Major Squirm and the 1930s Political Dialect Tussle
The piece notes Major Squirm of Alabama Newsmagazine fame chiding John Sparkman and Jim Folsom for political razzing and claims Squirm stayed busy with campaigns led by Guy Hardwick and Sibyl Pool. It also reflects on Chief Bender, a famed Philadelphia Athletics pitcher, whose death resonates with older fans as a loss of a baseball era.
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Major Squirm
Alabama Newsmagazine
John Sparkman
Jim Folsom
Fokes
Campanes
Guy Hardwick
Sibyl
Chief Bender
Philadelphia Athletics
Oldsters Bender
The Response To Graham
In Britain evangelist Billy Graham draws vast crowds for his three month crusade. Wembley Stadium hosts 120000 at the farewell meeting while 67000 filled the prior sports arena, marking a remarkable success as he prepares to return to the United States.
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Britain
Billy Graham
London
Wembley Stadium
Graham
Evangelist Graham
United States
An Asset To The City Bus Service Appeal
A Decatur Transit Motor Coach Employees advertisement urges residents to patronize City Lines. The piece argues the bus operation is a vital asset, essential for students, workers, and shoppers, and warns that cutting service would leave people without cheap safe and convenient transportation. It advocates riding the bus as the remedy.
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Decatur Transit Motor Coach
Decatur Transit
Decatur
American farming shown as economic giant in 1940s tone
Auburn observer Bob Chesnutt cites Extension economist Foy Helms to frame farming as a massive industry with assets around 175 billion dollars and gross income near 40 billion. He notes tractors per farm, electrification rise, and 125000 new farm homes yearly, urging business support for agriculture in Alabama and the Tennessee Valley.
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Bob Chesnutt
Auburn
Chesnutt
Alabama
Mr. Chesnutt
Foy Helms
API
Helms
U. S
Monroe Rooks
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
Rooks
Tennessee
Bee
McCarthy Echoes and H Bomb Debate Across Washington
The Washington Merry-Go-Round surveys McCarthy's pull in Michigan and the Army McCarthy hearings. It cites FBI reports to the Justice Department about Fort Monmouth and notes Eisenhower era secrecy on hydrogen bomb tests. It also covers Churchill Eden tensions and the split with Beadle Smith, plus Naval and Philippine defense moves.
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Washington
Stevens
Atty
Brownell
FBI
Es Justice Department
Signal Corps
Fort Monmouth
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Executive Department
Fort Monmouth J
Pearson
Justice Department
Senate
Roy Cohn
Ruth Young Watts
Capitol Hill
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Harvard
Columbia
MIT
Cal Tech
Chicago
U. S
Winston Churchill
United States
Geneva
Indochina
Anthony Eden
Beetle Smith
Bidault
John Bull
Eden
Churchill
Smith
New Zealand
France
Australia
Philippines
Munich
Sen
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Joe McCarthy
Louis Bean
Joe
Mamie O Rourke and Tammany Sailor in New York lore
New York anecdotes recall Mamie O Rourke wife of Dan O Rourke and her Tammany ties. Pegler notes Dan's Pearl and Park Row saloon with beggar clientele, Ludwig Consumo feats, Jeff Davis the hoboe king, and Irene O Rourke pride in her mother’s fame.
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New York
E. V. Darling
Mamie O’rourke
Pegler
Tammany
Mamie
Diamond Dan O'Rourke
Jim Jeffries
Jeff
Dan
Pearl and
Park Row
World Building
Brooklyn Bridge
Dan’s
O’rourke
al Smith
Tom Foley
Walter Davenport
Collier’s
New York Sun
Page One
Ludwig Consumo
Jeff Davis
King of the
Health Department
Royal Copeland
U.S
Irene O'Rourke
Mamie O'Rourke
City
Tammany Hall
Arouse Your Enthusiasm Says Arlie Davidson
Living Today urges high enthusiasm across life work and personal ties. It stresses using full powers, finding happiness in work, helping others, and gaining insight through keen observation.
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Grenville Kleiser
Perils of teaching stage mishap in small town play
In Storm Lake Iowa the lead actor in the class play fell ill and was replaced by School Superintendent Charles Waterbury of Nemaha. The roll called for him to appear on stage in the play Let Me Out of Here minus his trousers.
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Storm Lake
Charles Waterbury
Nemaha
Prenatal Care Emphasized For Safe Full Term Births
A full nine months are needed to prepare the infant for life outside the womb. Prenatal care helps monitor health and nutrition, detect disorders early, and improve chances of a normal birth. Mothers carrying multiples require extra caution and adherence to medical advice.
Tears Keep Soul Green Told By Broadway Widows Sage Georgiana Carhart
HAL BOYLE profiles Georgiana Carhart a 90 plus Broadway favorite famed for optimism and wit. The Baltimore born widow recalls a life of music TV fame on Life Begins at 80 and her habit of late night Lindy’s chats. She speaks of aging, independence, health, and a philosophy of living fully.
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Georgiana Carhart
Broadway
Franklin Roosevelt
Georgie
Baltimore
Abraham Lincoln
Farm Nominee Seriously Ill in Montgomery
J Haygood Paterson aged 69, Democratic nominee for state commissioner of agriculture and industries, lies seriously ill at his Montgomery home after a heart attack last Saturday. His son reports kidney ailment complicating his condition as a nurse is on duty. Paterson, who led the May 4 primary and faced a runoff, may be unable to campaign. He previously served twice as commissioner and was state director of civilian defense 1943 to 1947.
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Montgomery
J. Haygood Paterson
J. Haygood Paterson Jr
Paterson
Aphid Multiplication Produces 156 with 22 Zeros
A single season aphid multiplying with no deaths could produce progeny equal to the number 156 followed by 22 zeros, illustrating exponential growth potential in a closed system.
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Alsop Brothers
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Foley
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Charlie Murphy
Anawanda
Diamond Dan
Mike Salter
Irving Berlin
McGurk
Palm Garden
Suicide Hall
Living Today
Arlie B. Davidson
By Herman N. Bundesen, M.D
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Satares Byndicate, Inc
Hal Boyle
Lillian Russell
Maxine Elliott
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