Ballot reform ideas confront notoriety seekers in Texas
The piece argues parties can raise filing fees or require petitions to curb fringe candidates while protecting poor applicants. It notes Democrats rely on primaries unlike Republicans, and cites federal rulings classifying the Democratic Party as an agency of government. It surveys open primaries and calls for reforms to aid informed voter choice.
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Texas
United States
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Youths in Jail and Races Warn Against Horseplay
A reflection contrasts youth missteps with daily jail routine shaving and the lesson from high-stakes running races about avoiding reckless horseplay. It frames discipline and consequences as deterrents.
Great Lakes Under Tidelands Gun
The tidelands ruling by four Supreme Court members limits state sovereignty and risks inland resources. The piece argues Texas ownership of marginal seas and submerged lands, warns of federal seizure of inland deposits, and critiques Truman vetoes and current administrations. It notes Congress may reaffirm state titles but faces a possible presidential veto.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Illinois
Texas
Lake Travis
Colorado River
Lake Michigan
Great Lakes
Tidelands
United States
Truman
Leland Olds
Federal Power Commission
Kerr
Tom Clark
Texas Tidelands
Clark
Who's Rose Sets the Stars A Jingling
A New York press dispatch from Paris reports Rudolf Bing, Met Opera general manager, calling Broadway producer Billy Rose’s offer to run the Met a joke. The piece questions homegrown talent, recalls Kirsten Flagstadt and Marian Anderson, and notes Bing’s Broadway links and past approaches to promoter Danny Kaye and Oscar Hammerstein II.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Europe
Billy Rose
Met
Bing
Rose
Herman Bing
Flagstadt
Melchior
Rudy
Mebbe
Garson Kanin
Margaret Webster
Danny Kaye
Oscar Hammerstein II
Times Square
la Scala
Mr. Bing
Answers and Facts From the Early Q and A Column
A collection of brief Q and A items covering inventions, sundials, historical figures, the CCC, radium, Nenana Ice Pool, 1949 college football champions, the battleship Oklahoma, US cat numbers, and a Republican convention delegate lineage. Key facts include the Milwaukee dial exchange, Johns Hopkins sundial inscription, Bonivard’s real history, CCC abolition in 1942, radium size relative to a match head, Nenana Ice Pool mechanics, 1949 champions by conference, Oklahoma’s 1943 salvage and 1944 strike, 18 million US cats, and Dewey relative of a 1854 delegate.
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A. Cats Magazine
Cat Fancy
United States
Canada
Washington Whry Go Round Congress Members Get Free Ride on Fare Taxes
NBC executive Frank McCall's secretly recorded Washington visit raises questions about Armed Forces morale TV. Congress members including Langer Angell Multer evade travel taxes using questionable exemptions, while authorities delay action. Donovan and OSS cases cited, with broader critique of government spending and accountability.
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Congress
Drew Pearson
Washington
Frank McCall
National Broadcasting Company
Armed Forces
NBC
Army
Navy
Air Forces
McCall
National Defense Department
Pentagon
Charles Dillon
Dillon
Uncle Sam
William Langer
North Dakota
Homer Angell
Oregon
Abraham Multer
New York
Cong
Angell
Cong. Angell
Transportation Desk
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Parnell Thomas
US Treasury
Vaughan
John Maragon
Broadway gossip and high society in a rapid fire roundup
A mosaic of celebrity divorces, party chatter, and industry intrigue spans Bette Davis and Gary Merrill, Rita Hayworth's tea with J Galliher, payouts from reputations and wills, studio confrontations over labor costs, and hush hush meetings among movie moguls. Names like Ray Scarborough, Mario Braggiotti, Kathryn Cravens, Lorraine Allen, Gene Pope Jr, Don McNeil, and many others thread through.
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Bette Davis
Gary Merrill
Rita Hayworth
Ali
J. Galliher
Charles Luckmans
Detroit
Kathryn Cravens
The
Papyrus
Ray Scarborough
Senators
Cucee
Yankees
Bucky Harris
Washington Pilot
Margaret Truman
Mario Braggiotti
Roxy
Billy Kenny
Inkspots
Movietown
Angel
Gene Pope Jr
Mike Lyman
Runyon Fund
Local News Copyright Notice
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