Congressional Jokes Echo Through House History
A lighthearted survey recalls sharp wits and lampooning within Congress. Anecdotes feature figures like Speaker Som Reed and Cannon, plus tales of demagogues and a famed tie vote that brought Champ Clark to the Speakership, underscoring political humor's bite and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Ameri
Avith
Congress
Coary
Enoat
Som Reed
Henry Clay
Reed
House of Representatives
Uuy
Cony
Thomas D Schall
Sale
Champ Clark
Clark
Army Prepares to Rule Occupied Lands Through Military Government
The Army runs a school of military government at the University of Virginia to train officers and select civilians for future duties in occupied territories. Brig. Gen. C. Wickersham heads the program, which includes lectures and practical planning for military administrations, with emphasis on humane policy and civil coordination.
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University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Army of the
United States
Officers Reserve Corps
United States Army
Hee
Wickersham
United Nations
School of Military Government
War Department
C. Wickersham
General Wickersham
G-2
First Army
Mili
Provost Marshal General's Training Center
Fort Custer
Mich
Corps of Military Police
Army
State Department
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Board
State, Treasury, and Commerce Departments
Board of Economic Warfare
One Year Ago at Bataan Yanks Hold On and Surrender
Through jungle and coastal fortifications Maj Gen E B King and Col E P Williams carried a white flag to Japanese lines announcing the surrender of 35 000 American and Filipino troops. They had fought since January and endured four months of brutal combat before surrender.
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Bataan
E. B. King
Col
E. P. Williams
United Nations
Southwest Pacific
Australasia
Corregidor
Norman Reyes
Corregidor Avril
Soa
Philippines
America
Manuel Quezon
United States
Quezon
Mariners Face Hardship in Guadalcanal Galley Rations
Marine cooks on Guadalcanal contend with no electric or gas power, scarce markets, and frequent troop movements. They rely on wood or kerosene stoves and canned foods, with hash, stew, and beans dominating meals. One cook disguises hash as meat and vegetable pie to add variety. another makes soup from beans.
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Marine Corps
Guadniganal
Guadalcanal
Enok
President listens as farm leaders discuss food shortage
Washington news: Albert S. Goss H. E. Babcock and Ezra T. Nelson brief President on farm manpower and food shortage. They urge action to direct local draft boards stop dairy cow sales and ensure fair prices to keep farm workers, with Wickard to map a program.
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Washington, D. C
Albert S. Goss
National Grange
H. E. Babcock
National Council of Farmer Co-operatives
Ezra T. Nelson
Bara Nelson
Washington
Nelson
Goss
Co-Operative
Wickard
Quips and musings on politics and propriety
A fragmentary column quotes remarks about government by amateurs money as wings avairdupois and experience as currency. It suggests a dark horse's success relies on pulling power and notes men busy undoing yesterday's deeds.
Voices of Queens and Luminaries Echo at Yale
A collection of phonograph records at Yale University includes voices of Queen Victoria Florence Nightingale Mr Gladstone and Mark Twain.
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Yale University
Queen Victoria
Florence Nightingale
Mr. Gladstone
Mark Twain
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Tinsy Long
Tews
Jim
Senate
Tet
Roosevelt
Philippine Republic
FDR
John McClintock
Amazon
General Marshall
Admiral King
Dewey, Farragut
Uncle Phil
Your
Filus
Carlyle
Hitler
Cline
GROVE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
WWNU
Brieve
Ry Dani
Dean
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