High Point Polio Hospital Drive Urges Community Support
In Greensboro a central Carolina hospital for polio treatment is under construction with site and many materials donated. The High Point Jaycees lead a "mile of dimes" drive across town to fund the project, urging widespread participation from residents and churches to help boys and girls affected by polio.
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Greensboro
Central Carolina
Junior Chamber of Commerce
WMFR
WHPE
Polio Hospital
Jaycees
Main Street
High Point
Abide With Me the Church Hymn Study Foreword
A church hymn study resumes with focus on favorite hymns, noting Lyte as author of Abide With Me and background on the hymn. It recounts Lyte’s life, his death in Nice, and the air Eventide by Monk. Quotes from McCutchan and Ellerton explain hymn context and funeral usage.
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Henry Francis Lyte
Kelso
Enniskillen School
Trinity College
Dublin
Brixham
Nice
France
Lyte
Robert Guy McCutchan
Henry F. Lyte
England
Anna Marie Maxwell Hogg
William H. Monk
Canon Ellerton
W.A.B
Governor Kerr Scott Hints Rural Roots Bring Back Votes
In Laurinburg Governor nomin ee Kerr Scott frames a rural revolt in reverse, urging the grandchildren of past reformers to return to the Democratic fold. He vows state aid, better roads, education, health and welfare, and presses the right to vote on liquor, while denouncing the gag rule in the legislature. Supporters welcomed him with a parade and fanfare as 2,000 gathered at the ball park amid timing quirks and light crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr Scott
Democratic Party
Laurinburg
Scott
American Legion
Farmers Alliance
ABC
Buncombe
Franklin
Praide
Hendersonville
Trade extension act sets new governing bodies for reciprocity
Washington observers focus on how the one year extension will be carried out under a White House executive order. CRI and the Tariff Commission will split duties with hearings and reports shaping tariff levels and consumer interests. Six months before negotiations begin.
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Washington
NEA
White House
CRI
Committee On
State Department
Win G. Brown
Iee
Agriculture, Interior
Tariff Commission
Congress
U. S
Geneva
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
H. Wickliffe Rose
American Tariff League
Tariff League
International Trade Organization
Havana
Guna
Backroom Americans of Lee Mass Remembering Frank Pease
The piece recalls a Sunday gathering at Pease’s drugstore in Lee Massachusetts to bid farewell to Frank Pease. It highlights Edward Rogers and other octogenarians who trace Civil War era values through years of tariffs, growth, and mobility, cherishing backroom discussions, local character, and New England roots.
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Lee
Mass
Frank Pease
Edward Rogers
Lee Savings Bank
Rogers
Pease
O’brien
Bassidy
Amer
Lincoln
Garfield
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Theodore
Franklin
New York
Inmerica
Europe
Asia
New England
Gossip and Society Notes From New York
Winchell in New York mulls, cites Carole Landis tragedy links, Lepke surrender impressions, and diva chatter. Letters describe Annie Miller, Dewey delegate favors, urban fringe laws, and socialite Miraed Peake upset at public gossip.
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Miraed Peake
Park
Knutson Bill Would Tax Disability Pay In House Action
Editor notes HR 6712 aims to tax disability pay for disabled veterans and claims it would not raise national income. It requests intervention from Senators Magnuson and Vandenberg while mentioning House passage. Other items include updates on New Republic editors and local personalities, plus film news about Sorrowful Jones.
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Knutson
Magnuson
Sen. Vandenberg
M. Straighten
New Republic
Straight
Paul Schwartz
Burg
Paramount
Bob Hope
British Explain Bergson Arrest Amid Secrecy
AP dispatch reports Peter Bergson’s arrest finally clarified by British officials after three weeks, with a secret New York bride thanking for pressuring discussion of his case. U S senators and congressmen cables were ignored, inquiry followed, and a formal explanation arrived. Mrs Glen Taylor criticizes backers as “those damn people” while Dewey and wife sponsor a Starlight Theatre in Pawling New York with a young actor set to try out in a new play titled Marys Lamb.
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Peter Bergson
New York
U. S
State Dept
Son
Glen Taylor
Wallace
Gov. Dewey
Starlight Theatre
Pawling
N. Y
John
Mary
Wal lace vows retirement as crowd turns hostile in Katonah speech
In Katonah H lace tells reporters he will retire from the race no matter who the Democrats run. About 40 to 4000 attend as audience grows hostile after he attacks Eisenhower. The speaker recalls Carole Landis photo and jokes about being All Girl amid personal pain.
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Katonah
H. Wallace
Eisenhower
Ada
Carole Landis
Quotes on war draft and Berlin from U S officials
Statements by Rep J W Wadsworth on the draft and a claim of no concealment by an official who could not be heard. Dr Edward Condon of the National Bureau of Standards discusses congressional scrutiny. Col Frank Howley comments on Allied plans for Berlin.
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Edward Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Congress
Berlin
Col
Frank Howley
U. S
Kommandatura
UN Truce Prompts Plebiscite Demand in Palestine
Jamal El Husseini, spokesman for the Palestine Arabs, says under the UN month-long truce Jews are the gainers and Arabs are the losers. He calls for a plebiscite where citizens, irrespective of race or religion, express their desire for a future government.
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Jamal el Husseini
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T. W. Potts
Betty Lawford
Loew
Ann Miller
Annie
the New Yorker
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Louis Buchalter
R. H. Revere
Mr. R
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Co. D. Batchelor
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Young
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