Guatemala Two Years After Castillo Armas Takeover
The piece surveys the two year mark of Lt. Col. Carlos Castillo Armas rule in Guatemala. It notes renewed gunfire in Guatemala City and a crackdown with a state of siege, curfew, seizure of radio stations, and censorship amid accusations of subversive plots blamed on Communists. It questions democracy under US-backed leadership and criticizes the regime as a tin-born Latin American dictatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Castillo Armas
United States
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Honduras
Guatemala City
Castillo
Arbenz
Latin America
Statistics Back Benson During Price Upturn
Ezra Benson faced boos in Iowa as he cited USDA parity ratios rising from 80 to 85 percent. May hogs at 15.70 per hundredweight, soybeans at 2.98 a bushel, corn 1.39, beef cattle 15.40. all show price increases since December though parity levels vary by commodity. The outlook notes a national upturn after a winter low, despite uneven local reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois Farmers
University of Illinois Department of Agricultural Economics
U. S
Iowa
Debate over Lincoln name boosting Civil War book sales
The column cites Ralph Newman of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago arguing against using Lincoln’s name as a sales lure. He notes that titles like Lincoln’s Fifth Wheel mislabel books such as one on the U.S. Sanitary Commission and hints many readers react poorly to such marketing, hurting worthy works.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Justice Newman
Ralph Newman
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
Chicago
Civil War Book Club
Newman
United States Sanitary Commission
U.S. Sanitary Commission
Declining Voter Bias Toward Catholic Presidential Candidate
The Gallup Poll shows a growing openness to a Catholic nominee over 16 years. In 1940 sixty two percent voiced no objection, while the latest survey finds seventy three percent. Younger voters and college graduates show higher approval rates than older and less educated voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
Alfred E. Smith
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
Lightweight suit cleaned during brief cool spell
A short spell of cool weather allows a man to clean and press his lightweight suit. Ike's doctors say he may have steak twice daily while in the star. Readers wonder about Blue dues in Washington.
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Ike
Star
Washington
Chicago unit campus move eyed near Maywood area
University of Illinois trustees unanimously vote to acquire 300 acres of George Miller Meadow between Maywood and North Riverside for a permanent Chicago campus. They aim to relocate the two year Navy Pier branch and possibly expand to a four year institution, with future plans contingent on growth and opposition from others.
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Chicago Daily News
University of Illinois
George Miller
Maywood
North Riverside
Chicago
University
Des Plaines
Roosevelt
Cermakrds
West Side Medical Center
Loop
Navy Pier
Miller Meadow
Keep Nixon's Name Off It Gets GOP Petition Backlash
The Nation reports 21 Republican governors urged Eisenhower to seek reelection but omitted Nixon from the petition. Gov. Fred Hall of Kansas confirms Nixon’s name was left out despite suggestions to include him. Some governors doubt Nixon’s value to the ticket amid Chotiner’s controversy and South doubts. Stratton of Illinois urges contingency planning as GOP outlook hardens before November.
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Eisenhower
Nixon
Fred Hall
Kansas
Hall
Chotiner
Murray Chotiner
California
McClellan Committee
Peace
Uity
Stratton
William G. Stratton
Ilinois
Times
Stevenson
Will Communists Control Most Of The World
John Cowles urges a bold foreign policy shift to counter communist expansion. He argues for increased foreign economic aid, reduced military aid, and new institutions to channel development while warning that failure could unite half the globe under communist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cowles
Minneapolis Star & Tribune
Russia
Roman Empire
Asia
Africa
United States
Eisenhower
Congress
Thailand
Southeast Asia
South Korea
Formosa
Indo China
Pakistan
Turkey
International Co-operation Administration
The
Foreign Operations Administration
EAC
Point Four
Marshal Plan
and Asian Development Corporation
United Nations
America
Free Speech Right Cited in Peace and War
A poem extols free speech as a universal right for freemen in all times and contexts. It emphasizes speaking thoughts openly whether in peace or war, in council or in battle, as a core liberty.
Stevenson Prepares Campaign Strategy for 1956 Nomination
Chicago’s Roscoe Drummond reports Adlai Stevenson plans a disciplined 1956 bid focusing on campaign readiness, financing, issue framing, and mass media use. He aims for a coherent, moderate, not overly aggressive effort, contrasting with 1952. He prioritizes domestic and foreign policy themes and criticizes Eisenhower’s stance on cold war dangers and neutrality messaging.
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Roscoe Drummond
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Sen. Kefauver
Gov. Harriman
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Frank Lausche
Ohio
John Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
James A. Farley
Robert Hannegan
Frank Walker
William Boyle
Frank McKinney
Stephen Mitchell
Paul Butler
Ezra Benson
David Felts
Sanitary Commission
Manchester Guardian
England
University of Michigan
Notre Dame
Wisconsin
Fox River
Michael Arlen
George Jean Nathan
Arlen
Manor Run
New York
By Galbraith
TM. Reg
U.S
NEA Service, Inc
Doris
Atlantic City
Gov. Hall
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
South
India
Indonesia
Burma
Mr. Stevenson
Mr. Ste
Venson
Republican National Committee
Harriman
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