Washington GOP Hopeful But Uncertain Over Election
A Washington outlook weighs Senate and House battles in 33 Northern and 15 Southern states. Democrats hold control, but margins are tight. Republicans target key Senate seats in California and Pennsylvania and wins in Missouri Colorado Indiana and more. Voter turnout looms as pivotal.
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Senate Campaign Committee
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Nixon
California
Duff
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Idaho
Donnell
Missouri
Millikin
Colorado
Capehart
Indiana
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Wiley
Wisconsin
Tait
Clergymen Report Nation Is Turning to God in Crisis
FBI notes rise in rural crime as youth imitate city trends. A Labor Party leader urges unionizing the British army while talks on wages echo through tense negotiations. Descriptions of teen desperadoes and threats to troopers appear amid a crisis mentality.
Truman Campaign Focuses on Issues in 1950 Election
The note outlines President Truman's political speech in St Louis ahead of the 1950 elections, contrasting campaign tactics of Republicans Morse and Taft, and detailing shifts in party strategies since 1946. It covers party control, Fair Deal debates, Korea, and proposed reforms within party structures as well as state gambling initiatives on November 7.
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Mecca
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Gene Mueller
FBI Police Academy
Don H. Ebright
Lausche
North Carolina
Willis Smith
South Carolina
Jimmie Byrnes
White House
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Inside Labor Lets War Goods Go to Red China
A provocative editorial lambastes U S policy for allowing war materials to reach Communist China via New York warehouses and shipping lines. It accuses State and Commerce departments of complicity, details a chain from Peiping exporters to Staten Island free ports, and calls for a White House action to halt shipments. The piece argues past freezes on Japanese accounts show the government can act quickly to end such traffic.
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Commerce Department
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China Sea
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Europe
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San Francisco
Golden Gate
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Best Representation of Christ in Art
Critics cite Titian’s Christ With the Tribute Money as a premier Christ figure. The work was painted for the Duke of Ferrara and sits in the Dresden Gallery.
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Titian
Duke of Ferrara
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First World War Bombing of England Timelines
The text notes early bombing of England began December 1914 with German projectiles and continued to May 1918 when Germany heightened efforts. Additional facts state handwriting similarity is 1 in 68 trillion and Worcestershire Sauce was first produced around 1835 by Lea and Perrins after a recipe from Sir Marcus Sandys.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round Probes Campaign Spending In 1950s
A Washington diary style column surveys Corrupt Practices Act breaches across parties in 1950s campaigns. It highlights Wisconsin congressman Alvin O Konski and veteran club payrolls, plus Taft and Nixon fundraising contrasts, Idaho scandals, and looming prosecutions.
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Howard McGrath
Alex Campbell
Justice Department
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O’konski
Veterans For O’konski’ Club
Wendell Johnson
Johnson
O'Konski
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Hurley
J. Parnell Thomas
Broadway Heartbeat Gossip Shifts From Truman to Tonys
Walter Winchell reports on Broadway celeb sightings at a UN luncheon. President Truman disliked champagne as Judy Garland sings for staged venues while Janet Paige, Evelyn Knight, and others mingle. Porter’s Out of This World sells out. Columbia pays $75,000 for Porter score rights.
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Evelyn Knight
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Margaret O'Brien
Rockefellerink
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Patrice Munsee
Joan Caulfield
Betty Caulfield
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Jolson
H. Akst
Andy Russell
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Christina Lind
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Bert Miller
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