Lone Star Flag Of Fighter Wing Lost in Korea
Fred B. Parsons, assistant collector of internal revenue, serves as public relations head for the First Texas District. The piece notes his 33 years in service since 1918, his Texas roots, and his role amid new tax laws while recounting a Christmas loss of the Lone Star flag by the 27th Fighter Escort Group in Korea under UN and U.S. colors.
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Lone Star
Korea
Fred B. Parsons
Internal Revenue
Parsons
First
Texas
Frank Scofield
Truman
A. S. Walker
Woodrow Wilson
Ed A. Christian
Lon P. Piper
James W. Bass
A.S. Walker
M. C. Landrum
Round Rock
Florence
Baylor University
Briggs
Burnet County
Glenwood
Upshur County
Wilson
Internal Revenue Department
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Turkey
Henry Duhan
Chaplin Duban
Allen Shivers
Austin Jaycees
Walton H. Walker
Lone Star Cobra
United Nations
United States
Ashley B. Packard
Oklahoma University
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Wilkinson
Senate
Ernest McFarland
Arizona Democrat
Sen. McFarland
Washington
Tom Steed
Hawnee
Okla
Arizona
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Old Second Guesser Dancing Brings You Such Gay Partners
A reminiscence piece by John Wheeler recounts ballroom nights from a bygone era. The narrator recalls dancing with multiple partners including a girl named Bastano and dancer Mrs. Vernon Castle, and notes social scenes with Grantland Rice and Herbert Swope at Beaux Arts dinners.
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Gay
John Wheeler
South America
Bastano
the Beaux Arts
Fifty-ninth Street
Vernon Castle
Grantland Rice
New York
Herbert Swope
Answers and Questions from public information bureau
A compilation of trivia Q and A covering production of footballs and basketballs in 1947, insurance payments for New York storm damage, patent leaders by country, sickroom plant safety, Arctic submarine, arson terminology, Canterbury archbishop death ransom, early European landscapes in Brazil, orangutan etymology, ocean versus freshwater weights, horse aging by teeth, first Alpine peak sealed, U.S. Capitol grounds size, cigarette origins, earthworm species in the United States, and goldfish introduction by Ammen in 1878.
Shivers Urges Economy and Parole Pilot Programs
Governor Allan Shivers told the Texas Legislature that state dollars are scarce and urged strict economy to support national mobilization and civil defense. He proposed cutting state car use, replacing it with mileage refunds, and pushing a job classification study to align salaries with private industry. The governor also floated pilot parole supervisor offices to loosen clemency policies in selected counties.
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Allan Shivers
University of Texas
State Departments
Austin
Gov. Shivers
Two Republican Moves in Truman Cabinet Debate
Washington talk centers on uniting the nation by adding top Republicans to Truman’s Cabinet possibly including Governor Dewey as Secretary of State. The piece notes European distrust over policy fights and cites Acheson Dewey ties, Navy Chief Matthews, and Admiral Sherman as key figures in postwar unity and Korea era recovery.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Truman
Dewey
Europe
Africa
Norway
United States
Brannan
Colmalteco
Mexico
Army
Joe Collins
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russia
Collins
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Henry L. Stimson
Frank Knox
Navy
Acheson
Francis Matthews
Cromemelin
Air Force
Matthews
Omaha
Missouri
Naval Operations
Forrest Sherman
Hungnam
Admiral Sherman
Bradley
White House
Sherman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Broadway Gossip and Society Notes Flash Across City
Walter Winchell notes socialites Olga Stewart and Don Sylvia amid Broadway chatter at B Bertolottis. War news, TV claims, marriages and banns mix with profiles of Florence Mahoney and Zoe Akins. The piece lists society figures, political hints, and media snips from New York.
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Olga Stewart
Okla
Park Ave
Don Sylvia
Rhumba
Margaret O'Brien
B. Bertolotti
Kelly
Steve
Jane Curran
Uhhuhneying
H. Brodies
Collier’s
Korea
NY Times
H. Morrisons
Marguerite Higgins
Marco Polo
Maggie
Florence Mahoney
Dan Mahoney
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New York City
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Switzerland
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
St. Alphege
Canterbury
Britain
America
Brazil
D. M. N. A. Roche
United States Capitol
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US Navy
Orient
Paylight
Shivers
Ree Mannine
By Manning
Pat Dewey
Naval
Morse
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Paul Douglas
Illinois
Chicago Tribune
Curley Brooks
North Dakota
Bill Langer
Walter Winchell
Broadway
Zoe Akins
Tallulah
L. Carrolls
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Roosevelt Grill
Samuel Guibersons
Communist Party of Russia
Communist Party
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Kay
Jacqueline Voetter
L. Brettler
Vinni de Campo
Warner
Bayview
Bob Taplinger
Pamela Rant
Blair Chotzinoff
N. Y. Post
Constance Bennett
Vic Damone
Bay Ridge
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