Washington Digest Purge and Rails on War Party Rule
A Washington column analyzes the Truman purge to restore party machinery, critiques the House rules committee and Slaughter’s defeat, and discusses postwar aviation advances, rocket artillery concepts, and civilian morale issues from World War I era to postwar reflections. It cites Michener and Monty and touches on the terminal leave pay bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Tales Committee
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Truman - Hater
Slaughter
Missouri
Roosevelt
Congress
Slaugher
Truman
Representative Michener
Michigan
House
Michener
Representative Slaughter
Barbs on governance and voting across regions
Barbs discuss an economist engineer's view on incentives, comparing mouse feeding to self-control, and extend to political rights noting White Russia Ukraine and U S regions deserve UN votes. Mention rain on racetracks, auto sales via army exchanges, and ambiguous statements about jeeps and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ukraine
California
Maine
District of Columbia
Anniversary of Sound Movies Recalls Early Panic of Stars
The piece recalls the 1927 birth of sound in film led by The Jazz Singer and the star driven panic over voices matching records. It notes Al Jolson May McAvoy John Barrymore Conrad Nagel Greta Garbo Joan Crawford and Charlie Chaplin among early figures and mentions the Hoxie Zanemagraphone and GE labs signaling education and industry uptake.
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America
May McAvoy
al Jolson
John Barrymore
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
MGM
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Wallace Beery
Paramount
Gred
Zara Pitts
Charlie Chaplin
Schenectady
Charles A. Hoxie
General Electric
Europe
Federal Judge Moore Signs Virgin Islands Divorce Decree
The first U S divorce signed by a federal judge in St Thomas Virgin Islands cuts publication delays to six weeks and speeds up proceedings. The piece notes travel from New York, local hotel capacity, and colonial style resort life on St John with minimal tourist traffic and sparse beach activity.
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Moore
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
St Thomas
New York
Reno
Miami
Hotel
Bluebeards Castle
U. S
Capri
South Sea Islands
Caneel Bay
St. John
U. S. Virgin Group
Farmers Turn Vigilantes to Stop Rustlers in Wisconsin
In Madison Wisconsin Wood county farmers formed a vigilante band of about 60 armed men after a cattle rustling spike. A pursuit along rural woods failed to locate suspects while Bernard Kroening and his wife helped spread word via the party line. Two Marshfield officers aided the hunt though the rustlers disappeared amid fog and a turned off electric fence.
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Madison
Wis
Wood County
Bernard Kroening
Rock
Kroening
Kraening
Wisconsin Rapids
Town bans Utah ties to join Nevada secession push
In Wendover Utah-Nevada a 2000 resident movement seeks to detach from Utah to join Nevada. Organizers argue Utah laws moralized tourism and alcohol limits push residents across the border. Petitions will go to state legislatures and, if approved, Congress may redraw the boundary to annex Westover to Nevada.
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Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Utah
Bonneville Salt Nats
Nevada
Lester Gillen
Giffen
Congress
Westover
Young Mesquite senior to host own radio program
Dale Berry a 17 year old Mesquite High School senior has a sustained radio slot on WRR with his cowboy band. He secured a sponsor and previously played with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. Band members include Robert Jenkins Cleo Landolt Benny Wil Banks and Matt McGrathern. He learns piano and guitar. son of Mr and Mrs R S Berry of Mesquite.
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Mesquite
Texas
Dale Berry
WRR
Berry
Bill Boyd
Cowboy Ramblers
Nashville
Robert Jenkins
Cleo Landolt
Benny Wilbanks
Matt McGrathern
R. S. Berry
Winchester House in San Jose Draws Surging Buyers
Covetous home hunters swarm the Winchester mansion in San Jose a sprawling 37 year building saga begun by Mrs. Sarah Winchester wife of the Winchester rifle inventor. The eerie maze of 40 stairways secret panels and doors opens onto walls and the house still grows with additions to pacify ghosts of gun victims. Servants prepared lavish dinners nightly as Mrs Winchester hosted imaginary guests.
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San Jose
Sarah Winchester
Broadway turndown slows bets and sparks defense fund
Atlantic City hosts tight closures as police report tragedy. Jack Lynch seeks a new site after fire rules shut his Walton hotel roof club and considers Reengaging Rainbow Room in Radio City while Rockefeller interests appear unmoved. George White faces hit-and-run woes and Broadway leaders rally a defense fund led by Buddy de Sylva. the kitty climbs to fifty thousand dollars.
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Atlantic City
Jack Lynch
Philly
Walton Hotel
Rainbow Room
Radio City
Rockefellers
George White
Ziegfeld
San Diego
Buddy de Sylva
Faye Emerson Returns to Cape Cod in Here Today
Faye Emerson makes a stage return on August 12 in Cape Cod with Here Today a Ruth Gordon rerun. Joan Crawford’s next project Possessed stars Van Heflin from a Cosmopolitan magazine novel One Man’s Secret by Ria Weiman. Civil Aeronautics Bureau approval of a around-the-world route for TWA tied to Northwest Air Line gives Howard Hughes an option on Northwest control.
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Faye
Mrs. Roosevelt) Emerson
Cape Cod
Mass
Ruth Gordon
Joan Crawford
van Hefin
Ria Weiman
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
TWA
Northwest Air Line
Howard Hughes
Northwest
N.Y
Shanghai
Europe
Alaska
Seattle
Hughes
Pacific
TWA Stork
Hughes Holdings
Dempsey Amron Bid for Lustig’s Longchamps Chain
Jack Dempsey and Jake Amron, once Hollywood restaurant bosses, placed a flossy bid for Henry Lustig’s tax-tainted Longchamps restaurant chain. Tobacco Road earned a fortune as Harry Oshrin kept payday in check. John Barton will draw $350 weekly as Jeeter Lester on tour next season.
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Jack Dempsey
Jake Amron
Hollywood
Henry Lustig
Longchamps
Tobacco Road
Harry Oshrin
John Barton
Jeeter Lester
Saratoga Spa Sees Nightlife Boom Hit By Gold Rush
The Saratoga scene drew the citys top spenders as New York crowds swarmed the Spa. Prices rose steeply for a short season and locals benefited, while the CPA fully failed to cut through. A five dollar bid now tests choices between betting on favorites or buying a hot dog.
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Saratoga
New York
Spa
CPA
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