Three candidates for North Carolina governor face voters
The state may see a three way Democratic primary with L Y Ballantine, Wilkins P Horton, and Charles M Johnson as leading contenders. The piece foresees a clean race, notes cross support and party harmony efforts, and warns of undercurrents around Communist and fascist influence.
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L. Y. “Stag” Ballantine
Wake County
Wilkins P. Horton
Cherry
Charles M. Johnson
Johnson
Horton
Ballentine
North Carolina
High Point Citizens Lament City Street Neglect
Rudolph Binder criticizes High Point officials for lax street maintenance including trash in alleys, scarce street cleaning, insufficient parking, scarce lighting, and underused parks. He urges action to improve safety and livability.
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High Point
Rudolph Binder
Citizens Seek Year Round Civic Improvement and History
Letters from High Point residents urge more city action beyond spring campaigns. They criticize the airport plan and council priorities while calling for a nonpartisan government, a robust public library history of local industry, and active appreciation of local clergy like Dr. John Branscomb.
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High Point
C. M. Goode
Chamber of Commerce
Purge Call Echoes in North Carolina Politics
Senator Clyde R Hoey urged governments to adopt President Truman’s purge targeting Communists and their front groups while noting North Carolina governments appear free of Communists. The editorial warns scrutiny should extend to fellow travelers and front organizations without erroneously accusing all state workers.
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Ku Klux Klan
Russia
Communist Party
CIO
Phillip Murray
Hitler
Charlie Chaplin
North Carolina
Clyde R. Hoey
Truman
Hoey
Romeo and Juliet spoof at Moscow peace talks
A lighthearted note mocks the Moscow peace conference with parodied quotations from Romeo and Juliet and Shakespearean lines adapted to postwar diplomacy including references to Molotov and Stalin. The piece suggests the wartime leaders might quote from Shakespeare in future talks.
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Moscow
George Marshall
Marshall
Stalin Joe
Joe
Molotov
Capitol square locals push liquor control bill in Hickory
The North Carolina House sent to the Senate a bill to allow a local vote on ABC stores within Hickory city limits. Debate lingered on county unit support and whether public roads should favor heavy truck traffic or farm use with deferment set for next Tuesday due to limited committee attendance.
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Senate
ABC
Hickory
Senate Roads Committee
Highway Commission
William Rogers
Vance Norman
Carolina Pulp Mills
Plymouth
Rogers
Norman
Ordi
Nary Farm
Graham
General Assembly
Speakership talk and court swearing in roughs up Cleveland county session
Lynn Nisbet reports a split on a legislative expense bill as four Rowan and Buncombe candidates push deferment while A. B. Stoney urges immediate passage. In county affairs Chester Morris is sworn in as district judge after a late start and John Graham seeks postponement of his oath to stay in the assembly a few more days.
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Cleveland County
House
George Uzzell
Kere Craige Ramsay
Rowan
George Shuford
Buncombe
A. B. Stoney
Burke
Eugene Bost
Cabarrus
Stoney
First Judicial District
Chester Morris
Morris
General Assembly
Chowan
Graham
Winchell In New York City Celebrity Rumor Roundup
A rapid fire column lists society blips and gossip notes from New York and Boston, including John Kieran’s son elopement, Lana Turner rumors, Ed Wynns and the stork club bids, Broadway scraps, and various social fixtures, with mentions of editors, performers, and public figures.
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John Kieran
Boston
Ty'Power
Lana Turner
Ed Wynns
Ed Gordon, Jr
Lexington Avenue
Sherman Billingsley
Stork
A. B. O'Keefes
Doris Vinton
Ziegfeldolly
Waterbury
New Haven
Hellinger
St. Regis
Lord Selby
Caboose
Strand
Louis Prima
Heckler interrupts Bathsheba matinee during Mason stage debut
A man heckled James Mason during a Philadelphia matinee of Bathsheba shouting your show stinks. Mason responded by throwing a pitcher at the intruder who fled into the aisle and exited the theatre.
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