Call for Big Four meeting away from Russia
The piece argues Winston Churchill should seek a four power conference with Truman and Plevan in a neutral venue outside Russia. It criticizes Stalin for not leaving Russia and warns he could exploit such talks. It favors United Nations HQ in New York or Washington, with London as a backup.
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Winston Churchill
Washington
Truman
Pleyan
France
Stalin
Russia
Churchill
Plevan
United Nations
New York
London
Great Britain
Paris
More the Merrier in Supreme Court Race
A Superior Court judge joins Judge Allen Gwyn and two others in the race for the Supreme Court seat appointed to Stimous Valentine of Nashville by Governor Scott. The field now includes three Superior Court judges and one former municipal judge as conservatives challenge Valentine, long a liberal figure.
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Supreme Court
Scott
Stimous Valentine
Nashville
Allen Gwyn
Reidsville
Superior Court
Justice Valentine
Valentine
Kerr Scott hunts for what he can get in national politics
Governor Kerr Scott decries Eisenhower as a hunting metaphor you must read as a political jibe. He questions what game Eisenhower would hunt domestically and hints Scott aims for top posts like secretary of agriculture or senator while keeping options open. The piece portrays Scott and Harry as seeking advantage in a volatile political landscape.
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Europe
Kerr
Scott
Regardles
Eisenhower
Taft
Byrnes
Russell
Harry
N. Y. Times
Gen. Eisenhower
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Newsday
Nassau County
Sprague
Gen
Dewey
W. W
Southern Democrats face Truman defeat plan not workable
The idea of a regional Democratic split to block Truman hinges on federal patronage and party splits. It would require Southern Democrats to ally with Republicans or Truman factions, preserving influence but likely failing. A “Democrats for Eisenhower” style movement could win a southern state or two but fail to stop Truman.
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Byrnes
South Carolina
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Taft
Dirksen
Books
South
Repeat Performance Signals Truman’s 1948 Agenda Return
President Truman plans to press his 1948 program with additions in January targeting Taft Hartley repeal national health insurance stricter price controls higher taxes and expanded government power over industry. Momentum on inflation could push stronger controls through while opposition faces a defensive stance at the polls though observers doubt full revival of the entire program.
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Truman
Congress
Senate
House
Duck season misfortune and a royal radio mishap
Senator Ellender of Louisiana faced embarrassment when duck stamps rose to two dollars and he had only one dollar left, despite his plan to hunt for free as a sixty year old. In Washington the BBC broadcast went awry when President Truman and Princess Elizabeth spoke into dead mics, silencing much of the ceremony.
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Allen J. Elfender
Louisiana
Houma
New Orleans
Bayou
Terrebonne Parish
Solon
Ellender
South
Lafitte
Allen J. Ellender, Jr
Sclon
Elizabeth
White House
British Broadcasting Corporation
R. Leonard Miall
Rose Garden
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Malaya
Amstead
Bath
BBC
Miall
Truman
Lillibet
Maill
Joan Crawford
Imperial Pearl Syndicate
Runyon Fund
Doctors Hosp
Pneu
Fran Keegan
Chorus
Chas, Chaplin, Jr
Liberals and anti-Communists clash over Schulz lecture
A Scarsdale dispute over Rabbi Schultz speaking on public schools and textbooks highlights tensions between anti-Communist activists and liberal critics. The New York Times coverage focused on Schultz's stance, while the Scarsdale club declined comment. The piece questions whether some so-called liberals mask reluctance to combat infiltration and propaganda in American life.
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United States
Truman
Russia
Alger Hiss
New York State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Benjami Schultz
American Jewish League
Scarsdale Womans Club
Rabbi Schultz
Soviet Russia
Scarsdale
Scarsdale Club
New York State Federation
Scarsdale Women’s Club
New York Times
Schultz
Stephen S. Wise
All-Woman Jury Hears Denver Traffic Case Appeal
An appeal of an $84 fine and 60 day jail term for traffic offenses in Denver, Colorado, was heard, with the trial proceeding before an all-woman jury that imposed fines totaling $500 and 120 days in jail. The report notes various odd facts about aging, crops, fisheries, light travel, and bird feather distribution.
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Denver
Colorado
Brazen Hollywood Rumors Sweep New York Headlines
A packed page traces gossipy echoes from Ingrid Bergman to Rita Hayworth, Norman Krasna to Dolores Gray, and Eisenhower’s rumored nomination. It notes marriages, separations, and courtly shifts, with a Washington wire on GOP maneuvering and a Pentagon plan to appoint 400 generals, all amid society party chatter and industry chatter.
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Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Celeste Holm
Gary Cooper
Pat Neal
Betty Hutton
Norman Krasna
Helmut Dantine
Dolores Gray
J. P. McNally
Police Laboratory
Fearful 1960 election omen and random musings
A compact miscellany on a superstition about presidents elected in zero years and a string of quick factual and humorous items. It includes a warning about a potential 1960 president, Colgate sleep experiments, San Yakima headlines about GIs, decibel trivia, a joke about a tail light, lists of decisive historical events, thoughts on shaving, hip flasks at football games, aged expressions, trading stamps, fluffy magazine fads, and a country editor’s remark on new scientific warfare plus a note on gender brand switching in gin.
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William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William MacKinley
Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colgate University
Yakima
Wash
Daily Republic
Korea
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