Barkley Steady Hand Holds Democratic Convention Tether
The piece praises Vice President Alben Barkley for calming the 1952 Democratic National Convention, crediting his peacemaker role and fiery address. It notes craft of the rules committee and Sam Rayburn’s railroading tactics, while criticizing the platform as bland and vague yet effective as a compromise to avert Southern defections and possible party fracture.
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Alben Barkley
Committee On Rules
Sam Rayburn
Barkley
Veep
North Carolina
Willis Smith
FEPC
Truman
Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Virginia
South Carolina
Louisiana
House
I Am a Democrat But A Republican In Spirit
A Trumanite speaker at the Chicago Democratic National Convention criticizes Democrats who say I am a Democrat but and I am a Democrat period. He denounces totalitarian loyalty and pro Communist ties while urging members to vote for candidates best for the country, not party. He warns Southerners and others against blind party obedience.
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United States
South
Truman and Company
Democratic Party
Grady Cole
WBT
Mc Graw-Hill
Wells
Sally
Mother Eve
Debate on publicity material at Baxley meeting spurs survey
At Baxley in the Eighth District Press Association a frank debate on publicity material led to a resolution for a National Editorial Association survey on use and costs of unsolicited publicity. Editor Albert Jenkins reported vast unused material. editors note only a minute percent gets print, mostly local. The Savannah Morning News comments the bulk of press funds may be waste.
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Baxley
Eighth District Press Association
National Editorial Association
Georgia Press Association
U. S
Albert Jenkins
Baxley News-Banner
Savannah
Turpentine Drippings and Southern Charms in NC Notes
A collage of North Carolina cultural musings and regional quips notes yellowed by memory. It features reflections on southern speech, loveliest places from Albemarle Sound to Nags Head, and light commentary on peaches, night birds, traffic, and daily life as told by several North Carolina editors.
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Greensboro
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton News Herald
Henry Belk
Goldsboro
Albemarle Sound
Roanoke
Chowan
Elk River
Banner Elk
Grandfather Mountain
Orton
Second Creek
Cleveland County
Rob Rivers
Watauga Democrat
Hickory
Ocracoke
Banks Island
Carolina
Horo New Argus
WA. S
England
Wayne County
Drowning case ends with autopsy verdict and insurance loss
Relatives doubted an accidental drowning and paid for an autopsy. The expert found death by heart attack, so the family collected only for natural causes, losing 4150 overall. The tale comments on suspicion and insured interests, with local quotes on weather and politics sprinkled through.
Nixon McCarthyism tag teams Eisenhower bid
The piece surveys Arthur Summerfield and Tom Coleman clashing with Gabrielson as GOP leaders, notes Sinclair Weeks as a possible chairman, and frames Nixon as a clean up figure in the Eisenhower campaign, aiming to purge communists from government without heavy smears.
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Chicago
Arthur E. Summerfield
Michigan
GOP
Arthur Vandenberg
Summerfield
Dewey
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
New York
Coleman
Taft
Eisenhower
Herbert Brownell
Ike
Gabrielson
Rep
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Guy George Gabrielson
New Jersey
Arthur Summerfield
Axel J. Beck
South Dakota
San Francisco
National Committee
RFC
Weeksy
Sinclair Weeks
Massachusetts
Weeks
New National Committee
Scott
Sinclair
Nixon
Hiss
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
House UN
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Mide West
Thomas E. Dewey
Denis
Ike-Nix
Richard M. Nixon
California
Senator Nixon
Joe Moe
The Weep and a Political Prophet of 1948
W. A. Bivins surveys Democratic nominations, civil rights debates, and vice presidents with satire. He notes Barkley declining Chicago, Fulbright’s status, and possible Eisenhower gains, while reflecting on the solid South and Adlai Stevenson’s potential impact. The column blends politics, weather quips, household humor, and brief anecdotes.
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United States
North Carolina
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Eisenhower
Adlai F. Stevenson
South
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Bill Sharpe
Harnett County News
Elmo Drum
Shelby Star
Sam Ragan
News & Observer
Burlington Times-News
Peach Society
Billy Arthur
News & Views
Bear Creek
Tom Fesperman
Charlotte News
W. Trade St
S. Tryon St
Weeps
Herman
Whiteville
Elkin Tribune
Smithfield Herald
N. L. Perkins
Ridgecrest
Perk
Donald R. Wilson
The
American Legion
Airlines
Eddie Rickenbacker
Army
Col
J. Wodal Greene
Everett Warren
William D. Townsend
Congressional
James Thurr
Africa
Joseph Mathews
Washington
Peter Edson
W. A. Bivins
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Fulbright
Grover Cleveland
Thomas A. Hendricks
Allen G. Thurman
Cleveland
Thurman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
the Weather
Hades
Hell
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