McClellan Toyed With Dictator Idea in Civil War Letters
Generals in Civil War era highlight George B. McClellan who wrote to his wife Nell about dictatorship fantasies while commanding Union forces after Bull Run. He refused to seize dictatorial power despite early praise and flirtations with presidential ambitions, losing to Lincoln in 1864 and later living in Europe for years.
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George B McClellan
Nell
McClellan
Bull Run
United States
George
Mac
Philadelphia
West Point
Virginia
Napoleon
Washington
Confeder
Robert E. Lee
Dent
Gen. Scott
Lincoln
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Lee
Antietam
Lincoln J
Europe
Manteca Alone Key Word in Cuba Crisis
In Cuba the word manteca or fat defines a new rationing era under Fidel Castro as one pound monthly of lard and cooking oil per person over age one is imposed amid U S embargo claims. Cuba blames American aggression for shortages while noting reduced U S lard shipments and a dollar shortage fueling the crisis.
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Havana
Cuba
Manteca
Fidel Castro
United States
U.S
Louisville
Charles Dierking
Canada
Rail Merger Stabilizes Jobs Across Two Railroads
A railroad labor relations director said the Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line merger would stabilize employment, with W D Quarles Jr noting the plan benefits most workers while acknowledging a minority could lose jobs. Quarles testified at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Richmond while Richard R Lyman cross-examined him for the Railway Labor Executives Association.
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Richmond, Va
Seaboard Air Line
Atlantic Coast Line
W. D. Quarles Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Coast Lines
Interstate Commerce Commission
Richmond
Tha Deen
Washington
Wont Gilmore
U.S
Senate Commerce Committee
Gilmore
Southern Pines
N.C
United States
Quarles
Warren J. Magnuson
Dash
B. Everett Jordan
Samuel J. Ervin Jr
Horace J. Kornegay
North Carolina
Board of Conservation and Development
Winston - Salem
ICC
Richard R. Lyman
Railway Labor Executives Association
Boothroyd Plans Return After Utah Murder Case
Charles Boothroyd, 55, of Rockville Connecticut, recuperates in Salt Lake City after being shot while helping a man on a desert road near Moab. The incident left Boothroyd partially blind and Jeannette Sullivan dead, with Sullivan’s daughter Dennise missing presumed killed. Boothroyd hopes to return to Utah when healed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles Boothroyd
Rockville
Conn
Moab
Jeannette Sullivan
Boothroyd l
Boothroyd
Price
Charles
Campaigning Grows at North Carolina 4-H Week
AP Raleigh report from NC State College shows 1400 delegates at 4-H Club Week as state offices campaign. Thad Eure spoke at a general assembly. Health king and queen coronation set for tonight. Candidates include Barbara Ann Deal Nancy Basnight Paula Johnson Mary Sink for state president. Officers to succeed current slate headed by Eddie Davis. Other nominees include David Aman Danny Allen James Clark Jr Barry Sigman Milton Colesman. 4-H dress revue winner Marvorene Byrd.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Thad Eure
Barbara Ann Deal
Lenoir
Nancy Coles Basnight
Manteo
Paula Ann Johnson
Benson
Mary Sink
Rt. 1
Lexington
Eddie Davis
Mecklenburg
David Aman
Rt. 12
Jacksonville
Danny ‘Allen
Rt.3
Graham
James Clark Jr
Vaughan
Barry Sigman
Sherrills Ford
Milton Colesman
Whiteville
Bruce Keller
Forest City
William Warren
Chocowinily
Gene Clark
Merry Hill
Linda Lamm
Rt. 2
Elm City
Dorothy Hostettler
Statesville
Marvorene Byrd
Elkin
Census Misses Fenton Count in 1901 Census
The U S Bureau of the Census apologized for an error in the 1901 census in Fenton Missouri. Four-fifths of residents were missed. corrected total is 1059, down from an initial report of 207. Mayor Carroll Tilgert led the complaint prompting a recheck.
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ST. Louis, Mo
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Fenton
St. Louis
Reveau
Garroll Tiilgert
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