Keep the Donkey and Donkey Vote Words
Round Rook Leader publisher John H. Cavanaugh replies to a Dallas Morning News letter writer Oscar Broughton of Palestine about not trading the Democratic donkey. Cavanaugh asserts long Democratic loyalty, argues wars and depressions followed Democratic leadership, and jokes about staying with the donkey instead of switching to a horse. Plus Elgin poetry and small town notes on census race hints and Ben Festerman's mechanical hobby.
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John H
Tiny) Cavanaugh
Round Rook Leader
Mny
Leader
Dallas Morning News
Cavanaugh
Oscar Broughton
Palestine
Broughton
Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
America
Half Acre memories and clock restoration shared
Excerpts from local notices recount Elmer Festervan Lodge Christmas chimes and a Seth Thomas clock from 1878 with a calendar dial. Other items lampoon civic life with quotes about property defense hospital clinics and local mischief.
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Festervan Lodge
Seth Thomas
Walter Buckner
San Marcos
Daytime Radio Schedule Highlights Morning Programs
The listing details a sequence of radio segments starting at 6 a m with Alborada Musical and continuing through 12 30 p m with Romances. Programs include Alborada Musical Blues Before Breakfast Saludos Y Serenatas Escuche Y Gane Cantos A La Mujer America Musical Tello Test Musical Alegre La Hora Del Premio Por Los Caminos De Mexico and other Spanish language musical and game shows.
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Por Los Caminos de Mexico
WOAI
KVET
KTBC
Farm & Home
Farm Texas
Farm
Saludos Amigos Pioneer
Martin Agronsky
Howell
Dr Maloneike
Arthur Godfrey
Jack Berch
David Harum
Lawrence Welk
Wendy Warren
Welk
Carol Douglas
Lanny Ssusic Tore
Homemaker
Cedric Foster
Helen
Trent
Stork
Imperial
Eddie Arnold
Phil Reed
Porter Randall
Wea
Chuck
Crosby
Jesse Man
James
Judy & Jane
Kathryn Nelson
Grady Cole
Rosemary
Nora Drake
Guerra
Ed Malone
Widner Brown
Portia
Farrell
Lone Ranger
Richard Harkness
Glenn Brown
Nelson Hall Orch
Hollywood Star
Shivers Report
Henry J Taylor
Barlow Orch
Doe Hassell
Russ Case
Adelphi
Behind the Story
Radio Theatre
Texark
Bob A
ABC
Bob Hawk
Joounee
Ews— Williams
Fairfield Four
Margarita Munoz
Atardecer
Tello
Stuart
Evacuees and Cows Move on Masan Front
On the Masan front in Korea hundreds of evacuees moved back from the front while cows roamed unattended. Civilians have been evacuated but cows wandered fields and some walked into mine fields. American soldiers used force to prevent mine detonations near US positions. Remaining cows to be herded rearward and turned over to South Korean refugees.
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Masan
Korea
Red Zone Escapee Reveals East German Army Training
Berlin Aug 27 A fugitive People’s Police lieutenant said 600 selected men mostly Communist are being trained in the Soviet zone’s chief military school for officers for East Germany’s future Red Army. He sought asylum after fleeing with his wife and two children, having been a candidate for a major’s commission.
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Berlin
People's Police
Soviet Zone
East Germany
Red Army
West Berlin
Egypt Rewards Racers Who Bested Channel
In Alexandria on August 27 the Egyptian government awarded 5,000 pounds to the first and third place finishers in the Daily Mail English Channel race. Hassan Abd El Rehim set a new 19 mile record in 10 hours 53 minutes, earning 5,000 pounds. Mareeh Hassan Hamad also received 5,000 pounds for third. Rehim had already won 2,800 dollars from the London paper, Hamad 700 dollars.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Daily Mail
Hassan Abd- el Rehim
Mareeh Hassan Hamad
Rehim
London
Hamad
Romance Lights Feud of Powerful Families in Crete
In Herakleion Crete 19 year old Stassoula Petracogeorgi defies a political feud by fleeing with Constantine Kephaloyannis to Mount Ida after he abducted her. Both families command hundreds of armed supporters and a reconciliation is deemed necessary to avert further bloodshed.
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Herakeleion
Crete
Stassoula Petracogeorgi
Constantine Kephaloyannis
Stassoula
Mount Ida
Constantine
Manila Alert As Huks Believed Near Capital
Guards ringed Manila Sunday night amid rumors that Hukbalahap fighters might strike the capital after three days of raids on Luzon. National defense headquarters reported 74 killed and seven missing after raids on 12 towns, with 31 Huk raiders among the dead, the toll revised downward as reports were clarified.
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Manila
Allies Weigh 30 Million Credit for Yugoslavia
Western Allies and German officials discussed a $30 million credit for Yugoslavia in a barter deal with western Germany. Belgrade reports of final approval were premature, with negotiations to continue this week between Bonn and Belgrade authorities.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Belgrade
Bonn
Texas Helicopter Pilot Saves Lives of Badly Wounded GIs
Lieutenant James N. Jernigan from Linton Texas piloted a helicopter to evacuate two seriously wounded GI s from a rear area 20 miles from a hospital landing them directly on the hospital grounds beside a jeep headlight. Lieutenant Merl A. Clapsaddle of Pittsburgh carried 50 pints of blood to the front lines.
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Texas
Tokyo
James N. Jernigan
Linton
Tex
Jernigan
Merl A. Clapsaddle
Pittsburgh
Coupland Comedies To Help Buy Piano
Two one act comedies sponsored by the Pastor's Aide will be shown in the school auditorium Friday at ? p.m. What Husbands Don't Know and The Awful Letter headline the program with intermission features. Admission is 40 cents for adults and 20 cents for children, with proceeds aiding the purchase of a piano for St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church.
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Coupland
St. Peter's Evangelical and Reformed Church
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