Financial notes on 48 campaign funds and party prospects
The piece reports Democratic treasurer Joe Blythe notes a healthier outlook in Raleigh with Truman’s visit, but a Washington AP report shows the national party in the red with 1 503 000 spent, 8 485 in bank, and 114 240 owed. It contrasts labor support, Palestine issues, and rising Republican spending, emphasizing organization over big spending and predicting lean pickings for fundraisers next week.
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Joe Blythe
Charlotte
Washington
Raleigh
Truman
Dewey
Roosevelt
Associated Press
National Committee
Democratic
John Larkins
Blythe
Palestine
Dictatorial Satrap Decries Communists Amid Cash Grab
The speaker proclaims fear of Communists within his circle as a pretext to seize state funds, implying a political maneuver aimed at tapping a treasury windfall. The remark frames a cynical link between anti Communist rhetoric and financial gain in governance.
Capitol Square Round-Up Focuses On Election Week
The state prepares for major political activity with one week until election day. Registration has closed. remaining eligible voters are a small group, shaping campaigns toward targeted turnout for the governor president and other offices.
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North Carolina
Footill
General Assembly
Publicans Up in Arms Reform Affects Party Conventions
Details indicate publicans upset though result likely to shrink. Democrats still seek a strong vote to form a basis for representation at state and national party conventions and possibly influence the upcoming election.
Carolina set to hold Democratic edge in elections
Observers expect the 7th Carolina to stay Democratic from electoral college to congressional districts. Wallace Progressives and Dixiecrat States Righters fail to alter the usual two to one Democratic majority, signaling limited change in party balance.
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Mportant
7Th Carolina
Representation in the state democratic convention shifts power
The piece argues that convention seats are based on governor election results and notes that large Democratic counties often vote heavily in primaries but less so in general elections. It claims four extra electoral votes at the national convention for states awarding their electoral votes to the Democratic ticket and warns leaders push for straight-ticket voting nationwide.
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San Francisco
Mr. Dewey
Truman
Fdr
New York County
New York
Herbert Lehman
Lehman
Reepublican
Willkie
Owosso
Gov. Dewey
North Carolina papers endorse Dewey slate in decisive week
Three major North Carolina newspapers the Charlotte Observer the Charlotte News and the High Point Enterprise endorsed Dewey and the Republican national ticket in the week. The Charlotte News broke from the Democratic line for the first time in its 60 year history. The High Point Enterprise had previously backed Dewey in 1944. The Charlotte Observer is viewed as independent.
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North Carolina
Dewey
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte News
High Point Enterprise
High Point
Roosevelt
Campaign Spending Rises in Final Week Elections
Campaign spending this last week is expected to exceed any comparable period with about half of total spending in preliminary reports filed last Saturday. Democrats Republicans and Progressive parties reported aggregate spending of 47670 dollars by Saturday. States Rights party report was not filed and may push total above 50000 dollars.
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Ted
States Rights Party
A Piece of String by Maupassant in a tale
A paraphrase of Maupassant's A Piece of String follows an old man who pockets a street string in Paris hoping to save money. A purse loss leads to mistaken suspicion and mob hostility, ending in the old man's social ostracism and death.
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Guy de Maupassant
Paris
The Perilous Drive and the Lost Cigarette Tale
A local North Carolina man named John Doe drives along when a cigarette drops. He abandons focus to search for the cigarette and crashes into a telephone pole, nearly destroying the car. He survives and learns a costly, cautionary lesson about distraction and safety.
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John Doe
North Carolina
John
Spectacle at Paris as Nations Seek Peace Talks
Daily Smith reports Western allies and Russia negotiating on atomic energy and Berlin currency, conditioned on lifting the Western Berlin blockade. The piece paints Stalin and Molotov as highwayman-like rulers delaying talks while Western leaders wait, warning of self-serving motives and potential loss of peaceful postwar gains.
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United Nations
Security Council
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Daily Smith
Great Britain
United States
France
Kremlin
Moscow
Stalin
Molotov
Virginia guest plans soaking ham in spirits myth
A dinner guest in Virginia advises a ham recipe involving rye whiskey, Jamaica rum, port wine, and bourbon over four days. The host asks Sam the cook for his view, and Sam replies that the plan sounds like the making of mighty onad craws, reflecting racial insult.
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Virginia
Sam
Cops or Corpses and the One World Question
George Sokolsky reviews Channing L. Bete's Cops or Corpses questioning a world government. He notes Bete's advocacy for a world constitution and wonders if Russia would join, while criticizing idealists and urging continued American nuclear deterrence until USSR backs down.
Campaign train jerks and political shifts across 1946 afterglow
A Washington column describes postwar political tremors including the May war fraud case, labor power doubts, and a Detroit backed retail warehouse push by unions. It notes the May defendants freed on bond after appeals, labor's declining clout since 1946, and a price battle between bakers and farmers over bread costs amid high ingredient prices.
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U. S. District Court of Appeals
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Garsson Brothers
Enry J. Lewinhaut
Washington
News Index
Andy May
Detroit
Ickes Endorses Truman in Brief Washington Press Confab
Former Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes announced support for Harry S. Truman in a terse Washington press conference. Lacking energy, he quipped to reporters that they loved him, and he dodged a question about Republican Senator Revercomb, asking why speak of the dead.
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Harold L. Ickes
Harry S. Truman
Washington
Ickes
Chapman Revercomb
West Virginia
Dewey
White House morale squad sings crowd song about Truman
Observation piece notes the White House morale group churning out a new tune praising Truman's rally crowds while warning that crowd size rarely predicts election outcomes. It recalls Dewey's varied reception and includes anecdotes about past campaigns and public appearances.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Harry
Dewey
New York
Hollywood
al Smith
Happy Warrior
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Rain and Reform in a Rainy World
Hal Boyle muses on rain as a truth teller that humbles ego and bonds people. He contrasts rain with sunshine, says rain reveals weakness and kinship, reduces pretension, and deepens compassion, noting it prompts letters home and dampens false cheer.
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Santa Anita
Wordsworth
Medical Scientist and Miscellany Word Puzzle
A crossword style list includes clues ranging from a medical scientist to sacred songs and a variety of words. Entries cover anatomy, Latin terms, historic names, and common objects, with many abbreviations and partial phrases.
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