Hodges Brings Practical Efficiency to North Carolina Senate
Luther Hodges, new lieutenant governor candidate, wins praise for streamlining the State Senate. Supporters say his businesslike approach combines economies with efficiency, while critics fear political backlash. Hodges believes good business is the best politics and aims to reform the Senate without compromising principles.
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North Carolina
State Senate
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Luther Hodges
United Nations’ General Assembly
North Carolina Senate
Hodges
Senate
New York Top-Flight Prosecutor Target For Combats
An assortment of items notes Walter Winchell remarks on Chiang Kai-shek’s health, Lattimore reconsideration, local theater pieces, and media gossipy items. It mentions Zolotow, McCord, and others with snappy blurbs about false advertising and a religious novel author, plus a pendant note on a former Communist editor and punk alias.
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S B. McCord
Copenhagen
Variety
John Cosgrove
MacDougal St
N. Y. Powst
Senate Internal Security Committee
Henry Chamberlin
the Freeman
Arthur Lawson
Lague
McGranery Elevates Justice Department Reform
Since his April appointment as Attorney General James McGranery has revitalized the DOJ. He has revived FBI use, reopened and docketed cases, and cooperated with Congress, notably the Chelf and McCarran committees, to pursue subversives and espionage linked to American UN workers. Roy Cohn serves as a key aide in this effort.
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FBI
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Chelf
Congress
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United Nations
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Roy Co
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Cohn
Arthur Adams
Owen Lattimore
Tydings
Pat McCarran
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Adlai Stevenson
General Eisenhower
Washington to face clash on union shop in new era
Editor notes Douglas Larson reports that early next spring the new administration will collide with labor over union shop conditions across industries. Industry expects a tough stance, unions plan aggressive bargaining, and railroads may face pressure to accept union security measures as the administration shapes labor policy.
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Labor
General Electric
Douglas
Lockheed Aircraft
Ent
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Congress
Hartley to fill temporary YMCA post after retirement plans
Edgar Hartley, longtime YMCA leader in the Carolinas, is drafted to a temporary secretaryship following J Wilson Smith's death last summer. Supporters urge guarding his retirement after a long service that shaped the local YMCA program, while stressing his need for rest and ongoing personal associations.
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YMCA
Carolinas Organization
J. Wilson Smith
Cairo to Host $2.2 Million Nile Hotel Project
Cairo Spins From Egypt reports the Egyptian Development Company formed in Cairo plans a $2.2 million 300 room hotel on the Nile with Egyptian investors providing half. London club owner involved. Johnny Myers to fly in for talks alongside U. S. magnate Howard Hughes's associate.
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Egyptian Development Company
Cairo
Nile
London
Johnny Myers
U. S
Howard Hughes
Shephard’s
Napoleon
Island
Elba
Christmas Rush Sparks Fracas at Large Store
A Christmas shopping rush ends in a tense exchange when a clerk grumbles about the crowd while a shopper retorts that the scene is a private home. The remark underscores the strain of the holiday season and the clash of expectations in a busy retail setting.
Jails Population Drops, Yet Many Stay Uncharged, Says FBI
The Federal Bureau of Prisons reports a decline in inmates nationwide, but concerns rise as many offenders who should be imprisoned remain at large. The note highlights systemic gaps in prosecutorial outcomes and public safety implications across jurisdictions.
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Federal Bureau of Prisons
Greenville
S.C
Piedmont
Balancing the Year a New York Times Insight
The piece reflects on the December solstice shifting daylight from decreasing to increasing hours. It notes the early sunset, longer nights, and the warmth of fires as the year balances its accounts. It celebrates moonlit, starry winter nights and the call to enjoy bright, cold hours.
Words of the Wise Reflections on virtue against evil
A short quotation attributed to George Eliot on doing good even without knowing its exact form. It frames virtue as aligning with a divine power, widening light and narrowing the struggle with darkness. The note presents a moral meditation rather than a news item.
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George Eliot
Free Men And Possibilities Columns Reflections
W A Bivins reviews language limits and nonviolence in Quaker ideals while praising Sheraton Hotel renovations and tracing presidential numbering quirks. The piece blends essays on freedom, pacifism, artistry, and historical president sequencing for a midsized High Point audience.
Right Enough Courtroom Bread Quip Echoes Lawyer Client
A witty exchange unfolds in which a client jokes that his office is as hot as an oven because he makes bread there, while the lawyer asserts the need to earn more bread beyond any hellish hinge.
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Newbold Morris White
Grover Cleveland
United States
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Wiliam McKinley
Cleveland
Harry S. Truman
Fdr
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