate reject a national debt lifting bill, Truman hinting at a political return, a brawl in the Japanese diet, Eisenhower buying a money clip, Ohio Republicans clipping Democratic governor powers, Byrd and Tuck missing a Virginia party meeting, Franco attacking Soviet policy, and Congress nearing adjournment amid broader political heat.
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Senate
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Ohio
Lausche
Taft
Virginia
Byrd
Tuck
Washington
Spain
Franco
Soviet Union
Congress
Grew's Warning Reverberates From Pearl Harbor Echoes
The article recalls Ambassador Joseph C. Grew’s 1935 warning that Japan faced a choice between fighting the world or suicide and note that his prediction of Japan’s crushing by Western powers proved true in 1941. It argues continued danger from nationalist aims and calls for wise external and internal policies to prevent renewed conflict.
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Pearl Harbor
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Grew
Russia
States Rights Fadeout at Governors Conference Opened
The 45th annual Governors Conference opens in Seattle with a push for states rights and reduced federal aid. Governors seek Eisenhower’s backing on taxes and national debt in exchange for support, arguing the time is ripe to reverse centralization and expand state authority.
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Congress
Seattle
Eisenhower
Washington
Eisenhower opposes automatic Social Security tax increase
The president argues against raising the Social Security tax next January calling an $18 billion reserve sufficient. He says taxpayers can use the extra half per cent at home and notes that the Treasury borrows from the fund rather than holding cash. No actuarial need is shown for a larger reserve in the near future.
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Eisenhower
Tasik Saedehh Bitrate
S. S
Washington
Mercury
Pope Pius XII
Castel Gandalfo
Rome
McPherson
Mr. B
Beach
Sears, Roebuck
Holden's
Taft Leaderless Hope For GOP After Taft’s Era Ends
George Sokols ky argues the New Party lacks a replacement for Robert A. Taft as its leader. The piece recalls Taft’s insistence on party unity with Eisenhower, his progressive Senate record, and the personal toll of his wife Martha’s illness, underscoring his pivotal role in keeping the party cohesive.
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Bob Taft
Texas
Eisenhower
Taft
White House
New York
Ike
Philadelphia
United States
Senate
Martha
New Party
Robert A. Taft
Mysteries of Cricket Baffle London Fan On The Ashes
Robert Ruark muses on England’s cricket woes amid rain halted test matches. He recalls Hutton, Edrich, and Lindwall as he riffs on the Ashes fate, public hunger for results, and the odd British obsession with sport and empire.
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London
Graustarkian
Mararet Rose
Sudan
England
Hutton
Lindwall
Conlict
Australia
Don Bradman
Scrivener
Bedser
Engl
Letters on Korea War and Lincoln quotes draw sharp lines
The letter discusses U S policy in Korea from MacArthur to Eisenhower, argues against appeasing Communists, and contrasts Eisenhower's Lincoln quotation with Lincoln’s longer Second Inaugural quotes. It links Cold War policy, Churchillian resolve, and biblical righteousness to current American debate.
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Eisenhower
Yalta
Potsdam
Europe
China
Lincoln
High Point items note state ads and travel plans
Local chatter covers State Board of Conservation and Development sub committee visits by T Max Watson Eric Rodgers and Hugh Morton to review advertising bids. Airport and rail seating issues for Southern's Southerner train ride stir concern. Park visits planned for Amos and Louise Kearns at Morrow Mountain and Town Creek mound amid tourism push.
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Forest City
Eric Rodgers
Scotland Neck
Fisheries Division
Hugh Morton
Grandfather Mountain
Wilmington
State Board of Conservation and Development
Harold Bennett
Bennett Advertising
Charlotte
Evanses
High Point
Bennett
Southern
Charles F. Bigelow
Greensboro
Charlie
Tom Morise
Amos
Louise Kearns
Morrow Mountain Park
Town Creek Indian Mound
Stanley County
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