Sparkman Started At Bottom Aiken to national ticket nomination
Huntsville Alabama July 26 John Sparkman descended from a poor tenant cotton farmer rose to college then earned three degrees and a Phi Beta Kappa key He entered law practice in 1923 won a House seat in 1936 and a Senate seat in 1946 now nominated by Democrats for vice president His hometown backs him but some fear losing Americas best senator as family and friends praise his patient rise and steadfast nature.
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Huntsville
Ala
John Sparkman
John
Sparkmans
Congress
Tennessee
Louis Collier
Chicago
Hartselle
Sparkman
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Claude Pepper
Florida
House of Representatives
Alabama
John H. Bankhead
Senate
Ivo Hall
Albertville
Tazewell T. Shepard Jr
Kefauver Says He Never Desired Vice Presidency
Sen Estes Kefauver told reporters at a July birthday event in Chicago he never sought the vice presidency and would support whoever Adlai Stevenson chooses. He said there was no deal on the ticket and he would not compromise his campaign stance. Kefauver noted he and wife Nancy would return to Tennessee after a few days away.
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Chicago
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai
Stevenson
Kefauves
Nancy
Sen
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Kefauver
New York
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Hs Self
Vowton
Democratic Convention Sidelights at Chicago Cabal
At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago July 26 the Sparkman nomination for vice president loomed as a foregone conclusion. Adlai Stevenson pointed to Sparkman as running mate while Sparkman greeted photographers and waved after a quick win. President Truman urged trust in reports while the convention praised the press for its coverage of the event.
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Convention Hall
Chicago
Veep
Vention
Malaya Leader Warns of Ruin Without British Ties
Kuala Lumpur July 26 Dato Sir Cheng Lock Tan Malaya's No 1 anti Communist warned the Malayan Federation would drift into anarchy and ruin if ties to Britain were cut He urged cooperation and some form of union with Britain at a dinner honoring his knighthood awarded by King George VI.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Cheng Lock Tan
Britain
Cheng Lock
George VI
Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Malaya
Adlai's Paper Plays Down Candidacy
The Daily Pantograph, in Bloomington Illinois, announced Adlai E Stevenson as the Democratic presidential nominee with a modest two inch headline. The paper held stock in Stevenson about 25 cents and did not feature a front page photo, instead placing a cartoon on the editorial page and a full back page convention photos section. Stevenson inherited stock from his maternal family and left active management when he became governor in 1948.
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Bloomington
Ill
Pantograph
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Two Inc
Stevenson
Loring Merwin
Merwin
Eisenhower Confident He Will Defeat Stevenson in November
In Denver Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican nominee, says he is confident of beating Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic candidate, in the November election. He criticizes the Stevenson platform as a one plank defense of the administration and pledges an expanding, stronger America.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson Ofllinois
Eisenhower
Stevenson
GOP
Echard M. Nixon
California
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Democrat Party
Nixon
America
Rock Mountains
Here
Washington
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Thornton
Defense Department Lists Casualties in Korea War List No 613
The Defense Department identifies 125 battle casualties in a new Korea War list No 613. It reports 10 killed 103 wounded one missing and 11 injured.
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Washington
Defense Department
How Vice President Nominee Chosen
Clarke Beach reports on the private, strategic process behind selecting a vice presidential candidate after a presidential nomination. The piece recounts 1920 Democratic conventions, noting stage management, regional balance, and the pursuit of electoral votes, with Roosevelt’s acclamation and the role of big states in ticket balancing.
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Clarke Beach
Washington
James M. Cox
Ohio
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Cox
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Tammany
Theodore Roosevelt
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