Welcome to the Southern Furniture Exposition in High Point
The Southern Furniture Exposition opens in High Point as the largest in 56 markets with bids for a record exhibitor and buyer turnout. Dealers from Chicago travel in, expecting strong buying. manufacturers are confident, aiming to rebuild stocks and capitalize on rising demand. High Point, famed as the furniture and hosiery center, showcases expanded showrooms and merchandise lines over the next two weeks.
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High Point
Chicago
Merchandise Mart
Wilson's Dilemma on Defense Secretary Appointment
The piece argues Charles E. Wilson should decide whether to divest his General Motors holdings to qualify for the Defense Secretaryship. It warns undermining the anti corruption law risks. if he cannot sacrifice, appointment should change rather than law, preserving public trust while acknowledging his stature.
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Taft
Charles E. Wilson
General Motors
Defense
Eisenhower
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
High Point polio drive and Red Cross blood appeal
The community mobilizes for polio prevention with the March of Dimes drive on Main Street and the Red Cross Bloodmobile visiting High Point. Jaycees collect tolls for polio while High Pointers boost blood donations to supply gamma globulin for epidemic areas next summer.
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Jaycees
Main Street
Red Cross
Korea
Nixon to retire title Veep with Barkley on Tuesday
Vice President elect Dick Nixon decrees the title Veep will retire with Alben Barkley. He plans to be plain vice president and not idle. General Eisenhower agrees it should not make Nixon the forgotten man of the new administration. The piece notes Nixon’s respect for Barkley and hopes he proves useful in the office.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
Veep
London
Elephants Anonymous
Lionel Rand
Louis Bernstein
Sixth Avenue
Shapiro-Bernstein & Co
Tropical Park Racetrack
N. Y. Times
Ace Alf Clark
Wedzeve
Runyon Fund
Beverly Hills
Montana
Annie Jeffreys
Bob Sterling
The
Waldorf
Chase Hotel
St. Loo
Cleveland Amory
Harper's
New Yorker
Collier
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
John Foster Dulles
FBI
Acheson
Chelf
Purity
Alger Hiss
Josephony Baker
Inaugural Parade Controversy Over Miss Burma Elephant
A satirical column questions Miss Burma the elephant chosen for the Republican Inaugural parade. It jokes about her supposed daily whiskey intake, public morals, and the optics for Gen. Eisenhower’s procession. The piece parodies era politics and social issues including temperance, public authority, and urban policy debates.
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Washington
Republican Party
Miss Burma
Mahout
Why January ends elongate afternoons more than mornings
Readers ask in plain English why days grow longer in January. The piece ponders winter phenomena from shadows on snow to animal behavior and light, inviting lay explanations for solar and natural patterns.
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Jan
Joys Spleen Removal Operation At Bethesda Naval Hospital
Vice Admiral Charles T Joy superintendent of the U S Naval Academy had a successful spleen operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. No attempt on his health was involved and the incident was misinterpreted by a Washington newspaper.
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Washington
Unimportance of Being Morris Ernst and media clashes in New York
A collection of media and literary notes critiques Morris Ernst the libel lawyer suing coverage and editors over anti Communist rhetoric. It mentions The New Leader cessation of a roast review and notes on writers Kemp ton Wechsler Osman Parish Chap man and others amid postwar cultural and press tensions in New York.
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Morris
Morris Ernst
Ernst
New Leader
Mag
Roundabout column highlights local life and old papers
The column introduces a pen named Roundabout sharing human–interest vignettes from town life. It includes a Rotary Club joke about Governor Umstead, a Lions Club Tail Twister quip, a road courtesy tale of a heroic passerby, and notes on old Pennsylvania newspapers from 1896 1897 with McKinley and Hobart events and the 1897 inauguration.
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Pennsylvania
R. M. Yow
Rt. 5
Trinity
Warren Mooring
Yow
Philadelphia Inquirer
McKinley
Hobart
Washington
Cleveland
Buffalo Exposition
Confused Shopper Mixed Lingerie Miscount With Dinner Dilemma
A bemused man in a lingerie shop explains to the clerk that he must buy either a camisole or a casserole. The clerk humorously probes whether the chicken is dead or alive, highlighting the mix up.
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Brannan
United States
Solomon Fabricant
Dick Nixon
Alben Barkley
George Dixon
Gen. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Ave
New York
Harlem
Brooklyn
Bronx
Subway
Sweden
New York City
Fabricant
National Association of Home Builders
Alan E. Brockbank
Farouk
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Harry Truman
New York Times
Walter Winchell
Judy
New York P
New Republic
Alger H
Felix
the Freeman
Inside Advertising
Ad Post
American Legion
Borey Pink
Arthur Osman
Communist Party
Soandso Osman
Soandso
Murray Kempton
N. Y
Kemp
Inaien
Wechsler
Kempton
Osman
Soandies
Comr
Mitchell Parish
Parish
Sam Chapman
Frances Madox
Miami Beach
Arlington Lounge
Swanson
W. A. Bivins
Roundabout
Puck
J B. R
Bumstead
Rotary Club
Bobby Rankin
Bobby
William B. Umstead
Frank Wood
Bradley
Bill Hylton
Lions Club
Bill
Lions of the den
Verity Daniel
Lone Ranger
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