Republicans Push Precinct Level Drive In Dixie States
Southern Republicans press a precinct level mobilization under Operation Dixie to broaden GOP influence in the South while Democrats call the effort limited. Florida and Louisiana show uneven strength as Georgia and Virginia face barriers and hopefuls plan candidate pushes in coming years.
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Dixie States
James Russell
United Press
Atlanta
South
Dixie
Republican National Committee
Eaders
Louisiana
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Georgia
John Sammons Bell
Camille Gavel
Democratic
Florida
James Milligan
G. Harold Alexander
GOP
Stevenson
National Party
Alexander
New Orleans
Center
Tennessee
Guy L. Smith
Congress
Senate
Albert Gore
Ray Jennings
North Carolina
Meade Alcorn
Alcorn
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Guy Smith
Surrender of Pistol Permit by Sherman Billingsley
New York Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley surrendered his pistol permit after police orders pending a hearing. Deputy Commissioner McElroy suspended the permit as Billingsley faced a simple assault charge from painter Murray Beskin. Billingsley handed over three pistols, and a civil suit for trespass was filed against Beskin.
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New York
Sherman Billingsley
James McElroy
Billingsley
East Side
Stork Club
Murray Beskin
Beskin
Miss Tradition Of Segregation Shattered At Jr. College
A KU group and a Presbyterian minister visit Mary Holmes Junior College in West Point to work and study race relations. The all white students, eight in total, assist with labor, attend seminars, and interact with Black faculty and students at the Negro school. They plan further Presbyterian mission visits in Kentucky and Tennessee.
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West Point
Miss
University of Kansas
Mary Holmes
Presbyterian Church
John Patton
Presbyterian
Kansas University
Starkville, Miss
Patton
Winnfield Man Faces Sentence In Fatal Wreck
Charles Worley of Winnfield pleaded guilty in Columbia district court to negligent homicide after a two car crash on Highway 165 killed passenger T A Miller of Baton Rouge. Worley faces sentence on June 26 while the other driver George M Warner of Grayson recovers from serious injuries. In a separate case Wiley Gunn was found guilty of driving while intoxicated and fined $200 or 60 days in jail.
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Columbia
Charles Worley
Winnfield
Worley
T. A. Miller
Baton Rouge
Miller
George M. Warner
Grayson
Wiley Gunn
Son of F D R considers New York mayor bid
John Roosevelt 41 son of the late President Franklin D Roosevelt says he may run for New York mayor and decide next week. He plans to meet the 60 day residence rule and must move to New York City. If elected he would challenge Mayor Robert Wagner and Carmine de Sapio’s political machine.
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Oklahoma City
John Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New York
Roosevelt
Robert Wagner
Carmine de Sapio
Hyde Parke
New York City
Allied Public Relations of
Oklahoma
Doctors Say Worry Can Bring Disease In Some Cases
Jackson Mississippi June 14 a Tennessee physician told a symposium that some people fret themselves into incurable organic disease and blame it on something they ate Dr Robert A Davison of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine urged Mississippi doctors to seek emotional disturbances when patients report gastric or intestinal distress absent clear physical causes.
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Jackson, Miss
PIA
Tennessee
Robert A. Davison
University of Tennessee College of Medicine
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Mississippi Academy of General Practice
University Medical Center
Mississippi
Methodists End Conference With War On Liquor
Jackson Mississippi Methodist Conference concludes with pastoral assignments and a call for an all-out temperance drive. Rev J D Slay urged every member to sign abstinence pledges and set up strong temperance committees to combat alcoholism cited as a major health issue and factor in traffic fatalities and divorces. Bishop Marvin Franklin urged focus on youths, while Dr H Ellis Finger of Millsaps College spoke on Christian higher education and the need for Christian professionals across fields.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Methodist Conference
J. D. Slay
First Methodist Church of
Laurel
Marvin Franklin
H. Ellis Finger
Millsaps College
Pilots report undersea eruption west of Hong Kong
Two airline pilots reported an underwater eruption about 70 miles west of Hong Kong on Thursday. Captains Holden of Civil Air Transport and Newly of Pan American World Airways both observed a yellowish green patch of sea roughly 200 yards wide.
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Hong Kong
P. R. Holden
L. Newly
Pan American World Airways
Armstrong to Take Band to Buenos Aires Tour
Satchmo Armstrong signs to bring his band to Buenos Aires starting Oct 17 for a weekly gross around 26000 dollars. The New Orleans trumpeter, now a Broadway headliner, plans to unveil a samba style on South American audiences while consulting with his manager and the state department about the tour from Los Angeles.
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New York
Louis
Satchmo
Armstrong
Buenos Aires
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Joe Glaser
Washington
State Department
Bids Received On Highway Projects In Mississippi or Louisiana
Apparent low bids totaling 3 051 809 were submitted for 11 highway projects to improve 61 miles of state roads R B Richardson lists north Louisiana bids including Grant widening and surfacing U S 167 Campbell Construction Co Shreveport 510 050 Rapides seven miles Decar Grove Ruby Highway 454 Harvey Cove Alexandria 162 000 Union seven miles Spearsville Arkansas state line Highway 825 R T Henry 140 759 East Carroll one mile Lake Providence Coastal Contractors Baton
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R. B. Richardson
Parish
Louisiana
William - Alexandria
U. S. 167
Campbell Construction Co., Inc
Shreveport
Rapides
Decar Grove- Ruby
Harvey Cove
Alexandria
Spearsville
Arkansas State Line
R. T. Henry
East Carroll
Lake Providence
Coastal Contractors, Inc
Baton
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Patty Jo Ellis
Kansas
Nancy Peter
Toother Presbyterian
Kentucky
Heap Big Chief
Ernst and Dominique
France
Hiller
North Side Post Office
N. Y
Gainsborough Girls
South America
Sharron’s of
Monroe
Paroe
Forsythe Shopping
Louisville
Bella Scherk Davidson
Lucille
Beth
Oldsmobile
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