Slaughter Blames Hannegan as Dems Hit Back in Fight
U P reports Rep Roger Slaughter defeated in Missouri Democratic primary brands Democratic National Committee Chair Robert E Hannegan as a major obstacle to party victory in November. Slaughter warns the South backbone of the party while Hannegan vows to hold the line against reaction and attacks Republicans over wartime policies. Slaughter declines to contest the Missouri result, citing possible irregularities without filing.
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Washington
U.P
Roger C. Slaughter
Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Slaughter
Democratic Party
House
Senate
Hannegan
South
Enos Axtell
Truman
Pendergast
America
888 Tonics Claim to Boost Red Blood Cell Health
An advertisement promotes 888 Tonics claiming to raise red blood cell strength and energy. It argues low hemoglobin causes fatigue and poor appetite, then claims the tonic repairs nutrition, supports digestion, and improves vitality, stamina, skin color, and athletic performance with widespread bottle sales.
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Csila
Mexican Bear To Be Named By Governor Stevenson
Governor Coke R. Stevenson will name a Mexican bear sent from Rosita Coahuila after returning from his Kimble county ranch. The small black bear is cared for at the governor’s mansion while discussions consider Rosita or Pedro as its name.
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Austin
U.P
Coke R. Stevenson
Kimble County
Stevenson
Mexico
Jose Ibarra Gonzales
Rosita
Coahuila
Ernest Boyette
Pedro
Braniff Plans to Sell Unused Seats on Planes
Braniff International Airways will start a two phase plan from August 25 to improve seat utilization. Chas E Beard vice president said the first phase allows resale of unused reserved space when tickets are not picked up or paid for in time. A no show penalty may follow with Oct 15 target pending CAB approval.
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Braniff International Airways
Chas. E. Beard
Dallas
Civil Aeronautics Board
Beard
Braniff
Air Transport Association
Tech Adds Five To Fall Faculty
Five new Tech faculty members join the Texas Technological College staff for the coming fall semester. Paul Penn Elliott, a Polk County Ark. native with atomic bomb work in Oak Ridge, is hired as physics lecturer. Others include Miss Lola Drew, Miss Elvie Ford, Sam Leifeste, and Miss Martha Groves in home economics, general business, and biology. Elliott holds degrees from Culver-Stockton, Iowa State, and Washington University with extensive high vacuum and spectrometer work. Drew hails from Livingston, earned a 1928 Texas State College for Women diploma and a 1941 Columbia master's, while Ford is tied to Alpha Chi tech and teaching roles in home economics relations. Leifeste joins from Lubbock as assistant professor of general business, and Groves becomes associate professor of home economics.
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Texas Technological College
W. M. Whyburn
Paul Penn Elliott
Polk County
Ark
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation
Oak Ridge
Iowa State College
Washington University
St. Louis
Elliott
Miss Drew
Livingston
Texas State College For Women
Columbia University
Taugh
Mesquite
Paducah
Woodville
Cameron
Corpus Christi
Georgia
Ford
Dale Foreman
Alpha Chiat Tech
First Christian Church
Lubbock High
Leiceste
Southwestern University
University of Texas
Unrelated Parsons Boys Share Life as Soldiers Together
In San Antonio two Parsons soldiers Virgil E. Parsons and Dewey E. Parsons, not related, have served in the same army units since 1939. They met at Fort McPherson and, after Pearl Harbor, remained on the same orders, reuniting after brief separations and even sharing a five room house while both pursued marriages.
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San Antonio
U.P
Parsons
Virgil E. Parsons
Dewey E. Parsons
Fort McPhersons
Hawaiian
United States
Pearl Harbor
Virgil
Honolulu
Dewey
South Pacific
Randolph Field
Poisoning Admission Is Made By Negro
Springfield attorney reports a murder plot after Wilbur Lee's death, with Isaac Atkins of Gary Indiana accused of poisoning wine to kill Lee and cash two life insurance policies worth $2,000. Atkins charged with murder as relatives identify the body in a bean patch.
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Springfield
Wilbur Lee
John W. Curren
Isaac Atkins
Gary
Ind
Lee
Negro
St. Louis
Atkins
Lee Atkins
Curren
Ex Artilley Veteran Sees Paris Peace Conference
Ex artilleryman from Elkins Park Pa visits the Luxembourg Palace to observe the peace conference. He grows puzzled and angry, saying if it were up to him he would tell them all to go to hell. He notes the long debate on Romania and France membership.
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Paris
Luxembourg
Jack Loeb
U. S. Third Army
France
Elkins Park
Loeb
Romania
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Slayer Of Friend And Wife May Be Reunited
CHICAGO August 17 Donald Murray 41 and his wife Doris 39 separated since Murray shot and killed his best friend in a Loop hotel room may reunite soon Murray was acquitted last week of murder in the death of Maj John Fletcher 46 Canadian army officer and friend since boyhood Murray told a reporter I think we will be reconciled His wife said Let the public think what it wishes We will decide our own futures
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Chicago
Donald Murray
Doris
Murray
Maj
John Fletcher
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