Governor Scott’s alleged kickback probe sparks dispute
The Raleigh News and Observer questions Governor Scott’s claim of an SBI led investigation into teachers paying kickbacks to keep jobs. Officials deny any such probe, noting no SBI record and suggesting the governor used private sources for sensational headlines. The piece critiques the governor’s shifting account and seeks clarity.
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Scott
State Bureau of Investigation
Raleigh News and Observer
SBI
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Teachers’ Organization
Associated Press
Sherlock Scott
Pearson's Forecasts in Doubtful Clues for 1952 Race
Columnist Drew Pearson boasts an over eighty percent accuracy but questions his own recent predictions. He doubts Clyde Hoey becomes a Dixiecrat and believes Gordon Gray will not quit the UNC presidency for any Atomic Energy post. Gray likely prefers university leadership over Washington roles, and Truman cannot sway him.
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Drew Pearson
Pearson
Clyde R
Hoey
National Democratic Organization
Clyde Hoey
Truman
Gordon Gray
University of North Carolina
Atomic Energy Commission
Gray
Washington
Consolidated University
Harry Truman
Drew
No Easy Way in a World of Gray Truths
Essay warns against seeking simple fixes in Cold War era policy. It argues Americans chase quick solutions to peace and defense, ignores past Russian obstruction, and cautions that true security requires hard choices, patience, and support for principled leadership.
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Stalin
Truman
Kremlin
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
United States
Europe
Asia
Acheson called convert to reality in harsh critique
The piece accuses Dean Acheson of long standing errors from 1941 to last week, alleging appeasement of Russia with Alger Hiss as a key aide. It questions his loyalty and decisions from State Department roles to Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta, suggesting a shift in policy masks no admission of fault.
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Dean Acheson
Mao Tze-tung
Acheson
Soviet
Russia
Alger Hiss
Harvard Law School
Treasury
Mr. Roosevelt
State Department
Sistant
Alger
Donald
Washington
State
Treasury Departments
Colombia
Greece
Iran
Denmark
Pakistan
Poland
Harold Ware
Hiss
J. B. Matthews
Dies Committee
Department of Justice
Ware
Matthews
Whittaker Chambers
Isaac Don Levine
Adolf A. Berle
Berle
Donald Hiss
Brazil
Far Eastern Affairs
Office of Special Political Affairs
United States
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Yalta
San Francisco
United Nations
Joseph Co. Grew
Grew
Amerasia
M. Berle
Renzo Avanzo
Rome
Marilyn
Buford
Rossellini
Carl Fiske
Elizabeth
Malta
New Yorker
Loisie
Kirk Douglas
Pat Neal
Movietown
J. D. MecGoldrick
Empire State Express
Miami Beach
Lawson Little
Toney Penna
Gene Sarazen
Runyon Fund
Pipple
Tracy
A. E. Hotchners
Lenox Hill
Cosmopolitan
O Connor
White Plains
Mr. O'C
Rudolph Bing
New
Met Opera
Rooney Slams State Department Over Ireland Hello Incident
Washington columnist recounts Rep. John Rooney blasting the State Department for delaying Ireland greetings until Britain approves. The piece also notes a Senate subcommittee witness criticizing merchant marine subsidies and recalls Dorothy Lamour meeting with FBI officials plus a local broadcaster scuffle.
Unification Urged by Hunt and Doolittle on Defense uniforms
Lt Gen James H Doolittle warns that failing to develop jet air transports will weaken the aircraft industry in world markets. Sen Lester C Hunt argues national defense requires unification even if it means removing distinct branch uniforms.
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James H. Doolittle
Sen
Lester C
Hunt
Wyoming
New York Society Notes From A Storied Week
The column surveys high society in New York and Washington with updates on film stars royalty and politicians. It mentions Paulette Goddard Deanna Durbin Yvonne de Carlo and Joan Caulfield among others and notes tax crackdowns on New York waiters. It also highlights Mayo Clinic treatment for Gen Chennault and a lavish Metropolitan Museum loaned Old Masters.
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R. B. Keech
John L. Lewis
Washington
Paulette Goddard
Earl of Warwick
Bessie Love
Deanna Durbin
Vincent Price
Duchess of Kent
Duke of Leeds
Britain
A du Pont
Florida
Joan Caulfield
Frank Ross
Yvonne de Carlo
East Hampton
S. I
Washington Wire
C. Chennault
Mayo Clinic
New York
Bulgaria
U. S
Whittaker Chambers
Mayor O'Dwyer
Gracie Mansion
L. Gaba
Metropolitan Museum
Mind Reading Dogs and Girls in Odd Notes from High Point
Dr J B Rhine of Duke notes dogs may have greater mind reading powers than humans after anecdotal feats including a dog traveling miles to find owners and a ship’s fox terrier greeting its captain. The column also recalls a grief-stricken St Bernard at a funeral, a probing wedding advice page from Dorothy Dix, a Good Samaritan tale ending in theft, a college prank with a Bible, and stories of mercy and crime.
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J. B. Rhine
Duke University
Rhine
Elizabeth City
Canal
J. C. Rowe
Main
High Point
Dorothy Dix
Tom Baldrich
Baldrich
Reading
Penn
Ignazio Lachino
Lawrence Plastino
Jean
Ami
Lachino
Lachine
Plastinos
Plastino
Johial
Belial
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R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Charles B. Loflin
Robert L. Thompson
C. W. Patterson, JR
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Secretary of State
George Sokolsky
The
Rooney
George Dixon
Congress
John J. Rooney
England
Ireland
Old Erin
Livingston Satterthwaite
Satterthwaite
Pointblank
Republic of Ireland
Bevin
Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee
Warren G. Magnuson
General Accounting Office
Zeke
Dorothy Lamour
J. Edgar Hoover
Clyde Tolson
FBI
Miss Lamour
Bill Howard
Howards
Maryland
Our City
Maggie Ettinger
Brannan
Walter Winchell
Wm. Knickerbocker
CCNY
E. Holliday
Eversharp
Virgin Islands
Joyce Mathews
Indianapolis
Dudley Pelley
Hitler
W. A. Bivins
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