Durham Endorsement Debate Highlights North Carolina Politics
The column discusses Earle Rives and Con n Carl Durham supporters using an old endorsement from R. L. Doughton to back Durham. It notes Doughton’s stance may have changed and cites Senator Hoey praising Durham as an outstanding, stable congressman. A constitutional fix to reform federal government is proposed as a remedy to observed evils.
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Carl Durham
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R. L. Doughton
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Durm
Ide Hoey
House
Congress
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Greensboro
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Comics sketch on political endorsements in Congress races
The piece humorously urges Mr. Rives to ignore letter writers and to view Mr. Doughton as a key ally for a freshman congressman. It notes Doughton as a strong, protective ally and warns that Mr. Rives would need such backing, while highlighting Doughton’s influence and Durham’s stance.
Debated Supreme Court size and term limits in Senate talk
The piece discusses proposed constitutional changes to cap the number of Supreme Court justices and limit presidential terms. It mocks Senator Clyde R. Hoey for reading comics during a lengthy Claude Pepper speech and notes various expert opinions on governance and merit.
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Clyde R. Hoey
Mr. Hoey
Hooey
Drew Pearson
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Senate
Claude Pepper
North Carolina
Jack Spain
York elected North Carolina state commander of American Legion
The Greensboro man Bill York is elected state commander after a campaign that tested his loyalty to a friend. Despite doubts from legionnaires about his Guilford County leadership of Congressman Carl Durham's renomination drive, York was chosen, a move viewed as a service to the organization and a personal honor.
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North Carolina
Mr. York
Legionnaires
Legion
Trieste Dispute Sparks Italian and Yugoslav Claims
The article outlines competing claims over Trieste and northern Italy with a mixed Slavic population. It discusses Italian ethnographic ties, Yugoslav ambitions, and potential Soviet influence. It notes differing Allied positions: US backing Italy, Britain wary of costs, France seeking compromise at Paris talks.
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Trieste
Yugosvia
Yugoslavia
Venice
Padua
Brescia
Milan
Russia
Europe
Slavia
United States
Yavia
Great Britain
France
Trieste and Tito spark debate over European fate
By George Sokolsky argues Trieste must remain Italian and warns that Tito’s Yugoslavia under Soviet influence risks turning into a Russian base. He fears a chain of conflict across southern Europe, urging the United States to oppose Soviet expansion and defend Italian sovereignty.
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Gary
Italy
Yugoslavia
Europe
Russia
Uklavia
Brenner Pass
United States
Soviet Russia
Trieste
Midwest People Favor Food First Isolationist Outlook
In interviews across the Midwest, farmers and villagers prioritize feeding themselves and lifting wartime hardships over international crises. While Chicago offers plentiful meat and butter, rationing and draft worries persist in central Illinois and Milwaukee, with taxi shortages and rising education efforts noted.
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Beast
Chicago
Wisconsin
Illinois
East
Milwaukee
New York
Midwest Views on Self Reliance and Change
Paul Mallon reflects on the Midwest needing to be left to recover from Washington panaceas. He notes a conservative trend, uncertain food effects from OPA removals, and rising prices, while praising the region's mix of cultures and its agrarian strength. He recalls ancestral ties to central Illinois and extols the prairies and crops shaping America.
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Midwest
Washington
Truman
OPA
America
Central
Illinois
Prairies
Winchell On Broadway and City Gossip Mix
Scattershot Times Square chatter notes rumored Renotice by The Mount Paramount star and theater pairings. The column details divorces, reconciliations, and showbiz shifts with tidbits on Reynolds settlement, Louis versus Schm, and Italian and Paris society buzz.
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Paramount
Jack Kirklands
Haila Stoddard
Kirkland
Tobacco Road
Jose Ferrers
Uta Hagen
Thirter
Angel Street
Louis
Mike Jacobs
Uncle Sam
Communist Leader Browder Remains in Moscow Through July
The National Plenum of the American Communist Party delayed to July 16 while Earl Browder likely stays in Moscow until July 1. Other notes mention Johanning rearrested after Ellis Island release, Capp marrying Lt Col Gardner, and rumors about Miranda’s pending pardon and divorce.
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Moscow
Nat'l Comm
American Communist Party
Johanning
Ellis Island
Madeline Capp
Li'l Abner
Col. L. Gardner
Birmingham
Ala
Alfred J. Miranda
Rocky Graziano
Billingsley
Duncan McGregor Flagler
Jean Flagler Mathews
Florida
Emily Whitbeck
Palm Beach
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