Another Try At Jumping The Mason Dixon Fence
A book review of Cid Ricketts Sumner's “But The Morning Will Come” notes the author mixes Southern race themes with reform ideas. Bentley Carr, a Mississippi bride with mixed heritage, contends with family pressure and a suitor while contemplating possible futures and social acceptance in 1947.
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Mason Dixon
Cid Ricketts Sumner
Bobbs-Merrill
Deep South
Sumner
Bentley Carr
Mississippi
Bentley
South America
The Nullifier Pictured As A Steadfast Patriot
Book review of Charles M. Wiltse biography on John C Calhoun, second volume in a three part series. Describes Calhoun as fiercely principled with iron will and staunch states rights stance. Recounts stormy decade of his career and loyalty to his beliefs over party.
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United States Senate
United States
John C. Calhoun
Ing
Calhoun
South
North
Calhoun biography reviewed as essential pre Civil War study
A book review surveys a life full of fiery rhetoric from South Carolina's John C. Calhoun. It credits the author with clear prose that corrects misconceptions and shows how Calhoun helped set the stage for sectional conflict and the Civil War.
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Calhoun
South
Jackson
Peggy Eaton
Calthoun
Dixie
John C. Calhoun
Norway Man Revels In Bridge Strategy At Hand
N. M. Nielsen of Norway, head of a paper industry shipping office and president of the Norwegian Bridge League, shared a hand from a recent tournament. He discusses catching opponents off guard and details how he doubled in three no trump, then racked up overtricks after a sequence starting with five of diamonds and a queen under cover, highlighting strategic play and misdirection.
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N. M. Nielsen
Norway
Nielsen
Neilsen
North
West
South
Mr. Nielsen
Sophisticated Readers Will Like The Wastrel
A review of Frederic Wakeman's The Wastrel notes the novel targets sophisticated adults and contains frank lewd content and profanity. It centers on Duncan Bell and his loveless marriage to Lorna, with their son as the sole bond, yet reveals a resilient heart. The piece argues the book, while sordid at times, offers literary value and intellectual depth.
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Duncan Bell
Lorna
Duncan
Odd Fact and Baking Tip From 1949 Notices
Odd Fact reports a garter snake found in a Welland Ontario wall built 21 years prior. A baking tip advises all flour be sifted before measuring, followed by legal notices from High Point North Carolina involving divorce actions and court dates in March and April 1949.
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Welland
Ontario
Willie Cunningham Brown
High Point
North Carolina
Lea
Provence W. Allen
High Point Municipal Court
O. D. Ingram
Guilford County
Eva Sims Brooks
Albert Curn Brooks
Florence W. Allen
Aast
WD. Ingram
N. OC
City of
D. R. Lane
Nora Franklin Lane
Plorence W. Allen
N. C
Duke Medical Dean To Serve Month In Japanese Area
Dr. W. C. Davison dean of Duke University School of Medicine has been appointed a consultant to the U S army surgeon general and will serve a month in Tokyo He is a pediatrics specialist and a colonel in the army medical reserve corps assisting Far East theater surgeons and hospital staffs to ensure best available medical care Clinics ward rounds lectures in Tokyo and elsewhere likely ahead of duty in the Far East.
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Durham
W. C. Davison
Duke University School of Medicine
U. S. Army
Tokyo
Army Medical Reserve Corps
Davison
Doctor to Lead Far East Pediatric Clinics for Aid Program
Dr. Davison will spend a week in Shanghai conducting pediatric clinics for the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. After the tour he reports to the surgeon general on theater hospital conditions. He described the assignment as a pleasure and emphasized participating in the army's Far East medical program. The travel route begins at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, with stops in Hawaii Johnston Island Kwajalein Guam and Tokyo.
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Shanghai
American Bureau
China
Surgeon
Davison
Army
Fairfield- Suisun Airforce Base
Fairfield
Cal
Hawaii
Johnston Island
Kwajalein
Guam
Tokyo
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Philip
Kate
Jeffrey Wheeling
Miss Stockbridge
John
Fier
Charles M. Wiltse
South Carolina
Archibald Henderson
George Bernard Shaw
Samuel Stevens Hood
Crichton
Robert Marshall
Squire Jim
Gn Budge
William EF. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA Service
Edna
N. Main ST
Truitt
Ruit" Manufacturing Company
Greensboro, Worth Carolina
Frederic Wakeman
Rhinehart & Company
North Cargilas Guilford County
Claude McDonald Brown
Duke Medical
Terminix
Terminix CO
South Main
Harrlson Agency
Main St
DuPont
Llhrough
North Wrenn Street
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