Political Invention Seeks Campaign Shakeup by Captain
A quirky letter from MO. SMITH describes an inventor proposing a "Han-shak-uh" hand shake gadget to revolutionize campaigns. The device allegedly allows endless handshakes and even taps into cash funds, prompting comedic, over-the-top encounters with Truman, Dewey, and Honest John Wibble as government officials intervene. The piece reads as humorous satire on political promotion and credential fakery.
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Roanoke
Truman
Dewey
John Wibble
United States
Secret Service
New York
Honest John Wibble
Alderman
Honest John
MO. Smith
Editor's Notebook Deposters Eye Candidate Box Score
In Austin fraternity political talk runs daily as voters await the polls. The piece surveys candidate prospects, party splits, and Texas outcomes for Truman Dewey Thurmond Wallace and Johnson with debate on possible split ballots and electoral paths.
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Austin
Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Thurmond
Wallace
Dewey
Texas
Hoover
Thomas
Barkley
Warren
Wright
Two Commandments Hold Key to Solve World’s Problems
Robert Quillen argues that motive and gain drive crime and that the first two commandments, loving God and neighbor, embody all law. He claims these principles reveal a simple path to end greed, poverty, and misery, suggesting even children grasp their power under scrutiny of human behavior.
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Robert Quillen
Tanaka
Reuther Charges Sabotage of State Votes
Walter P. Reuther, UAW president, urged Attorney General Clark to investigate alleged concerted efforts by Michigan officials to suppress the vote on November 2. He cited Detroit City Clerk Leadbetter and Center line Township cooperation with denied registration facilities and biased actions by local prosecutors.
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Harold L. Ickes
Dewey
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Tom C. Clark
Michigan
Thomas H. Leadbetter
Reuther
Republican Party
Truman
Stassen
Warren
Reuther Quoted Mr. Leadbetter
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Clark
Macomb County
Jesse Wolcott
Edward A. Jacobs
Centerline Township
Jacobs
Pontiac
Wayne County
State of
Kansas City
Missouri
New York Post Corp
Answers and Qs from a curious column on opals Ruth and more
The page features Q and A on preserving opals with castor oil, Babe Ruth’s top batting average (.393 in 1923 and .342 lifetime), a president's education path, hand toughening by salt soaking, and a definition of topsoil.
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Babe Ruth
A. Eeea
John Quincy Adams
The
United
Nat Fleischer
Boxing Authority
Round Two Former Senators In Congress Races
Washington W Mong Go Round Two Former Senators In Congress Races for House. The column names several current and former lawmakers from multiple states as worthy re candidates, including Jim Wadsworth, Sol Bloom, Mike Monroney, Karl Stefan, John Blatnik, Hugh Mitchell, Frank Havenner, Mel Price, Gordon Canfield, Francis Walter, Helen Gahagan Douglas, John C. Brophy, Chris Herter, Mike Kirwan, John Vorys, Lansdale Lasseer, Henry Jackson and Gerald Landis, noting breadth of support and varied backgrounds amid 1948 elections.
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Los Angeles
House of Representatives
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New York
Senate
Congress
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Sol
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
Truman
Karl Stefan
Nebraska
Czechoslovakia
Stefan
State Department
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Minnesota
Hugh Mitchell
Washington
House
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California
Havenner
Mel Price
Illinois
Price
Gordon Canfield
New Jersey
Francis Walter
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Navy
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Brooklyn
Hollywood
John C. Brophy
Wisconsin
Chris Herter
Massachusetts
Senator Vandenberg
Mike Kirwan
Ohio
John Vorys
Lansdale Lasseer
Maryland
Ilse Koch case critique on sentence reduction debated
The piece defends the Koch case against General Clay's commutation of Ilse Koch's life sentence to four years. It argues the indictment rested on more than the skin evidence, citing witness accounts of torture and abuses at Buchenwald and urging reconsideration by German or U S authorities.
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General Clay
Ilse Koch
New York Herald Tribune
Berlin
Edwin C. Hartrich
United States Army
Germany
Buch
Buchenwald
Herald Tribune
Hartrich
Koch
Eugene Kogon
United States
Soe
Frau Koch
Kurt Tietz
Ilse
William Denson
Jean Collinette
Karl Ackermann
Jean
Sitte
Froboess
Denson
Earle B. Dunning
Emil Kiel
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Edward Walker
Robert L. Kunzig
Clay
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Minn
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