Editorial: 75 Million Reach Voting Age for First Time
Census estimates show 744 million civilians will be newly eligible to vote this year, with 21 in 47 states and 18 in Georgia. The piece examines state variations, party appeals to new voters, past third-party influences, and the potential impact on the 1952 presidential race. It notes shifts in voting-age populations and references 1948 election dynamics and third parties like Thurmond and Wallace. It also mentions possible but unlikely shifts affecting state outcomes.
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Census Bureau
Georgia
Truman
Dewey
Maine
Massachusetts
Washington
Vermont
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Ohio
North Dakota
Kentucky
Tennessee
Oregon
Arizona
New Mexico
Florida
Colorado
Nevada
Utah
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Jersey
States Rights Democrats
Cov,n Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Progressive Party
Henry A. Wallace
New York
California
Wallace
Samuel Lubell
Stevenson
House of Representatives
Illinois
Republic
Bevar
Maryland
Michigan
Migi
Gen
Ni Arthur
Baylor alum runs for Ex-Students director at large
An unsigned Baylor note claims a self name as a nominee for director at large on the Ex-Students executive committee. The candidate vows campaign fundraising, a Baylor football touchdown platform, freeing 51-yard line tickets for Baytown fans, and seeks enrollments of Doyle Traylor and Gerald Orton to boost support while promising no bridges will be burned.
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Ike
Adiai
Baylor University
Baylor
Texas
Doyle Traylor
Temple
Gerald Orton
Baytown
Waco
Doer
Baylor Election Deliberations Stir Texans and Prayer Tale
Baylor election coverage centers on Harris County district representation with Nelson McElroy nominated for delegate. The note shares a wary voter’s stance on pledges, plus a reprinted prayer by Considine praising fair play and perseverance amid life’s setbacks.
Lone Texas spot labelled by John Rice as loneliest place
John Robert Rice recalls a stretch near San Angelo Texas he once deemed the loneliest spot on earth. He described sitting under a mesquite tree with no human soul within 50 miles and wondered how a death there would go unfound for months. He compared it to growing Texas towns and later visited New York with his daughter.
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John Robert Rice
Texas
Oklahoma
New York City
John
San Angelo
Devil's Iver
Lubbock
Lonesome Thoughts From a World Gone Quiet
Erich Brandeis reflects on loneliness across places from Texas to New York. He argues loneliness is mental rather than geographic, praising thoughts as company and noting relief even in bed beside his sleeping wife at 3 am.
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Texas
New York
San Angelo
Devil's River
Teo
Hollywood split at Central Park hotel ends quietly
In Lyons Den a Hollywood couple’s breakup at a Central Park hotel passed without violence. Earlier breakup gunfire prompted police but produced no bullet marks. The tension involved actor David Selznick and his wife, with shots fired that night but no injuries or lasting damage reported.
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Central Park
Hollywood
David Selznick
Ifs
Baytown Sun masthead and subscription rates
The Baytown Sun announces staff roles and pricing notes including Editor and Publisher Fred Hartman, Syd S. Gould, Advertising Manager Beulah Mae Jackson, Office Manager Warren Edwards, and Managing Editor. Subscription rates list By Cerrier 120 dollars per month? or 14.40 yearly with mail options 1.20 monthly 3 months 3.56 six months 7.00 yearly 14.00 and 75 cents for Armed Services. The paper is entered as second class matter at the National Representative Texas Daily Press League Baytown Texas Post Office under the Act of Congress of March 3 1370.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Texas
Fred Hartman
Syd S. Gould
Beulah Mae Jackson
Warren Edwards
Cerrier
Armed Services
National Representative
Texas Daily Press League
Congress
Lyons notes on graft trials authors and Broadway figures
Leonard Lyons reports on brothers in police graft trials writing a book. Leveen McGrath and George Kaufman quarrel over a New York bus ride and a dentist appointment near Hattie Carnegie's, with Kaufman joking about taxi fare and timing. J. P. "John" Sinclair marks his 75th birthday and new Lanie Budd novel. Lauritz Melchior’s autobiography is set for publication. Charles Lickman seeks a TV station contract in Honolulu. A Douglas film project gains new footage from a professional cameraman. A Lasker Prize goes to Dr. Fred S. McKay for Minurine in water systems. The photo desk at Macfadden Publications features an X-ray portrait of editor Frank Gould with ulcer notes.
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Leveen McGrath
New York
George S. Kaufman
Dentists
Hattie Carnegie
Kaufman
Carnegie's
Jpton Sexclair
Lannie Budd
Henry Holt and Co
Lauritz Melchiors
Charles Lickman
Honolulu
Justice Wiliam O. Douglas
Oscar
Fred S. McKay
Colorado Springs
McKay
Rockies
Frank Gould
Macfadden Pubblications
Himsel
Pasadena Playhouse
Maryland
Gaslight
Lassie
Harvard Business School
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Easy Knowledge Grab Bag Quiz Answers
Michigan's state flower is the apple blossom. The District of Columbia is administered by a government appointed by the President. Los Angeles residents call themselves Los Angelenos. The line “Full, meny 2 flower is born to blush as seen” is attributed to Thomas Gray in his Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Alaska's governor is chosen by appointment by the President. Happy Birthday to Evelyn Jon Strachey and Ed Ford.
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Michigan
District of Columbia
Los Angeles
Alaska
Evelyn Jon Strachey
Ed (Whitey) Ford
New York Yankee
United States Army
Los Angelenos
Thomas Gray
Country Churchyard
United States
Terry Moore
Dave Garroway
Looking Back Five Years Ago in Highlands News
Headlines recall movie leaders naming suspected communists and political shifts in Highlands including incorporation discussion at a booster club meeting. A Baptist association formed with Rev A L Jordan as moderator and a wedding noted at Cedar Bayou. Ten years prior, Highlands planned a volunteer fire department. Meanwhile a theft report from Jeffersonville involved a sergeant noting a man stole 27 dollars and a 136 dollar watch, with 17 dollars in Japanese currency.
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Menjou
Gluckman
Highlands
San Jacinto Baptist Association Sy
A. L Jordan
Memorial Baptist Church
Mary Labise Janak
Tom Latham
E. R. Bers
Cedar Bayou
New Lens Helps Bombsight Users At Randolph AFB
Felix BE Flores a Randolph AFB bombsight worker had trouble calibrating due to glasses. Lt Zeff proposed a custom corrected lens, boosting Flores’s efficiency by 50 percent and reducing fatigue. The program expanded to other crews at Randolph and Forbes AFB as training resumes.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Felix BE. Flores
Randolph Air Force Base
Texas
Lester Zeff
San Antonio Base Hospital
Air Force
Ceutenant
Flores
St. Louis
Randolph
Zeff
Randolph Headquartered
Forbes Afb
Kansas
McCarthy Cash Secrets in Senate Earnings Exposed
Washington columnist Drew Pearson surveys Sen. Joe McCarthy cash flows and unidentified deposits over years. He cites large bank deposits, stock profits, and anonymous funds, arguing tax scrutiny favors high office holders while McCarthy grows wealth through public service.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Wisconsin
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
House of Representatives
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Woman coerced in bank robbery attempt over money
A woman in Glovercrillz allegedly forced a bank president to reveal savings, pressing about the source of funds and promising not to reveal her husband. She claimed a gambling mania for horses and described taking money from her mattress as the man demanded 5900.
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Willie
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Harris County
Nelson McElroy
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Considine
ABC
Gaé
Lineen
Tom
John Rice
Jonn
By Erich Brandeis
LYONS
Anthony Eden
John Ocks
Gens
The
New Times
Eisenhower
David Sarnoff
Sarnoff
Howeve
Harry
Jackie Grass
Baytown Sun
Leonard Lyons
Central Press
Princeton University
Samuel Coteridge
Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson
Helen Koford
Calif
Michael de Monteigne
Sun
A. H. Lintelman
Goose Creek Voluneer Fire Department
Highlands Department
Bard
Jeffersonville
Ind
Clyde W. Duggan
Duggan
Japan
Sen. McCarthy
United States Senate
Marine Corps
Burma
Carthy
Rigs Bank
Bufning McCarthy
Ray Kiermas
Kiermas
Wiles McCarthiy
Stance
Bennett
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