Lesson From Belgium on Citizenship and Voting Duty
Editorial argues Americans neglect voting despite high turnout abroad. Cites Belgium 90 percent, Italy and Britain similar levels, and 1945 U.S. turnout at 51 percent. Notes small vote margins can decide elections and recalls Wilson’s 1916 eight hour day push, Adamson Act, and wartime railroad control with compensation. Emphasizes duty to vote as defense against tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Forster
Civb Committee
Lancaster
Penn
Forster
America
Belgium
James Blaine
New York State
New York
Cleveland
Germany
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Wilson
Bible Verse For Everyone Who Seeks and Knocks
A brief devotional note cites Matthew 7 8 declaring that everyone who asks seeks and finds and that it shall be opened to the knockers in a daily reader style.
Life By Erich Brandeis On Future Continents And Oceans
The essay reviews ocean shrinkage and the potential rise of new continents in the Atlantic and Pacific, citing Oceanographic Institute director Hans Petterson from Yale lectures. It warns of Earth drying like Mars, with water loss possibly triggering future wars over lend leases and aid, but notes the scenario is billions of years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Petterson
Oceanographic Institute
Gatesburg
Evedan
Yale
Udents
Dart
Atlantic
Pacific
Wei
Mars
Port Sitly
Venus
Earth
Petterson
Juliana
Netherlands
Brussels
Holland
Belgium
Hague
Oslo
Real estate tycoon Corrigan touts big holdings and time tested tricks
Dallas operator Leo Corrigan, 57, claims property holdings worth about half a billion with valuations fluctuating within a half million. He credits rapid deal timing, independent appraisals, and cash flow strategies: buy clear, borrow, and reinvest from income. He advises holding vacant property for future gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Corrigan
Dallas
Aiman
Carrigan
C i Tures
Corrigan
Baytown Sun Publisher and staff list and subscription rates
The Baytown Sun listing shows Editor and Publisher Syd S. Gould at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas with advertising manager Beulah Mae Jackson and office manager Warren Edwards. Subscription rates include 3 By Carrier 1.00 per month 22 per year and By Mail 2.90 for 2 months 5.75 for 6 months 13.50 yearly with advance payment. Armed Services mail available. National representative Texas Daily Press League. Entered as second class matter at Baytown Texas Post Office March 3 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and
Armed Services
Texas Deliy Press League
Baytown
Texas
Congress
Bramblett Uses Wife Payroll as Nepotism Excuse
Washington notes Congressman Ernest Bramblett of California claims his wife helps handle confidential matters to keep Communist leaks from his office. He asserts his spouse is a capable secretary and insists no Kremlin leaks occur from their staff. The column also recounts President Truman's steel crisis efforts and debates over government control versus private lockouts.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Ernest Bramblett
California
Bramblett
Kremlin
Truman
Defense Lovett
Commerce Sawyer
Perlman
White House
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
Secretary of Commerce
Sawyer
Phil Murray
U.S. Steel
Ben. Fairless
Steelman
Quick Knowledge Grab Bag and Birthday Clues
A collage of trivia questions and notes: presidents who served in the Senate before the White House, a Sabbath quote, early U S naval heroes, Bruce Barton, Rock Park creek location, birthdays on the 13th, SPASMODIC definition, and scattered biographical hints including movie actress origins, a Newark born naval officer later promoted to vice admiral, and a quiz on historical figures and a 1945 World War II context referenced by a name Charles Fletcher Roche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Congress
Bruce Barton
Rock Park Creek
Charles Colburn
Joanne D'Arc
Hellywood
Newark
N.J
U.S. Naval Academy
Naval Forces
Naval Academy
Brooklyn
Kiska
Naval Transportation Service
Naval Operations
Washington
United States Pacific
Hamlet I. Davis
Dr. Davis
Shewaree
New Walking Reveals City’s Feel and Night Life
New York columnist Mel Heimer reflects on walking through Manhattan and Yorkville to sense the city’s feel. He describes Times Square nightlife fading, city lights dimming, and a calm postmidnight mood as he traverses 45th to 26th streets and back, noting bars, shops, and pedestrian scenes along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEL_HEIMER
New
York
London
Soho
Rome
Tiber
Fe L
45Th Street
Cerbon block shortage cited in era headline
Miss Francis Wilburn, graduate elect of Robert E. Lee, was toasted at a dinner hosted by Mrs. C. E. Busch. Crosby High School delegates Mary Louise Linterman and Gloria Peterson attended the journalism contest in Austin as 400 officers and crewmen from two Navy ships were reported over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Ace
Cerbon
Jester
O'Daniel
Francis Wilburn
Robert E. Lee
C. E. Busch
Fears Ace
Mary Louise Linterman
Gloria Peterson
Crosby High School
Austin
Quotations From Great-Near Great Describe a City Nightlife
The excerpt captures Helen Green a Manhattan fur stylist describing Washingtons decline in mink popularity and a vivid New York City scene. It contrasts the hysterical Broadway crowd with Central Park South plush hotels and Madison Avenue quiet and eerie as the evening begins with lounge music crowded streets and nervous energy.
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Washington
Helen Green
Manhattan Fur
Broadway
Central Park South
Gold Coast
Madison Avenue
The Lyons Den Romance Dept and Broadway Gossip
A scrambled column blends romance rumors with film industry notes and party anecdotes. Highlights include Pearl Bakey’s rumored marriage, Eric Johnston’s comments on cinema influence, Ezio Pinza on a Russian accent in Impresario S Hurok’s film, Olivia de Havilland declining a Windsor party, and reflections on wills and Broadway friendships amid a stream of disjointed gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezio Pinza
S. Hurok
Pinza
Art Chilapin
Piz
Tralian
Gregory Ratoft
A La Mode Lauds Pleang Ot Column Satire
An essay on a local column titled A La Mode defines a statistician and mocks the tone of optimistic life statistics. It notes a vacation tip column and a shift in front page layout by journalist Johncl Boynton, praising the women’s news department as stronger than the front page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sten
Patani
Jerday
Haytown Sun
Johncl
Boynton
Bors
Chester B A. I. Banks
Wurg
Pakke
Baylowa
Ishnetla
Bess
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Brotherhoods
Supreme Court
Treasury
By Erich Brandeis
Elmer Wheeler
U.S.A
Ins
Olon
A Central Press
Daphne du Meunier
Toc Louis
Cliff Fannin
Jamestown
Mekxies
Te É Fens
England
Falls of Fame
Tiuess the
Denver
Colo
Charles Fletcher Roche
John Quincey Adams
Jesus
Mark
John
Paul Jones
Washington, D.C
Derba Paget
W. W. Smith
Times Square
Gala
86Th Street
Yoriville
Yorkville
Lexington Avenue
33Th Street
Sun
Morgan
Akern
Lyons
Leonard Lyes
Pearl Bakey
Eric Johnston
Severl
le Damrosch
Dan
Charles
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Cosking
Ming
Havilland
Marcus Goodrich
Goodriches
Olivia
Reames
Sardis
Haviland
Paige
Cushing
Ivaise
New Ty
Marcus
Olivias
Olivia de Havilland
Rudolph, Halley
S* Fauver
Fred
Han
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