First Fruits and North Carolina Power in Washington
A Georgia lynching tied to Gene Talmadge’s anti Negro campaign is blamed on his supporters and the KKK. The piece notes Georgia politics, Ellis Arnall’s potential action, and FBI hopes for justice. It then discusses North Carolina influence in federal finances, highlighting Doughton Gardner Webb Webb and Warren roles in budgeting and auditing with Secretary Gardner and Comptroller Warren.
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Gene Talmadge
Georgia
Hitler
Europe
Talmadge
Ku Klux Klan
Ellis Arnall
FBI
South
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Robert L. Doughton
David Blair
High Point
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
O. Max Gardner
Department
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Congress
James E. Webb
Oxford
General Accounting Office
Lindsay Warren
Webb
Gardner
Washington
Office of Information
the Treasury
May’s Illness Casts Doubt on Heart Attack Claim
The text portrays Representative May as gravely ill amid suspicion his heart attack was faked. Fellow congressmen recall him turning pale during a Meade committee session and being assisted to his hotel room. Despite illness, the call persists for a full investigation to uncover the truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Representative May
Congress
Vandenburg
Meade Investigating
United States
Atom Bomb Test at Bikini Destroys 11 Vessels
Report says the underwater atomic blast sank 11 ships and heavily damaged at least four others. The test occurred Thursday morning Bikini time and Thursday afternoon EST with sea radioactivity remaining high. officials warn the weapon’s power and calls for world peace amid calls to redirect funds to goodwill efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bikini Lagoon
Bikini
Blandy
America
Divided Democratic leadership noted in postwar era debate
The piece assesses strain within the Democratic Party as President Truman faces a wide split with figures like Senator Pepper James Roosevelt and Harold Ickes. It highlights Truman's temper and judgment versus Barkley’s steadiness and Pepper’s louder influence amid intra party tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Harry Truman
Claude Pepper
James Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
Roosevelt
Earl Browder
Sidney Hillman
Bilbo
Rankin
J. Truman
Senator Pepper
Senator Barkley
OPA
Pepper
Barkely
Truman Faces a Split Democratic Party and Its Aftermath
The piece argues that Truman’s candor and leadership failed to hold the party line as Wheeler and Roosevelt losses reveal left wing strength. It warns of a potential two party strain and party purges, noting Montana’s rejection of Truman’s influence and looming 1948 realignments. It suggests Republicans and Democrats may unite to block traitors, with Montana as a key turning point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Senator Wheler
Jimmy Roosevelt
Truman
Shipstead
Harold Stassen
Stassen
Montana
Hugh de Lacy
Seattle
de Lacy
Communist Party
Wheeler
Congress
Slaughter
Missouri
Rum stirred by a president and a sugar mill tale
In the Roosevelt era Oscar L. Chapman pushed for reviving a Virgin Islands sugar refinery. Eleanor Roosevelt sparked a dinner chat that led Franklin D. Roosevelt to propose a distillery to convert sugar into rum, prompting a $300,000 PWA project and launching government rum production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
Oscar L. Chapman
Oscar
U. S
Government House
Interior
Virgin Islanders
Virgin Islands
Chapman
PWA
Harold L. Ickes
PWA Projects Board
Virgin
Mayflower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin
White House
Mrs. R
Mr. R
Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Lait and Walter Winchell
A column by Jack Lait reports on Winchell’s return date and upcoming daily appearances. It covers political jabs at the American Labor Party led by Vito Marcantonio, Meade and Lehman prospects, LaGuardia’s cross-state prospects, and Democratic machinations. The piece weaves in social notes on entertainers, marriages, and industry moves, plus a look at tax and concession practices in nightclubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Winchell
Jack Lait
American Labor Party
Vito Marcantonio
Congress
Herbert Lehman
U. S
Fiorello LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Marcantonio
Vito
Sen. Mead
Dewey
Mead
Lehman
Upstate
Downstate
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Free
A. Cecil
Mgr
Robert L. Thompson
Ite
Associated Press and Appratures
Associated Press
Specairson
Carrie
Moe
John B
Lexington Ave
Audit Bureau OF Circulation
THE
N. C
Enterprise
May
By Nate Collier
George Sokolsky
Oscar, Eleanor, Franklin and
Rum
Broadway
BY Jack Lait
Marguerite Chapman
Los Angeles
Bentley Ryan
Herbert Marshall
Boots Mallory
Edna Best
Joanne Melnicker
Maged
Mike Mindlin
Warners
Wilma Kurer
Richard Barron
Hempstead
Collette Lyons
Lum Fong's
Adman Louis Ozanne
Nancy Graham
Dave Harbin
Stubby Kaye
USC
Sonja Baldwin
Nate Spingold
Columbia Pictures
Nate
James E. Branigan
Cops and Dicks
Madison Ave
Bolan Detective Agency
James S. Bolan
Jim Branigan
Manhattan Club
Joan Gentry
S. Billingsley
Stork Club Park
Harry Cushing IV
Moe Oleson
Guadalcanal
Jim Winchester
Bobbe
Jimmy) Fidler
Anna Wiman
Dwight Deere W
Dick Sinclair
Joan la Roche
Lawrence Tibbett, Jr
Armando
Connie Ford
LaMarr
Nimitz
Appalachian
Hedy
Frank Latimore
Virginia Houston
Dave Brooks
Lawford
Ethel
Atwater
Peter
20th-Fox
Witt
Buddy Boylan
Muriel Bing
Joan Crawford
England
Warner
Joan
Bew Hill
Kate Smith
Lake Placid
CBS
Mister Breger
By Dave Breger
Henry
Mr. Breger
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