Wallace forms third party bid for president
Henry Wallace, once a Republican and then a Democrat, is organizing an unnamed third party and seeks its presidential nomination. Senator Glenn Taylor has been approached as a potential running mate. The piece notes Wallace’s anti Marshall Plan stance, asserts splinter parties reflect protest without a new philosophy, cites petition hurdles in North Carolina, and claims the Daily Worker endorsed him.
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Henry Wallace
Glenn Taylor
Capitol
Paul Revere
Wallace
Eisenhower
North Carolina
State Board of Elections
Russia
Socialist Party
Prohibition Party
Teddy Roosevelt
Senator LaFollette
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Truman
The
Daily Worker
Price of neglect: commission eyes a bigger future for education
The presidents commission on higher education warns of a decades long impact from underfunded schooling. It proposes doubling college enrollment by 1960 with federal aid covering 20 percent of non veteran students, costing about 1.0 billion dollars by 1960, and expanding state roles amid opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Commission On Higher Education
Great Britain
Russia
New York
Taft Hartley Act and its effect on strikes
The article notes fewer major strikes since Taft Hartley became law and discusses mediation trends. It contrasts the old and new conciliation services and notes a national strike threat by Western Union telegraph operators was averted by mediation. It questions whether observed changes are due to the act or coincidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Conciliation Service
Labor Department
Perkins
Mr. Schwellenbach
Christmas Froggies and a Reluctant Child
A narrator recalls hating a school Christmas pageant and being forced to wear a frog costume. He mocks the age old ritual, criticizes Miss Carruthers and his mother, and laments the social pressure of holiday performances. He prefers aging and crankiness over participating in childish productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Jessel
Hattie
Miss Carruthers
Carruthers
Baxter
Tobet Todd Sherry
Mrs. Sherry
Sherman Billingsley
Scrooge
Jacob Marley
Tiny Tim
Anne of Green Gables
Feng Yu-hsiang the Christian General and his shifting loyalties
This piece traces Feng Yu-hsiang once called the Christian general, his mutinous moves against Chang Tso-lin, later joining Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, then courting Soviet Russia and anti Chiang propaganda. It frames his alliances as opportunistic within wartime China and reflects U.S. stance on arming Chinese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Tsao Kun
Wu Pei-fu
Feng Yuhsiang
Tsao
Chang Tso-lin
Manchuria
Kuan Ti
Feng
Peking
Mukden
Great Wall of China
Feng Yu-hsiang
YMCA
Chiang Kai-shek
Hankow
Ane
Mi Borodin
Known
New Life Movement
United States
Iang Kai-shek
Soviet Russia
Chiang
Grateful Christmas Gifts From Local Friends
W A Bivins recalls gifts from Lonnie Futrelle and coal from D W Hunter and Mrs. Hunter. He praises Lonnie Futrelle as a rising farmer and insurance worker, notes Red Hunter as a respected coal dealer and North Carolina Retail Coal Dealers Association president, and mentions R L Freeman and Camels. He wishes readers a happy New Year and reflects on grace.
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A. E
Lonnie
Deep River Church
D. W
North Carolina Retail Coal Dealers Association
R. L. Freeman
Wellington Road
R. L
Co- Operative Club
Dr. Sunshine
Mr. Freeman
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General Marshall
Stalin
the Mad House
George Dixon
George Sokolsky
W. A. Bivins
Charles Wesley
Jesus
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