THE
CHARLOTTE NEWS
January - December, 1947 EDITORIALS
And Evening Chronicle
Published Week-Day Afternoons
And Sunday Mornings
by The News Publishing Company, Inc.
W. C. Dowd, Jr., President
and General Manager
J. E. Dowd, Editor
W. C. Dowd, 1865 -1927
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The daily edition of The Charlotte News was
established in 1888. The Sunday edition was added in 1910. The
Evening Chronicle, established in 1903, was purchased by and
consolidated with The Charlotte News May 8, 1914.
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All 1947 editorials are after W. J. Cash's associate editorship. Stuart Rabb became Associate Editor after Cash resigned at the end of May, 1941 and continued in that capacity for a year at which point, at the end of May, 1942, Burke Davis became Associate Editor. At the end of December, 1942, Editor J. E. Dowd enlisted in the Navy and turned over the editorial reins of the newspaper to Burke Davis until August 18, 1944, at which point Mr. Davis resumed his position as Associate Editor, thereby responsible for most of the editorial column. On October 6, 1945, Harry Ashmore became Associate Editor, and Burke Davis, eventually to join The Baltimore Evening Sun, became special assignments writer. In 1958, Mr. Ashmore won a Pulitzer Prize as Editor of The Arkansas Gazette, for his editorials and leadership regarding the Little Rock school integration crisis of September, 1957.
On January 9, 1947, The News was sold by the Dowds to a group of investors, including W. C. Dowd, Jr. and J. E. Dowd. Thomas L. Robinson became Publisher, J. E. Dowd became General Manager, and Harry Ashmore remained as Associate Editor until April 16, 1947. Mr. Ashmore at that time became Editor of the newspaper, and then left The News on July 26, 1947 to become Associate Editor of The Gazette. William M. Reddig, formerly of The Kansas City Star, then became Editor.
There are no Sunday editions of the newspaper in 1947. Weeks labeled (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏), (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏), (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏), (?͏͏☼APR◙͏), (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏), (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏), (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏), (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏),(?͏͏☼SEP◙͏), (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏), (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏), and (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏) were added in the denoted month of 2014. Dates marked "&$O'Ð♪" have a website note on editorials. (If you want to know the significance of the hieroglyph, you will have to ask the website publisher. We have no idea.) Last additions, December, 2014.
The following date is missing from the microfilm of 1947: November 29. The News did not publish on Christmas Day.
To facilitate reading organization, the headings of the editorials on the pages after June 19, 1944 are in bold print, visible in the "Engravers Bold" font, which on later versions of Windows is not included as a font. Blame Mr. Gates, not us. The font is available here for free. Once downloaded, simply click "install" at the top of the box and it will quickly load.
JANUARY 1-4, 1947 (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏)
|Jan 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 4(&$O'Ð♪)|
JANUARY 6-11, 1947 (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏)
|Jan 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 11(&$O'Ð♪)|
JANUARY 13-18, 1947 (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏)
|Jan 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 18(&$O'Ð♪)|
JANUARY 20-25, 1947 (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏)
|Jan 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 25(&$O'Ð♪)|
JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 1, 1947 (?͏͏☼JAN◙͏), (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏)
|Jan 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 1(&$O'Ð♪)|
FEBRUARY 3-8, 1947 (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏)
|Feb 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 8(&$O'Ð♪)|
FEBRUARY 10-15, 1947 (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏)
|Feb 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 15(&$O'Ð♪)|
FEBRUARY 17-22, 1947 (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏)
|Feb 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 22(&$O'Ð♪)|
FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 1, 1947 (?͏͏☼FEB◙͏), (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏)
|Feb 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Feb 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 1(&$O'Ð♪)|
MARCH 3-8, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏)
|Mar 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 8(&$O'Ð♪)|
MARCH 10-15, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏)
|Mar 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 15(&$O'Ð♪)|
MARCH 17-22, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏)
|Mar 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 22(&$O'Ð♪)|
MARCH 24-29, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏)
|Mar 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Mar 29(&$O'Ð♪)|
MARCH 31 - APRIL 5, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAR◙͏), (?͏͏☼APR◙͏)
|Mar 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 5(&$O'Ð♪)|
APRIL 7-12, 1947 (?͏͏☼APR◙͏)
|Apr 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 12(&$O'Ð♪)|
APRIL 14-19, 1947 (?͏͏☼APR◙͏)
|Apr 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 19(&$O'Ð♪)|
APRIL 21-26, 1947 (?͏͏☼APR◙͏)
|Apr 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 26(&$O'Ð♪)|
APRIL 28 - MAY 3, 1947 (?͏͏☼APR◙͏), (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏)
|Apr 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Apr 30(&$O'Ð♪)|May 1(&$O'Ð♪)|May 2(&$O'Ð♪)|May 3(&$O'Ð♪)|
MAY 5-10, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏)
|May 5(&$O'Ð♪)|May 6(&$O'Ð♪)|May 7(&$O'Ð♪)|May 8(&$O'Ð♪)|May 9(&$O'Ð♪)|May 10(&$O'Ð♪)|
MAY 12-17, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏)
|May 12(&$O'Ð♪)|May 13(&$O'Ð♪)|May 14(&$O'Ð♪)|May 15(&$O'Ð♪)|May 16(&$O'Ð♪)|May 17(&$O'Ð♪)|
MAY 19-24, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏)
|May 19(&$O'Ð♪)|May 20(&$O'Ð♪)|May 21(&$O'Ð♪)|May 22(&$O'Ð♪)|May 23(&$O'Ð♪)|May 24(&$O'Ð♪)|
MAY 26-31, 1947 (?͏͏☼MAY◙͏)
|May 26(&$O'Ð♪)|May 27(&$O'Ð♪)|May 28(&$O'Ð♪)|May 29(&$O'Ð♪)|May 30(&$O'Ð♪)|May 31(&$O'Ð♪)|
JUNE 2-7, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏)
|Jun 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 7(&$O'Ð♪)|
JUNE 9-14, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏)
|Jun 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 14(&$O'Ð♪)|
JUNE 16-21, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏)
|Jun 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 21(&$O'Ð♪)|
JUNE 23-28, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏)
|Jun 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Jun 28(&$O'Ð♪)|
JUNE 30 - JULY 5, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUN◙͏), (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏)
|Jun 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 5(&$O'Ð♪)|
JULY 7-12, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏)
|Jul 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 12(&$O'Ð♪)|
JULY 14-19, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏)
|Jul 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 19(&$O'Ð♪)|
JULY 21-26, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏)
|Jul 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 26(&$O'Ð♪)|
JULY 28 - AUGUST 2, 1947 (?͏͏☼JUL◙͏), (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏)
|Jul 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Jul 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 2(&$O'Ð♪)|
AUGUST 4-9, 1947 (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏)
|Aug 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 9(&$O'Ð♪)|
AUGUST 11-16, 1947 (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏)
|Aug 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 16(&$O'Ð♪)|
AUGUST 18-23, 1947 (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏)
|Aug 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 23(&$O'Ð♪)|
AUGUST 25-30, 1947 (?͏͏☼AUG◙͏)
|Aug 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Aug 30(&$O'Ð♪)|
SEPTEMBER 1-6, 1947 (?͏͏☼SEPT◙͏)
|Sept 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 6(&$O'Ð♪)|
SEPTEMBER 8-13, 1947 (?͏͏☼SEPT◙͏)
|Sept 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 13(&$O'Ð♪)|
SEPTEMBER 15-20, 1947 (?͏͏☼SEPT◙͏)
|Sept 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 20(&$O'Ð♪)|
SEPTEMBER 22-27, 1947 (?͏͏☼SEPT◙͏)
|Sept 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 27(&$O'Ð♪)|
SEPTEMBER 29 - October 4, 1947 (?͏͏☼SEPT◙͏), (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏)
|Sept 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Sept 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 4(&$O'Ð♪)|
OCTOBER 6-11, 1947 (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏)
|Oct 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 11(&$O'Ð♪)|
OCTOBER 13-18, 1947 (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏)
|Oct 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 18(&$O'Ð♪)|
OCTOBER 20-25, 1947 (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏)
|Oct 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 25(&$O'Ð♪)|
OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 1, 1947 (?͏͏☼OCT◙͏), (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏)
|Oct 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 28(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Oct 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 1(&$O'Ð♪)|
NOVEMBER 3-8, 1947 (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏)
|Nov 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 6(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 7(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 8(&$O'Ð♪)|
NOVEMBER 10-15, 1947 (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏)
|Nov 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 13(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 14(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 15(&$O'Ð♪)|
NOVEMBER 17-22, 1947 (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏)
|Nov 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 20(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 21(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 22(&$O'Ð♪)|
NOVEMBER 24-29, 1947 (?͏͏☼NOV◙͏)
|Nov 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 25(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 27(&$O'Ð♪)|Nov 28(&$O'Ð♪)|
DECEMBER 1-6, 1947 (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏)
|Dec 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 3(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 4(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 5(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 6(&$O'Ð♪)|
DECEMBER 8-13, 1947 (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏)
|Dec 8(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 9(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 10(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 11(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 12(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 13(&$O'Ð♪)|
DECEMBER 15-20, 1947 (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏)
|Dec 15(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 16(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 17(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 18(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 19(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 20(&$O'Ð♪)|
DECEMBER 22-27, 1947 (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏)
|Dec 22(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 23(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 24(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 26(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 27(&$O'Ð♪)|
DECEMBER 29, 1947 - JANUARY 3, 1948 (?͏͏☼DEC◙͏), (◙͏JAN͏?͏☼)
|Dec 29(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 30(&$O'Ð♪)|Dec 31(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 1(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 2(&$O'Ð♪)|Jan 3(&$O'Ð♪)|