Presidential primaries and party nominees history
Presidential primaries have limited impact on party nominations. From 1912 to 1948 many winners gained renomination without strong primary support. Only a few primaries influenced outcomes, while several nominees entered none or weakly contested races, leading to reforms and repeals of preferential primary laws.
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Kefauver
Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Nebaska
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Opinion: Douglas calls for revolutions to aid aid
Current Opinion critiques Justice Douglas for suggesting revolutions as a precondition to aid to underdeveloped nations. It argues his plan would overturn order, foster upheaval, and scare foreign friends, contrasting it with the American Revolution which sought local government and opportunity.
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Supreme Court
William D Douglas
Douglas
United States
Mr. Douglas
Truman Seen Ahead In Presidential Primary Battle
The piece suggests the primaries may matter or be eye wash, with the paper leaning toward Truman's view over Estes Kefauver, who centers his campaign on primary results.
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Truman
Harry Truman
Estes Kefaiuver
Clarke County Supervisor Dies After Hospital Stay
News notes from Clarke County report the death of Clifton B. Price chairman of the Board of Supervisors at Memorial Hospital. Other items include engagements and social events such as Janney Lupton's engagement to David Dows Munsell and a birthday tribute to Annie R. Lichliter.
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Clifton B. Price
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Memorial Hospital
McSherry Lupton
Janney
David Dows Munsell
Baltimore
T. Snyder
Winifeed Lupton
Kernstown
Arrival of Kenneth Jargent for Newport training
Kenneth W. Jargent son of y and Mrs Ernest Sargent arrived in Newport R I to begin his training.
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Kenneth W. Jargent
Y and
Mrs
Ernest Sargent
Newport R. I
Apple Blossom Festival dates set for April
Festival headquarters announced the Apple Blossom Festival will be held on April twenty eighth. Douglas Fairbanks was thrilling audiences at the Little Theatre in The Black Pirate.
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Festival
Douglas Fairbanks
Little Theatre
Farmers and Merchants Bank Named National Bank Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago Farmers and Merchants Bank was among eleven banks selected by the Federal government as national banks. The period also saw a warm spell followed by a brisk snowfall in Winchester with a three inch snow cover across the Valley.
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Farmers and Merchants Bank
Winchester
Byrd’s Long Fight for Budget Reform in Congress
Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia presses for a unified fiscal plan and strict spending limits to rein in deficits. His Byrd budget study analyzes the President’s request, seeks total annual outlays, and aims to curb Treasury borrowing while growing support in Congress.
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Byrd
Senate
Washington
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Sen. Byrd
Hawkshaw
Virginia
Heywood Bell
Newport News
Bell
Harry, Junior
Sen
Rainfall figures for 39 years show mixed totals
Past 24 hours ending 7 a m shows rainfall. date to date totals and averages are listed for a 39 year period from 1912 to 1951. January and February totals are given with approximate percentages and inches per month, but the text is garbled.
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Marona
How's Your IQ and The Twelve Apostles Reflection
Quiz style questions test IQ with daily score bands from 9 to 10 correct for Memory Genius down to 4 for Good. A reflective passage then contemplates the simplicity of early apostles versus modern education and leadership in history and religion.
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President Truman
Louis XVI
France
Strength For The Day By Earl L. Douglas D D
A reflective meditation urges readers to stop and think about how the original apostles would react if they returned in modern times and faced contemporary life challenges.
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Earl L. Douglas
D.D
POUND FOOLISH
Frugal Charleston bachelor Henri Lemay and his sister Heloise plot a future for their niece Leonie Hughes amid a tangle of courtship and money. Joseph Newman, Sally Blair's son with a singing career, enters as a potential match while family tensions over wealth and approval simmer.
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Fleurt Lemay
Charleston
3. C
Heloise
Leonie Hughes
Calverts
Henri
Joseph Newman
Leo
Opera
Job
Henr
Julie
Helome
Leonie
Brother
Trousseau
Sally Blair
Puttering and Reflections in the Lemay House
Henri passes a quiet Sunday at the Lemay home noting a piano wheeze and small curios as he drafts notes for Mrs Cobb on Santo Domingo refugees. He muses on his Grandfather Lemay and contemplates sending thirty dollars to Cousin Eugenie amid talk of financial tightening.
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Henri
Heloise
Hampton Park
Lemay
Canfiel
Cobb
Santo Domingo
Robert
Marie Lemay
George
Edisto River
Caroline
Suzanne
Frederick
Leon
Middle West
Far West
Julie Aad
Mt West
Eugenie
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Wisconsin
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Dewey
Harold Stassen
Nebraska
New Yorker
Stassen
Oregon
the Wall Street Journal
National Conference On International Economic and Social Development
American Revolutionary Committee
Doulas
Justice Douglas
United States Supreme Court
the Star
Reba Shaeffer Snarr
George C. Snarr
Thomas William Massie
T. W. Massie
Marue
W W. Glass
J. Agmeh
Arlington
Charles B. Snider
Cecil B. Wester
Gainesville
Fla
The
U. S. Navy
By Sigrid Arne
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
House
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Byrd Senate
Scott
U.S
Pierre
Africa
R. J. Scott
I.Q
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Hohenzollerns
Carlovingians
Great Lakes
Mandalay
Wiliam H. Taft
Edward VII
Great Britain
Panama Canal
Pacific Ocean
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Andrew
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John
Jesus
Chapter
Miss Julie
Cousin Julie
Frenri
Joseph
Jule
Henry
Annette
Henry O’donnell
By Robert Molloy
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