Spy scandal across Canada and U S sparks cold war alarm
The piece argues that Russian spies have gained or influenced officials in Canada and possibly the United States, securing atomic bomb information. It calls for trials, expanded counter espionage, and warns against appeasement, urging robust intelligence and cross-border investigations. It cites Truman Byrnes and a growing peace time foreign intelligence service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Russia
Dominion
Bar
United Nations
Communist Party
Truman
Byrnes
Time to admit Pauley misstep in Navy undersecretary nomination
The editorial urges President Truman to withdraw Pauley’s nomination as undersecretary of the Navy. It argues the government’s oil interests and current suspicions make Pauley unfit, warns that confirmation would harm public confidence, and calls for Senators Bailey and Hoey to reverse course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Pauley
Eat Crow
Truman
Mr. Pauley
Navy
Senate
Pauley
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Bailey and
Hoey
AMA Plan Prompts Debate on Voluntary Medical Care
The piece endorses an American Medical Association plan for local voluntary medical care with patient choice of doctors and no federal takeover. It notes alignment with Blue Cross concepts, community responsibility for services, and mobility for patients, while urging caution about socialized medicine. It also mentions Russia banning Boston and a Stamford incident involving the USO delegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
AMA
Blue Cross
Roger I. Lee
Boston
Evening Flight Over North Carolina in a Twin-Engined Cessna
Marie Miller recalls a twilight flight with Truman Miller from Raleigh to Charlotte in a twin engine Cessna. The crew notes the sunset colors, night ascent, changing cockpit lights, and city silhouettes below. Landing at Charlotte airport is described with runway lights and tower clearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie
Truman) Winer
Raleigh News and Observer
Marie Miller
Truman Miller
Charlotte
Truman
Earth
Asheboro
Salisbury
Kannapolis
Raleigh
Stalin’s 100 Percent Victory Calls Soviet Democracy A Farce
The piece argues Stalin’s Supreme Soviet election was a forced affirmation with no opposition and no real democracy. It labeled Russia’s process as dictatorship, praising Allied aid as irrelevant and stating bolshevism alone secured victory in the war. Stalin’s speech to his constituency is cited as a reassertion of bolshevism.
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Joseph Stalin
Supreme Soviet
Russia
Stalin
Great Britain
United States
Poland
France
United Nations
China
Red Army
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Patton
McArthur
Roosevelt
Kursk
Belgorod
Kiev
Kirovograd
Minsk
Bobruisk
Leningrad
Tallin
Vistula
Niemen
Danube
Oder
Vienna
Berlin
Comintern
Togliatti
Thorez
Dimitrov
Germany
Japan
Italy
Finland
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Romania
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Iran
Mongolia
Manchuria
Korea
Turkey
Greece
Egypt
Palestine
Stalin’s indictment of fascism and praise for the red army
By George Sokolsky argues Stalin’s wartime rhetoric elevates the red army while omitting Allied efforts and many Allied campaigns. The piece notes Stalin’s praise after Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and other battles, while accusing him of concealing Western contributions and authoritarian actions.
Cap by Cap: Oklahoma Governor to Speak at Capitol Square Dinner
W P Horton of Pittsboro says tickets for the Capitol Square Dinner will exceed hotel capacity with 500 plate limit and county allocations to follow. Governor Robert S Kerr will deliver the keynote as politics loom large for 1948 outcomes. Patrol and tobacco notes are also included.
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W. P. Horton
Pittsboro
National Democratic
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
National Party
Horton
Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicle Department
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
North Carolina Tobacco Council
Alabama dairy tour to study Cable Products system
Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Company brings Alabama farmers county agents and college teachers to North Carolina to inspect the Cable Dairy Products operation from processing plant at Lexington to the consumer. W. G. Booker will escort and guide the study of dairy farming and potential industry development through calf purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabamans
Tennessee Coal, Iron and R. R. Company
Alabama
North Carolina
du a _ ae
Gene Tural
Piedmont
W. G.booker
Tennessee Company
Lexington
Truman Faces European Relief Pressure from Capitol Hill
The piece details President Truman's rebuke of a broad food relief appeal and his stance that relief should target those who help themselves. It covers reactions from AFL leaders and other groups, the push for a coordinated mission, and the partisan battles in Congress over wartime and postwar relief policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
GOP
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Lexington Ave
USO
By Jimmy Hatlo
J Murray
Detroit
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Capitol Square
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Capital Hill
Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
The
Federal Council of Churches
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Federation of Labor
CIO
Farmers Union
Joe
AFL
U. S
Belgium
Holland
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Truman
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
House
Taft
Ohio
Hawkes
Capehart and
Willis
Indiana
la Folette
Wisconsin
Congress
UNRRA
Army
Henry L. Morgenthau
Administration
Morgenthau
Anderson
Simms Campbell
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