Race for Shivers' Old Position Tops 1950 Political Race
The 1950 lieutenant governor contest begins with two formal announcements from Senator G. C. Morris and Senator Fred Harris as potential leaders. Dallas figures W. O. Reed and Speaker Durwood Manford are noted contenders, with others including Ben Ramsey Kye Vick C. S. McLellan and Olin Culberson eyed as prospects. Shivers’ move to governor and ongoing tidelands dispute influence plans for Daniel and other candidates.
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Case March
Baylor Law
March
Shivers
Jester
Daniel
Tidelands
United States
Capitol
Election dispute looms over Texas Education Board vote date
Lawyer banker Ches sher challenges the legality of timing for the November 8 election of the new State Board of Education. The article notes filings close September 19 and a new law set to take immediate effect, with ongoing questions about compliance with court rulings.
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C. C. Chessher
State Board of Education
Aikin
Chessher
Board of Education
Zipper Joe Bets His Way Through Saratoga Rescue Tale
A longtime bookie nicknamed The Zipper recovers in a New Jersey doctor’s home after a crash en route to Saratoga. While nursed back to health, the doctor’s wife helps him set up bets by listening to the radio and using a marmalade factory tale as cover. Merry Soul is disqualified for fouling, and Big Nick settles debts as Zipper Joe contemplates breaking even.
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Zipper Joe
New York
New Jersey
Joe
Broadway
Saratoga
Troy
Dr. Lanning
Big Nick
Jersey
Merry Soul
Nick
Jerniver
Zipper
Granmadda
Bikini
Mrs. Lanning
Walter
Austin
Lillian Russell
Della Fox
Mary Anderson
Isabella of Spain
Isabella
Paris
Daniel Sickles
Gettysburg
Washington
Francis Scott Key
Sickles
Iran Bids for World Bank Loan Amid Squeeze Tactics
Washington Merrry-Go-Round reports Iran presses for a 250 million World Bank loan led by A H Ebtehaj head of the Iranian State Bank. Tehran threatens, Iran cites aid to Turkey and Greece, while Shah Pahlavi plans a Washington visit as US-Iran relations strain over opium and grain disputes.
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Washington
World Bank
A. H. Ebtehaj
Ebtehaj
Teheran
Iran
Turkey
Greece
State Department
Shah Mohammed Riza Pahlevi
Azerbaijan
Harry Anslinger
United Nations
Anslinger
Milwaukee
Chicago
Middle West
Madison
Wisconsin
Broadway gossip and mob ties fuel Virginia Hill exposé
Jack Lait outlines Virginia Hill’s alleged bid for immunity from mobsters after fleeing to Paris and Rome. He traces her links to Siegel and Adonis, notes FBI interest, and links Milwaukee as a drug hub while skirting city narcotics efforts. The column also touches on Broadway figures and social scenes as context.
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Jack Lait
Canary
Virginia Hill
Beverly Hills Manson
Bugsy Siegel
Siegel
Paris
Rome
Lucky” Luciano
National Mob
Luciano
California
Mexico
Answers and Questions From a Century Ago Revealed
In a 1900s style Q A column readers inquire about Galileo's telescope the digestion time of snakes Henry VIII's Defender title and foreign invasions of U S territory. The Army ration in 1775 included salt beef pork bacon dried fish corn meal beans syrup and beer or cider.
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Senate
G. C. Morris
Allan Shivers
Dallas
Fred Harris
Harris
W. O. Reed
Reed
Durwood Manford
Smiley
Ben Ramsey
Secretar
Beauford
Gov
Kye Vick
Waco
C.S. McLellan
Eagle Lake
Price Daniel
Olin Culberson
Culberson
New
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Austin Development Foundation
Austin City
Butlin Group
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Lake Center
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Venezuela
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Roy E. Leigh
World Oil
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Dominion
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Merrry
Drew Pearson
Colum
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Robert S. Allen
Arthur Klein
D-N. Y
District of Columbia Corporation Counsel
Congress
Bilbo
Mississippi
Klein
Gene Cox
D-Ga
Adolph Sabath
Chamber
Cox
Public Housing Administration
Albany
PHA
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Edward L. Leahy
D-R. I
Howard McGrath
Capital Politicos
Joseph L. Dinneen
Boston
James Curley
Bell Syndicate, Inc
FBI
Clinton Anderson
Beverly Hills
Underworld
Virginia
Joe Adonis
Joe Epstein
Anderson
Anita Colby
Frank Ryan
Southampton
Xavier Cugat
Montevideo
Kathi Winters
Wright
Lillian Garis
Bill Buckner
Park Avenue
Tommy Herd
Doris Lillly
Archduke Felix
Billy Reed
General
Dave Levitt
Doughnut Corp. of America
Dunkers
Galileo
R.D. A
Florence
Italy
H.U.M. A
Henry VIII
Leo X
Martin Luther
Paul III
Henry
T. McS. A
Pancho Villa
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Aleutian Islands
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Texzea
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