Clash Over GOP Tactics Shapes 1950 Policy Debate
Senators Aiken Mundt and Taft in Washington clashed over Republican campaign tactics. Aiken favored pruning the 1948 platform, Mundt urged a complete review of GOP principles and a new foreign policy program. Taft called for an organizational meeting as 39 lawmakers prepare a unified party policy statement.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senator Aiken
Vermont
Senator Mundt
South Dakota
House
Mundt
China
Formosa
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP House
Republican National Committee
BC Headache Powders and Tablets Ad Claim Fast Relief
An advertisement touts BC Headache Powders or Tablets as fast relief for simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. It promises combined ingredients greater effectiveness than single components and offers tablet or powder forms with the same formula. Two tablets equal one powder and prices are 10 cents and 25 cents.
Adventure of Crazy Flies in the Guiana Jungle
Dewitt Mackenzie recounts a jungle shoot in French Guiana where a colony of crazy flies tested a dozen native huntsmen and him. He describes the deadly sting, the mass attack, and the near-fatal toll on faces and bodies, warning readers to stay far away from the swarm.
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Associated Press
Lorne L. Clemes
Adrian
Mich
Telegram
Uncle Mac
French Guiana
South American Guianas
Guiana
GOP senators mull campaign platform draft plan
Senator Aiken outlined a strategy to craft a preliminary draft with a small GOP subgroup. He proposed condensing the 1948 platform for clear voter understanding and stressing Republican versus Democratic administration differences. He said local and state governments should handle most matters to limit federal action. He added no outside committee should author a new party platform.
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GOP
Aiken
Wizard of Odds predicts population puzzles in 1950s
This column notes the 1950 census will count 140000 takers starting April 1 and a December reveal of U S population. It speculates a figure near 150,242,169 and invites guesses for a parchment prize, while offering odds on birth rates and world population limits.
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U. S
Wizard of Odds
Atlas Features Syndicate
Census estimates show 1949 population rise from births
The Census Bureau reports an estimated population of 148,000,000 as of January 1, 1949, up from 131,670,000 in 1940, with the majority increase attributed to births rather than immigration, according to the bureau.
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Census Bureau
Hare and hound race ends in disaster
In Nashville a rabbit bolted from a briar patch and a dog pursued it down a city street. As two more dogs joined, five animals flooded an intersection to collide with a fast-moving automobile. All five perished in the crash.
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Nashville
Tenn
U.P
Flaming Object Falls Near Pampa Reported Meteor Like
A flaming object seen northeast of Pampa around 8:30 PM near the Santa Fe tracks was described as meteor like. State patrol and CAA found no crash reports while Braniff pilots in Amarillo corroborated a meteor appearance.
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Pampa
Here
Charlie Stowell
Stowell
Santa Fe
CAA
Braniff
Amarillo
Mexican and Argentine Films Gain Popularity in Guatemala
Mexican and Argentine movies attract Guatemalan audiences as many indigenous viewers cannot read English subtitles, boosting local cinema interest and cultural exchange.
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Guatemala
Houston Woman Is Suffocated in Fire Tragedy
Houston investigators report Mrs. Neema Smith aged 37 died from oxygen deprivation after an upholstery fire in an air tight bungalow. She was found in a bedroom beside a charred chair and her dog at the foot of the bed also suffocated. Firemen believe the chair caught fire from unknown causes.
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Houston
Neema Smith
Anne Adams Pattern 4576 offering chic casual style
Advertisement for Anne Adams dress pattern 4576 with sizes 12 to 20 and fabric yardage for size 16, promotes easy sewing, full illustrated instructions, and asks readers to send twenty five cents to a New York address. Includes option to buy an Anne Adams Fashion Book for fifteen cents more.
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Anne Adams
Amarillo Globe News
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Peru aviation halted by funds crisis saved by state aid
Peruvian National Airways, near collapse due to funding gaps, remained in operation after the Minister of Aeronautics agreed to aid on terms of reorganization and state control to protect national interests, Lima reports.
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Peruvian National Airways
Lima
Vicar laments beer breath at weddings in parish note
Rev. T. E. H. Swan of Northern Ireland voices fatigue in his parish magazine over the habit of beer breath at weddings. He condemns the custom while urging respectful conduct during ceremonies.
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T. E. H. Swan
Northern Ireland
Fire from a Lighted Cigaret Claims Mrs Smith
Emergency crews battled the blaze for about an hour attempting to revive Mrs. Smith after a fire sparked by a lighted cigarette.
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