Never Before Have You Got As Much For Your Money
A reader recounts touring the polio hospital funded by High Point volunteers. They describe iron lung wards, devoted nurses, and brave children, praising the half a million dollar facility built in under three months from gifts of money, material, and labor. The piece commends High Point, the campaign’s leader Edgar Snider, and the community for delivering exceptional value to donors.
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Edgar
Just Polio
Highters
High Point
Snider
Disputed Navy Guest Policy at Bermuda Hotel Sparks Debate
A Bermuda Belmont Manor hotel refused service to enlisted sailors, prompting a clash with Rear Admiral Austin K. Doyle who condemned discrimination in public places. The piece argues caste distinctions persist in the services and harm discipline, praising Doyle but doubting his stance.
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Bermuda
Belmont Manor
U. S. Navy
Austin K.le
Navy
Ber
Doyle
Admiral Doyle
Purity of Heart in Christian Teaching From W A B
The article reflects on purity as a spiritual standard, citing Jesus Be ye perfect and the note that purity enables seeing God through Christ. It explains seeing God in records saints believers and the inner witness of the Spirit, urging steady, patient Christian striving.
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Caesarea
Philippi
Herod
God
Paul
Jesus
Christ
W.A.B
Registration and constitutional access in North Carolina politics
Thad Eure prompts voter registration efforts through Jefferson Wilson while noting 1944 absentee registration lists as a model. Officials report a constitutional literacy requirement and scarce copies, amid amendments on pay raises, ballot box voting, and debt limits. Wilkinson campaign folders push NC support for John A. Wilkinson against J. M. Broughton.
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Thad Eure
Jefferson Wilson
Young Democrat
Eure
Ype
State Department
North Carolina
Secretary of State
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Justice
State News Advertising Division
Wilkinson
John A. Wilkinson
U. S
Beaufort County
Senate
J. M. Broughton
John Wilkinson
Dewey Victory Looms Over Nation as Truman Faces Crisis
George Sokolsky argues Dewey will win the presidency while Truman’s Vinson episode exposes precarious judgment. He compares the stakes to historic battles, notes Republican gains in the Senate are uncertain, and warns of a divided government complicating agenda passage.
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Thomas E. Dewey
United States
Vinson
Truman
Tours
Europe
George Marshall
United States of America
Marshall
House of Representatives
Senate
Senator Ball
Minnesota
Senator Revercomb
West Virginia
Senator Cooper
Kentucky
Robertson
Wyoming
Congress
Hoover
Roosevelt
Dewey
Mr. Roosevelt
White House
Ogden Mills
Raymond Moley
Hoover-Mills
America
Senate panel to hear on Frau Koch sentence cut
Washington. Senate War Investigating Committee will hold public hearings on the Army's reduction of Ilse Koch's sentence from life imprisonment to four years. Chairman Homer Ferguson, sidelined by illness, will set dates once he returns to Washington. The case fuels protest as the United States faces Allied war-crime accountability and German perception of American justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Senate War Investigating Committee
Frau
Ilse Koch
Belle
Buchenwald
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Senate
Koch
Frau Koch
United States
Emil Wiel
Scott Air Base
Belleville
William D. Denson
Birmingham
Ala
Atomic Energy Commission
Maj
Carl Whitney
Pentagon
Major Whitney
Clio E F. Straight
Germany
Straight
Lucius PD. Clay
U.S
Ferguson Committee
William Denson
Army
Leon B. Poullada
Foreign Service Institute
Department of State
Poullada
Nordhausen
Riage
Justice
Caribbean Legion Front Footage from Central America War Warned
A Washington broadcast warns of an armed Caribbean Legion aiming to unseat Central American dictators from Trujillo to Somoza. Supported by Cuba Venezuela Guatemala and Costa Rica the group claims to fight for democracy amid U S opposition and cites 1500 government dead and 53 Figueristas in a Panama Canal region battle.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Honduras
Caribbean Legion
Santo Domingo
Trujillo
Anastacio Somoza
Cuba
Venezuela
Guatemala
Costa Rica
Somoza
Nicaragua
Carias
U. S
Dep't
Manuel Mora
Big Ditch
Bogota
State Dept
Leftist nations allied in the Caribbean fight communism
The text notes Cuba Venezuela and Guatemala allied with Costa Rica in a March and April shooting war against Communism. It compares the Caribbean alliance to Britain and the U S and asserts the fight against Fascism and Communism to the death, stating many Americans are unaware of battles already fought.
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Cuba
Venezuela
Guatemala
Attlee, Morrison, Bevin and Co
Costa Rica
Caribbean
Great Britain
U. S
Costa Rica Crisis: Ulate Defeats Guardia Rivalry Turns Violent
February elections in Costa Rica saw Otilio Ulate defeat Calderon Guardia. On March 1 Congress voided the vote. violence erupted as Communists led by Manuel Mora sought to terrorize. Jose Figueres and his Army of Liberation fought months, gathering support from bankers, lawyers, and farmers.
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Otilio Ulate
Calderon Guardia
Republic of
Costa Rica
Costa Rican Congress
Manuel Mora
Jose Figueres
San Jose
Figueres
Senora de Figueres
Henrietta Boggs
Birmingham
Alabama
Army of Liberation
Communist Infiltration Story From Costa Rica Noted
The account cites Rodolfo Guzman as a chosen Soviet organizer in Costa Rica. He was sent to Russia to be educated for his role in a military conspiracy against democracies along the Panama Canal area.
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Costa Rica
Rodolfo Guzman
Gerhart Eisler
Republic
U.S.S.R
Panama Canal
Russia
Figueres Defies Reds as Diplomatic Corps Intervenes
Figueres and his men battered Reds in the field until they cried for mercy. The intervention of the diplomatic corps led by U S Ambassador Nathaniel Davis saved the Communists from extinction. Figueres owes gratitude to the Caribbean Legion for use of its weapons.
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Figueres
Diplomatic Corps
U.S
Nathaniel Davis
Caribbean Legion
Nicaragua under Somoza rule fuels Central American blood bath
The article argues military prep against Costa Rica in Nicaragua raises fears of a Costa Rican crisis. It portrays Somoza as the real power in Nicaragua with puppet president Dr. Romano Reyes, noting the U S protest over Nicaragua's intervention went to Somoza, not Reyes.
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Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Somoza
Roman Y Reyes
State Dept
U. S
Romano Reyes
Costa Rican ex leaders seek asylum in Nicaragua
After Costa Rica fell, ex-President Teodoro Picado and defeated official candidate Dr. Calderón Guardia with their principal officers sought asylum in Nicaragua. From Rivas near the Costa Rican border they mount a counter revolution on Lake Nicaragua.
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Teodoro Picado
Dr. Calderon Guardia
Nicaragua
Rivas
Lake Nicaragua
Three B-17 bombers fly from Miami to Nicaragua
Three B-17 bombers were flown out of Miami on September 18 or 19 and landed in Nicaragua without U.S. State Department authorization. An investigation is under way into the breach of law. The bombers were reportedly purchased by Spaniard Julio Lopez Macegosa, a backer of the Picardo Calderon regime, active in counter-revolution efforts in Nicaragua against Costa Rica.
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Miami
Nicaragua
State Dept
Julio Lopez Macegosa
Picardo-Calderon
Costa Rica
Regional Powers React as Central American Tensions Rise
The piece outlines Nicaragua pressing actions against Costa Rica with Guatemala ready to send aid to the Figueres government. Honduras supports Nicaragua while El Salvador, a wealthy republic between Honduras and Guatemala, may aid Guatemala or remain neutral against Nicaragua.
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Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Figueres
Honduras
el Salvador
Republic
Pacific
Navy at the lock gates prompts public action call
The speaker notes ongoing developments beside the lock gates that could decide if the U S has a Navy. He urges immediate action and argues the public must be informed about what is happening there.
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U. S
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