Bleeding Hearts: Umstead Race Support Revealed
The High Point Enterprise reports author Tom Best of the Greensboro Daily News faces questions over efforts to deter William Umstead from challenging Senator Frank Graham. The piece defends Umstead’s courage, notes shifting political lines, and argues Umstead is best suited to run despite potential defeat.
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Tom Best
Greensboro Daily News
William Umstead
Frank Graham
Tom
North Carolina
Senator Umstead
Broughton
Umstead
Bill Umstead
Frank Mare
Bill
National
Mitteeman
Dice” Daniels
Graham
Not Very Smart On Guilford County beer referendum campaign
The author questions the Allied Church League opposition to a Guilford County beer ban, arguing that challenging the referendum before it is called is a poor strategy. They say petitions are easy to sign and a 15 percent threshold exists, predicting an early handicap to control advocates in the main vote.
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Guilford County
Allied Church League
1950 governor and senate races in three big states
The 1950 contests in New York California and Pennsylvania plus Ohio will shape the 1952 presidential scene. James Roosevelt seeks California’s governorship. Warren may run again. Franklin D Jr could enter New York. Dewey faces uncertainty. Dulles defeat changes GOP dynamics. Taft in Ohio looms as a major 1952 prospect.
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New York
California
Pennsylvania
James Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Earl Warren
GOP
Warren
Roosevelt
Franklin D., Jr
Congress
Thomas F. Dewey
Dewey
Sen
Foster Dulles
Dulles
Les
James Duff
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
White House
Taft
Senate
Patter Graphies And The Phrases Of Social Life
A collection of wry reflections on marriage, advice givers, inherited traits, and civic routines. The piece blends humorous maxims with social observations about preachers, Americanism, and middle age.
Thanksgiving reflections and rural education concerns
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale offers a Thanksgiving lesson on listing blessings beside troubles to combat despair. The column also notes Community Chest posters lingering downtown and discusses rural teacher shortages as young people seek city opportunities, citing High Point and Mexico as examples.
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Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Peale
Community Chest
Chest
Elwood Hotel
David Taylor Marke
Associated Press
Joe
Mary
Mexico
United States
High Point
Drunken Driving and Fraud Watch in Casual Comment
A compilation notes the dangers of drunken driving and calls for harsher penalties. It cites Judge Don MacRae and warns against liquor advertising aimed at drivers while flagging widespread unemployment insurance fraud and chiselers in state systems.
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Don MacRae
High Point
Quotes on marriage duty and world leadership
Excerpted remarks present views on newlyweds needing time, public service for freedom, and roles for India and Britain. Nehru, Hoover, and Elizabeth are cited, stressing duty, unity, and moral standards in a changing era.
Navy Midshipmen Object to Unification Feud and Bus Change
Washington column surveys Annapolis midshipmen who show little hostility to unification beyond annoyance at the loss of the free golf bus. Other notes mention rent decontrol progress, Howard Hughes jet helicopter prototypes, and Oscar Ewing optimistic on Truman Fair Deal and federal education aid.
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Washington
NEA
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Pentagon
Earl J. McGrath
U. S
Philadelphia
Mee Grath
McGrath
Oscar Ewing
Truman
Lobbyist Spending in First Half of 81st Congress Revealed
A report shows $6,293,622 spent by registered lobbyists in the first half of the 81st Congress, averaging $11,852 per member. A Washington buffet before the premiere of Battleground drew top officials, including Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews and his wife, with Air Force Chief of Staff General Vandenberg and his wife nearby.
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Battleground
Washington
Francis Matthews
Air Force
General Vandenberg
Lehman Victory Seen as Endorsement of Health Insurance Plan
Oscar Ewing argues Lehman’s New York win endorses compulsory health insurance. He cites returns showing strongest support where doctors opposed Lehman and the plan. Senate party balance remains 53 Democrats, 41 Republicans, plus one American Labor, one Democratic Liberal, and one vacancy.
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Oscar Ewing
Lehman
New York
Congress
Senate
Democrats Warn Against Overconfidence After Dewey Lesson
Strategists warn party workers that complacency could cost victories, cautioning that the same misstep that hurt Dewey last year may recur if they let down.
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Democratic Party
Dewey
Welfare State Debate Through Hamilton Ideals
The discussion contrasts Schlesinger and Hamilton on welfare, taxes, and government spending. It notes Hamilton favored using federal power to protect business interests, warns that pushing endless services raises tax burdens, risking bankruptcy, and urges opposition to higher taxes if the welfare state grows.
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Alexander Familton
Hamilton
the Treasury
National Bank
Shad Polier
Schlesinger
Harvard
Alexander Hamilton
United States
Britain
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D. A. Rawley
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Bleeding Hearts
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John L
Sullivan
M, L
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Doc
Ramblin
Fred Flagler
W. A. Bivins
Smith
Margaret Mitchell
Union
ABC
Charles Stevenson
Steverson
Massachusetts
New York State
Reader’s Digest
Herbert Hoover
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Navy
Peter Edson
Tighe Woods
Woods
Howard Hughes
General Electric
Special Air Force Committee On
Matthews
Mrs. Matthews
George Sokolsky
Arthur M. Schiess Jr
A.D.A
Welfare Stata
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