Pulitzer Prizes Honor North Carolina Weekly Papers Fight Against Klan
The Whiteville News Reporter and Tabor City Tribune win Pulitzer prizes for exposing and fighting Ku Klux Klan violence in two counties. Editors Willard Cole and Horace Carter risked life and livelihoods to unmask mobs, regain community trust, and pursue justice despite threats and pressure. The awards mark a first for weekly newspapers and acknowledge grassroots journalism in a continuing battle for freedom.
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Whiteville
Tabor City
North Carolina
Eisenhower’s first 100 days bring a GOP unity outlook
Peter Edson analyzes the first 100 days of the Eisenhower administration noting growing presidential popularity, a united front with Taft, and the push to end clashes between the executive and legislative branches. The piece warns the 1954 elections may hinge on Ike’s ability to rally Republicans and support Congressmen who back his program. The honeymoon era appears near its end.
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Peter Edson
Eisenhower
Taft
Congress
Edson
White House
Wasteful Coat Order Highlights Military Blunder
Revelations show the Army Quartermaster Corps ordered 1,262,000 overcoats in 1946 at a $45 million cost while already holding a large stock. The coats had legging pockets and failed in field use, leading to a costly earmarked redesign and scrutiny by a House subcommittee to identify responsibility and prevent recurrence.
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Army
Quartermaster Corps
U.S. Treasury
Korea
Japan
House
Apocryphal McCarran Law Tale Draws Laughs
A spoof from Worldover Press depicts a British visitor under the McCarran Act inquiry at Ellis Island with an imagined Winston Churchill address. The piece contrasts absurd questions with a playful clash of nations and ends noting the legend’s untrue nature.
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Worldover Press
Stephen King-Hall
Buckingham Palace Road
London
S.W. 1
United States
B.V
A.O
B.O
A.Q
Ellis Island
MI-5
Winston Churchill
Downing St
Ike’s Domestic Aims Face Sketchy Path After Controls End
Washington report says Eisenhower’s first 100 days saw the removal of price and wage controls with rent limits set to end July 31. The administration expanded study groups and reorganization plans while courting deflation via debt refinancing and budget cuts. A key test remains steel wage disputes and broader policy clarity.
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Ike
End of
Washington
Nea
Eisenhower
Congress
AFL
CIO
Clude
Office of
Price Stabilization and Wage Stabilization Board
Treasury
Joseph M.af
Defense
C. E. Wilson
National Security Council
Defense Department
Bureau of Standards
Department of Labor
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Science Seen as Lone Hope For United States
A Washington scientist argues science must save the United States by guiding best weapon planning though nuclear threats persist. The piece also notes North Carolina Borden Company payrolls and a new NC history project, plus a light joke about a beach encounter.
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United States
U. S
Washington
Nagashi
Russia
Borden
Borden Company
North Carolina
North Main Street
Sloan Gibson
North
South Carolina
Kernersville
Samuel Ashe
George E. Stratton
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York City
High Point
Lewis Company
R. D. W. Connor
Archibald Henderson
Hugh T. Lefler
University of North Carolina
Roundabout Psychiatric Approach Might Be Simplified
The column satirically critiques modern psychiatry arguments and praises old-time family doctors. It references Dr. William Menninger, Saipan welfare, and Chamorros, comparing therapy to gossiping bartenders and suggesting basic health concerns like hookworm before psychotherapy.
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Saipan
United Nations
Mama
William Menninger
Cornell
Park Avenue
Wilbur Dosher
Dr. Menninger
Costello's
Third Avenue
Toots Shor’s
Ike's Press Sessions Not a Laughing Matter
A Washington column mocks President Eisenhower's press conferences as sober compared with Truman's humor. It jokes about Ike’s vest fashion, future vest comes, cosmopolitan press corps, and a New York junket for Congress with a pricey, extra-cost breakfast and theater line.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Ike
Harry Truman
Mr. Truman
Ymelda
War quotes from leaders on defense and disarmament
A collection of remarks from figures including Deputy Defense Secretary Roger M. Kyes and Methodist Bishop Oxnam, urging stronger management support and anti communism. Other statements touch on military strength, Panmunjom, ration elimination, and postwar aims involving Mao and Chiang Kai-shek.
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Secretary of Defense
Defense
Roger M. Kyes
Russia
Mao Tsetung
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Shelby
N.C
Toetioe
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National Security Resources Board
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Roscoe Drummond
Christian Science Monitor
Moore
Wheeler
Cornelia Spencer
Chapel Hill
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Raleigh
Mark
By Robert Ruark
George Dixon
Dames
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Tass
New York
Dennis Chavez
New Mexico
Ymelda Mill
Sayng
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Oxnam
Henry Ford
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Robert D. Murphy
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