Dixiecrats Move Closer to North Carolina Ballot Fight
Close observers say Dixiecrat candidates may appear on the North Carolina ballot after petitions are checked for registered voters. The move pits state election officials and the attorney general against party pressures as to timing and legal interpretations, with potential shifts in congressional and state races if Truman supporters fail to vote or Republicans gain momentum.
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North Carolina
Thurmond
Truman
State Board of Elections
County Board of Elections
State
Harry McMullen
Hubert Olive
Dixiecrat
Ndt
Dixiecrats
Superior Court
W. H. “Buck” Harris
Wake County
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Congress
Dean
Doughton
Jones
Bulwinkle
Dewey
Army chief of staff denounces caste system critique
General Omar Bradley defends the Army structure, arguing incentives keep the system functioning. He responds to criticism of the caste framework and emphasizes the role of discipline and hierarchy in national defense.
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Omar Bradley
Army Chief of Staff
Capitol Square Write-In Move Eyed For Dixiecrat Bid
At press time the Dixiecrat State's Rights party has not sued to force ballot inclusion for Thurmond Wright. Some backers seek write-in votes while awaiting secretary of state action on accepting a slate of presidential electors pledged to Thurmond and Wright. Plans exist to file if courts deny party recognition.
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State’s Rights Party
State Board of Elections
Thurmond
Wright
Secretary of State
Court scrutiny could seed ballot for Progressives
The state board admitted the Progressives as a new party and denied the other group. States Rights planned to pursue court action. Petitions return to county elections chairs for registration checks. if ten thousand or more valid signers exist in their home precincts, courts may order ballot placement for the new party.
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Progressives
States Rights
Confusing Provisions in Election Laws Spark Ballot Doubts
The article notes discord among statutes on ballot access ten thousand voter petitions ninety days before elections rules about presidential electors and write in votes. It discusses whether the State's Righters can use the group of petitioners clause if their party cannot be placed on the ballot and potential court actions.
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State Board
Wallace Progressives File Petitions Under Protest
Deadline passed for new party petitions with 10 000 certified voters who did not participate in May or June primaries. State's Righters filed about 13 000 names as part of the petition, under challenge.
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Wallace Progressives
Board of Elections
Bolting and the 1933 Electoral Process Debate
The piece argues that under the 1933 act North Carolinians merely mark party candidates, while electors actually choose the president. It questions whether electors are legally bound to honor the party nominee or if their duty is only moral, noting the odd system that shapes American presidential selection.
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Truman
Democratic Party
Thurmond
Dewey
Wallace
State election board may set write-in ballot place
The state board of elections may designate a proper place on ballots for write-in names. Election law covers spoiled ballots when a voter writes a name at an improper spot. Precinct officials could deem the ballot mutilated or spoiled.
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State Board of Elections
Friday the 13th musings and city water stain note
Casual Comment by W A Bivins contemplates Friday the 13th lore and Christian pagan influences while noting a city water system report on manganese dioxide stains in enameled bathroom fixtures. The piece ends with a humorous aside about household chores and the city water department.
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Woden
Jesus
Greensboro
William Lybrook
Lybrook
High Point
Sam
City Water Department
Wordplay on political terms and candidate denial
An exchange notes the phrase most overworked in politics is denies. It recalls past overused terms like outstanding, linking a candidate's need to deny opponent claims to avoid overused rhetoric.
Russian Consulate Suicide Highlights Cold War Fear
Mrs. Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina, a Russian teacher, leaped from a third story window at the Russian consulate in New York rather than face detention. She survived and is in Roosevelt Hospital, expected to testify about Russian spy work in America. The case underscores harsh Soviet treatment of anti communist citizens and the need to teach American liberty.
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Oksana Stepanova Kosenkina
New York
Roosevelt Hospital
New York City
America
Russia
Don Quixote and President Truman Compare
The piece contrasts Don Quixote as a pompous fool with President Truman and discusses how leadership and party control affect the passage of legislation. It notes that a strong president can push a program despite party lines, while warning that next term success requires an adequate agenda.
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Don Quixote
Kee-o-ty
Cervantes
Truman
SITTER AIDES AND EXTRA NOTES FROM COURANT CLIPPED
A Hartford Courant fragment notes a college nephew signing up to babysit till midnight within ten miles of campus. It adds two light items about food prices and an Indiana farmer hosting a Sunday table for 11 known guests and three uncertain relatives.
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Indiana
Hartford Courant
Factually Diverse Natural Traits and Observations
The text lists traits of the platypus and general animal differences such as lions vs tigers hair, notes on interbreeding, Tibet rice as a luxury, origin of chairs as thrones, birds insulation and lack of sweat glands, and farm tools hazards. It reads like a miscellany of nonfiction statements with no single news event.
FTC ruling hurts small business and aids big firms
The piece argues that the Federal Trade Commission and the Supreme Court have undermined basing point rules, increasing transportation costs and price variability. It claims decentralization needs for war security clash with FTC decisions, harming small firms while benefiting large multiform manufacturers. The author asserts government policy favors big business and criticizes anti-small-business effects of the basing point doctrine.
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Offbeat Fishing Tale and Hotel Spoon Prank
A Virginia Beach columnist recounts a comic fishing misadventure with Gen. Joseph F. Battley a former Baruch wife known as Jane Cook and a character called Banjo. The crew hooks a giant sea turtle on a tiny line, prompting bragging and disbelief from Ocean View residents. A Camden New Jersey letter to Sidney Banks of the Cavalier hotel describes a wife who steals spoons from hotels and the futility of unmarked silverware. President Truman’s bulletproof railcar is noted as a separate item in progress.
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Field and Stream
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Hartwig Baruch, Jr
Bernard Baruch
Joseph F. Battley
Banjo
Chesapeake Bay
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Gen. Battley
Baruch
Norfolk
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Chesapeake
Camden
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Cavalier
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Theotel
President Truman
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Last in Las Vegas to Beverly Hills
Las Vegas adviser Adler, linked to Bugsy Siegel era Flamingo, is ousted by mob. Moe Sedway rises at Flamingo. Conrad secures Olympians film rights review. City Clerk notes marriages amid a talky scene. Puerto Rican airlift voters eyed as politics. Saratoga season troubles with gambling decline and empty tables. Nocturne recalls a moonlit terrace, and a flurry of movement in New York society columns.
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Sanford Adler
Flamingo
Bugsy Siegel
Siegel
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Moe Sedway
New York
Cops
Bugsy
Adler
Los Angeles
Murray Stand
Sans Music
Norman Rettig
Betty Lou Hamilton
Powers
Saratoga
Spa
Kaye Thompson
Williams Brothers
Joe
Lewis
Campaign Swing Adds Oil Stove Only New Gear
Report notes a political campaign tour adding only an oil burning cook stove as new equipment while skipping any fresh promotional roasts for pigeons released in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Military Leader Puzzle Clue Rich Word Grid
A cryptic style list of military and historical terms appears with numbered clues and cross references. The column mixes Gaelic and English hints such as Ireland, Belgium, Roman, and Swiss rivers, plus fur types and beverages. The fragment resembles a newspaper puzzle page layout with multiple entries and wordplay prompts.
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U. S
Word Puzzle Clue Grid Reveals Historic Terminology
A vertical word puzzle lists clues such as Charges Get up and various cross references like Indian, German, and Arabian terms. The grid hints at a classic cryptic style with phrases including top hat and repulse, suggesting a themed set of crossword entries read in order.
Quotes On Postwar Policy And Global Fight For Freedom
A collection of wartime and postwar voices including Harry S Truman Frances Perkins Lucius D Clay C R Hope Tito and William H Draper Jr urging realism in politics criticizing isolationism and stressing resolve against communism while supporting European recovery and grain supply.
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