McDonald Fight Over Ballot Spot Reaches Court
The Texas case centers on J E McDonald seeking to force placement of his name on the Democratic primary ballot for 11th term as agriculture commissioner. The Amarillo committee barred his name as a protest against his past support for Republican candidates and Roosevelt Truman opposition. McDonald vows to seek court relief while politics and legality mix, and the filing fee was refunded.
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J. E. McDonald
Democratic Party
Commissioner of Agriculture
McDonald
Texas Supreme Court
Thomas B. Love
Love
Herbert Hoover
Texas
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Jack Porter
Roosevelt
Truman
Texas Democracy
Ben Guill
Congress
Amarillo
Guill
Supreme Court
Tom Love
Dallas
Charles Gibson
Aisle Biamere
Dawlotl
Commie Paper Propaganda Sparks Mixed Reactions
A mid-century USA roundup notes foreign misreadings of a Mosinee Wisconsin May Day stunt by the American Legion. It highlights miscaptioned images alleging police assassination and mayoral execution, provoking laughter and worry among officials.
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Washington
South America
American Legion
Mosinee
Wis
Legion
Commie
Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
Carl Gewiss
Reds
USA
Texas Governor Pushes State Economy Commission Plan
Governor Allan Shivers outlined the Texas Economy Commission’s inaugural preview, noting a projected $150 million revenue shortfall next biennium and urging a study of tax sources and spending. He urged efficiency, cooperation from state agencies, and public scrutiny ahead of next year's Legislature.
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Allan Shivers
Texas Economy Commission
Economy Commission
Gov. Shivers
Texas Public Employer Association
Texas
People of Texas
Origin of the saying As Maine goes so goes the nation
A reader quiz covers political lore, radio history, geography and etiquette. Questions note the Maine election origin in 1840 predicting national outcomes, early radio signals at Princeton, Red River naming, Brady’s Civil War photographers, parliamentary law basics, wedding ring origins, and Mercator map distortions with globe accuracy.
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Maine
K.L
Harrison
Tyler
Mathew B. Brady
E.L.T. A
Brady
Washington Murry Go Round Wire Tapping Scandal In DC
A Metropolitan Police report alleges wire tapping in Washington DC with senators Owen Brewster and Homer Ferguson as prime offenders. It details tapping of Howard Hughes during a Senate hearing, including a microphone dropped into an air vent, and notes legal privilege violations and police involvement.
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Washington
Justice Department
Metropolitan Police
Washington, D. C
Europe
Owen Brewster
Maine
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Brewster
Ferguson
Howard Hughes
Trans World Airlines
Hughes
Senate
Mayflower
Capital
Senators
Mike
Dinner, health claims and a steam bath tale in Washington
A report notes Sen Harry Cain left a Washington dinner early to “consider his health” but returned soon after as Chief Justice Vinson visited Eugene Meyer’s home. Another anecdote recalls Gov Okey L Patteson meeting an elderly immigrant in a Charleston steam bath who praised American democracy. Also covered are fur traders duped by sterilized Russian sables and shifts in NSRB influence with Ferdinand Eberstadt, plus Harriman named roving ambassador for arms to Europe under Truman.
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Washington
Harry Cain
Fred Vinson
Washington, D. C
Sen. Cain
Vinson
Washington Pst
Eugene Meyer
Charleston
Patteson
Russia
Gov. Patteson
America
New York
National Security Resources Board
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Stuart Symington
Resources Board
Eberstadt
Truman
Averell Harriman
Europe
Harriman
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
State Dept
Duchess of Windsor
Marshall Field
Dick Lauterbach
Kenneth Stewart
B. Peytons
Herald
Quaker Oats
D. Laurie
Nancy Clement
Smartset
Chandler
Anthony Farrell
Guys & Dolls
Archduke Franz Josef
Marta
Craigie Senwartz
Dickie Sherman
Laurence Stallings
Sylvia
Lewis Gannett
Trib
Melissa Weston
Soc
Palmer Beaudettes
Cobina Wright, Jr
Erickson
Ed Wilcox
Winchell on Broadway The Gossip Page Chronicle
A rapid fire collage of society figures and show business rumors. Faye and Elliott, Milton and Joyce, Ingrid’s ex groom Peter Lindstrom, and Barbara Hutton pop up alongside Shubert suits and a Woolworths closing. Foreign embassies, film people, and rumored marriages thread through Washington, New York, and Havana as tabloids preview upcoming headlines.
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Faye
Elliott
Milton
Joyce
Peter Lindstrom
Ingrid
Shuberts
R. Vallee
Regingtons
Marion
Hargrove
Local AP News Notes From The Austin Papers
The Austin Am The Austin American and The Austin Statesman belong to the Audit Bureau of Circulation. The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to local news republication and AP dispatches.
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The
Austin American
Austin Statesman
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Associated Press
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Shimon
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