The Pot Boils, May 10, 1943

The U.S. political pot bubbled:

> In New Jersey, where Republican dissension has for 25 years given Boss Frank Hague the handle he needs to control the state, GOPsters actually got together and, well in advance of the September primary, agreed on a candidate for Governor. Their man: grey, urbane Walter Evans Edge, 69, Governor during World War I, U.S. Senator from 1919 to 1929, Ambassador to France under President Hoover.

>In North Carolina, where the Democratic primary does not come until next May, at last a real candidate arose to challenge dapper...

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