Lincoln Bucked Destiny To Become Great Signs Pointed Other Way
Brownwood Emerson A Lincoln, once deemed a washout, rose from a poor cabin life to become the nation’s president. The feature traces his rough beginnings, schooling, work as a rail splitter, postmaster, and surveyor, his late-blooming influence, and his complex romances, highlighting the ironies of fate and the human cost of greatness.
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Lincoln
Brownwood
Emerson A. Lincoln
United States
Thomas Lincoln
Abraham
Thomas
Abe
Grimshaw
Salaam
New Salem
Springfield
Central States
Side Glances on Lincoln's Rise and War Leadership
Galbraith reflects on Abraham Lincoln from youth to presidency noting resilience under abuse and treachery, his dictatorship moment in the Civil War, and mastery of stump oratory. The column mentions Lincoln’s birth and death dates, Illinois roots, and a curious Texas Lee County thumbnail.
Character of a President is Commemorated in Retrospect
A reflective tribute praises the subject as a man of charity and a large heart, asserting he would have been a success regardless of the presidency. It emphasizes his steadfast spirit, enduring American identity, and ability to endure hardships.
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States
Sunspots Disrupt US and Canada Radio Links
Sun spots hampered communications across the United States and Canada today and interfered with radio reception from the Far East. Western Union noted considerable difficulty nationwide with circuits often nearly unusable and rerouting of traffic. AT&T reported effects along the Atlantic seaboard and inland to Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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New York
U.P
United States
Canada
Far East
Western Union Telegraph Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Atlantic Seaboard
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dean of Canterbury Denies U.S. Behind Time
President Truman released a letter from Dean Hewlett Johnson of Canterbury England denying he claimed the United States was 100 years behind the world in everything except religion and 150 years behind in that area. The dean praised American achievement and urged Europe to learn from the United States.
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Washington
Truman
Canterbury
England
United States
Dean Hewlett Johnson
Europe
Four Dead After Barge Explosion In Houston
A barge laden with high-octane gasoline exploded in Houston’s ship channel. Four men were killed Willie Reed Duncan 44 Galveston Antonio Grugerias 52 Houston A J Tircuit Plaquemine La and Rube Cole deckhand on Tircuit s tug. Several crewmen burned leaped into water rescued by tugs. seven others burned seriously. The blast sent flames toward the General American dock and oil slick waters. A line of casualties emerged among injured with one in critical condition.
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Houston
U.P
Willie Reed Duncan
Galveston
Antonio Grugerias
A. J. Tircuit
Plaquemine
Rube Coleman
Tircuit
Saved By Lady In Her Bathtub
Baltimore reports a three month old German shepherd startled a pistol on a washstand, discharging and wounding Mrs Ruth Patterson in the right hand while she read in the tub. The pup was exonerated in the incident.
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Baltimore
Ruth Patterson
Joe Harlan Rejoins Law Firm After Overseas Return
Capt. Joe Harlan on terminal leave from the Army has re joined the law firm Gibson, Ochsner and Little after 32 months in the Pacific with the Fifth Fighter Command. He served as air combat intelligence officer and saw action from New Guinea through the Philippines.
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Joe Harlan
Army
Kaiser To Lease Aluminum Plant In Spokane
Senator Mitchell announced that War Assets Corporation accepted Kaiser Company’s offer to lease the government built aluminum plant at Spokane Washington. Terms for the Kentwood Rolling Mill include an annual rental of 250000 dollars or five percent of gross sales with a 350000 dollar down payment. Production plant terms set four percent of production cost in year one rising to eight percent in year five, aligned with Arkansas plant leases to Reynolds Metals Company.
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Washington
Mitchell
War Assets Corporation
Kaiser Company
Spokane
Wash
Kentwood
Arkansas
Reynolds Metals Company
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Abraham Lincoln
Clark Gable
Ann _ Rutledge
Ann
Mary Owens
Mary Todd
By Galbraith
Lee
Jackson
Stuart
Douglas
Chicago
Ford
Washington, D. C
Illinois
Texas
Lee County
Post Oak Belt
Blackland Prairies
Dime Box
United
NEA Service. Inc
U & Pat
Amarillo Printing Company
Fiy
Phoenix
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Amarillo
Sunspots Hamper Communications
U. S
Joe Scroggins
10Th
van Buren
Pacific
Isle of
Malekula
Sonken-Galamba Corp
2Nd St
Kansas City
Kansas
W. G. Martin
Optometrist
Hugh Sticksel
West Amarillo
Christ
John W. Darby
Clifton Janak
Roy E. Belcher
Margaret Harris Henry
SORUG
Ron
Polk
Rexall Drug Stores
Magnesia
STAG
Samson
Kaiser
Schenley
Cedar Brook
8Th Ave
Valentine
A. Zale
Zale
Zale’s
Pampa
Borger
Lubbock
Stace At
New Mexico
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