Parkhouse Named Freshman Senator From Dallas in 1949 Force
Mineral Wells September 12 George Parkhouse of Dallas is chosen to succeed Fred Harris as senator, ending ten years in the House and bringing a business background to a liberal stance on welfare and state efficiency. He contested Sam Hanna in the August runoff and will join the Texas Senate with a reputation for blunt, direct speech and strong support for prison modernization and eleemosynary reforms.
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Mineral Wells
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George Parkhouse
Dallas
Parkhouse
Sam Hanna
Fred Harris
House
W. O. Reed
Kyle
Hays County
Texas
Parkhouses
Prediction cites a ceiling session on Texas budget limits
A prediction in the Democratic state convention claims the coming 52nd Legislature will impose ceilings on spending under Gilmer-Aikin education and old age programs, curb rural road funding, and block a proposed increase in state contributions to match federal old-age relief, while shifting rural road costs to the gasoline tax.
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Gilmer-Aikin
House
Senate
Texas
General Revenue Fund
Noted Biases and Bus Rides Stir Southern City
A satirical column comments on fans enemies of prejudice and war. It notes women taxi drivers returning to work due to manpower shortages. The piece laments diplomacy, praises free bus rides aiding church attendance, and questions bus crowding.
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Sherman
What Is Freedom of the Press in the Editor’s Notebook
The piece argues freedom of the press hinges on free speech and unlicensed printing. It links Areopagitica and Milton to modern press liberty, notes Johannes Gutenberg’s invention, Junius letters, Milton’s trial, and argues no law can license a printing press including newspapers or hobby handbills.
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Johann Gutenberg
Junius
London
Duke of Grafton
John Milton
Mary Powell
Mary
Hollywood
Reno
John
Russia
Lake Success
Security Council
Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
Foreign Office
Milton Berle
Court tests dog ownership in rural legal clash
A New Jersey letter recounts Whiskey the terrier facing possible euthanasia after a city boy’s dog bite incident. The judge suspends punishment with muzzle licensing, leading to a courtroom defense by widow McMinn and a dismissed case, illustrating fair treatment for responsible dog owners.
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New York
Yorkville
Joseph Young
Joseph
Myers
Neck of the Woods
McMinn
Allan Gedney
Whiskey
Randy
Tickler Dog
Allan J. Gedney
Justice of the Peace
Billy Rose
Goiter belt and other Q and A items
A compilation of Q and A covering the goiter belt in the United States the Boxer Rebellion statue of liberty unveiling tulips from seed costs of television life of patents newspaper readership word counts jeep passenger limits fraud orders and related topics with concise authoritative answers.
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United States
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Japan
China
Grover Cleveland
Auguste Bartholdi
Secret deal and political maneuvering in New York race
Details reveal Dewey forces arranging a pension like package for Lieutenant Governor Joe Hanley to withdraw from the New York governor bid. Hanley would gain $40,000 in combined salaries and a debt repayment, while Dewey allies back a plan to clear his debts.
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Washington
Dewey
Joe Hanley
New York
Hanley
Senate
Herbert Lehman
Throughway Commission
New York State
Kingsland Macy
Frank Gannett
Norman Gould
Macy-Gannett- Gould
Lobby Ex-convict Run Campaign Exposed In Congress Report
House investigation reveals Edward A. Rumely ran a propaganda campaign for the Committee for Constitutional Government funded by taxpayers. Rumely boasted of mass mailings to defeat the New Deal and Fair Deal measures, with congressional reuse of printing costs and support from senator George Malone.
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Ralph Gwinn
N. Y
Frederick “Doc” Smith
Ohio
Daniel A. Reed
Ralph Hawkes
N. J
George W. Schwabe
Okla
Baltimore
Gwinn
Frank
New York Post Office
Committee For Constitutional Government
Frank Gannett
Gannett
Edward A. Rumely
Kaiser
House Lobby
Treasury
Congressional Record
Government
George Malone
Nevada
Congress
New Deal
Fair Deal
Jack Lait On Broadway
The writer presents a hypothetical murder plot where a physician poisons alcohol to test a reaction, sparking debate over criminal liability. The nurse dies after taking the doctored drink, but jurists argue whether an indictment could reliably prove intent or premeditation beyond a reasonable doubt.
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