From Nuthouse to News Columns A Talk With Aged Veteran
An elderly narrator recalls a long life in newspaper work and personal anniversaries. He reflects on birthdays, Thanksgiving, and a 1947 New Year turning point. He shares memories of travel, peril at sea, and the drift from chaos to career, with humor and aging insight.
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Heeya
Speemaker
Robert Vermilion
Boug
Ameri- Jeep
Pio Kereant
Eowent
Er Zimest Engoody
Ésie Neridies
Piazith
Pacific
Sip
Byrd
South Pole
HADACOL Promises Relief for Digestive Aches and Deficiency
An advertisement by The LeBlanc Corporation touts HADACOL as a complete remedy for indigestion nervousness and general fatigue caused by vitamin and mineral deficiencies. It claims rapid improvement after multiple bottles and urges readers to buy only the genuine product through druggists.
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Louisians
LeBlanc Corporation
Area Gridders Attend Lions Club Luncheon
Thanksgiving meeting at the Barrown Lions Club drew 26 Robert E Lee Ganders players and football guests from Baytown LaPorte Crosby and other area teams. Sun Editor Fred Hertmen introduced each Ganders player with remarks as tables served dressing gravy and cranberry sauce.
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Barrown Lions Club
Robert EL Lee Gander
Sun
Fred Hertmen
Harvran
Port Arthur
Ganders
Taft Backers Push Vote-Getter Image Against Dewey
Washington report notes Taft allies counter depictions of weak appeal by citing Ohio and New York breakdowns from the November general election. They show Taft winning 37.5 percent in Ohio with Ferguson at 22.5, while Dewey carried New York with 33.9 percent and Lynch 4.7.
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Wilson
Washington
IU2
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York
Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Dewey
Walter A. Lynch
John F. McManus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Herbert Hoag
al Landon
Wendell Wilkie
Freeze Hits East Texas Rose Fields Reducing Supplies
Rose growers warn of higher prices after a 24 degree freeze on November 23 damaged East Texas fields. Caswell Lauden of Consolidated Nurseries says prices could rise 35 to 40 percent. E W Lyle of the Rose Research Laboratory notes about 20 percent overall damage. Tyler area fields supply half the nation's rose bushes. A surrounding county reports 250 growers annually handling roses worth about 7 million dollars.
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Cassolidated Nurseries
East Texas
E. W Lyle
Rose i Research Laboratory
Tyler
Man Evicted But Family Stays On in Davenport Home
In Davenport Virginia James Wisner faced eviction targeting him alone. district court ruled the notice did not require his wife and two children to leave. The family remains in their rented home as Wisner planned to move in with friends. A cable dispatch notes Communist orders barring Yast Germans from making Christmas ornaments. Moscow is noted for its claim on Santa Claus creation.
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James Wisner
Wigner
Moscow
Flynn Skips Court Hearing Honeymoon Trip
Monte Carlo reports Errol Flynn will skip a court hearing to answer his fourth charge in eight years, refusing to interrupt his honeymoon trip. His French lawyer said journalists should not wait outside. The actor faces a 16-year-old accuser aboard the Zaca during the voyage with Patricio Rice Wymore, his third wife. Flynn has prior acquittals in Los Angeles on earlier statutory charges.
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Errol Flyan
Epyecar
Jacques Cotta
Danielle Derm
Flynn
Patrice Wymore
Miss Dervin
Los Angeles
Jane
Betty Hansen
Peggy La~rue Satterlee
Miss Hanser
Thanksgiving Has Him All Confused in Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas mayor Edgar Deen urged President Truman to end the conflict of two Thanksgiving dates after Governor Allan Shivers proclaimed both November 23 and 30 as official state observances. The Fort Worth City Council directed Deen to forward the letter to the president seeking a resolution to the calendar clash.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Truman
Edgar Deen
Allan Shivers
Deen
Dinner dispute ends in injurious turkey attack
Mrs Walter Marshall sought satisfaction in a domestic dinner dispute when two 27-pound turkeys were involved. Mrs Marshall trapped the gobbler, while her husband swung an axe. The birds fell, the axe struck the woman’s arm, and an X-ray later showed a broken wrist.
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Walter Marshall
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