Burney Case Exonerates Judge After Investigation
The Burnsey case is cleared as Governor Scott and media faced criticism for premature claims. Investigative findings by the governor's counsel and the SBI show Judge John J. Burney did not drink, instead suffering diabetes and illness, taking medications that caused dizziness. The piece urges apologies from officials and editors and reflects on veterans' pensions politics.
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John J. Burney
Scott
Cumberland Superior Court
Elmer Long
SBI
Burney
Judge Burney
Fayetteville
Veterans pensions debate mirrors wartime generations
Column argues against a universal 90 dollar monthly pension for all WWI and WWII veterans upon reaching 65. It emphasizes support for disability care and education programs, cautions that younger WWII veterans would pay for older veterans through taxes and higher prices, and notes the impracticality of a blanket pension.
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Veterans’ Hospital
City Slickers and the City Status of Newton
The piece notes a legislative change renaming Newton from a town to a city and questions the urgency of city status for North Carolina towns. It contrasts town and city, praising towns, and laments Newton joining the city class in 1949 under a governor seeking to aid rural areas against city interests.
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Newton
Siler City
Tabor City
Morehead Ciy
North Carolina
Charlotte
High Point
Tar Heels
City of
Acheson Denounces Stalin Offer as Threat to World Peace
Secretary of State Acheson says the hopes of hundreds of millions depend on peace and condemns using peace as a pawn. He rebukes Stalin’s offer to meet with President Truman as a dangerous move in global tensions.
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Acheson
Stalin
Truman
Quote from Jean Cocteau and James Hilton
A pair of quotations critique film language and social perception. Cocteau remarks on a grand welcoming woman and a distant son in a New York apartment. Hilton jokes that the movie industry suffers from adjective inflation.
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New York
Jean Cocteau
Peeping Toms Opinion From Thom asville Column
W A Bivins opines on the Peeping Tom case in Thom asville suggesting guilt may not be fully moral, calling for psychiatric evaluation and debate on causes. He condemns voyeurism, cites striptease influence, and jokes about nudist colonies as potential cures, ending with a Wordsworth quote.
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Thomasville
Memphis Bank Heist Sparks Debate On Burglar Alarms
In Memphis two robbers robbed a bank of 43000 and fled in minutes leaving staff and customers shocked. The piece urges stronger burglar alarms, night patrols, and notes praise for local police while warning of rising crime waves and calling for moral reform.
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Memphis
Tenn
High Point
Robert Burns
Hell
Ministers Push State Wide Referendum On ABC Liquor Stores
Local ministers back Senator Penny's bill for a state-wide vote on ABC stores. If passed voters would choose dry or wet state status, with dry counties barred from ABC stores and wet states allowing liquor shops. They warn of renewed bootlegging if federal laws shift control.
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Penny
ABC
Commonwealth
Deserving Wife Aims To Spare Zeke From Evil
In this town Zeke Wilson’s wife endures his drinking and roistering. After a night of poker and tippling Steve Harlow, both men return home to her. She serves them supper and explains she aims to keep Zeke happy in this world since all his joy may come now.
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Zeke Wilson
Zeke
Steve Harlow
Wilson
Steve
White House
U. S
Ferdinand Eberstadt
J. Edgar Hoover
Palm Beach
Broadway
Georgia Court of Appeals
Emory Burke
Burke
Columbians
Secrecy Doubts On Atomic Bomb Size Cited
Dr J A Campbell of Oberlin College notes the explosive core of an atomic device weighs about 20 to 30 pounds and forms a sphere roughly three to four inches in diameter despite talk of secrecy.
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J. A. Campbell
Peacon of Chemistry
Oberlin College
Sooty Hogs and Coal Diets Stir Senate Lunch Talk
Senator Kilgore reports a hog farmer feeding pigs soft coal and whole milk to fatten them, prompting quips from Senator Tydings and questions to the Agriculture Department. Experts note coal's high calories but no official data or endorsement for such a diet.
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Washington
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Kilgore
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Agriculture
Preston Richards
Clifton D. Lowe
Animal Husbandry Division
Dr. Lowe
Winchell’s Salon Gossip Mixes Royals and Rumors
A sprawling, stylized roundup traces celebrity feuds and flirtations from Errol Flynn intrigues to Earl Farouk, with Jimmy Hines and Cordell Hull mentioned in passing. It notes a life of nightlife, politics, and upcoming book deals, while lampooning postwar high society and GOP tensions.
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Secy.or
Cordell Hall
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Lew Cowans
Tammany Hall
Jimmy Hines
Feds
Paradox Dept
Miami Beach
New York Feuilleton Snippets Stir Readers Across Celebrities
A collage notes high society, diplomacy, theater and politics with figures from Hopkins to Bowles. Gossip touches Columbia, Morris and Mayer stars, a British diplomat’s patch up, real estate friction, and jazz age chatter about Melba Vasey and Hildegarde.
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Hopkins
Columbia U’s
Jester
L. A. Mayer
New View
Jerry
Dorothy Patrick
Yahooey
Chester Bowles
New Conn. Gov
U. S
Mit
Walton Bobst
Melba Vasey
Bagatelle
Petrillo
Hildegarde
Collier's
Republicans Fail To Offer A Coherent Program Say Critics
Washington column notes GOP spokesmen like Dewey Taft Lodge Scott Peterson and Peterson offer criticisms but little positive policy. The piece argues Democrats hold a clear program backed by federal data while Republicans remain an “against” party lacking a constructive agenda.
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Nage
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Saturday Evening Post
Republican Party
GOP
Congress
Lincoln
Lodge
Peterson
Omaha
Scott
Charlie Eck
Washington
NEA
Thomas E. Dewey
Taft
Ohio
Massachusetts
National Committee
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Val Peterson
Nebraska
Dewey
Truman
McKinley
Niles
Household Pet Horizontal and Vertical Word Puzzle
Word list clues span a grid theme with hints about birds beasts foods and places. Each line presents cross reference clues for horizontal and vertical directions in a mixed puzzle format.
Blessed Event At N Campbells Summer Home
A social brief notes an upcoming blessed event at the N Campbell residence in summer involving Mrs Mable W Campbell composer of Ramona and Little Spanish Town. Ellen Ardler returns from abroad in July to wed a musician awaiting divorce. Mary Mulhern ill and Mae West production costs to be recouped in five weeks amid box office receipts of eighteen thousand dollars last Tuesday. The Pacific Hopper led by J Benny, with a second place 30.2 score.
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N. Campbells
Campbell
Mable W
Ellen
Stella Ardler
Jane Wyman
Lew Ayres
Ronald Reagan
Mary Mulhern
H. Cushing
Arlene Dah
Windsor
Mae West
Pacific Hopper
J. Benny
Vetter Seeks Veterans Support At Republican Meeting
Charles T. Vetter Jr. promotes veteran and youth outreach at the Republican National Committee gathering in Omaha amid party unity talk.
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Charles T. Vetter, Jr
Omaha
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