Roanoke Writer Quips on Genius Amid Genial Banter
In a playful exchange Captain John Smith mocks claims of genius while deriding reporter sources. The tale centers on Heliotrope Mac and Powhatan, a Baltimore Orioles past star, as Smith recounts a surreal scene involving a sock, an apple, and a 50 foot rock throw.
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Navy
Naval Air Transportation Service
Pacific
John Williams
Smith
Heliotrope Mac
Mac
MacGonagle
MacArdle
MacRae
MacMac
Powhatan
Joe Powhatan
Baltimore Orioles
Okey
William Tell
Genius
Quotations on Society and Power in a Lighter Tone
The passage surveys social quirks and political folly with wry wit. It notes the resilience needed by nations, the oddities of habit and rank, and the blurred lines between success and folly in governance and culture. It juxtaposes small town credulities with national blunders and sports irony.
Edttor's Notebook Plans New $3 Million LCRA Bond Issue
Lower Colorado River Authority directors consider bids on 3,050,000 dollars in revenue bonds to fund additions to the Central Texas hydro system. Plans include a third generating unit at Buchanan Dam and expansion of transmission lines and substations to meet rising power demand.
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Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
Texas
Buchanan Dam
Marshall Ford
Colorado River
Roy Inks
Buchanan Lakes
Lake Travis
Mansfield
Marshall Ford Dam
Buchanan
Tom Miller
Austin
The Pumpkin Papers Case Reflections and Confusion
A reflective critique questions the Chambers case and the House Un-American Activities Committee. It probes inconsistencies in Chambers statements about when he broke with the Communists and why he delayed turning over stolen documents. The piece contrasts motives, timing, and the mystery of who knew what during the long concealment of sensitive materials.
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House “Un-American Committee
J. Parnell Thomas
Chambers
Thomas Committee
New York
Hiss
Department of Justice
unAmerican Activities Committee
FBI
Justice Department
Veterans Administration
D. M. Ladd
Campbell
Tom Clark
Mundt
Nixon
State Department
Henry J. Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Alex Campbell
House
Truman Dewey exchange noted at Idlewild opening
Washington notes reveal Grover Whalen witnessed Truman greet Dewey at Idlewild Airport. Mundt and Nixon push new committee rules amid un-American activities probes. Details recount state papers, pumpkin microfilm, and bungled handling by the committee.
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Washington
Grover Whalen
New York
Truman
Dewey
Idlewild Airport
Whalen
White House
Winchell On Broadway
Broadway column notes scandal and gossip with claims of divorce rackets political links and celebrity misdeeds.mentions legality scrutiny in New York theater scenes and a mix of Hollywood names and gossip items across 1940s media.
Whittaker Chambers pumpkin tale draws mixed verdict
The author questions the sensational pumpkin shell narrative amid a broader critique of the public’s demand for scandal. He notes the need to identify real guilt behind stolen papers while sparing details, then pivots to a series of reader Q A items on weddings, art, agriculture, rail travel, poetry, burial plots, social insects, and the smallest mammal, citing facts and dates.
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Whittaker Chambers
Thomas
Modern Manners booklet offer from Austin Information Bureau
Readers are urged to order the booklet Modern Manners covering table manners telephone etiquette and business etiquette. The notice lists the copy price of 20 cents and provides the address 316 Eye Street N E Washington DC for orders.
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Austin American Information Bureau
Eye Street
N. E
Washington, D. C
Smell of Mystery in the Chambers Case And the Fbi
The speaker likens the Thomas committee and its actions to a fishy odor, expressing distrust and longing for the FBI to reveal meaningful findings in the Chambers case that restore public confidence. The tone is skeptical and reflective on government investigations and credibility.
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Hinterland
Paul Muni
Rembrandt
Mag
Barbara Ann Scott
Thomas Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chambers
New York Post Corp
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Dudley
John Smith
Roanoke
Fred Williams
Williams
Gaedir
Edttor
Sion
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Southwest
Guadalupe-Blanco
Public Service Commission
By Herblock
Jack
Alice
Grand Jury
Mr. Chambers
Drew Pearson
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
House un-American Activities Committee
California
Parnell Thomas
Baltimore
Robert Stripling
UN- American Activities Committee
Jerry Klutz
Washington Post
Westminster
Stripling
Defense Forrestal
Forrestal
Margaret Truman
Europe
Philadelphia Record
Matt McCloskey
Arthur Greenfield
John B. Kelly
Olympic Committee
Luther Hart
Isadore Ostroff
Stanley Wohl
Cox
Ohio
John Knight
Knight Newspapers
Moone Shiners
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Empire City
Roosevelt Raceway
Whitey Lockman
Marion Cameron
Nancy Choremi
Jack Smith
Int'l News
Leone McLean
Detroit
Arlington
Lord Derwent
Carmen Gandarillas
Buck” Jones
Boston
Newark
Kurt Singer
M. R. Samuel
Pater
Shell Oil
Bearsted
Secy
Statenius
Gen's Motors
Jean Wallace
Arnold
Jim Brady
Iris Mountbatten
London
Clara Bell Walsh
Society Dough
the Plaza
V. Lopez
Times Square
Perry Belmont Frank
B. Baruch
New View
Helen Mann
mid-West
the Post
Paul Denises
Lenny Kent
Marsha Kaiser
Carole Landis
Didjer
al Capp
Simon and Schmooster
Alan Ladd
Walbridge
Peter
F.C.R. A
Markham
Jean Francois Millet
Millet
Normandy
Paris
State of
Kansas
N.S.H. A
Department of Agriculture
State of Kansas
Astra
T.O.F
Ellen Hooper
Concord
Mass
C.G.C. A
Ripley Heirs
Thayer and Simmons
J.B.D
Maryland
Virginia
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Associated Press
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