Bad Advice Hurts Umstead Editorial Correspondence
Editorial criticizes Bill Umstead for listening to the wrong advisers about his political plans. It argues he should withdraw from the state Democratic caravan to avoid helping rivals Kerr Scott and Dice Daniels. The piece warns continued missteps could end his bid for governor and invites him to rethink his alliances.
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Raleigh
Bill Umstead
Hannah
Everett Jordan
Jordan
Umstead
Senate
Kerry Scott
National Democratic
Jonathan ‘Dice’ Daniels
Scott
Daniels
Kerr
Dice
Frank Graham
Bill
Kerr Scott
Dice’ Daniels
Leroy Martin
Lloyd Griffin
Sam Ervin
Daniels Book a Scoop on Truman in New Biography
Jonathan Daniels new biography The Man From Independence draws on Harry Truman cooperation to reveal candid quotes about Byrnes Marshall and Pendergast. The Raleigh News and Observer editor portrays Truman as shy and sensitive, acknowledges mixed reactions, and notes heavy focus on his early life and Washington ties.
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Jonathan Daniels
White House
Harry Truman
Jimmy Byrnes
Truman
Old Baruch
McCormicks
Hearsts
Scripps-Howards
Byrnes
Daniels
General Marshall
Marshall Truman
Marshall
Raleigh News and Observer
Josephus Daniels
Cleveland, Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Jonathan
Washington
Harry
Bess
James
Moscow
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
U.S
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Clay
Senate
Roosevelt
Executive Department
Henry A. Wallace
Fdr
Russia
Wallace
Farley
Turpentine Drippings It Is Right Smart Embarrassing
A collection of light vignettes and anecdotes from small-town life features a lamp cleaning quip, a funeral sighting of Ettrix Brantley, cats in drug stores, and reflections on the old days. It weaves humor with brief nods to honesties, manners, and local characters.
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Morganton
Ettrix Brantley
Oscar
Zebulon
Madeline Brantley
Ettrix
THATS JUST A STARTER
Jim Griffith recalls being inducted into fatherhood after his gang shaved his shirt. He notes the expense of becoming a parent as his baby daughter Doren reaches two weeks. A North Carolinian visiting South Carolina hears a Negro remark about going north, joking about Winston.
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Jim Griffith
Morganton News Herald
News-Herald
Doren
Farmers and oil debate spark farm program talk
Quotes from Ohio State Grange Master Joseph Fichter and Democratic National Chairman William Boyle frame calls for a farm program and warnings about military action. The piece also notes U S petroleum consumption as a living standard and offers dessert serving ideas for tapioca.
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Ohio State Grange
Joseph Fichter
Old Brownstone Mahogany in Truman's Cabinet
A fragmented column riffs on a Manhattan mansion and its grand past, hints at Margaret Truman’s social life, and tangles political figures and media notes. It lampoons Bevin at the U.N., future wars, and the State Department, with quips about Shaw and critics, ending with Collier's memo tease.
Almanac notes census and weather from 1895 edition
The Old North State Almanac of 1895 lists 1890 county and city populations, noting Guilford County 28052 and major towns like Charlotte 11537 and Wilmington 20056. It describes Christmas to December 27 as snowy with a direct forecast of possible winter conditions and offers farmer advice urging preparation for winter. It also surveys Byrnes and Truman era politics, quoting Daniels on Byrnes’ Moscow stance and Byrnes’ career. A light joke about a cat named Ben-Hur closes.
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Matilda
Pete Ivey
Twin City Sentinel
Rocky Mount
Main Street
Guilford County
High Point
Greensborough
Winston
Salem
Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Raleigh
Old North
North Pole
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High Point Enterprise
Kerr and
Missouri-Kansas
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Camden Chronicle
Laurinburg
Winston-Salem Journal
John Wesley Clay
Toothache Street
Misery Avenue
Asheboro Courier-Tribune
United States
Rockingham Post Dispatch
LIFE
Sugar Creek
Crazy Creek
Dirty Creek
Crooked Creek
Richmond County
Naked Creek
Drowning Creek
Bill Sharpe
Moore County News
Knoxville
Ed Moss
Moss
Moore County
France
Waynesville
W. C. Marley
Asheboro
Formosa
William Boyle
Walter Winchell
Brownstone
Manhattan
Avery
Margaret Truman
Stork Club
Billingsley
Margie
Sec’s of Defense
London
Ernest Bevin
U. N
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Walter
Warmonger
Australia
State Dept
Wisdemen
Vipers
Philip Wylie
Dept. of State
Louis Johnson
Arthur Murray
O’dwyer
Jimmy Walker
Hollywood
Los Angeles Examiner
S. H. Moseley
Collier’s
Almanac
Byrnes and
W. A. Bivins
OLD Almanac
J. R. Lindley
Collins Auto Supply
Archdale
Lyon Manufacturing Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
North Carolina
Lyon Company
Tom
Ben-Hur
Henry
Ben
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