Byrnes Signals Conditional Backing for Stevenson in South
South Carolina Governor James Byrnes endorsed the Stevenson Sparkman ticket and urged the state party to back it while leaving doors open to protest if national leadership neglects Southern concerns. He will vote for Stevenson but wants more from both Stevenson and Eisenhower and may back the Dixiecrat effort to put Eisenhower-Nixon on the ballot. Byrnes called the Democratic platform bankrupt and warned that Southern support could turn if Truman dominates the campaign. The move strengthens Stevenson in the South while keeping Byrnes' leverage intact for future influence.
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James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South
Adlai Stevenson
Byrnes
Stevenson
General Eisenhower
Dixiecrats
National Democratic
Harry Truman
Greensboro News
Louis Graves
Chapel Hill
University
Gordon Gray
Graves
State Division of Forestry
Deponent
Neck of the Woods
City council approves sale of airport site at loss
The city agrees to sell the airport property for 57000, 3000 below cost, after weeks of sales efforts with only one bid. Donated funds may be redirected to a civic use such as a library, as a municipal airport seems unlikely for years.
Truman Opposes Symington In Missouri Senate Bid
Harry Truman blocked Stuart Symington’s Missouri Senate run after Symington ran the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Truman backed J E Taylor for attorney general, but Symington won by a large plurality in Missouri, prompting questions about public sentiment toward Truman.
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Stuart Symington
Harry Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Symington
United States Senate
Missouri
Truman
Pendergast
J. E
Taylor
Stevenson Promises Clean Government If Elected
Adlai Stevenson faces Republican charges of fat cats around the White House. He credits his Illinois governorship with wiping out graft and promises an overhaul if elected. He argues his nominating timing frees him from party commitments, but warns reform will be hard against entrenched politics.
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Adlai Stevenson
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
General Eisenhower
White House
Lodge
Stevenson
Illinois
Washington
Truman
The
Potomac
Turpentine Drippings Recalls Old Roads to Franklin NC
A reminiscence piece recalls the 1926 opening barbecue for the Cowee Mountain Gap to Franklin highway and the prior travel chaos between Macon County and Georgia. It notes how people reached Asheville and eastern NC before good roads, contrasts old routes with modern connectives, and includes community quips from local writers.
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N. C
Georgia
Franklin Press
Cowee Mountain Gap
Franklin
Hun Arate
Macon County
North Carolina
Here
Dillsboro
Tallulah Falls
Cornelia
Southern Railway
Greenville
Spartanburg
S.C
Asheville
South Carolina
Murphy
Highlands
Dillard
N. C.-Ga
Atanta
Macon
Atlanta
Kentucky
Florida
Abdication of Farouk Blamed on Comic Opera Plots
Washington based report details how Egypt's Farouk era ended amid two comic opera plots. Graft in arms deals and the Cairo Officers' Club vice presidency drove young officers to challenge the throne. Naguib, a reform advocate, led a revolt that toppled Farouk as forces seized Cairo and Aly Maher Pasha became premier.
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Washington
NEA
Egypt
Farouk
Haidar Pasha
Cairo
Israel
Negev
United Nations
Italy
War Ministry
Kerim Tabet
Officers’ Club
Naguib
Engeland
Middle East
Mohammed Naguib
Haidar
Abbessian
Siriy Pasha
Sirry Pasha
Aly Maher Pasha
Alleged Woodstock typewriter fraud in Hiss case dispute
The article outlines defense claims that a Woodstock typewriter used to produce the Baltimore documents was a forged duplicate created to falsely incriminate Alger Hiss. It details attorney Chester Lane and witness Martin K. Tytell's actions, Judge Goddard's rebuke, and broader questions about FBI evidence and witness credibility.
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Hiss
FBI
Whittaker
Chester T. Lane
Alger Hiss
Woodstock
Baltimore
State Department
Chambers
Priscilla
Lane
Martin K. Tytell
Chester Lane
Tytell
Henry W. Goddard
Quotations From Leaders On War and Labor In Political Discourse
A collection of remarks from figures including Bill Bridgeman, Mrs. Perle Mesta, Senator Richard Russell, General Weyland, Dwight Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman. The quotes touch on speed records, labor law, defense strategy, and political service with a mix of wartime and postwar context.
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Squire Summey
United States
Justice of the Peace
Board of Education
Prince Albert
Presbyterian Church
Harnett
Carolina
Sanford Herald
Clawson Ellis
U. S
Sanford
East Lante
Clawson
Ellis
Charlotte Observer
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Detroit
Family Auto
America
Samuel Francis Smith
Park Street
Boston
Communist Party of America
Chicago
Amelia Simmons
Hartford, Conn
John Curtis
New York City
Li Hung-Chang
China
Peter Edson
Bill Bridgeman
Perle Mesta
Luxembourg
Richard Russell
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O. P. Weyland
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
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