Kerr Craige Ramsay Dies in Salisbury at Young Age
North Carolina mourns Kerr Craige Ramsay longtime speaker of the House who died suddenly in Salisbury of a heart attack. A rising political figure who had declined a 1952 gubernatorial bid, Ramsay was seen as a future governor or U.S. legislator. His death leaves a large void in state government and the Ramsay family mourns publicly.
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North Carolina
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Salisbury
House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Ramsay
Theron Lamar Caudle
Htim
Lucky Luciano
Arthur Godfrey
Danny Davis
The
Modernaires
Paula Kelly
Dick Brown
Gus Kahn
Blue Angel
Annette Warren
Mr. Soandio
E. R. Anderson
Anderson
West End
Wendell
Wake County
Raleigh
High Point
Peru
Chile
Doc
Washington
Winston-Salem
The Millionth Death in Traffic Sparks Public Wakeup Call
A columnist warns the United States nears its one millionth automotive traffic death, tracing back to 1899. He notes 19,000 yearly deaths on average and urges public pressure on legislators to adopt measures that could cut the toll by half, asking if another family tragedy is needed to prompt action.
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United States
America
Russia
China
United Nations
Sam
Smart Highway Woes In North Carolina
North Carolina's state highway plan triggers criticism as two major routes from Chapel Hill to Durham and Raleigh face simultaneous widening. The Raleigh road is closed while the Durham route bears heavy traffic, slowing speeds to 25 mph in places. The writer questions the planning process and the rationale behind simultaneous construction and order of work.
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State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Durham
Raleigh
University of North Carolina
Stooge King criticizes Caudle over tax probe
Cecil R King chairing the House tax investigating subcommittee denounces T Lamar Caudle as unfit for the tax prosecutor post while arguing the Truman administration bears responsibility for Caudle and the system that placed him in power. The piece labels Caudle a cog and stooge in Trumanism and calls for broader government renewal beyond removing individuals.
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Cecil R. King
House
T. Lamar Caudle
King
Lamar Caudle
Truman
Caudle
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
McGrath
Trumanites
Lamar
Baton as a weapon: conductor charged in Chicago
A Chicago incident sees a first violinist accuse an opera conductor of striking him with a baton during Madame Butterfly. The conductor denies the attack but apologizes amid threats to pull the orchestra, recalling past baton mishaps by Harry Richman and underscoring the wand as a potentially dangerous instrument.
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Chicago
Singeross Petrillo
Sicians’ Union
Harry Richman
Richman
Washington gossip and Caudle in tax probe spotlight
In Washington the talk centers on Theron Lamar Caudle and a widening tax investigation. Officials deny familiarity with Caudle while connections to McClellan, Roy, McGrath, and others surface. Mrs. Shyrl Menkin captivates witnesses, with a Broadway tone and sharp commentary on political theater.
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Shyrl Menkin
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Editors and publishers linked to Eisenhower book and Soviet ties
John Gunther credits two editors Joseph Barnes and Ken McCormick with helping Ike Eisenhower finish Crusade in Europe. The article connects Barnes to broader Cold War charges, citing testimony about Barnes and Lattimore as alleged Soviet agents and a pattern of defense of Stalinist policy, while noting no conflicting evidence of Barnes’s Republican affiliation.
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John Gunther
Look
Eisenhower
Europe
Joseph Barnes
New York Herald Tribune
Ken McCormick
Doubleday and Company
Joan Gunther
Joe Barnes
Wendell Willkie
One World
Willkie
Institute of Pacific Relations
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
E. C. Carter
Owen Lattimore
Barnes
Field
Alexander Barmine
Athens
McCarran
Berzin
Eastland
Barmine
Senator Eastland
Lattimore
Mr. Barnes
Karl Wittfogel
Senator Ferguson
Harvard
Dr. Wittfogel
Morris
Peters
Frederick Vanderbilt) Field
American Communist Party
Mr. Field
Central Park West
New York
Communist Party
Tin Cans and Other Notes From High Point
A clipped Alfred Sun item notes defense needs for tin and steel in cans, with High Point officials stating no local requests yet and scrap-metal drives continuing. It also covers production boosts, machine tool contracts, chinchilla hobby, blackmail in international politics, local theft watch, and a bus seat gesture by five gallant men.
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G. H. Hobart
West Farriss Avenue
Alfred
N. Y
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Frank J. Sizemore, Jr
High Point
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George Dixon
Caudie
James Bennett
Missus
Senator McClellan
Arkansas
Army
Kenneth Royall
Larson
Rep. Boykin
Alabama
FDR
Jim Barnes
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Oliphant
Internal Revenue
Mrs. Menkin
Teitelbaum
White House
President Truman
Oswald P. Ford
National Health Council
Ike Eisenhower
George Sokolsky
Wittfogel
McCarran Committee
Mr. Stalin
Comintern
Whittaker Chambers
Walter Winchell
Henry Fonda
Hell
Mary
London
Broadway
Katharine Cornell
Nina
the Royale
Gloria Swanson
Philly
Dorothy
Roger MacDougall
Cornwallis
Jackie Eliason
South Pacific
Doris Day
Thomas
Amiia
Pandora
Ava Gardner
James Mason
Linda Darnell
Superman and the
Mole Man
Bartlett Robinson
H. Fonda
Variety
New Haven
Clare Boothe Luce
Ing
Boston
Marijane Marile
Barton
U. of Texas
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Dallas
Charles Laughton
Drama Desk
Shaw
Jimmy Durante
Ethel Barrymore
Margaret Truman
Bob Montgomery
M. Wallace
Buff Cobb
Vivian Blaine
Jack Barry
Abc-Tv
Hope
Lester
Allen
Berle
Wally Cox
Tallulah Bankhead
Thelma Ritter
Jeanne Crain
Alfred Sun
Carolinas
W. A. Bivins
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