Voters Reacted Strongly Across Nation in 1950 Election
The piece discusses a wave of voter anger and a Republican surge across states led by Ohio and Michigan, with Taft’s surprise Ohio victory and widespread union opposition shaping results. It notes public disillusionment with bureaucracy and concerns about socialism, warning Republicans must deliver a concrete program or risk another swing in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Williams
White House
Truman
Balanc
Congress
Voters Missed Polls Across Idaho and Nation
The piece notes more than 50 million eligible Americans did not vote in the November election. It cites Idaho turnout data, with 1948 population estimates around 530,000 and 213,825 votes cast, and contrasts Democratic dominance in many years with Republican strength in others. It argues some justify drastic action against abstention.
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Idaho
C Yeats
Democratic’ Party
Ivotes
Radical anti communism pamphlet proposes wartime camps
Editor Maurice R Franks argues for a network of wartime camps near key industrial sites to hold communist prisoners for protection of workers and to deter subversive activity. He claims such camps would expose workers to the enemy and boost production while acting as bomb precautions.
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United’ States
Arizona
Alberta
Moscow
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Gary
California
Hoover. Dam
New York
Chicago
Fragmentary Namelist Reads Like Obscure Court Ledger
A garbled OCR fragment lists a string of names including Dora, Carl, Hyrum, Davis, Ward, Greshaw, Godfrey Schwartz, and Shirley Palmer. No clear event or context is discernible from the legible text.
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Dora
Carl
Tear
Were
Hyrum
Ty “Ward
Omer Davis
Greshaw
Ldon. Ee
Godfrey Schwartz
Shirley
Palmer
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Leland
and Syne
Preston
Mareh
Tere
Amercan
Republican
Solid South
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Bolo Seal Iietime Guapaantes
Aes
North State
Clifton
Eteen
Des
Oliver
Ad ‘Honal
Onte
THE
Mountain States
Telephone&telegraph CO
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