Birthday of TOM CONNALLY Turns Spotlight on Texas Leader
Thomas Terry Connally born August 19 1877 on a McLennan County Texas cotton farm. Baylor graduate became a reporter in Waco then studied law, served in the legislature from 1900 two terms, was a prosecutor 1906 to 1910, elected to Congress 1917 voting for war, and rose to the Senate by 1928 as a foreign affairs leader.
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Thomas Terry) Connally
McLennan County
Texas
Baylor University
Waco
Congress
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Senate
Annual City-County Picnic Draws About 2000 Attendees
About 2 000 people attended the city county picnic at Veterans Memorial park hosted by the La Crosse County Chamber of Commerce fura l affairs committee. Guests enjoyed free beverages, food, games and prizes while speakers noted agricultural progress and crop variety. Winners included George Brewer in watermelon eating and Eugene Loeffler Harold Bentzen in egg throwing. traffic control was provided by multiple local agencies.
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Tribune
la Crosse City County
Veteran's Memorial Park
Howard J. Graumlich
William Roesler
South
Martin Roesler, Sr
Albert Justin
Wilfred Roesler
Wilfred Roesier
Margie
Mormon Coulee
Ronald Steven Solberg
Rockland
Otto Solberg
Clarence Betz
la Crosse
Edwin Freehoff
R. J
Coon Valley
Freehoff
la Crosse County
H. J. Gramlich
Chicago
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Arthur Tabbert
North Western
Larry Davis
Gramilich
Gramlich
Wisconsin
George Brewer
Eugene Loeffler
Harold Bentzen
al Kules
Gary Larkin
Wayne Vehrenkamp
Jack Terpstra
Donna Swartz
A Smith
Gloria R
Twilight on the Floods lifts Bristol saga to new novel
Notes from your public library note rising fiction interest as readers anticipate Marguerite Steen’s Twilight on the Floods, a sequel to The Sun Is My Undoing, continuing the Flood family saga against Bristol and Gold Coast settings around the turn of the century.
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Mercury
Marguerite Steen
Miss Steen
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Bristol
England
Gold
Africa
Lanny Budd
New Books and Authors in Current Reading Roundup
Upton Sinclair’s O Shepherd Speak! features Lanny inheriting a million dollars to fund antiwar efforts. The piece notes World’s End series facts and includes a series index. It also highlights Ben Ames Williams’s Fraternity Village and stories by Dabney authors James Street and James Childers in Tomorrow We Reap set in 1890s Lebanon Valley Mississippi. Other noted works include Frank Yerby Pride’s Castle Rosemary Taylor Come Clean My Love and Taylor Caldwell Let Love Come Last.
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Lanny
Ben Ames Williams
Fraternity Village
Fraternity
Maine
Dabneyvs
James Street
James Childers
Lebanon
Mississippi
Dabney
Childers
Street
Frank Yerby
Pride's Castle
Rosemary Taylor
Taylor Caldwell
Soap With Purifying Ingredient Delivers Full Body Protection
A skin cleanser containing a purifying ingredient offers comprehensive protection for the entire body. The product emphasizes cleansing action and long lasting protection for daily use.
Police Arrest Yugoslav Embassy Workers in Bucharest Fight
Police in Bucharest detained two Yugoslav embassy employees on August 17 after a sharp clash, according to preg and Scanteia reports. The incident reflects tense diplomatic activity involving Yugoslavia in Romania during the period.
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Romania
Preg
Scanteia
Allies Stage Combined Air and Surface Maneuvers Off Honshu
British and U S forces conduct joint air and surface maneuvers off southern Honshu near Japan as Gen MacArthur's HQ reports on Friday.
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Honshu
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
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