Prices, taxes, and politics drive 1948 party race
Republican leaders clash over the presidential campaign issues with runaway prices and Europe’s turmoil shaping the race. The piece notes tax cuts may rank fourth, urges a preconvention special session, and predicts Johnson and Umstead versus Broughton dynamics at the YC convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Reece
Truman
Congress
Reece
Europe
Marshall
Harry Truman
Washington
Raleigh YD Convention Could Shape State Politics This Week
The Young Democrats convention in Raleigh draws both U S senators and Governor Cherry with former Governor Broughton aiming at the junior Senate seat. As the first state-wide gathering post summer, it may influence Democratic nominations for governor and senator with many seasoned Democrats visiting the Sir Walter hotel.
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Johnson
Umstead
Broughton
Broughtonites
Big Boys
Young Democrats
Raleigh
United States
Cherry
J. M. Broughton
Sir Walter Hotel
Charles M. Johnson
Revenue sharing idea for municipal sales tax reform
The letter from C B Overman argues for amending North Carolina sales tax so municipalities receive at least half of the proceeds from their territory. He proposes 2 percent to the municipality and 1 to the state, urging statewide spread and reform to ease city funding pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Overman
State Revenue Department
Maxwell
Mrs. Ella Carr Peacock Dies in High Point
The article honors Mrs. Ella Carr Peacock widow of Dr. Dred Peacock, praising her as a noble High Point resident famed for kindness. It notes her long life of altruistic living, leaving hundreds of friends and a bright spirit that brightened others.
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Ella Carr Peacock
Dred Peacock
North Carolina
High Point
Albemarle dairy show and coop effort highlighted
Farmers day in Albemarle featured Kerr Scott and Governor Cherry as two thirds of the audience heard speeches about county cooperation with town merchants. The event, first of its kind there, drew a thousand country folk amid rain and polio quarantines, with a barbecue and talk on future farm improvements and extension bulletins.
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Albemarle
Stanly
Kerr Scott
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Stanly County
Extension Service
State College
Cherry
Scott
Farm Bureau
Chicago
Bureau
San Francisco
Raleigh
Capitol
Negro Funeral Homes
World War I's legacy and the drift toward new tyranny
The essay traces Wilson's fourteen points and self determination, arguing WWI failed to deliver peace or justice. It lists six lasting results, from empire dissolution to the rise of the United States as a world power, then laments the collapse of liberal progress and the rise of dictatorship and oppression.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wil Wilson
India
League of Nations
Wilson
Europe
Germany
United State
Ples
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Asia
Waterloo
Sarajevo
China
Russia
Duma
Persia
Finland
Latvia
Spain
Portugal
Stansbury cared for Guilford leaders and public duty
W A Bivins recalls George L Stansbury former Guilford County Board of Commissioners chair a man of leadership integrity and controversy. The piece contrasts public trust the law and historical figures from Andrew Jackson to Eisenhower and ends with a note on Greenland flora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stansbury
George L. Stansbury
Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Horatio Alger
Board of Commissioners
Guilford County
Warrior Presidents: Washington’s military rise and leadership
George Washington early learned tactics, distinguished service in the French and Indian War, and served as commander in chief of American forces during the Revolution, shaping his path to leadership.
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Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Great National Bank
Philadelphia
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
William B. McKinley
William Tecumseh Sherman
South
States
Republican Party
Dwight Eisenhower
Grant
America
George Washington
Signs that a new season of show tunes arrives in town
New Haven observers note Allegro as a gilt edge property for Rodgers and Hammerstein with high hopes for Broadway impact. Variety flags rough spots but predicts a prominent place in the legitimate showcase.
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New Haven
Fort Knox
Variety
Sentinel
Boston
Wilmington
Blood in the Streets book urged for State Dept review
A polemic on A. C. Hicks' Blood in the Streets accuses Trujillo of murder in New York and urges State Department officials to examine the tome. The piece cites the Dominican ruler and mentions press figures and cultural notes in a ciphered column style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Hocus
Bob Capa
State Dept
A. C. Hicks
Tome
Trujillo
Hitler
New York City
French Premier HORIZONTAI 1 Pictured
fragmentary OCR shows a French premier image and a word list including confidence, night birds, plunge, contend, upright, pasture, area measure, and numerous clues across topics. The readable portion hints at a crossword style puzzle page with multiple numbered entries and a vertical section.
Philippines economy and transport in 1940s data
The fragment notes Philippines income from agriculture livestock mining lumbering and fishing, total motor vehicles 54 764 in 1940 with only 12 281 noted as operable. Santos Brazil is a coffee export port handling about three quarters of Brazil's crop. Colorado called Centennial State for entering union 400 years after independence. Philippine Islands described as a large triangle with 1152 miles north to south and 688 miles east to west.
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Philippines
Santos
Brazil
Colorado
Philippine Islands
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Mrs. Peacock
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
George Sokolsky
Dewey
W. A. Bivins
Owen Moore
Ben Thyson
Pensacola
Fla
Wall Street Journal
Bevin
Ft. Knox
Greenland
Winchell
la Belle Hayworth
Rosy Ridge
van Johnson
Brandenburg
Sam Levene
Jane
Russells
Frank
Ginny Simms
Red Skelton
Big Story
NBC
Lepke Buchalter
ABC
Hamburg
Cosmo
Holt
New York
Eugene Field
Will's
Child's
Joseph Addison
Spectator
Margaret Truman
Peggy Plitzer
Pres. McKinley
Michael Fielding
Stokowski
N. Y. Philharmonic
Tin Panners
Diana Fenwick
H. Hughes
Columbia U
Washington Circus
Hughes
Jane Russell
Xavier Cugat
L. Hoffman
Crosby Bing
Horizontai
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