Hoover’s Fighting Speech Dominates National Convention
Herbert Hoover emerged as the headline star of the National Republican Convention, delivering a fighting speech that drew larger ovations than General MacArthur’s keynote. He attacked past Democratic policies and, more sharply, current foreign policy including NATO, aligning with Taft’s stance while critiquing Eisenhower. He urged higher Air Force funding, lower ground forces spending, and tax relief via reduced defense costs. He avoided naming Taft or Eisenhower directly but emphasized a Taft-aligned line.
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Herbert Hoover
General MacArthur
Hoover
MacArthur
Republican Party
NATO
Eisenhower
Taft
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Whammy radar to aid highway speed enforcement in N C
The State Highway Patrol plans to use the whammy radar after taking lessons from Greensboro Police. The piece suggests starting with large trucks, noting past inattention to truck speed. It recalls Governor Kerr Scott’s ties to trucking and questions who directed patrol policies. It ends hoping the device improves enforcement.
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The
State Highway Patrol
Ers
Greensboro Police Department
Kerr Scott
Scott
Highway Commission
Negro Vote Gains in Scramble for Civil Rights Plank
As Republicans push a civil rights plank including FEPC and limited desegregation talk, Negro alderman from Chicago voices support while General MacArthur and Herbert Hoover hint at backing. Roosevelt’s coalition in cities strengthens Democratic leverage, and both parties press hard to win the crucial urban Black vote, especially in the South.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
General MacArthur
GOP
Democratic Party
Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Big City
South
Photographers and TV Men at Conventions Face Nuisance Yet Vital News Value
The piece argues photographers and television crews intrude at conventions yet provide essential news access. It notes famous moments such as Eisenhower, Taft, and Kefauver show how images shape history. Calls for self policng and policing to reduce excess and preserve dignity.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
Taft
Tex McCrary
National Press Photographers Association
White House
Congress
Canon 35
American Bar Association
Renief
Miltie
General MacArthur
Fretted Gossip Hits New York and Beyond in Bustling Page
A sprawling New York gossip column surveys high society and public life. It notes Truman letter sales, Garson marital skirmishes, Durocher and Stoneham tensions, heiress sightings, and a parade of social skits from New York to Cleveland and beyond. It hints at UN intrigue, Rome, Paris, and Washington whispers, with a closing tease on cinema and publishing circles.
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Truman
Washington's Post
Paul Hume
D. Starling
Greens Farms
Conn
Greer Garson
Texas
Hank Greenburgs
Carol Gimbel
Cleveland
Ingrid
Pia
Bob Montgomery
Life Mag
White House
Margaret Truman
Hume Cronyns
Chris
Bermuda
Sapsiety Gal
Liggett & Meyers
Demmy
Hogan
Moe
Salles
Washington
Betty Benson
Civil Rights Congress
Ceil Chapman
FCC
Elizabeth Arden
Perle Mesta
Gwen Cafritz
Cherry Sisters
Split MacArthur support in Chicago convention factions
Washington report notes six MacArthur groups forming around the 1940 convention. Haroldson Hunt leads the largest Texas contingent and expects 71 votes on the first ballot. Other factions include John Chapple’s fighters and a Tulsa leaflet group. All oppose MacArthur as vice president.
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Chicago
NEA
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
Haroldson B. Hunt
Beeville
Texas
United States
Conrad Hilton Hotel
John Chapple
Ashland
Wis
Tulsa
Ervin Hohensee
Washington, D. C
National Committee For
Sen. Taft
Gen. MaceArthur
Taft
Gen MacArthur
J. O. Feruson
Pawnee
Kla
Ferguson
Hunt Group
Hunt
Eisenhower
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Gov. Fine
Joe Pew
Mr. Hunt
America
Herbert Hoover
Cleveland
Mr. Hoover
Quotes and quotes on politics and faith from era figures
A collage of statements from Loretta Young Walter Reuther Everett Dirksen Bertrand Russell and others touching faith loyalty to platform political pressure and visions of future homes and economies. The lines reflect faith in prayer corporate unions caution against Communist freedoms and concerns about insolvency and external influence.
Random Historical Anecdotes on Hair, TV, and Old Tomes
A collage of trivia covers hair biology from counts and diameters to strength, a New York Tribune headline on management sharing with employers, a New Jersey librarian notes on TV effects on reading, a theater dog joke, the longevity forecast for the Dionne quintuplets, Harvard alumni funds, a humorous quote on sensible girls, a chemical treatment claim, Pravda satire on Stalin, instant coffee’s rise, Hollywood publicity woes at American Biograph, and Salem New Jersey’s love apple tomato tale.
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Samson
New York Herald Tribune
Bath
New Jersey
Yvonne
Cecile
Emille
Marie
Annette
Dionne
Harvard
Harvard University
U. S
Hollywood
American Biograph Company
Mary Pickford
Salem County
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Charlies Tobey
Rudolph Halley
Frank Costello
Kefauver
New York
Horace Dodge
Detroit
Gregg Sherwood
Horace
Gregg
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J. P. Kennedy
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Audrey Hepburn
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J. Hanson
Dolly Dorothy Barton
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Peter Gimbel
Boston Post
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United Nations
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Sen. McCarthy
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Trygvie Lie
UN Secretariat
Fernando Segura
Josephine Abercrombie
Texas Oil Millions
Grand Central Palace
Next Niesen
Runyon Canter
Gertrude Story
Col’m
Runyon Fund
Leland Stowe
Walta
Gerlachs
Mickey Devine
Horace Fudge
Greenwich
Amalie Baruch Banks
Elder Statesman
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Ike
Clark Clifford
Anna Rosenberg
New Africa
Harriman
Chi
W. O. Douglases
Korea
Rile Demmys
Mink
Saturday Review of Literature
Loretta Young
CIO United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Theodore McKeldin
George Nelson
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Bertrand Russell
Pravda
Iron Curtain
Swedis
Stalin
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