Opposing Capital Punishment Sparks Debate on Public Executions
The piece argues Warden Hugh Wilson opposes capital punishment and favors public executions near crime scenes to deter crime, while criticizing the public spectacle as degrading. It notes concerns about big business impacts and references Forrestal’s reply to Vishinsky, cautioning readers about anti-communist rhetoric.
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Hugh Wilson
North Carolina State Prison
North Carolina
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Rome
The Plain Truth on War and Business
Secretary Forrestal argues that US profits do not cause war and cites wartime costs and debt to refute Communist claims. He notes Napoleon’s wars rose from revolution, not capitalism, while warning another conflict would invite socialism and threaten prosperity.
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Vishinsky
Defense Forrestal
Mr. Forrestal
Farben-industrie
Germany
Forresval
Wall Street
America
England
France
Railroads win 10 percent freight rate boost across the board
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 10 percent freight rate increase for U S railroads, yielding about 700 million in extra revenue. The rise is not uniform with many classifications and coal receiving a flat 10 to 11 cent per ton bump. Operators expect some absorption by coal firms, keeping coal prices steady, while other goods pass higher costs along the supply chain.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
ICC
That Saw Again Under Threat of Damaging Suits
The Railway Express drivers ended secondary picketing in New York's garment district after threats of $10 million damage suits under Taft Hartley. The law limits unions interfering with businesses with no grievance. The piece questions whether higher prices drive voluntary rationing. It notes crowded colleges and questions China’s red prospects.
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Railway Express
New York City
Light Fades But Miss Ellis’s Life Shines In Memory
Miss Mayme Ellis, who died in a Hickory hospital after a long heart illness, left a lasting influence on hundreds of students and colleagues in city schools. Principal M. L. Patrick recalls her courage and humor, and friends note how visits cheered them and reinforced life’s battles. A Sardis club broadcast honored her, and Carl Goerch wrote about her, though she valued privacy.
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Mayme Ellis
Hickory
M. L. Patrick
Cloverdale
Carl Goerch
State Magazine
Miss Ellis
Archibald Rutledge
Hampton Plantation
S. C
Human Sensory Nerves and Body Water Loss Facts
The article notes that about half of the sensory nerves reach the brain via the optic nerve bundles. It warns that a 10 percent water loss seriously harms the body, while a 20 percent loss is fatal. It also states U S aluminum production rose to roughly six times its pre war capacity during World War II.
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U. S
Republicans Search for Leadership Amid 1948 Candidacy Drama
The piece surveys Republican prospects for 1948 with Taft gaining stature, Eisenhower rising, Dewey's delegate case, and MacArthur looming. It notes party funding woes, New York money resistance, and calls for younger leadership as committees faulted for finance and cohesion.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
United States
Damocles
San Francisco
Washington
Taft
Dewey
Republican National Committee
New York
Wall Street
Midwest
Republican Party
National Committee
World Series Gamble Tops New York News
Rumors swirl about Joe DiMaggio's status with the Yankees next season and a suspended fine tied to cancer. Police car presence at a 48th Street hotel prompts questions of a hushed rape claim. Bookies peg total wagers on the World Series well into the millions as the event dominates betting and headlines.
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Joe DiMaggio
N. Y
Yankee
Col. MacPhail
DiMaggio
U. S
Gen. Lee
CBS
48Th Street
Bookie Syndicates
Controversy Rumbles Over Press and Power Abroad
A sprawling clip notes British wartime blacklist figures and American press fallout. It cites London detentions, Peron office confrontations, and U S political shifts, with references to Eva, Buckinghams Palace, and Key West hideaways. It also mentions Ed Flynn, McGrath, Taft, and Humble gossip on FDR family ties and Galloping headlines.
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U. S
London
Hitler
Th U.N
B. A
Eva
Iita
Europe
Bucking’s
Peron
Luncheon Laughs and Royal Wedding Woes
A humorous column riffs on lounge suits for Princess Elizabeth's wedding and top hats at a royal event. It plates in on a pilot's bold in-flight joke about "How to Fly in 20 Lessons" and a National Press Club chorus revival, plus a tale of Miss Helen Hayes on stage and a water-splash mishap with Rex Smith.
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Washington
Elizabeth
Lord Chamberlin
Liz
New York
Helen Hayes
Miss Hayes
Olsen and Johnson
Rex Smith
Smith
Billy Reardon
Nestor
Stork Club
Stene Castle
Billy
Muriel Pershing
General Pershing
Mr. Reardon
Lanham's granddaughter tours Capitol on subway rides
Former Rep Fritz Lanham of Texas, back in the capitol after retirement, spends the afternoon with his 4-year-old granddaughter Jane Lanham Head. She toys with the idea of private chats and instead becomes fond of the single track subway between the Capitol and the Senate Office Building. Lanham cites eleven round trips by mid afternoon.
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Fritz Lanham
Texas
Congress
Capitol
Jane Lanham Head
Senate
Lanham
U S Representative and Political Terms Puzzle Preview
A filler puzzle page lists a large set of across and down clues referencing political terms and abbreviations. It mentions Everett as a pictured U S Representative and covers topics from bloodlessness to Gaelic abbreviations across a grid style crossword.
War scope of Russian forces and U S war talk reverberates
A New York Times excerpt notes Russia fields about 208 divisions in Europe and Asia, totaling roughly 3.5 to 4 million men. War Department spokesmen acknowledge the figure but offer no more detail, while U S officials seek to avoid warlike image despite emphasizing strength to counter Moscow. The piece comments on public perceptions and mentions Vishinsky in rebuttals and media attacks on journalists including Kent Cooper.
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N. Y. Herald Tribune
Moscow
Joseph Newman
Pravda
U. N
New York
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Izakov
Zhukov
Winchell
Walter Winchell
Gobbels
N. Y
Warmongers
Warmonger
Vishinsky
U. S
Russia
U.S
Sam
Europe
N. Y. Times
Kent Cooper
Mgr
Associated Press
Cooper
Bevin Critics U.S. Gold Policy Redistribution Debate
Ernest Bevin argues that United States taxation rises domestically due to insufficient redistribution of gold in Fort Knox. He accuses U.S. policy of hindering currency strength and fiscal fairness, citing bullion reserves as a core issue in global finance.
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United States
Fort Knox
Ernest Bevin
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