Dixiecrats Rally To Woo 11 Solid South States
Leaders of the States Rights Democrats gather in Houston to launch a national campaign aimed at winning 127 electoral votes in 11 Southern states from the Truman ticket. Thurmond and Wright accept nominations as picketing is voted by the Progressive party, and signals from Harris county elevate the Houston rally into a high political showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Aug
Progressive Party of
Texas
Henry Wallace
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Progressive Party
Dallas
Nowlin Randolph
Houston Bar Association
Wright
Thurmond
Jackie Nelson
CIO Food, Tobacco, and Agriculture Workers Union
Harris County
Alabama
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Local Temperature and Rainfall Figures Roll In
Yesterday’s high and last night’s low noted with today’s noon reading. August rainfall totals reach 7.17 inches to date, exceeding the quota by 2.13 inches.
Birthday tribute to Ross T McIntire Navy physician
Ross T McIntire born August 11 1889 in Salem Oregon rose to vice admiral and surgeon general of the U S Navy. He joined the Naval Reserve as World War I approached and later cared for President Franklin D Roosevelt for a decade. He is known as White House Physician and authored a book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross T. McIntire
Salem
Ore
U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
White House
McIntire
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Polio epidemic may hit 2000 cases in North Carolina
Raleigh and Durham reports warn that the year's polio outbreak could reach 2,000 cases. Dr. Hart Van Riper of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis notes a peak may be past with a possible decline ahead, while state officials refrain from confirming the 2,000 figure. Through August the year totals reach 1,385 cases and 69 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Hart van Riper
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Durham
State Board of Health
Raleigh Dairymen Boost Milk Prices
Raleigh dairymen announce a two cent per quart milk price hike effective August 15 due to increased material and operating costs. The move follows a prior official signal and reflects higher expenses impacting one of the city’s large dairies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Record Grain Crop Expected to Ease Prices
Washington forecast a 3.506 billion bushel corn crop, surpassing 1946 and last year, with near record oats and sorghums and above average barley and hay, signaling abundant feed and eventual lower meat dairy and poultry prices as farmers convert grain into finished foods. impact to be felt next spring.
Smear Campaign Sets Stage For September Hearings
Washington Aug 11 Republicans plan to keep their inquiry into Communists in government active through September. Senator Pepper accuses the effort of a smear campaign to discredit the Roosevelt era and Truman administration. Senator McClellan says hearings will resume Sept 13 under a Ferguson led committee and defends the probe as essential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
McClellan
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Truman
Arkansas
Maybank Leads In S C Primary Victory Margin Broad
South Carolina Democratic primary results give Senator Burnet R. Maybank a clear lead for another term as Negro voters turn out in large numbers for the first time in 72 years under federal court mandate. Maybank leads with about 143,731 votes. Dorn, Bennett, Johnstone, and Stone trails in various districts, with Richards and Riley also tallying in the Fifth and Second District races respectively. Runoffs loom in the Third District as four candidates battled for the seat vacated by Dorn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Burnet R. Maybank
South Carolina
James P. Richards
John J. Riley
Sumter
Hugo Sims Jr
Orangeburg
W. J. Bryan Dorn
Maybank
Dorn
Neville Bennett
Clio
Alan Johnstone
Newberry
Marcus A. Stone
Dillon
Florence
Edgefield
Greenwood
Saluda
McCormick
Bennett
Marlboro
Johnstone
Richards
Roy Cobb
Gaffney
Rep
Riley
Sims
James B. Hare
Hare
John C. Taylor
Anderson
Maybanks
Guard Proposal to Be Opposed by Many States
Washington August 11 A drastic revision of national military policy urged to annex the National Guard would double the Army to about 1.2 million and create a single federal reserve force for emergencies. The plan drew swift opposition from state leaders led by Brig. Gen. Charlies H. Grahl adjutant general of Iowa who vowed to fight it in Congress. The study group urged a modern force ready for instant action while acknowledging the Guard’s overcapacity for peacetime state duties and civil unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
Special Defense Department
Gordon Gray
Defense Forrestal
Defense Department
National Guard xxx
Charlies H. Grahl
Grahl
Towa
Cedar Rapids
Congress
George Washington
Condition Is Critical Babe Ruth Faces Battle For Life
Babe Ruth, baseball’s home run king, is in critical condition at Memorial hospital with a higher temperature and pulmonary complications. He has been ill for nearly two years, after surgeries and a long period of treatments, with public tributes and the Babe Ruth Foundation noted in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Homerun King
Memorial Hospital
Ruth
Verbal paving plan eyed for Roland Park growth
Gastonia officials and O A Warren, representing Clinton property owners, reached a verbal agreement to pave about 4000 feet of tar and gravel streets in Roland Park. Warren asked for city labor with owners supplying materials, saying paving would spur home construction in the eastern development that joined the city over a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Park
Gastonia
O. A. Warren
Pee
Warren
Clinton
Virginia Beach Set for Amphibious Assault Drill
Lieutenant Colonel Marion E. Carl, holder of the world air speed record, will lead 12 Navy Phantom Interceptors in an amphibious assault drill at Virginia Beach on August 20. Carl, from Hubbard Oregon, has flown at 650.7 mph, guiding 167 Navy Marine and Air Force craft from Cherry Point North Carolina in the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Marion E. Carl
Virginia Beach
Carl
Hubbard
Ore
U. S. Marine
122Nd Marine
Cherry Point
N. C
Marine
Air Force
Russians claim Berlin fed for forty days amid hunger in Soviet zone
Berlin reports hunger outside the Russians say they can feed the city for 40 days while complaints grow about shortages in the Soviet zone. Ada accuses local food admin of hindering unloads, with 15 grain trains idle. British protest planned over 12 Soviet Yak flights over Western Berlin. Neues Zeitung article highlights food troubles in the Soviet zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Soviet Union
Ada
City Food Administration
R. N. White
RAF
Gatow
Bentley Woman Reported Given Two Thousand Cash
Washington report on the House Un American Activities Committee focus on a $2000 pay off to Elizabeth T Bentley after she aided the FBI in exposing wartime espionage. The panel also questions Henry Collins about a prewar underground, with Whittaker Chambers linking Alger Hiss to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congressional
Moscow
House Un-American Activities Committee
Miss Bentley
Reds
FBI
Thomas
Vassar
Supreme Soviet Council
Henry Collins
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Collins
Coblins
Alger Hiss
State Department
San Francisco
United Nations
Gastonia Rotary Club meets Thursday at Armington Hotel
Activity calendar notes a Thursday luncheon for the Gastonia Rotary Club at the Armington Hotel at 12 30 p m local time. The event invites members and guests to attend the weekly gathering hosted by the service organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia Rotary Club
Armington Hotel
Partly Cloudy Aloysius on Zoo Sea Lions Fundraising Plan
Aloysius notes a Philadelphia zoo plans to recoup feeding costs by selling fish to the public for the pool, but argues the idea will fail given current meat prices. He mentions his helmet and colored glasses for the Seminole-Firestone softball game at Firestone Park, and forecasts partly cloudy weather with little temperature change tonight and Thursday, noting sultriness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aloysius
Philadelephia Zoo
Firestone Park
Also Mentioned on This Page
Belittles Wallace
Franklin Avenue
Ernest Morgan
Carothers Funeral Home
Memorial Hall
Ennis Atkins
Kena
van Riper
Raleigh Dairymen
AD Aeticumuic Avtpaiuneul i
Senate
GUARD
Ida
New York Yankees
Navy
Phantom
Bentley
Soviet Council
Justice Department
J. Parnell Thomas
RNJ
Elizabeth T. Bentley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!