The Big Question for Stevenson in Presidential Race
The Pantagraph questions endorsing Adlai Stevenson without reservation due to his party’s 20 year control and record. It asks if Stevenson and the Democrats can enact needed reforms or if a party change is required this fall. The Enterprise echoes this doubt while considering future stance.
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Adlai Stevenson
Bloomington
II.) Pantograph
Stevenson
Illinois
United States
Harry Truman
Cratic
Harriman
Estes
Kefauver
Oscar
Tipeae
Tyler
Illiam
Henry Harison
John Tyler
Lincoln
United States valued at one trillion dollars in 1940s study
A U S News and World Report calculation places America's total wealth at about one trillion dollars, excluding oil, coal and underground minerals. Homes lead with $190 billion, followed by land $160 billion and other assets. total reach contrasts with a then public and private debt of $511 billion.
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U. S. News and World Report
Uncle Sam
United States
Grim statistics spotlight motor vehicle dangers and lax inspections
The article cites widespread lapses in vehicle and driver regulation across states, noting few states require compulsory inspections and many lack oversight. It highlights high accident fatalities, causes such as faulty brakes and speeding, and stresses the need for stricter, uniform state rules to reduce risk and insurance costs.
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District of Columbia
National Safety Council
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
South Dakota
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
South Carolina
Quaker Stand on Disarmament Viewed as By-Passing Reality
The piece argues that Quakers aim for eternal peace yet encounter emotional conflict in wartime. It highlights the American Friends Service Committee's peace efforts with Soviet Russia and claims their path ignores the ongoing Soviet threat to the United States as essential to Marxist triumph.
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American Friends Service Com
Mittee
United States
Soviet Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Stalin
Far East
Soviet Union
America
Potsdam
Rumania
Bulgaria
Poland
Albania
Austria
Germany
Berlin
Korea
United Nations
Differences Between Eisenhower and Stevenson as Leaders
The writer contrasts Eisenhower as a man of action with Stevenson as a scholar though both share core democratic values. He cites their strengths in action and rhetoric, notes their Illinois and European leadership, and recalls Harsch’s view that the center dominates public life. The piece also touches on Indian relations, Eva Peron’s funeral, and postwar defense and disarmament debates.
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Joseph C. Harsch
Washington
Christian Science For
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Woodrow Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
North
Europe
Illinois
Withal
Harsch
Chicago
Great West
Gallup
N. M
West Point
New Mexico
Long stands firm at Chicago convention defies loyalty pledge
Sen. Russell B. Long of Louisiana, youngest Senate member at 33, defended his Chicago convention stance after refusing to sign a loyalty pledge. He read Louisiana’s majority-rule reply, defended not walking out, and announced a trip abroad to inspect North Atlantic air bases. He blamed Dixiecrat leaders for pressuring a Republican shift and said the debate would continue with no regrets. He travels with the Senate Armed Services Committee to North Atlantic bases.
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Washington
NEA
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Huey
Congress
Greenland
Europe
North Africa
Chicago
Senator Long
Louis Roussel
Lonnie Autin
Robert F. Kennon
Sam Jones
Allen J. Ellender
Leander Perez
Russell Long
Long
Senate
Jimmy Morrison
U. S
Senate Armed Services Committee
Louisiana State Central Committee
Stevenson
Sparkman
General Eisenhower
Leander Pere
Plaquemines Parish
Truman
Kennon
Virginia
South Carolina
Roussel
Autin
PULL UP A CHAIR And Other Transient News Snippets
A collage of short items touches on digestion glands in humans, French dog sitters, shopping habits of housewives, political quips from Morganton NC, and a perfume with chlorophyll. It notes a Cincinnati drive in movietheatre, prison humor exchanges, washing machine sales patterns, and aphorisms about strangers.
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France
Morganton
N. C
News-Herald
Cincinnati
CIO Canners and Packers Union
Quote roundup shows partisan lines and witticisms
A compilation of remarks from Gen William Nuckoly GOP chairman Guy Gabrielson Eisenhower and others critiques party differences and American attitudes. Includes jabs at Texans receptionists Mae West and Karl Mundt on information exchange and anti Russian propaganda.
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Guy Gabrielson
GOP
Russia
Sen
Karl FE
Mundt
State Department
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Nebraska
Wisconsin
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
EVITA
Buenos Aires
Eva Peron
Congress Building
Confederation of Labor Unions
Peron
High Point
Governmet
Robin Hood
Argentina
Peter Edson
Rutherford B. Hayes
U.S. Grant
van Buren
Philadelphia
Chemical Week
William P. Nuckoly
Dwight D. Eisenhower
David Rice
New York Stock) Exchange
Stock Exchange
Catherine Whittemore
Mae West
Douglas MacArthur
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