Taft Texas Delegates and Mineral Wells Controversy
The Times surveys Texas GOP actions at Mineral Wells where Taft delegates were boosted by party professionals, sidelining Eisenhower supporters who walked out. The editorial warns Taft should avoid shenanigans and notes that undecided voters face influence from Eastern reporting on the convention.
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Stalin City Names Proliferate in Gazetteer
Neal O'Hara notes Columbia Lippincott Gazetteers list over 30 Russian towns honoring Stalin including Stalingrad and Stalinogorsky. The piece also mentions contagious hiccups, a resin teflon for nonstick cooking, and color photographs aiding inheritance studies.
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Russia
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteers
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Stalingrad
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Stalinogorsky
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The Shepherd Drunk-DRIVING Verse and Warning
A religious themed verse cautions against drinking before driving with moral exhortations. It notes that drinking leads to traffic trouble and urges readers to stop and think to reach home safely. The piece ends with the author Junien C Hyen credited.
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Junien C, Hyen
Atomic weapons cut spark sharp attack in Washington
Column warns a $174 million cut in atomic weapons funding endangers U S leadership in atomic energy. It notes storage, research and H-bomb development would suffer, with Atomic Energy Commission officials urging restoration during Senate debate.
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H. D. Smyth
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
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Savannah River
Senate
McMahon
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
The Prizewinner and Pop Culture Snatches
Leonard Lyons notes Faulkner's blunt Nobel remark and mixes in gossip columns about Truman Committee escorts with Rudolph Halley and a San Francisco airport sighting. Joan Crawford declines a Broadway role while Yul Brynner advises a chicken walking trick for Margaret Perry's stage billing.
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Truman War Investigating Committee
Truman Committee
Halley
San Francisco
Admiral Nimitz
Margaret Perry
Yul Brynner
Miss Perry
Brynner
the King and I
Yu Brynner
Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc
Convention Gavels In Expert Hands At Two Conventions
Washington dispatch notes veteran presiding officers Rayburn and Martin as permanent chairmen for the Democratic and Republican conventions. Both men are unmarried or divorced battlers with strong parliamentary reputations and no clear presidential endorsement. Dirksen may be a compromise for Taft Eisenhower deadlock. MacArthur discussion fades.
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Bascom N. Timmons
Daily News
Washington
House of Representatives
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
House
Rayburn
Rep
Martin
Eisenhower
Istanbul
Turkey
Fall River
Mass
Russell
Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Taft Group
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ike
Arrangements Committee
Dirksen
Taft
James A. Garfield
Ike and Supreme Court Clash Over Steel Seizure Ruling
President Truman delays decoration duties while the Supreme Court rules against seizure of the steel industry, freeing Ike to retire with honors and prompting comment on costs and political impact. Mamie Eisenhower shops in Washington as Phil Murray calls for continued steel action.
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Truman
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Ike
Harry
Supreme Court
Mamie Eisenhower
Washington
Phil Murray
Vinson
Reed
Minton
America
Pletcher Knebel
Letters and tips from the Tri State Forum
Readers are invited to write letters to the editor and sign their names. A Tip to Tipplers suggests a home saloon scheme to save money, joking about earning funds from a wife by buying drinks at 40 cents a shot for years.
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Amarillo
Crossword Puzzle Clues Across and Down
A list of crossword style clues with Across and Down entries covering topics from mythic and religious terms to objects, actions, and animals. Includes wordplay like homophones and puns and ends with a Greek letter and a time unit.
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