Gridiron Club Roasts Notables of Both Parties at Fete
Washington May 13 The Gridiron Club staged a satirical dinner lampooning leaders from both major parties. Prominent guests included cabinet members Supreme Court justices and union leaders. Senators Byrd Morse and others provided ironic remarks while political targets were portrayed in sketches and songs.
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New York
James A. Farley
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Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
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Sen. Byrd
Virginia
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Morse
Oregon
State to Note Charter Date at Opening Day Fair
Sacramento notes the 100th anniversary of California’s state charter will be re enacted at the State Fair opening Aug 31. Hallie Hensley a 15 year old Marfa Texas descendant of charter bringer will take part. A 15 foot plaster birthday cake with 100 candles stands before the Agriculture building. On Sept 9 Admission Day a 500 pound edible birthday cake will be cut and shared with fairgoers.
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Washington
D. C
Hallie Hensley
Marfa
Texas
Shaw N eeds Oxford Students
George Bernard Shaw says the best thing about college is that it gives students manners equal to sailors. He answers Oxford worth it by Cherwell’s question noting collegiate life trains manners, while incidental scholarship counts for little for professional jobs.
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George Bernard Shaw
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Shawa
Retired Railroader Stranded By California Trip Strike
Wright I. Smeal, 85, of Altoona, Pa., traveling home from California, found his Pennsylvania Railroad lifetime pass useless as PRR trains east from Chicago were halted by a firemen strike. Traveler's Aid arranged with Baltimore & Ohio to honor his pass to Altona.
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Wright I. Smeal
Al‘toona
California
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. R
Smeal
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Altona
Red Cross fails to repatriate Greek children says league
Geneva report states the 17 month effort to repatriate Greek children from Communist eastern Europe has failed. A unanimous resolution cites obstacles beyond Red Cross control and lists efforts since January 1949 to return the children home. Fresno county crops worth 23.7 million dollars cited as nation’s richest farm production in 194?
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League
Red Cross
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John W. Dixon
Fresno County
Boar of Supervisors
Dixon
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