Editorials Sam Rayburn Could Become The Next President Of The U.S.
Sam Rayburn of Bunham Texas becomes Speaker of the House the day before his 78th birthday, a historic seventh-term selection. The piece surveys Rayburn’s tenure, presidential succession rules, and potential clashes with the conservative Rules Committee led by Howard W. Smith, noting past speakers who advanced to higher offices and warning on legislative strategy ahead of Eisenhower’s agenda.
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Sam Rayburn
U.S
Bunham
Texas
House of Representatives
Rayburn
Henry Clay
F. A. C. Muhlenburg
John W. Taylor
Thomas B. Reed
R-Me
New House
Joseph W
Schuyler Colfax
John Nance Garner
Clay
James G. Blaine
Senate
Rules Committee
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Virginia
Howard W. Smith
Sevon
Roosevelt
Truman
Baytown Leader Praises Hofheinz Dinner Speaker Choice
Reporter Fred Hartmen notes Cuba s trade ties and praises Baytown Mayor Roy Hofheinz as a standout speaker for the January 24 Baytown Chamber of Commerce dinner. The column lauds Hofheinz as a top regional authority with deep knowledge of Baytown and East Harris County, urging readers to buy tickets.
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Hofheinz
Roy Hofheing
Baytown
Mayor Hofheinz
Mayer Hofheinz
East Herrig County
The Gypsies in Baytown Past Night a Parade of Folly
A Baytown story recalls last week’s Gypsy peddlers of fortune telling who set up in downtown vacant buildings. City officials used vagrancy laws and potential ordinances to remove them, citing public order and dignity. The article outlines Gypsy history, origin, language, and enduring stereotypes. It notes their traditional crafts, nomadic roots, and evolving dress, with women bearing fortune telling as a livelihood.
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Baytown
Peking
India
Europe
Turkey
Aussia
Hungary
Spain
Thny
United States
Ling
Name Vibration Theory Impresses Show Biz Veteran
Vincent Lopes argues names shape success via numerology noting changes in vibration alter patterns and outcomes. He cites Betty Darling becoming Betty Hulton and Sonny Lepuyser becoming Sunny Shryler as examples, and recalls his own long career with St Regis Finsel, leading orchestras, clubs, and over 2000 phonograph records.
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Vincent Lopes
Top Hind Fuaders
Slor
Betty Darling
Betty Hulton
Betty
Sonny Lepuyser
Nolat
St. Hegis Finsel
New York
Telling Me! Various light items from around the world
A round of puzzled notes and breezy items: Eden named England’s next leader in a joking tone, a Canadian hotel stages Shakespeare plays, Mount Fuji scale cited by Japanese students, and a quip about a new form of hot potato. Also mentions Michigan predicting dry potatoes with radiation, military promotions, and a goofy pet show with prize winners.
Fle that heareth my word and believeth on him
A brief biblical verse from John 5 24 declares that those who hear his word and believe in the sender possess eternal life and escape condemnation, passing from death to life.
Obscene Whitman Poems Honored At Congress Centennial
Whitman once fired from a government post for obscene verse, now celebrated at a Library of Congress centennial exhibit. Washington reports note gifts to lawmakers over holidays, with fruit from Texas and Oregon going to hospitals and orphanages. National Geographic says Americans grow taller, totaling five feet eight inches versus taller global averages, and notes a WWII veteran is three quarters inch taller than WWI’s doughboy.
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Marman W. Nichols
Washington
Walt Whittan
Library of Congress
Texas
Oregon
Nffice
National Geographic Society
Africa
Harvard
Wellesley
Vassar
America
Trivia quiz and scattered biographical snippets
A collage of questions and partial biographical notes touching planets, authors, cabinet members, ship terms, artists, names, dates, and birthdays. Includes queries about a planet name for "hide through aeiescope," John Muir-like lines, and several historical figures with clues and misprints.
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Franklin D. Rooseven
How to Be Loved quoted by editor to Hemingway
A fragment recalls a national marazing article about Marlene Dietrich and Ernest Hemingway. An editor sought Hemingway’s view and sent a cable asking for his note on love, with a playful postscript to kiss for Marlene and request a written piece.
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Marlene Dietrich
Iernest Hemingway
Marlene
Perissi
Ignesi
Hemingway
Safar
Aftica
Ike’s Plans For Judgeship Collide In DC Power Play
Washington story outlines Deputy AG Bill Rogers quietly overruled President Eisenhower by reshuffling a federal judgeship. Rogers moved Walter Bastian to the Court of Appeals to free a seat for Joseph McGarrahhy on the district court, triggering protests from Sen. Alex Smith and GOP leaders. The maneuver left Hendrickson's promised vacancy in limbo, while State Department diplomats scramble to resolve the fallout amid Washington social rounds.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Bill Rogers
United States
Eisenhower
Young Rogers
Joseph McGarraghy
D. C
Senate
Smith
White House
Senate Gop
Bill Knowland
California
Bastian
Hendrickson
New Zealand
Clifford Case
Amos J Penssey
New Jersey
Australia
Nmpariment
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Leon “Matthis
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Mack Knowles
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Ng Elmer Wheeler
Apex
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Thanes
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Midwest
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Teddy Phillips
Chicago
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Ray Pearl
Blackhawk
Garrowway
Hanny Birthay
Ftndav
Carl & Port
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Freneig l L. Bullivan
Denny Thomas
Phil Mast
Ralph Branco
Tom Ferrick
Early Wynn
Mars
Ernest Thompson
Wilisny B. Woollin
the Treasury
George H. Dern
Rige Water
Joseph Pannell
William S., Beardsley
Bette Chanel
James Russell Lowell
Pame
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Ike
Green
Capital Transit Company
Lyle Snader
GOP
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John McCormack
Appropriations
Clarence Cannon
Joe Marlin
Tawer Short
Armed Services Committee
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Hine
H. Navi McGill
Massachus
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Stranfeld
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Justin Smith Morrmont
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