Negro voters in North Carolina reject Wallace appeal
The editorial notes that North Carolina Negro voters largely ignored Henry Wallace and the Progressive candidates, likely voting for Truman instead. It emphasizes Negroes judged candidates on ability and character, resisting racial demagoguery, and warns civil rights pushers to avoid overreach while affirming equal rights with merit and civic fitness as keys.
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North Carolina
Henry Wallace
Mary Price
Progressive Party
Wallace
Truman
Occane
Miss Price Wallace
Miss Price
North Caro
The
United States
W.A.B
Eleanor Roosevelt urges ousting Dixiecrats from Democrats
Eleanor Roosevelt in a Paris broadcast calls for removing Southern Dixiecrats from the Democratic Party. She targets John Rankin of Mississippi and Olin Johnston of South Carolina as reactionaries unfit for Democratic ranks. She argues party unity hinges on opposition to their style and Civil Rights stance. Vice President Elect Barkley quoted.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Paris
Eleanor
Anna Elt
Roosevelt
John Rankin
Mississippi
Olin Johnson l
South Carolina
Truman
Washington
Rankin and Johnson
States
Barkley
Virgin Forests and the Call to Preserve Old Growth
The Save-the-Redwoods League marks its 50th anniversary in California with the Madison Grant Memorial Forest dedication at Prairie Creek Redwoods. The editor urges North Carolinians to protect native trees as careless clearing and overharvesting threaten species such as cypress and various oaks, pines, and dogwood, stressing lessons from Germany and the value of flourishing forests.
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Save-the-Redwoods League of California
California Coast Range
Madison Grant
Prarie Creek Redwood State Park
California
Save-the- Redwoods League
San Francisco Examiner
High Point
America
League
North Carolina
Black Forest
Kissing Jim Floats Mos cow Peace Mission Remark
Governor James E Fol som of Alabama, known as Kissing Jim, urged himself for a Moscow peace mission with Stalin after Truman debated sending Chief Justice Vinson. The move prompted strong protests from the secretary of state and others, who warned against sidelining the UN. The president ultimately did not pursue the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E
Jim” Folsom
Alabama
Truman
Moscow
Stalin
Justice Vinson
United Nations
United States
Berlin
Washington Goes to Sleep and Polls in Jest
In the satirical piece Edson mocks a Truman polling stunt with a mock Dixon Destitute institute and a joke about Washington life. The vignette features exaggerated poll results from two musk oxen and Ivan Skvinsky Skvar and ends with reporters returning to the White House to find a sign reading Quiet please reporters sleeping and a note It s chronic H S T.
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Minisk
Truman
Volga Sturgeon
Dixon Destitute
Institute
Minsk
Pinsk
Ivan Skvinsky
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
H.S.T
Diplomat’s Son Envoys Silence On Election View
A Panamanian embassy official's son Julito refused to state his views on the election, saying he was a diplomat. The incident occurred after a public school poll of the students.
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Don Julio Ernesto Heurtematte
Julito
Heurtematte
London election impressions from Brit ish papers quirky notes
Mr Clifford Hulme reports on reactions after the election with vivid, humorous sketches. George Washington statue in Trafalgar Square stands stiff. Roosevelt Memorial in Governor Square anchored. Sir Stafford Cripps smiles and eats nuts. Attlee urged to send Truman a copy of socialism in our time. Churchill disappears in cigar smoke. Rumor of a cricket match altered by Truman anti segregation policy. Hulme adds ten dollars for a crystal ball amid money worries at Bank of England.
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Clifford Hume
Kemsley
London
George Washington
Trafalgar Square
Roosevelt
Governor Square
Stafford Cripps
Attlee
President Truman
Bank of England
Quote on American Life curriculum cited by industry leader
John L. Collyer of B. F. Goodrich urges schools to teach a required course on The American Way of Life as urgent. Senator Edward Martin warns political branches must support the next president for national and world stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Collyer
B. F. Goodrich Co
United States
Senate
House
Sen
Edward Martin
Wallace movement labeled fifth column in New York scene
Dean Allange, head of the New York Liberal Party, announces support for Governor Dewey while critics describe the Wallace movement as engineered by men with Communist ties and aligned with Soviet policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Dean Allange
New York
Liberal Party
Dewey
Veneration and monuments revive in Guilford Courthouse tale
Old-timer laments lack of veneration for youth and heroes while a Greensboro News column recounts how statues at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park were damaged and repaired. The piece highlights William Hooper Major Winston and Mrs. Karenhappuck Turner with renewed pedestal restorations and a Miss Freedom statue receiving fresh polish.
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Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
William Hooper
Joseph Winston
Karenhappuck
Hooper
Winston
Winston Salem
Taylor
Turner
Maryland
John Morehead
General Greene Monument
Miss Freedom
Though polls fail, the inner voice still speaks in 1948 views
George Sokolsky argues that polls and ratings mislead. He praises individual conscience over crowd consensus and reflects on the 1948 election, noting Dewey’s appeal and media figures backing him while condemning poll-driven vanity. A critique of Gallup and modern media follows.
Broadway Gossip and Political Bets Roil The Nation
Whispers about high stakes betting on who wins where with Hugo rumors about Doris Duke and Rubirosa. Intimates suggest Thyra Sumter Winslow may wed Lord Henry Pringle at Jamacca, while O Dwyy er aims for the governorship as a stepping stone to the Senate. FBI boasts of rapid communist chief apprehension as cinema circles buzz over connections to a Queen Mary visit and Pat Kennedy.
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Broadway
Doris Duke
Thyra Sumter Winslow
Audley
Henry Pringle
Duke of Windsor
Jamacca
O’dwyer
U. S. Senate
FBI
Eleanor Ames
Cinemas
Lou Hertz
Geo. Nichols
J. P. Kennedy
Pat
Dr. Galloops
New York Dem Nomination and Public Glimpses of 1944 Figures
Scribbled items note Forres tal's defense post speculation and jokes about Eisenhower. Dianna Forrester and Stuart Daniel marry in April. Kay Summersby’s book printing and Clare Luce front pages tied to elections. A noted playwright to join a Carmelite Convent list, Bette Davis in medical care, Hoover active at 175, a CBS commentator cites Dewey conceding Roosevelt’s election.
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Dem
Forrestal
Secy of Defense Post
Prez
Eisenhower
Dianna Forrester
Conover
Stuart Daniel
Chamber of Commerce
Kay Summersby
Clare Luce
Bette Davis
Hampshire House
Hoover
CBS
Dewey
Roosevelt
Ikes Reward for Refusing the Presidency
A dated column threads personalities from cinema and politics. It notes Karinska and Sam Schwartz collaborating on fashion, Joan Wharton’s Vassar departures, and editors debating news from WJZ and the Albany fire. It cites quotes on Dewey, Arnall, and Wise political minds, ending with Ike’s choice not to run and the ensuing outcome.
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Laura Probly
Cuba
Milady
Karinska
Sam Schwartz
Alf de Liagre
Piroushkas
Joan Wharton
Vassar
Burt Shevelove
Small Wonder
Tommy Chen
Singapore
Delores Youn
Albany
Jerry Walker
WJZ
Albany Fire
Everyone Was Wrong Except the Voters in Elections
A reflective column argues voters may be right or wrong and that history books do not reveal mass wisdom. It asserts individuals must hold to personal beliefs despite public opinion and shifting fashions, trusting that truth ultimately prevails.
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Tom Dewey
Pulican Party
Harry Truman
Thomas Edison
Walter Winchell
Truman
Dewey
Messrs
Gallup
Roper
Luce
Time
Life
Look
Fortune
Scripps-Howard
McCormick
Associated Press
Paul Lockwood
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Miami Herald
Winchell
United Press
Int
News Service
Pearson
Southern Governor HORIZONT Puzzle List
A fragmented vertical puzzle yielding clues for words across categories. Reads as a list of numbered hints including political figure hints, geographic terms, and common crossword style prompts.
Phrase list from crossword style clues
A compact set of crossword oriented entries hints including words like Proficient Clutches Distant Reach Expunger Recollection Hungarian poet a Negate Direction Steamship male cats ribbed fabric insect egg Hebrew deity Thus.
French Nazi Collaborators Enter Canada Illegally
Four men named Dr Georges Montel Dr Andre Boussat Julien Labedan and Jean Huc entered Canada on false passports escaping France where they were convicted as Nazi collaborators. The Canadian government approves their admission, legalizing their entry as Vichy traitors.
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Ilse Koch
Georges Montel
Andre Boussat
Julien Labedan
Jean Huc
Canada
France
M Shawn and Micheline Presle to Wed Amid Radio Buzz
Michele Morgan’s ex Bill Marshall plans marriage to Micheline Presle star of Sartre’s The Chips Are Down while Lawrence Bentley of Thomas Publications weds Anita Conze after her Columbia graduation.
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Michele Morgan
Bill Marshall
Micheline Presle
Sartre
Lawrence Bentley
Thomas Publications
Anita Conze
the Prez
Susquehanna Mills
Columbia
Joseph Crater
Dewey
Congress
Philly
Richard Monti
Truman
Philadelphia
Tenants barred from showers in Fort Greene low rent housing
In New York Fort Greene housing tenants may not install showers and must rely on tubs amid a housing policy. The item notes ongoing edits to topical quips in M Todd’s show As the Girls Go and mentions entertainers Gene McCarthy Tommy Farrell and Rita Nevenne with event dates and venues in November.
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New York
Fort Greeve
M. Todd
Dewey
Gene McCarthy
Tommy Farrell
The
Waldorf
Wedgwood Room
Lee Mele
le Ruban Bleu
Rita Nevenne
Jed Harris
Gabriel Pascal
Red Gloves
Freeman
Truman era political brief hints at party membership secrecy
The note discusses restricting Communist Party memberships to conceal identities from federal agents. It lists Truman administration figures David Noyes Clark Clifford David Niles and John Steelman as key aides. It mentions voluntary price controls and unsettled civil rights strategy amid sharp political divides highlighted by Truman and Wallace votes.
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Communist Party
Feds
Truman
Brain Trust
David Noyes
Clark Clifford
David Niles
John Steelman
Noyles
Donald Né
Big Biz
Wallace
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W. A. Bivins
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Greensboro News Staff
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George Gallup
Hermes
Japan
Russia
Galileo
England
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MAN About Town
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