Vice Presidents and the Path to the Presidency
A historical review traces vice presidents who became president after the death or resignation of the chief executive. It notes Andrew Johnson Ulysses S. Grant Theodore Roosevelt Calvin Coolidge Harry S. Truman and others, highlighting impeachment threats campaigns and assassinations shaping succession and policy legacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Johnson
Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
New York State
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Repubican
William B. McKinley
Mark Hanna
McKinley
Buffalo
Col. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Hardin
Harding
Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Truman
Ship of State
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
United States
W.A.B
Laughing gas and a proposed use for warmth
Scientists note nitrous oxide exists in the upper atmosphere and may help keep lower air temperatures even. The piece jokes about transporting Russia’s rulers to this layer to dissolve their fears with laughter and cool heated rhetoric to a mild 98.6 degrees.
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Russia
Capitol Square Democrats rally as fund drive gains momentum
Capus Way k reports that state Democratic fund donors largely unrestricted this year, contrasting 1944 earmarks. Waynick notes broad ticket support, while a Raleigh barbecue crowd labels the party undead amid dull 1948 anticipation. Kerr headlines Newton speeches as courthouse attendance surges.
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Capus Wayk
Democratic Paign Fund
Waynick
Raleigh
Catawba County
Young Derats
Deratic
T Newton
Kerrit
Governor urges unified support for Vanderlinden ticket
In a rally led by Lynn Nisbet, Congressman Hamilton Jones Scott and L Y Ballentine spoke. The governor nominate urged backing of the full ticket and for the first time asked voters to support Harry Vanderlinden for the general assembly to push the progressive program. Ballentine echoed the personal appeal in his remarks.
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Hamilton Jones
Scott
L. Y. Ballentine
Vanderlinden
Harry Vanderlinden
General Assembly
Ballentine
Catawba County Gears for Close Election Rift in State Race
Democrats expect a tight race in Catawba County with GOP opposition strong in the legislature contest. Vanderlinden faces Loomis Klutz the Republican rival while Klutz runs a door to door campaign separate from party ranks. Local factions debate a 1947 liquor vote and its impact on Sunday voters.
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Catawba
Harry Anderlinden
Loomis Klutz
Utz
Vanderlinden
Hickory
ABC
Ciries
Young Speaker Lafney Delivers Manful Political Speech
A young man named Lafney stepped to the front at a large barbecue crowd and delivered a ten minute or longer vigorous political speech praising Democratic virtues and critiquing Republican shortcomings without invitation or authority, though with notable effect.
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Star
Vanderlinden
Lafney
Wisecrack on Dewey De Lapp and mood draws crowd
Scott drew hearty laughter and applause with a wise crack about Dewey De Lapp and low mood as a political prospect, noting the line was not original. DeLapp, state Republican party chairman, sits in the courthouse audience.
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Scott
Dewey
State offices prepare biennial reports for general assembly
Office activity focuses on compiling and printing biennial state reports for the general assembly. Staffing shortages and printing delays have pushed publication back in recent years, but several departments hope to distribute copies early in the legislative session, providing a basis for informed lawmaking.
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General Assembly
Hallowe'en Safety Campaign Promotes Fun Parties
Notable days include election day and All Souls Day. A column cites the National Halloween committee urging safe, planned donut parties to prevent accidents and vandalism. It suggests kid friendly games like bobbing for apples and donuts on a string to keep youth off the streets.
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All Souls
Hallowe'en
National
Hallowe’en Committee
Past Celebrations in Hometown Recalled in Editorial
The piece recalls Halloween mischief in Hometown during earlier decades with pranks such as vandalized outhouses, overturned carts, goats parades, and cattle loosed around town. It contrasts old youth mischief with modern civility while noting the absent mayor during the holiday observances.
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New York City
Hallowe'en
High Point
Hometown Academy
Main
Hallowe’en
Absentee Ballots and Voter Views From Palmers Kansas Visit
The report notes absentee voters casting ballots this week. Mr. Palmer of Kansas says he mailed his ballots for his wife on Monday since they won’t return to Kansas until after Christmas. He expects a Republican win for Dewey and discusses independence of The Enterprise and editor Thompsn’s governor stance.
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Palmer
Kansas
Dewey
Solid South
Thompsn
Mickey Rooney's early drive to act noted by father
Joe Yule recounts in Cosmopolitan how the future star began on burlesque stages as a toddler. He recalls Rooney’s earnest singing and onstage recitations in a touring circuit and notes Yule's belief the leprechaun role in Finian's Rainbow could make movie history.
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Mickey Rooney
Joe Yule
Mickey
Yule
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Finian
Queen Wilhelm abdicates Dutch throne after 50 years
The text states Queen Wilhelm abdicates the Netherlands throne in favor of her daughter after five decades of reign. It mentions quotes about fighting a good fight and finishing a walk, and includes speculative remarks about climate forecasts and an economist named Wilhelm Carpenter disputing a warning from Hugh A. Brown.
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Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Wilhem Carpenter
New York
Hugh A. Brown
Joan of Arc Inspires Awe in Walter Wanger Film Review
George Sokolsky lauds Joan of Arc as an epic on liberty praising Walter Wanger's film for its authenticity, high artistry, and the timeless message that freedom hinges on faith, sacrifice, and individual courage. He warns against vulgarity and calls the movie essential viewing in defense of human liberty.
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Walter Wanger
Joan of Arc
Bernadette
France
Italy
Spain
Germany
Joan
Hollywood
The Republican Can Can Movement Prompts Satire
Washington column reports Mrs John Davis Wedge advocates a flesh colored can-can to victory for the GOP. The piece recalls earlier dances by Mrs Roy St Lew is and Mrs Lodge and mocks Republican spin and fashion.
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Washington
John Davis Wedge
Connecticut
Roy St. Lewis
Hoover
Lodge
Burleycue
Vandenberg
Taft
Gov
Dewey
Han
Rthington Scranton
Scranton
Notable Hollywood Gossip and Political Buzz Echoes In Town
A gossip column itemizes society figures and potential matches including John Astor and Nancy Benton with Garbo as a proposed star. notes on Oscar Hammerstein’s ward wedding. Cabinet chatter about James Forrestal and Tom Clark. claims of secret interviews with Lise Koch and life sentence reductions. Reports on media fear about entertainment declines and telecast competition.
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John Astor
London Times
Nancy Benton
Vogue
Garbo
Frankie Carles
Vocallure
Marjorie Hughes
Myles
Vegas
Don Vandegriff
Beverly Hills
Oscar Hammer- Stein
Doylestown
Dwight Whitney
Time- Life
Secy
James Forrestals
Dewey
Tom Clark
Washington
Texas
Stork Colony
Julia Donahue
Tommy Higgins
Pres. Harding
Gen. Clay
Lise Koch
Hhell
Gossip and Society Notes From New York and Beyond
A column of society savvy and international intrigue covers Cynthia Cavanaugh and Roger Carlin, Marilyn Jackson, and L. Gaines amid November 6 rumors. Gypsy Rose Lee at Li Martinique, Judge Sam Leibowitz’s son's engagement, and overseas ticket chatter feature among grand social circles.
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Las Vegas
Cynthia Cavanaugl
Roger Carlin
Marilyn Jackson
L. Gaines
Blent
Chicks
Chuck
Gypsy Rose Lee
Li Martinique
Sam Leibowitz
Auto supply runs short as cold snap hits wallets
Motors brace for higher costs as anti freeze shortages widen after the first blast. Magdalen a company, paying 35,000 dollars weekly to break even, operates with 40 stagehands. S. Freiden, longtime Herald Tribune Balkan correspondent, notes the strain.
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Magdalena
S. Freidens
Herald Trib
Balkan
Four representatives named for Nuts town in Belgium
The newly renamed town of Nuts in Belgium selects four representatives. The community, formerly Bastogne, honors paratrooper Gen. McAuliffe famed for the reply Nuts. Ex-White House staffers might joke about Bastogne versus nuts in postcards.
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Belgium
Bastogne
McAuliffe
Nuts
White
Noted Pianist Horizontal to Bake 1 6
Puzzle clues mix horizontal and vertical entries for a word grid. Notable items include a famous pianist, direction hints, and various short definitions across both orientations.
Amewer to Previews Posate 24 Moisten 26 He Is an Artist
A fragmented OCR item lists a string of cryptic clues and partial phrases including references to an artist, numbers, and common words. The legible parts suggest a puzzle or wordplay page with hints like Cravat, Tiny M Shrubs, Jail, Horses, Fruit, Stockings, Hearing organs, Thallium, Mimic, Help, Either, Company.
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Company
Utterances of fame and gossip mingle in a buzzing column
A breezy column recaps showbiz chatter and celebrity chatter from Joe Louis to John Conte, Vivi Stokes Taylor, and George Metcalfs, noting film and TV tidbits, casting moves, and playful Freudian riffs. It mentions the Rockefeller gift, Woolworths biopic blocking, and assorted entertainment industry snapshots.
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Vivi Stokes-Taylor
John Conte
Romeo
Julie
George Metcalfs
Nelson Rockefellers
John K. Winkler
Woolworth
5&10
Jessie Donahue
Babs Hutton
Coasters Allege
Larry Hauck
AP Foreign Desk
Times
Fishermen numbers rise in 1946 and asparagus crates
The number of fishermen in the United States increased by 15 percentage points from 1945 to 1946. Annual consumption of asparagus in the United States is about 800000 crates.
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United States
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W. A. Bivins
Iron Curtain
George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Clarence Brown
Ohio
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Francesca Braggiotti
Braggiotti
Ruth St. Dennis
Ted Shawn
Barnee
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Ralph Blane
White House
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Buchenwald
Lecy
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Sonny Griswold
Savings Bank
Jerry Pierce
The
Social Register
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Virgin Huston
D. Brian
Sith Street
Bway
Peddies
New Yorker
Franco
Carmencita
Marques de Villaverde
Marquis Perrone
N.Y
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Ibn Saud
King of
Siam
Johns Hopkins
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Nancy Choremi
Cairo
Savoy Plaza
Cass Franklin
Monica Moore
Hildegarde
Chevalier
Los Angeles Cocoanut Grove
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Carroll Robertson, Jrs
Joseph Hilton Smythe
Anna Steen
CBS
Eddie Cantor
Washington Times-Herald
Frank Kelly
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Amewer
Frederick
Joe Louis
Tse Koch
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