Wallace trip through North Carolina stirs egg and tomato protests
A third party candidate Henry Wallace faces hostile scenes in the South as egg and tomato throwing targets him and a boy. The event is depicted as undemocratic and damaging to Wallace's bid for southern votes, with discussion of a billion dollar plan and potential corporate impacts.
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Henry Wallace
North Carolina
South
Wallace
Dixie
Onvy Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Carolina
New Housing Bill Adjusts GI Loans and Public Housing Rules
Federal Housing Chief Raymond Foley issues amendments to a broad housing bill that weakly boosts low cost housing and expands financing for medium price homes. Veterans may face higher costs under new VA guarantees while FHA loan terms ease to offer 80 percent financing on appraised values. The bill also tightens inmate income rules for public housing and allows non veteran survivors to be evicted if income exceeds project limits.
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U. S
Federal
Raymond W. Foley
Veterans
FHA
Veterans’ Administration
New York
Washington Calling Washington Democrats See Vigor Rise
Column argues the Democratic party is not dead and shows signs of life through grass roots growth. It cites rising candidacies and leaders like Helen Gahagan Douglas and Chet Holifield supporting New Deal principles and reform in Congress.
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Washington
Mark Twain
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Chet Holifield
Democratic Party
Dea
Labor power a key swing factor in presidential race
Marquis Childs argues organized labor behind the Truman-Barkley ticket could shift key industrial states and electoral votes. He notes union cash limits, UAW strife, and a potential labor party that might topple Democratic chances while Wallace challenges pull away workers, and nonvoting labor voters may decide the outcome.
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Wallace
UAW
New
Labor Party
Democratic Party
Dewey
Controversy Over Photos of Elaine Monesmith in Africa
Paul Gallico reflects on a Boston paper photo showing twelve-year-old Elaine Monesmith atop a dead elephant after a Belgian Congo safari with her father James Monesmith. He questions the implication of such claims and worries about social pressure, childhood imagination, and the ethics of encouraging young girls to hunt.
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New England
Boston
Elaine Monesmith
Belgian Congo
James Monesmith
Dayton
Ohio
Elaine
Miss Monesmith
Little Elaine
Africa
Quotes on refugees and American policy from wartime figures
A collection of brief quotations highlights humanitarian needs for Arab and Jewish refugees before the rainy season. It contrasts calls for aid with criticism of Western Europe and U S foreign policy, featuring remarks attributed to Folke Bernadotte Omar Bradley Herbert Hoover and Alf Landon.
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Gount Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Marshall
Alf. M. Landon
Kans
Vacation by a Maryland farmer as pigs roam free
A Maryland farmer recounts a stay at home vacation with farm chores and daily routines interrupted when roaming pigs escape. He notes garden duties, corn and silo work, a switch to alfalfa, church visits, and reflections on politics, health care, and local life.
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Gaithersburg
California
New Mexico
Karl Bickel
Ontario
Canada
Sumner Welles
Bar Harbor
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Maryland
Clay
District of Columbia
Delaware
Jackson Leighter
William Voght
John Hines
Austin
Texas
Bethany Beach
Del
Potomac
Virginia
Iowa
Garrett Hume
Georgetown
Grandpa Coulda Been Governor Ruark
Memphis essay argues famous entertainers like Roy Acuff might win Tennessee governorships over seasoned politicians. It recalls Jimmie Davis and Pappy O Daniel as examples and mocks voters choosing showmanship over experience while lamenting a missing grandpa who could have become president.
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Memphis
Sandspur
Jimmie Davis
Louisana
James
James Folsom
Alabama
Pappy O’daniel
Texas
Tennesee
Roy Acuff
Acuff
Grodon Browning
Crump
Browning
Reform
Jim McCord
Mr. Acuff
Speckled Bird
Tennessee
Crosby
Mr. Sinatra
Folsom
United States
Glen Taylor
Bee
White House
Anniversary AA meeting to mark Gate City group's first year
An anniversary gathering at 8 p m Saturday in the Episco church parish hall invites civic leaders and Pocatello residents to learn about Alcoholics Anonymous. Local and visiting members will speak and excerpts from an AA pamphlet outline alcoholism as a treatable, shared civic issue and the program's recovery path.
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Episco
Pocatello
Gate City
Alcoholics Anonymous
Utah
Idaho
Civi
State of
Idah
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Peter Edson
Marquis Childs
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Omar Bradley
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Herbert Hoover
Pearson
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