Could House pick next US president in 1949 race
A 1948 analysis explains how a House election could decide the presidency if no candidate wins a majority of electoral votes. It notes the 1825 and 1880 precedents, the Thurmond Wright bid, Wallace Taylor ticket, and potential South votes under the Twelfth Amendment.
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Washington
House of Natives
United States
Dixiecrats
J. Strom Thur
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
House
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Glen Taylor
Idaho
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Adams
Jackson
Henry Clay
Kentucky
Crawford
Georgia
Truman
Dewey
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Thurmond
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Thurmond-Wright
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis
LaFollette
Bur
Philadelphia
South
Thurmond- Wright
Alben Barkley
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
South Dakota
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Ex-Marine Woman Builds Enameling Studio in Winchester
Kay Whitcomb of Winchester Massachusetts after leaving the Marine Corps becomes an enameler opening her own studio. She studied jewelry design at RISD before the war and pursued enamel work after a GI loan funded the business. She lived frugally while getting her furnace and supplies in place.
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Boston
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Kay Whitcomb
Winchester
Mass
The
Marine
Miss Whitcomb
Rhode Island School of Design
G. I
Bananas Push Mexico Harvest Toward Record Revenue
Mexico's banana harvest is projected to top $20 million this year after near bankruptcy. Officials forecast growth to about $45 million in 1950 and over $100 million by 1954 as industry focuses on efficiency and economy, Air Secretary W. Stuart Symington notes the Air Force aims to maximize tax dollar value.
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Mexico City
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Tobacco
W. Stuart Symington
Ghost Laying Is Profession In England
London three ex servicemen turn superstition into cash with ghost laying. Reginald Morris Kenneth Zimmerman and Bertram Green say no human fear is needed and they will prove it by living in haunted houses and offering practical measures to drive away spirits. They claim a London homeowner now enjoys his property after their intervention. They would invite a ghost to join a card game and, if there is no reply, throw a brick.
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London
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Reginald Morris
Kenneth Zimmerman
Royal Air Force
Bertram Green
Army
Merchant Navy
Morris
Zimmerman
Green
Husky
Gun perforating boosts U S oil output to record rate
Los Angeles reports crude oil production at a record 5 448 000 barrels daily aided by gun perforating a Lane Wells electric device that shoots 38 caliber balls through steel casings to free flow oil. The Lehigh football squad lists four fathers on the roster Jimmy Case Bob Numbers Stan Szymakowski and Cliff Freund.
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Los Angeles
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United States
Lane-Wells Company of
Lehigh
Jimmy Case
Bob Numbers
Stan Szymakowski
Cliff Freund
Landslide Ignites Huge Oil Shale Fire on Santa Cruz Island
Geologists warn the island blaze may burn for a century as a landslide friction sparked a fire igniting vast oil shale on Santa Barbara County’s Santa Cruz Island. Fire crews monitor the slow burn while preventing spread.
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Santa Barbara
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Santa Cruz Island
Bertha Adams Seeks Change to Gentle Dove Name
In Los Angeles Bertha B Adams 46 petitions Superior Court to rename herself Gentle Dove claiming the moniker fits her nature. The filing cites her desire for a new legal identity.
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Los Angeles
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Shakespeare
Bertha B. Adams
Superior Court
Gentle Dove
Woman's Oldest Problem Solved by 2-Way Help
A catalog style advertisement claims Carput relieves functional monthly pain when started before the period or acts as a monthly tonic to improve appetite digestion and resistance. It asserts cancer is scientifically prepared and tested and urges readers to get Carnur today.
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Carput
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