North Carolina Democrats split over States’ Rights ballot issue
The Enterprise criticizes the News and Observer for its strong Democratic tilt and argues that if States’ Rights Democrats had been on the North Carolina ballot the party would be better positioned. It questions party loyalty and presidential preferences amid splits over Truman Wallace and Dixiecrats.
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Preparations for Defense Stir Debate in New Jersey Town
A New Jersey town advertises an air raid siren for sale amid national talk of renewed war. The piece argues that recent U S and British military moves, including B 29 bombers and P 80 fighters, reflect prudent preparedness to deter Soviet pressure and avoid a Pearl Harbor scenario.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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War’s Inevitable tone and presidential uncertainty
A pair of quotes weighs on future conflict and political fate. Eamon de Valera reflects on war as perhaps inevitable unless both sides are ready, while Dwight D. Eisenhower admits uncertain prospects for his own political path. The remarks juxtapose international tension with personal career ambiguity from two world leaders.
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Eamon de Valera
Eire
The Two Happiest Days in Office and Out
James F. Byrnes, former Secretary of State, reflects that the best moments in a political career are winning election and leaving office. The quote underscores the tension between achievement and exit in public service.
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James F. Byrnes
Kerr Craige Ramsay Likely Speaker in 1949 North Carolina House
Kerr Craige Ramsay of Rowan appears set to become speaker of the 1949 North Carolina House of Representatives. He reports pledges from about two thirds of the Democratic members and intends to meet every nominee before the fall election. Ramsay is arranging committee assignments to organize business promptly after the January 5 convening and will confer with Governor-nominee Kerr Scott and lieutenant governor candidate H. P. Taylor to avoid placing major chairmanships in the same county.
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House of Representatives
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H. P. Taylor
Senate
Rumor of Gilkey Lodge Sale in North Carolina State Area
Wildlife resources commission officials say no sale discussion occurred for Gilkey Lodge near Mount Mitchell in the state game management area. The lodge is unused this year for repairs. any sale would require competitive bids, governor approval, and public advertisement under state land rules.
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Mount Mitchell
Wildlife Resources Commission
Council of State
Political tensions over license plates in Jackson County
The story describes partisan friction around Cogdill Motor Co in Sylva as a Republican runs a favored station serving state cars and license plate distribution. Democrat heavy Jackson County sees pressure for fair treatment of service stations and state workers choosing wrecked-car service, with Col. Rosser noting efforts to direct work equitably among nearby shops.
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Carolina Otot Club
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Motor Vehicles Department
Dixiecrats Pressed in North Carolina Observers See Polio Like Spread
Polls in five counties reveal conflicting views on Dixiecrats and the Thurmond Wright ticket with widespread concern that the State’s Rights vote could depress turnout. Voters may abandon the Democratic slate without a clear third option, hurting overall participation.
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The Spiral of Youth and Ideology in Espionage Hearings
George Sokolsky argues that the espionage hearings echo 1934's Harold Ware group and warn that secular, unanchored youth become opportunists who pursue power. He cites Norman Thomas and Arch ibald MacLeish to lament loss of meaning and faith, predicting dire outcomes for those swayed by controversial movements. He warns of Wallace buttons and the peril facing untouched foundations.
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la Follette Committee
Washington
Charles Kramer
John Abt
Norman Thomas
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Lait
A column attacking cafe society and District Attorney Tom Hogan for investigating a charity gambling swindle. The piece mocks nightlife roisters and calls for ethical coverage while criticizing art and culture scandals and dismissing parts of the arts scene as unworthy.
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The Washington Story film by Drew Pearson examined as satire
Drew Pearson finishes a melodrama titled The Washington Story that centers on human venality in politics. He contrasts it with ballet and grand opera as commercial institutions and defends plain band music as more genuine art.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Hoi Polloi
Oil stocks ease motorists need not fear pinch
W A Bivins reports favorable oil and gasoline outlook from Frances Fiske of McGraw-Hill. New York says industry will run through summer with near 100 million barrels in storage and record output of 765 million gallons per week.
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Frances Fiske
McGraw-Hill Publishing Company
New York
Business Week
Capitol Square Buzz Centers on November Ballot
Voters appear to focus on the congressional state and local tickets while bypassing the presidential ballot. The November election outcome dominates discussions around capitol square as citizens and officials gauge possible results and implications.
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Capitol Square
Box mystery on LA taxi echoes mime of crime
A taxi driver explains a game using wrapped boxes in the glove compartment. He notes four of five men return the packages, while women often do not. Inside each box is only a note reading Crime Does Not Pay.
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Los Angeles
Singing Teacher Horizonta 1 6 Pictured singer 13 Gets up 15
A fragment from a puzzle page lists various clues and partial entries including a singing teacher, a pictorial singer, and other scattered terms such as poker stake, talking bird, and Spanish here. The jumble resembles a cross reference style crossword with numbers and incomplete entries.
Ghost writer linked to Stettinius memoirs at high price
Scattershot notes claim Professor Johnson of the University of Chicago History Department ghost-wrote ex Sec of State Stettinius memoirs. The piece notes Stettinius was at all F D R Big Three confabs, a fact cited as central to price. Other items mention Lee Shubert and Dwight Deere Wimann dropping a Ziegfeld Follies production, heavy betting on major league baseball races, and a letter from a St Louis woman using Beverly Hills as a pseudonym.
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University of Chicago History Department
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Stet
Lee Shubert
Dwight Deere Wiman
Beverly Hills
Enright Ave
St. Louis
Beverly Hill
Palm oil cost five times prewar in steel processing era
The note highlights that African palm oil used in steel plate processing costs about five times its pre World War II price. Also mentioned are the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at NYU, Canada’s 1946 newsprint production exceeding five times U.S. output, and Stibnite Idaho being named for an antimony ore.
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