Great Leader Praise Sparks Mixed Reactions at Raleigh Dinner
National Democratic Chairman Frank E. McKinney hailed Harry S. Truman as a great leader at the North Carolina Jackson Day Dinner in Raleigh, though many attendees doubted the label. The event spotlighted Amstead support, Hodges and Rowe dialogue, and quips about Governor Kerr Scott and a brass donkey photo moment.
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Frank E. McKinney
North Carolina
Raleigh
Harry S. Truman
Truman
McKinney
Scott
Amstead
Charles M. Johnson
Bill
Umstead
Wilmington
Executive Mansion
McCarthy Attacks Time Magazine Threats Raised In Defense Of Press Freedom
The piece argues McCarthy’s threats to Time Magazine threaten press freedom and intimidate a national news outlet over critical coverage. It defends the right to publish adverse material and warns that silencing the press endangers democratic liberties and free discourse.
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Time
McCarthy
Egypt and Sudan on Middle East Command and Sudan future
Reports say Egypt may accept a Middle East Command to guard Suez if Britain withdraws and King Farouk is recognized in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. Egypt has unilaterally ended the joint Sudan governance, but the Sudanese show little desire for Egyptian rule, suggesting UN settlement may be needed.
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Middle East
Suez
Farouk
Sudan
Fense
Britain
Egypt
United Nations
Morpheus
Piedmont
The Sheik Down Davies Yacht Deal And A Chambers Tale
Oil magnate Ralph K Davies buys a $250000 yacht for Kuwait’s sheikh in a deal framed as cultural diplomacy. The piece also recounts Alger Hiss handling by Whittaker Chambers and the publisher scramble to secure his manuscript with Time and Curtis Publishing in a chaotic chain of events.
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Ralph K. Davies
Harold L
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Saudi Arabia
Iraq
Shake
White Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Westminster
Ohain Tk
Time
Communist Party
Mbers
Henry Luce
Luce
Curtis Publishing Co
Maryland
New York
Manhattan
Time Magazine
These Days Birthday of Lincoln Recalls Lost Ideals
A reflective column argues Lincoln's birthday invites moral reckoning with national history. It contrasts past unity over the Union with modern corruption, warns against excess and forgetfulness of God, and urges humility and penitence in national conduct.
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Lincoln
Harding
Quotes on President Candidate Choice by Indiana Official
W O Hughes, Indiana state representative, critiqued the Pendergast Pentagon alliance and urged for a civilian presidential candidate. He argued Republicans avoid hiding behind uniforms and boiled shirts, signaling a demand for plainspoken leadership.
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Pentagon
Ae.w. O. Hughes
Indiana
Air Force hires Australian women for Japan duty
The U S Air Force recruiting 250 Australian women as stenographers for service in Japan after American applicants failed to take the jobs. Pay runs 3245 to 3482 annually with overseas 10 percent bonus. transport home paid. Australia offers cost savings and 20 percent lower wages. Transport to Japan from Australia cited as cheaper than from the United States.
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Nea
U. S. Air Force
Australia
Japan
Air Force
States
Notable editorials on Harold Ickes and North Carolina writers
The fragment cites editorials on Harold Ickes’s life and career, mentions Greensboro writer Burke Davis praising Inglis Fletcher, and reflects on Fletcher’s Eastern North Carolina colonial novels. It discusses Ickes’s humor and independence and includes reminiscences of coastal and eastern North Carolina history and storytelling.
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Harold Ickes
Interior
Christian Science Monitor
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