Flyingest Governor Beauford Jester of Texas
The Texas governor Beauford H. Jester embraces air travel to inspect events firsthand. He has flown extensively since taking office, planning trips and responding to disasters by air, citing aviation as essential to governing a large state. His World War II service as a liaison officer informs his confidence in flying.
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Dadacts
Tasened Ausiin
Tex
Vexas
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Lone Star State
Texas
Salt Lake City
Capitol
Panhandle
Texas City
90Th Infantry
90Th Air Squadron
Biercourt-Verdun
Boys vs Girls Victim Ratios in Road Accidents and Drowning
A historical statistic notes that twice as many boys as girls are victims in road accidents and eight times as many boys as girls drown. The contrast highlights gender disparities in peril among youth.
Misnamed thermometer measures temperature not heat
Clarifies that the term thermometer derives from Greek thermos and metron but the device measures temperature, not heat.
Rankin Enters Race In Mississippi For Bilbo Senate Seat
Rep. John E. Rankin of Mississippi announces candidacy for the U S Senate to succeed Theodore Bilbo who died of cancer and complications. Rankin vows to fight what he calls vicious influences endangering the South and the nation. Other candidates John Stennis and Tom Ellis had already entered the race. Rankin, 65, long allied with Bilbo and a veteran House member since 1920, supported white supremacy and helped pass the Tennessee Valley Authority bill with Sen. Norris.
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Bilbo
Senate
Allef
Rankin
House of Representatives
Rankins
John Stennis
Supreme Court
Tom Q. Ellis
Old Fair Employment Practices Committee
George W. Norris
Tennessee Valley Authority
Rankin and Wild Flowers in England Threatened
Rankin pushed a slogan to expand farm power and TVA competition with private firms, and authored a bill to raise base pay for armed forces from 21 to 50 dollars monthly. Separately, a list of wildflowers including forget me not and bluebell faces extinction in England’s home counties.
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Rankin
America
TVA
England
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Ideal Jewelry Company
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Fall Brides
Ideal Jewelry Co
Jewelry Company
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Foster St
Sanitary Dairy
Buster Brown
Smilin
Ed McConnell
Dothan, Ata
Bainbridge
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