Inaugural Address of Gordon Gray at Consolidated University
The inaugural address of Gordon Gray as president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina lays out firm anti Communist and political restraint policies while urging the university to stay out of politics except in support of education. He honors his predecessor Frank Graham but promises a distinct direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Gray
Namby-Pamby
Frank Graham
University
Graham
Senate
Japan
China
Taft Misrepresentation Sparks Ohio Political Debate
The piece argues the CIO misrepresents Taft in Ohio campaigns, noting Taft’s role as a sponsor and advocate of the 1949 public housing measure and his wartime lineage in housing studies. It cites his voting record as context for broader claims about political misrepresentation and free elections. It also discusses Japanese peace treaty talks and the potential shift away from China trading partners in Far East commerce.
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CIO
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Congress
House
Truman
White House
U. S
China
Japan
Southeast Asia
Indo-China
Siam
Burma
India
Indonesia
General MacArthur
Far East
Mad House Washington Columnist Encounters Baldy Brannan
Washington columnist recants a party where he met Baldy Brannan the secretary of agriculture. He jokes about Brannan balking at names while recalling the event and teases political talk with Mrs. Howard Coffin wife of a former Illinois representative as Taft campaign chatter fills the room.
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Washington
Baldy Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Baldy
Bernard J. Gallagher
Phyllis Moore Gallagher
Howard Coffin
Illinois
Republican National
Ohio
Brannan
Arthur G. Post
Mr. Post
Queen Victoria
Department of Agriculture
Washington Color TV row boosts CBS still near finish
Washington observers debate FCC color TV report as CBS leads but no universal standard emerges. If manufacturers build adapters for CBS style, a months long delay and higher prices threaten 8,000,000 homes while CBS NBC and RCA compete. Public view remains skeptical about color adoption and cost.
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Washington
NEA
Federal Communications Commission
CBS
RCA
NBC
NBC Color
FCC
Department of Justice
John Q. Televiewer
Charles E. V. Prins
Televiewers Association
Quotes on civic duty and youth in politics
Gen Lucius Clay calls on every U S citizen to feel responsibility for global readership and hope. Betty Eileen MacAllister, chosen Mrs America of 1950, jokes about motherhood and fame. Guy Gabrielson urges the Republican party to win by courting younger voters.
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United States
U. S
Lucius Clay
The
Crusade For Freedom
Betty Eileen MacAllister
Republican Party
Guy Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Lucky Luciano Deported in 1930s Deportation Policy Debate
The article details Lucky Luciano as a leading crime figure deported to Italy after serving around ten years of a 30 to 50 year term. It discusses New York state deportation practice, political use of commutations, and multiple governors including Roosevelt Lehman and Dewey, with Luciano barred from return to the United States under his commutation.
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United States
Lucky Luciano
Italy
Tom Dewey
Luciano
New York State
Charles Luciano
Armed Services
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Herbert Lehman
Thomas E. Dewey
Charles Poletti
Parole Board
Poletti
Alexander Hoffman
C. T. QO
Pearl Spivak
Carl Gilmore
Spain
Greece
Canada
China
England
N. L. Goldstein
Goldstein
Runyon Cancer Fund
American Cancer Society
Atty General
Runyon Fund
Page One Gossip Tunnel of NY Society and Showbiz
A flood of social notes and overheard whispers sweep through New York society. Barbara Hutton’s front page troubles flare as tempers rise while Barbara Payton and other stars figure in high society chatter. Names like Rosemarie Lombardo, Anne Jeffreys, Merle Oberon, and Harold Stassen appear amid rumors and court hints as radio, stage, and film figures swirl in a web of marriages, feuds, and business ties.
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Barbara Hutton
Guy Lombardo
Rosemarie
Gregg Sherwood
N. Y. Yankees
Phillies
Anne Jeffreys
Army
Robert Serena
Helmut Dantine
Charlene Wrightsman
Peter
Standard Oil
Salm
Joy Walker
Robert Robertson
Lord
Lady Rothermere
London Daily Mail
Clark Gables
J. Hummels
Barbara Walker
Prince Paul
Yugoslavia
Merle Oberon
Ezzard Charles
C. Chaplins
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Russia
Red China
Fay
Douglas Larsen
Peter Edson
George Dixon
Edward Everett Gann
Charles Curtis
Dolly Gann
Hoover
Senator Taft
George Sokolsky
Lehman
New York
Walter Winchell
Betty Henderson
Met Opera
Doctors Hospital
Gladys Glad
Dorothea Matthews
Stan Kenton
Barbara Peyton
Bop City
the Paradise
Glamaron
Midtown
Geene Courtney
M. Berle
Miltie
Belmont
Navy
Lec’y Matthews
Madrid
Lord Inverchapel
Atlantic Monthly
Europe
Jimmy Doolittle
Shell Oil
E. van Dee
Eric Johnston
N. Y. Times
Moscow
Harrison Salisbury
D. Bruces
France
Geo. Allen
Kenneth Crawford
Newsweek
Harold Stassen
Ty Power
Annabella
Prince Alessandro Torlonia
Venice
Gal Gussie Moran
Anthony Davenport
Calcutta
J. Reinfeld
J. Rutkin
Newark
Reinfeld
Haig & Haig
Peter Pirogov
Margaret Hummel
Peggy Healy
de Salas
Peter Donald
Art Tatum
Walt Disney
Teevee
General Motors
Mark Scott
Portsmouth
Doreen Roberts
Barbara Whiting
B. Busch
DiMaggio
Wm. Keighley
Genevieve Tobin
Star
Marjorie Gateson
Margie Young
Old Paradise
St. Luke’s
Forest Hills
Flagstad
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