Redistricting Battles Head For New York and Mississippi
Inside Washington reports two of the era’s fiercest election clashes as redistricting pits veteran House members in primary politics. In New York, Edwin Arthur Hall and Jarved Cole clash over a trip and party events, while Mississippi faces similar intra party rivalry shaping the contest.
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House clash in Mississippi ranks Hall and Abernathy duel
The article describes a Mississippi House contest between Democrat Jean Rankin and Rep. Thomas Abernathy, noting Rankin’s 16 terms and Abernathy’s influence on the agricultural committee. It also covers President Truman's shifting stance on Barkley and Stevenson, plus hints of steel wage talks and anticipated Pentagon policy on disaster reporting and military transparency.
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Hall
Mississippi
Jean Rankin
Thomas Abernathy
Rankin
Abernathy
Congress
House Agricultural Committee
Pentagon
Baytown Voter Notes Poll Tax Rule And City Budget
A Baytown column explains Texas election rules with emphasis on poll tax requirements for all voters and exemptions for those over 60 needing annual signup by February 1. It also covers two new moving precincts in East Harris County and comments on the air conditioned city budget and a Community Chest central collection question raised at a city council meeting.
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Texas
Bard
WWE
Harris County
Highlands
Uty
City of
Central Collection Agency
Ben Wilson
Community Chest
W. D. Reeves
Ben
Ben Anser
Willie
Slogans and Acting Truths From a Life in Drama
A quoted critic laments overuse of slogans and cites Charles Jehlinger dean of the American Academy of Dramatic Art who died at 86. Jehlinger trained stars like Lauren Bacall and Kirk Douglas and urged actors to be themselves, not “act” it. He advised, Don’t ACT it Be it. The piece ends noting excess acting in modern life.
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Charles Jehlinger
American Academy of Dramatic Art
Lauren Bacall
Jane Cowl
Nina Foch
Cecil B. DeMille
Kirk Douglas
Grace George
Margalo Gilmore
William Powell
Sam Levine
Agnes Moorehead
Edward Robinson
Joseph Schldkraut
Rosalind
Learn to understand others view not their Joneses
In a reflection on keeping up with the Joneses a New York bank teller goes to prison for attempting to emulate a $47 weekly income. The piece cites Mrs Roosevelt and Brig. Gen. Romulo on travel ethics and urges Americans to adopt two slogans: Don't act it Be it and I came to learn to gain cultural insight.
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New York
Joneses
Hoodle
Los Angeles
Eleanor Roosevelt
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Aboard the SS Conseitation Amid Capri and Naples
Passengers on the SS Conseitation gaze at the Bay of Naples before capri trips and sun hats, while Gracie Field, Dolly Raszicka, Sarah Churchill, Tony Beaucham, and Admiral Carney share a social afternoon at Allied Forces Southern Europe headquarters with a luncheon show.
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Vesuvius
Bay of
Naples
Capris
Capri
Blue Grotto
Gracie Field
Raszicka Dolly
Sarah Churchill
Tony Beaucham
Robert Carney
BAFSE
Allied Forces
Europe
Bible Verse Quote from John 6 40
The verse from John 6 40 speaks of God’s will that those who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life and be raised at the last day. It emphasizes belief in Jesus as the path to immortality and salvation.
Baytown Sun Newsletter Details and Post Office Note
The Baytown Sun announces subscription rates and payment terms with monthly and yearly options. It notes Baytown postal handling as a second class matter and references the Texas Daily Press League. Publisher and editor credits appear among listed names.
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Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Red Erartman
Syd S. Gould
Beulah Mac Jackson
Warren Edwards
Anail
Texas Daily Press League
Postoffice
Capri Tour With Lyons Lead On Sea Trip
Leonard Lyons writes of a Naples voyage with Admiral and Mrs. Carney and Commander William Hudgins. He recalls Churchill paintings in Venice, Solfatara and Pompeii visits, and an unexpected meet with Lucky Luciano in New York, ending with a coastal drive and warnings about pride.
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Churchill
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Lucky Luciano
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Free Liver For Cai- Mac Is Dreaming About Those Good Old Days
The reminiscence recalls cheaper liver when a kid bought it for the cat with a butcher’s tag line. It contrasts past self-sufficiency of canning and homegrown fare with today’s high prices for meats and vegetables, listing current costs for filet mignon bacon duck sirloin and produce in a nostalgic echo of simpler days.
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Harman W. Nichols Shington
Fragmented Trivia And Names From An Informal Almanac
A collage of quick facts and questions including dates of births such as 1587 Virginia Dare and 1775 Merriweather Lewis, scattered biographical notes on actors and politicians, a glossary entry for menace, a brief biography of a British film star, and a riddle asking to identify a former U S senator born in Hudson Massachusetts.
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Virginia Dare
Virginia
Merriweather Lewis
United States
Canada
on-the-Sea
Essex
England
Australia
New Zealand
Fay Compton
Victories Regina
Courtneys
Curzon Street
Mayfair
Artistes Alliance
Hudson
Mass
Montana
Butte
Mont
Montana House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
United States Senate
Robert M. LaFollette
Five Years Ago Headlines Remind Of Pacific Losses
Looking Backward recalls the death plunge into the Pacific of George C. Atcheson and nine others. Marshall Plan aid to Britain discussed amid the news. University of Texas Music Dept plans Sidney Palmer program. Marriages noted at Virginia Street and Perry churches.
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MacArthur
Pacific
Britain
Honglulu
George C.atcheson
Allied Council
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific Ocean
Department of Music
University of Texas
Sidney Jewel Palmer
Baytown
Martha Louise Durham
Carl Lee Daniel
Virginia Street Church of
Poor Indian Lawyer Surge Ties To Indian Claims Boom
Washington column notes how rising defense, timber, oil and uranium values on Indian lands have grown lucrative for lawyers. It highlights James E Curry and Ernest Wilkinson as leading figures in Indian claims, contracts and legal aid, with Senate scrutiny and press on profits in the 1940s context.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Eisenhower
New Mexico
Ernest Wilkinson
Uncle Sam
James E. Curry
Curry
National Congress of American Indians
Standing Rock
White Mountain Apaches
Yavapi Apaches
Sitka Community Association
Colorado River Indians
Fort Peck
Walker River
Interior Department
Indian Bureau
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Gruening
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Son
Comminger
Association of Americag i
Felix Cat EN
Intetios
Cohen
Myer
Jesen
Lew
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Ican Indians
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Nevada
Liam Fire Thunder
Congress of Ame
James E. Curr
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New Hampshire
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Eugene O'Neill
Micheel Wildinz
Burton K. Wheeler
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