Census income question study shows little voter impact
Bascom N. Timmon s report for the Globe outlines census officials predictions that the income question will barely affect responses. They cite a 1948 midwest test, 488000 enumerated with minimal objection, plus 198000 mail replies from 1940 data. The piece notes Brown’s GOP opposition to the Gossett Lodge amendment and local Midwest resistance concerns.
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Nobody 10 Get Rich Off Life of Christ Movie
The SEC puzzled by low stock price, yet approves a film project about the life of Christ. Production abroad in France Italy and Israel will use triple cameras and large screens. Various ordinary buyers from truck drivers to a Ritz maid purchase shares, while the film hopes to draw pride and a broad audience.
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Board of Censors Names for Publication Listed
Notice to the public lists the News-Globe board of censors for publication. Members named include Paul Allingham Bartlett Grady Camp Mrs Ian Wis ter Mrs Bob Babb wis Nordyke Joe Hess and Charley Underwood.
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Grady Camp
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Bob Babb
Wis Nordyke
Joe Hess
Charley Underwood
Government official disputes flying saucers claim
An interview with a high government official, who studied flying saucers, labeled the phenomena figments and noted reflections could mimic saucers. He cited weather balloons, an oyster-like photograph, and asserted saucer planes will not fly while predicting future super-planes and moon missions within years.
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Washington
Wes Izzard
Mars
In Town Visit Hints at Veterans Hospital Additions
George Broome is in town working on an addition to the Veterans Hospital. Lew Fields is in town or due soon and may be a Congressional candidate per reports from Washington.
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Veterans Hospital
Lew Fields
Washington
Lew
Congress
Bob Hope backs free press for women in town address
Bob Hope spoke at a Washington luncheon addressed to newspaper women, voicing support for a free press for women. He quipped that every attempt has met with mock faces slapped, but he accepted it as part of the process.
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Bob Hope
Washington
Vice President Barkley and Mrs Barkley in Demand at Socials
Washington readers seek relief as newspapers overflow with pictures of Vice President Barkley and his wife. He is in his seventies and she about half his age, calling her his better four fifths in the public chatter.
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Washington
Barkley
Interview with Mrs Barkley Highlights Daily Life
A Washington newspaper interview quotes Mrs Barkley saying she loved every day of her life. The article reflects on language choices, noting the reporter used the word lived instead of loved and the nuance of everyday sentiment.
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Washington
Joke lands at cocktail parties over Missouri mud bank pull
A Washington quip mocks Navy brass for not solving the Missouri mud bank problem by calling General Vaughn who supposedly has plenty of pull. The remark sparks laughs at social gatherings.
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Missouri
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Washington gossip sparks anti Communist scrutiny tale
A Washington chatter cites alleged Red intellectuals as misfits with deep complexes, urging a purge and surveillance. Elsewhere, reports describe hair snippers targeting women in theaters and a diplomat predicts a delayed war with Russia, while German engineers boost China’s potential and India’s fate hinges on future power shifts.
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Washington
Mongolian Mountain People Described By Army Officer
An Army officer accompanying a group extols Mongolian mountain people in North China as the world’s largest strongest and most virile. He notes their men stand 6 feet 4 to 6 feet 6 inches in bare feet and possess great endurance and courage.
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North
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Age and cunning shape views of Russians and Mongolians
A historical account quotes an Army officer describing Russians as Mongolian in features and ruthless in conduct, noting a large Chinese population, beliefs about Mongolian potential soldiers, and a grim retelling of Soviet mass murders and postwar Russian soldiers executed for fear they would reveal German living conditions.
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Germany
Russia
Dayne ane pean nentreneeene Texas land grant recount
On this day in 1852 Texas distributed 1700 sections of public domain to W S Peters and Associates for settling 600 families near Dallas. The contract was canceled after court wrangles. Col Ward investigated claims showing 8145 people settled within the Republic’s limits. Mercer pressed claims to the legislature and Supreme Court but was overruled. Historians confuse the two colonies.
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Lincoln Day Dinner Brings GOP Leaders to Crystal Ballroom
High Plains Republicans gather at the Crystal Ballroom of the Herring Hotel at 7 PM for the Lincoln Day dinner. About 250 Panhandle and South Plains GOP representatives are expected, with Sen. Harry Cain as guest of honor. Ruthelle Bacon coordinates the event with Texas GOP leaders present in Lubbock and Amarillo.
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Washington
Ruthelle Bacon
Amarillo Hotel
Lincoln
Women win point with pitchforks at Murphy garage
In Plummer's Cove Massachusetts February 10 a village dispute over a dirt road and a concrete garage near a mullet fishing area ends after fishermen and their wives confront druggist E G Murphy. The women march with pitchforks and scythes to the garage under a tree where a mass meeting resolves the conflict. Murphy agrees the fishermen may tear down the structure and will provide lemonade and sandwiches while they work.
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Baby Grabs Deadly Snake in Rhodesia Home
Three year old Thea Coetzer in Chipinga Southern Rhodesia reached for a yellow snake while her mother Ironed. A native killed the snake. Thea compared it to a rubber toy from grandpa. The incident ends without further harm.
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Thea Coetzer
Sabotage Charged in Burma Oil Field Vandalism
Burma Oil Co. told Rangoon officials that vandalism has grown into a full time industry for entire families including children. Saboteurs denude fields and wreck wells by flooding them with water, hindering efforts to combat the destruction.
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Burma
Burma Oil Co
Rangoon
Dams Planned in Nuevo Leon Aim to Aid Local Towns
Four new dams will be built this year in Nuevo Leon on the Salinas River near Salinas Victoria and at Sierra Prieta in Linares plus dams at Hualahuises and El Cuchillo to help General Bravo and China towns.
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Mexico
Nuevo Leon
Salinas
Salinas Victoria
Sierra Prieta
Linares
Hualahuises
el Cuchillo
General Bravo
China
Globe-News
Corn Borers in Minnesota Rise Significantly
Entomologist A. W. Buzicky predicts corn borers will multiply this year, with the southern two thirds of Minnesota likely to see extremely heavy infestations. He notes the 1949 population was five times 1948, rising from 70 borers per 100 stalks to 340.
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ST. Paul, Minn
U.P
A. W. Buzicky
Tristan da Cunha Struck By Common Illnesses From Visitors
Islanders once immune to colds and influenza report runny noses and coughing after many outsiders visited in the last year. As the Pequena departed for Cape Town, most residents remained sniffly, showing how civilization’s illnesses have reached the remote island.
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Pequena
Cape Town
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