Election Day and the push for a popular vote in presidential elections
The piece argues for amending the U S constitution to elect presidents by popular vote rather than the Electoral College. It notes risks of electors defying voters, highlights southern states’ influence, and urges citizens to contact senators and representatives to start the amendment process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Truman
United States
Truman
Mississippi
Maine
Washington
North Carolina
National Party Organization
Not Adolf Hitler Still Rumored to Be Alive in America
The piece dismisses rumors Hitler and Eva Braun survived the war and fled to the Americas or Winston-Salem North Carolina. It argues Hitler would not be back in painting houses and suggests if found he would likely be involved in other activities, while noting congressional auto dealer testimony about theft and deception.
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Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Berlin
South America
America
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Adolf
Austria
Hitler
Eva
Panama Canal
Political prognostications for 1952 Raleigh governor race
Column notes Governor Cherry's term winds down three weeks from January while Kerr Scott begins a four year term. Speculation centers on a western governor if rotation holds. Two names emerge as likely candidates: Wilkins Horton of Chatham County and Clyde Erwin, state superintendent of public instruction.
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Raleigh
Tennyson's Brook
Cherry
Kerr Scott
Alamance County
Wilkins P. Horton
Chatham County
Clyde Erwin
Local Contenders Grow Silent on Governor Run
By Lynn Nisbet voters in Wake County have backed a candidate for several years. Neither Erwin nor Horton has publicly committed, but friends say both have private commitments. For months school officials have noted Dr. Erwin’s interest in the governorship four years hence.
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Erwin
Horton
Horton Candidate Hails From Pittsboro in Ashe County
Horton from Pittsboro in Ashe County near the state center. He sits west of Roxboro in Person County where Reg Harris won the Western lieutenant governor post and west of Hillsboro in Orange County where Ian Graham sought the Western governor nomination after serving as Western lieutenant governor. Horton was a tenant governor with Hoey and ran in the 1940 governor primary when M Broughton was nominated in the east.
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Horton
Pittsboro
Atham County
Roxboro
Unty
Reg Harris
Hillsro
Orange County
Ian Graham
Clyde Erwin’s Career Path from Cleveland to State Superintendent
Clyde Erwin, born and raised in Cleveland, built years as a Rutherford County school official before moving to Raleigh to serve as state superintendent in 1934. He claims Cleveland County as his home, though remains closely tied to his earlier roots.
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Erwin Clyde Erwin
Cleveland
Rutherford County
Raleigh
Cleveland County
Dark horses in politics defy early prediction
Observers note the next North Carolina governor may emerge from an unexpected candidate just months before the primary. The piece recalls Kerr Scott and Ralph McDonald as examples of figures whose rise surprised their contemporaries and local factions.
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Kerr Scott
Ralph McDonald
Huey Forces
Forsyth County
Democratic governor hopeful in 1953 outlined
A long time state politics participant described a possible governor successor to Scott in 1953. The candidate would be a Democrat, likely under 50, with a strong civilian leadership record from the prior three years, not tied to any current Democratic faction, and war service viewed as a secondary asset. He or she might even be a woman.
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Scott
Democratic Party
Inaugural Pay and Barkley Beneath the Spotlight
The column questions inaugural funds and pay losses for Vice President elect Barkley and recounts Truman's Senate resignation timing. It notes increases in senator pay since 1945 and the public purse’s handling of ceremonial money amid grand celebrations and international charity impressions. It also mocks society pages and ends with a quip about a telephone misprint linked to Truman.
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Washington
Barkley
Truman
V. P
Senate
Mr. Truman
Missouri
Earl Clements
Kentucky
Mr. Barkley
Congressional
Paducah
Congress
Senator Barkley
Senora de Linares Aranda
Rio de Janeiro
Republican National Committee
Hudson
Clark H. Woodward
Quotes on energy and agriculture from early 20th century officials
W C Schroeder of the Bureau of Mines touts synthetic oil from coal and shale as an enduring U S supply. The South has longer growing season and rainfall than the Midwest. Robert M Salter warns Midwestern farmers must protect soil heritage or future generations may associate corn belt with the South.
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United States
W. C. Schroeder
U. S. Bureau of Mines
South
Midwest
Robert M. Salter
Bureau of Plant Industry, Agricultural Research Administration
Steel Output and Capacity Expansion in 1948
George Sokolsky notes 1948 steel output around 88 million tons, 3.1 million more than 1947, about 40 percent above 1939. U S capacity grew over 14 million tons raw steel and 19 percent blast furnace capacity since 1938, funded largely by profits. He argues for keeping profits reinvested and wary of higher taxes that could slow expansion and privatized growth.
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United States
California
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maryland
Tennessee
Virginia
Texas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
Treasury
Sage Robert Quillen a noted Fountain Inn writer dies
Robert Quillen 61 known as the Sage of Fountain Inn died in a Hendersonville nursing home on the 9th. Born March 25 1887 in Syracuse Kansas he lived in Fountain Inn South Carolina and left a legacy of witty humane writings including Letters of a Bald Headed Man to His Red Headed Daughter and A Wedding. His work mixed humor with wisdom and a folksy view of life.
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Sage
Robert Quillen
Hendersonville
Fountain Inn
South Carolina
North Carolina
Sidney Lanier
Georgia
Lynn
Quillen
Syracuse
Kans
Zheng
Will Rogers
Bill Nye
Asheville
Buncombe County
Emerson
Concord
Broadway gliterings and backstairs Broadway chatter
A tour through early 20th century showbiz notes highlights Shuffle Along revision plans with I. Gaumont producing, Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake scoring, Pearl Bailey and John Murray Anderson among contributors. Margaret Sullavan eyeing The Big Knife opposite John Garfield, while Moss Hart faces survival for Graboids style ventures and Runyon Fund profits.
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I. Gaumont
Noble Sissle
Eubie Blake
Pearl Bailey
the Berry Freres
John Murray Anderson
Margaret Sullavan
John Garfield
Clifford Odets
Whitney Bourne
Cole Porter
The
Daily Mirror
Menasha Skulnick
Frank Quinn
S. Chapman
Ceil Chapman
New Look
Runyon Fund
Fragmented dialogue on family roles and moral instruction
The excerpt discusses the triple responsibility of church home and school in raising children. A teacher asks for Bible guidance on polygamy and Freddy yields the quote No man shall serve two masters.
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New York State
Supreme Court
Nion
Freddy
Hollywood Book Deals and Literary Moves Reported
The Intelligentsia notes MGM paid 100000 for Edw Streeter's Father of the Bride. Trudi Michel’s Fell Pub Co accepted another work, with Scott Michel as collaborator. Guiliano the bandit reportedly in Rome chasing Mike Stern. Leonard Sillman's New Faces revisions eyed for Plaza Persian Room with two shows nightly.
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Hollywood
MGM
Streeter
Trudi Michel
Tin Pan Alley
Fell Pub. Co
Scott Michel
Guiliano
Rome
Mike Stern
Mike
Leonard Sillman
Plaza
Cosmopolitan
J. P. Marquand’s Jr
Whittlesey House
McGraw-fill
Msgr
Fulton J. Sheen
al Capp
Gazettes
Deadly Parallel and Time Magazine’s Risky Editorial Line
The piece critiques Time and Drew Pearson for prioritizing speed over accuracy in publishing scandal driven columns. It cites Time prospectuses promising sensational personal exposure and a Time-Life profile noting Henry Luce’s willingness to print scandals involving close friends.
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Drew Pearson
Pearson
C. D. Jackson
Time
Henry Luce
Wolcott Gibbs
Luce
Lincoln Highway Peak Sherman Hill Elevation Noted
Britannica notes asthma does not shorten life aside from heart impact. Sherman Hill in Wyoming marks the highest Lincoln Highway point at about 8,835 feet above sea level.
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Sherman Hill
Wyo
Romanian River War God Abounds in Prisons and Capers
A compact puzzle list blends clues for horizontal and vertical entries. It includes hints like a Romanian river and a war god with intersecting terms such as prisons, anticipate, and pieces about cosmetics and trees.
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Adolph
Jesse James
By Lynn Nisbet
Wake County
George Dixon
George Sokolsky
Soviet Russia
England
W. A. Bivins
Winchell
New York
John Barrymore
Pater
Maurice Barrymore
Pop
Ethel Merman
Delmonico
J. Feder
Val Irving
Annie
Maxwell Anderson
Anne
Rex Harrison
Joyce Redman
Max
Charles Boyer
Jed Harris
Rodgers and Hart
Kelly
Garland
Allyson
Horne
Como
Rooney
Ooh-La-Lamarr
Christopher Blake
Joan Leslie
Jack Oakie
Heebie & Jeebie
Lone Ranger
Bob Monroe
Ellen Drew
John Payne
Bob Towers
Cardinal
Channel Seven
ABC
Club Seven
M. Berley
George Jean Nathan Price
Benj
Whichcote
Wm. Hazlitt
Lao- Tsze
L Conklin
Henry L. Menckenson
Ali
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