Cronyism and Public Trust in Government
W A B argues cronyism taints Truman era appointments, citing cases of lax duties and alleged bribe payments in the Department of Justice. The piece urges strict vetting of appointees, stressing the public trust and the need for ethical fitness across states and Washington.
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Webster
Truman
Pendergast
Department of Justice
Christian Science Monitor
Justice Department
McKinley
Harding
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Missouri
North Carolina liquor issue split over wet and dry camps
In the run up to elections North Carolina grapples with liquor policy with wets pushing to expand the ABC system and drys seeking a statewide referendum. The piece comments on representation, campaigning strain, and suggests directing ABC revenue to aid alcoholics.
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North Carolina
ABC
Forewarned Ahead, East Coast Gains From Hurricane Hunters
A column praising hurricane forecasters led by Grady Norton in Miami for warning the East Coast and aiding ships during Atlantic storms. It argues early alerts protect tourism and business, noting coastal residents sometimes object yet future profits depend on warnings and preparedness.
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Atlantic
Grady Norton
Miami
G. B
Price Reports and Global Notes Across Papers
A collection notes price administration reporting price increases, Siberian exile warnings, Tennessee farmers getting Wisconsin hay, and a Saxony king’s grandson wedding a Ruhr butcher’s daughter in Mülheim, reflecting inflation era curiosities from multiple papers.
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Saxony
Ruhr
Muelhein
Germany
Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Letter on McCarthy Triggers Skullduggery Claims
A Milwaukee Journal writer's missive to a Benton aide is described as a masterful epistolary broadside accusing Senate investigators of possible plots to influence records. The piece hints that several committee members and associates could be susceptible to corrupting influence amid the McCarthy inquiry.
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McCarthy
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
World of
Robert Fleming
Milwaukee Journal
C. Stanley Allen
William Benton
Connecticut
Senate
Messire
Machiavelli
Herman Welker
Idaho
A. S
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Missouri
Belles Lettres
Guy M. Gillette
Towa
John Moore
Benton
Milwaukee Journal _ stationery
Stan
Gillette
Hennings
Monroney
McCarthy—Dixon
Welker
Milwaukee
Colonius
U.S
Hennings and
Moor
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Georgetown Law School
Alos
Political life reshapes births taxes and pensions in 1950s
The passage argues that politics now touches births and deaths via taxes and social programs. It cites affleck’s cement to schools and jobs, unemployment in the 1930s, New Deal subsidies, postwar defense spending, and rising pensions. It notes aging voters and political power concentrated among 50 to 70 year olds, projecting turnout in 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mn Affleck
United States
Une Ceosereynens Oumeeuestion
Sanne Sores Union
The
Nations Board
State Poo Relations Boards
FEPC
Papa
Reticians
Oraccen
Editors weigh if Republicans can crack the Dixiecrat solid South
A national poll of 700 U S editors asks which Southern states GOP could carry and how Dixiecrats will vote. Texas tops GOP hopes with 55 percent of Texas editors believing it possible, while overall 34 percent expect no Southern state to fall.
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Washington
NEA
U. S
Eisenhower
GOP
Southeast
Southwest
Midwest
North
South
Texas
Lone Star State
Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Louisiana
Georgia
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Ike
State
Pickirginia
Mississippi
Taft
Truman
China
Tidelands
United Nations
White House
Leap Year advice and idle reflections spark daily musings
A curious blend of opinions and trivia appears as a 1952 column hints that every year is leap year for women seeking marriage, notes the scarcity of men, and shares assorted tidbits on dairy consumption, alfalfa chlorophyll, and breakfast thoughts, ending with a collage of historical and miscellaneous facts.
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Washington, D. C
Ray Everett
Huntington
W. Va
Herald Dispatch
Therat Hunt
Uncle Sam
Ireland
United States
New Zealand
Sweden
Finland
Canada
Norway
Miami Beach
Brewing Company
Peguer
California
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Ellaville
Sun
Munist
Siberia
Russia
Greenwood
Miss
Commonwealth
Kingsport
Tenn
Com
George Dixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Col
Robert McCormick
Ralph Flanders
Cassie Chadwick
Andrew W. Carnegie
Cassie
Joe Stalin
Siberian
England
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