Hodges Urges North Carolina Leaders to Act for Free Enterprise
Luther Hodges, a Greensboro business leader and lieutenant governor candidate, told sales executives to engage with government and protect free enterprise. He warned the “good old days” won’t return and noted changes depend on who shapes them, answering questions with a hint he may run for governor in the future.
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Greensboro
Luther Hodges
Hodges
North Carolina
America
Duke Professor Kale Named Practical Theology Leader
Duke University president Dr Hollis Edens announced that Dr W A Kale will leave Wesley Memorial after three years to become Duke's professor of practical theology at the start of the next academic year. The change is seen as a valued service to Methodist ministry training and church life.
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Duke University
W. A. Kale
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Hollis Edens
Kale
Wesley Memorial
Duke
Duke Divinity School
Navy Paperweights and wasteful spending critique
A reader laments government waste in military procurement. The Senate Preparedness Committee probes excesses, referencing a Navy report claiming 3,000 paperweights are needed monthly. The column mocks high costs and suggests frugal, even odd, alternatives.
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Boys In Blue
Navy
Thrill seekers block firemen at High Point blaze
Readers are told the High Point Fire Department faced crowding by thrill seekers during a Saturday fire that killed a man. Police arrested 12 drivers for violating a state law requiring motorists to yield to responding fire units, as onlookers hampered firefighting efforts and endanger others.
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High Point
Greensboro
FE. K. Ingram
L. K
Mad House Proposal for Russell Marriage to Princess Margaret Rose
Senator Russell and Gov Huey Long clash over a sensational plan to place Russell in the White House by marrying Princess Margaret Rose of the British royal family. Long touts a homemaking influence as a campaign asset and even hints at personal risk to secure the political alliance.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Queen Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Huey Long
White House
England
Senator Long
Senator Russell
Truman Democrats
Senator
Campani i
Bus
Margaret Truman
Jimmy Durante
Eddie Jackson
Britain
Roy
Baron
Baton Rouge
Earl
The
Bronx
Duke of
Ilwaukee
George Dixon mocks marriage plot in Truman era state politics
The column fuses satire on a Margaret Rose marriage with American political rivalries. Dixon jokes a royal match could boost campaigns and fundraise via titles, predicting dramatic Crowds, garments, and perks, while lampooning foreign alliances and party fund-raising schemes.
Lattimore Testimony Faces Inconsistencies Over Communist Ties
During the McCarran Committee hearing editor Be in Mandel presents a 1936 Institute of Pacific Relations document showing Lattimore attended Moscow meetings. The file includes a note from O.L. about Pacific Affairs and responses to China Today with Chi as a Communist. Lattimore’s later statements contrast with the evidence.
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Lattimore
McCarran
O.L
Motiliev
P.A
Pacific Affairs
O. L
P. A
Edward C. Carter
Japan
China
Motilier
Morris
Tydings Committee
Dr. Chi
Dr Chi
China Today
Max Granich
Mr. Granich
Iton
Pacific
Institute of Pacific Relations
Amerasia
Tydings
Progressive Party voices and wartime rhetoric from 1952 race
Newspaper quotes capture political tensions in 1952 with remarks from Progressive Party secretary C. B. Baldwin on corruption and taxation, Rep. Senton Young criticizing high taxes, Geoffrey Crowther tagging Churchill as a peace monger, and Maj. Gen. Howard Turner praising truce talks in Korea.
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Progressive Party
C. B. Baldwin
Howard Turner
Korea
Washington Scene Lattimore and the Defense Lollipops
Columnist Peter Edson notes defense leaders defend mobilization pace amid Johnson committee jabs. He cites Lovett and Wilson arguing for a measured four year aircraft expansion to avoid economic disruption, while critics warn of slow progress and waste.
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Washington
NEA
Charles E. Wilson
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Pasadena
Jadio
Korea
Defense
Lovett
Detroit
U. S
Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Lockland
Ohio
Johnson Committee
Surnames and a Deed in Hyde County and Beyond
Reader recalls Hyde County surnames like Gibbs Mann and Swindell and notes Kin in High Point with Idol family members in banking and business. A tale of Celestia Pennsylvania a devout deed to Almighty God and a four square mile tract deeded in 1864 to the Creator ends without clear fate, with more on page six.
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Hyde County
Gibbs
Mann
Swindell
Hyde
Kearns
Welborn
Welch
Eitel
Kern
Wellborn
High Point
Sheraton
Banker Mitchell
Warrenton
Idol Viector H. “Idol
Bank of Madison
Madison
Rockingham County
A. M. Idol
Vera Idol
Point College
Emma Blair School
Vernon Idol
Smart Sox Company, Inc
Virgil Idol
Idol-Green Company, Realtors
North Carolina
W. K. Molyneux
Rt. 2
Sullivan Review
Dushore
Penn
Springfield
Mass
True Magazine
J. Herbert Walker
Department of Commerce
Harrisburg
Celestia
Sullivan County
Sullivan Highlands
Peter E. Armstrong
Hannah
County of
Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Earth
God
Jesus Messiah
John S. Green
J. P
True
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