Byrnes Wins South Carolina Primary Amid Truman Gamble
President Truman quips about James Byrnes running for governor as Byrnes sweeps the Democratic primary in South Carolina. Johnston edges Thurmond for Senate while Byrnes returns to public life seeking influence in policy battles against Truman’s social program.
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President Truman
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Senator Johnston
Senate
Thurmond
Johnston
Truman
Jimmie Byrnes
Byrd warns against tax cuts as military spending rises
Senator Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia champions government economy. He warns that congress will likely raise taxes if excise reductions are kept, arguing net revenue should not drop even with rising military expenditure.
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia
Congress
Byrd
Ramblin Round High Point Council faces salary raise debate
The High Point city council debates budget implications of merit based raises, moving away from blanket increases. Mayor Bailey cites merit and performance in payroll reforms as the goal, while exploring effects on morale, security, and municipal efficiency.
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City Hall
W. F. Bailey
Bailey
T. V. Rochelle
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Rochelle
Scott
E. K. Ingram
High Point
New NC Press Association Leaders Named
The Enterprise and The Wilson Times announce Henry Belk and Elizabeth Swindell as new presidents of the North Carolina Press Association and Associated Dailies division. The piece urges fresh convention ideas and notes a desire for something new and interesting from leadership.
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The
Enterprise
North Carolina Press Association
Henry Belk
Goldsboro News Argus
Associated Dailies
Association
Elizabeth Swindell
Wilson Times
North Carolina
Gypsy Rose Lee
Undertakers
Deficit Comes In About Forty Percent Under Forecast
The federal deficit for the just ended fiscal year reached $3.122 billion, far below the $5.4 billion to $7.0 billion feared by some. Revenue drops and lower spending trimmed the shortfall, with total outlays at $40.167 billion and tax collections down $1.201 billion from the prior year. The piece notes this is the eighteenth deficit in twenty years and warns that Korea era spending may push deficits higher ahead.
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Russia
U. S
Red Venom and Propaganda Against Allied Food Aid
The article rebuts Soviet charges that American food and seed aid to Russia in World War II was impure or germ contaminated. It argues such claims aim to poison public opinion, undermine wartime alliance, and portray U S military aid as defective to frighten Russians away from the United States.
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Moscow
Russia
Hitler
Kremlin
Western frontier sausages spark Berlin displays
East Berlin stores exhibit an attractive window display of consumer items but cannot sell them. During a Red youth rally a trial loan of sausages was shown in windows to impress visitors, then withdrawn by officials.
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Red
Berlin
Taft Faces Tough Ohio Senate Campaign Battle
In Columbus Taft fights for re election as U S senator against Democrat Joseph Ferguson the veteran state auditor. The race hinges on registration turnout money and a new Ohio straight party ballot with groups like Independents for Taft and Democrats for Taft backing the effort. Ferguson pledges to oppose Taft on civil rights and labor issues and to probe Taft campaign finances if elected.
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Columbus
Ohio
NEA
Robert A. Taft
U. S
Taft
Washington
GOP
Joseph T
Joe’’ Ferguson
Ferguson
Papa
Joe
Jack Kroll
Joe Ferguson
Treasury
Massachusetts
Fred Lazarus
Federated States
George B. Hall
Kroe
Ger’s
Ohio Voter
Trade Association
Oberlin College
Cleveland
A. A. Benesch
Newton D. Baker
A. A. Weatherhead
National Movement
Truman
FEPC
Congress
PAC
Washington Society's Twilight: Gwen Cafritz's Dazzling column
Washington society voice Gwen Cafritz extols the capital's charm from embassies to Mount Vernon. She admires dinners aboard the U S S Sequoia, garden parties by the British ambassador, and debut events while lampooning or noting inside jokes and translations.
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Dixon
Washington
Gwendolyn Cafritz
Gwenn
Paris
Rome
London
Hill
Capitol Hill
Supreme Court
Pentagon
Hoover
Rapidan
Alfred Barton
Miami Beach
Florida
Gwendolyn
Women's National Press Club
Ruth Montgomery
U.S.S
Naval Air Station Pier
Potomac
Mount Vernon
Pacific
Sheila Morton Smith
Pauline Davis
Gwen
Quotes on war, politics and policy from wartime leaders
A collection of statements attributed to Konrad Adenauer, Truman, Joseph Martin, John Foster Dulles, and Robert Taft criticizing German responsibility, one party rule, Soviet communism, and domestic policy. The quotes frame Cold War tensions, the Truman Crusade, and Taft-Hartley repeal.
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Mr. Truman
United States
Rep
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
President Truman
In the Woods for Peace of Mind in Turbulent Times
The author argues that modern life and constant noise prevent true reflection, urging a retreat to nature like Thoreau for mental peace. He laments television and gadgets that erode concentration, questions war and power, and calls for simple decencies and hope for future generations.
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Thoreau
Walden Pond
Boston
Korea
St. Vitus
Burgoyne
Washington
Ingrid Bergman
Joan of Arc
Diogenes
Teheran
Yalta
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Charles B. Loflid
Robert L. Thompson
W. Patterson, JR
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High Point Council
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Henry
Elizabeth
Peter Edson
George Dixon
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
George Sokolsky
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