Eisenhower boom tests party lines and promises
The piece traces the spontaneous popular push for Eisenhower and the later professional bid, noting the general’s refusal and the political calculus of GOP bosses. It also analyzes Tito’s Yugoslavia under Soviet influence, highlighting industrial aims, dependence on Russia, and Kremlin control versus Tito’s bold moves.
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Eisenhower
Washington
General MacArthur
Admiral Nimitz
GOP
General Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Judge Ford Sentences Best for Treasonable Nazi Broadcasts
The article notes that Robert Best faced life imprisonment for treasonable broadcasting for the Nazis. It praises Federal Judge Francis J. W. Ford for addressing the wartime betrayal and calls for national recognition of the punishment accorded.
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Robert Best
Francis J. W. Ford
Best
Ford
Capitol Square Prepares for Speakership and Pro Tem Bid
Kerr Craige Ramsay of Rowan seeks the house speakership as Kerr Scott’s upset win rattles party politics. Eugene Bost of Cabarrus emerges as a potential rival. O. B. Moss of Nash enters the senate pro tem race, while Julian Allsbrook Pittman and J. C. Pittman vie for support. A mix of rotations and seniority shapes appointments to key rail and state posts.
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National Committee
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Capitol Square
House of Representatives
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Rowan County
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Kerr Scott
Scott
Eugene Bost
Cabarrus
Bost Cone
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Draine
Bost
Johnson
Senate
O. B. Moss
Nash
House
Moss
Julian Allsbrook
Halifax
J.C. Pittman
Lee
D. L
Libby
North Carolina
North Carolina Railroad
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Atlantic & North Carolina
Morehead City
Southern
Tito's sin a family quarrel in the Tito Comin fight
The piece likens Yugoslav leader Tito and his rivals to siblings in a family dispute. It argues the core issue remains Tito's failure to communize Yugoslavia, a view voiced by Bogdan Raditsa, formerly Tito's information director, who claims insiders know the situation best.
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Moscow
Tito
Bogdan Raditsa
Yugoslavia
Raditsa
Russian writer laments foreign names for desserts
A Russian woman writer complains that desserts retain foreign names like eclairs and timbales, viewing it as a nationalist slight. She notes Americans favoring a French tied to an Italian root from Turkish for caviar, highlighting linguistic echoes of imperial tastes.
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United States
Senators Demand Access to Foreign Trade Records
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan criticizes the State Department for denying senators access to foreign trade records. He argues Congress cannot proceed indefinitely under what he calls an iron curtain and urges seeking a new light-getting device.
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Sen
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
State Department
Tito and Yugoslavia in the Communist Move
Washington observers say the Tito case is a within the world Communist movement dispute not a direct USSR Yugoslavia row. Cominform charges focus on land policy and western leanings, but evidence of real Tito reform remains weak.
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NEA
Tito
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Ague
Warsaw
Belon Nae
Stalin
Molotov
Ussr
Stanoje Simitch
Comenianien
Belgrade
France
Italy
U. S
Germany
U. Ss
Tull
Id Bank
O Ae
Slavia
Romania
West
Mountain Singing and Civil Rights Headlines in Old North Carolina Paper
The remarks mix a mountain singing scene tied to Grandfather Peak and Linville with political notes on civil rights from Senator Clyde Hoey, plus features on Belk store philanthropy and a humorous exchange about a child and a misused curse word, all in a single old newspaper column.
Celebrity Jokes and Showbiz Notes From New York Nightlife
A rapid-fire column blends Hollywood gossip and media jabs from New York. Highlights mention Gene Autry’s fortune, Aldous Huxley’s Ape and Essence, Hirohito’s living allowance, Champ Joe Louis’s retirement, and Betty Hutton in Dream Girl.
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Warren
Philly
Gene Autry
Aldous Huxley
Hirohito
Joe Louis
Noel Coward
George Washington Bridge
James Agate
Dr. Kinsey
James
Kinsey
Wm. O. Douglas
Reader's Digest
New York
Brooklyn
Betty Hutton
Squire Advises on Wasteful Whitewash Brush
A rural exchange shows a Squire urging a man to buy a sturdier brush as he continues whitewashing his barn. The man questions the need, arguing his workload is not doubled and a better brush would ease the task.
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Avery Brundage
Earl Carroll
Broadway
E. C
Elsa Maxwell
Helen Hayes
Charles MacArthur
Award Winner Crosswords Define A Lasker Hint List
A puzzle style clue set lists horizontal and vertical entries with definitions for award winner Lasker and misc terms. It includes entries such as poetic forms, metals, and prefixes like semi and para along with notes on counts and positions.
Indonesian Puzzle Relay Answers Gathered
A list of puzzle clue answers includes mindanao, war god, before, while, short-napped, retain fabric, merriment, burrow, auricles, he is on, salt and influenza, myself, augments, symbol foe, existed gold.
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Mindanao
Great Salt Lake and Leaning Tower of Pisa Noted Shifts
The Great Salt Lake is described as the world’s largest caysef and is believed to be less salty today than millions of years ago. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is stated to be over 16 feet off its vertical, highlighting notable structural tilt.
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Great Salt Lake
Pisa
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