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Vote Splitting Gains Favor Across 1948 Ballots
The piece notes widespread vote splitting in 1948 with voters favoring candidates from different parties for president and Congress. It cites state examples in Massachusetts Illinois Oregon and South Dakota and remarks on gubernatorial splits in multiple states. It also discusses limited coattail effects for Eisenhower and other races.
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Massachusetts
Truman
Delaware
Dewey
Colorado
Edwin C. Johnson
Senate
Iowa
Gillette
Illinois
Paul Douglas
Dirksen
Oregon
Senator Cordon
South Dakota
Mundt
South
Connecticut
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Utah
Washington
Wisconsin
North Dakota
Ohio
Roosevelt
Leverett Saltonstall
Harvard College
James Michael Curley
Paul A. Dever
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Smith
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Ives
Stevenson
Lausche
Missouri
W. Stuart Symington
Korean G I Bill Of Rights Unemployment Benefits Enacted
Special unemployment compensation for Korean War veterans becomes available under the Korean G I Bill of Rights signed by President Truman. Eligibility requires at least 90 days service after June 27 1950, unless discharged due to disability. Weekly benefit 26 dollars for up to 26 weeks, with federal total not exceeding 676 dollars. Federal pay supplements state jobless benefits and starts after 30 to 90 days depending on mustering-out pay. State acts as federal agent. appeals go to the U S Secretary of Labor and then courts.
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Truman
U. S
Astrology Forecast for Tomorrow Promises Sudden Luck
The reading predicts a surprising turn of events bringing fortune and dramatic achievements guided by Jupiter. Birthdays spark exalts moods, with rewards, promotion, and honors likely, but caution urged to avoid overexcitement and risky behavior.
You Have Fun Hal Boyle You Have Fun Hal Boyle
Sauntering tribute from Saul Pett to Hal Boyle on his vacation. The note playfully laments stalled humor ideas and the newsroom’s dullness after Boyle’s departure. It jests about kids, spouses, and failed interview schemes while wishing Boyle a pleasant trip.
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Saul Pett
Hal Boyle
New York
Hal
Spain
Capri
Stevenson a Soft on Communism Claims Spark in Detroit Speech
In a Detroit address last week, Governor Stevenson faces questions about intellectuals edging toward his Democratic ticket. The piece links Stevenson’s rhetoric to Pressman testimony and recalls CIO ties while noting a nationwide swing toward Eisenhower as voters react to the anti Communism stance in this closing campaign phase.
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Detroit
Illinois
Washington
Stevenson
Eisenhower
America
McCarthy
Hitler
Lee Pressman
CIO
House Un-American Activities Committee
Germany
Communist Group
Wisconsin
Commie
Ancestral Portraits Buy for Rich Sausage Maker’s Home
A wealthy sausage manufacturer and his wife hire an antique dealer to obtain authentic looking portraits to claim aristocratic lineage. The dealer buys two old portraits for 1 dollar and resells for 2000, enabling social pretensions in their New England home. The dealer now seeks additional ancestors for the couple’s salon and warns against Darwinian doubts.
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Chicago
New York
United Nations
New England
S.M
Charles Darwin
Mud huts and politics in Truman era critiques
George Dixon comments on a State Department mud hut program for Egypt under Point Four, noting irony in teaching mud use after baths. He mocks TCA experts and Pharoahs, then shifts to a New Orleans reader letter about a Republican vote, and to reporters following Governor Stevenson during air travel.
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Washington
State Department
Egypt
Truman
Technical Cooperation Administration
TCA
Earth
Sphinx
Farouk
New Orleans
Frank J. Lemieux
Forester
Whitney
Old City
Eisenhower
Governor Stevenson
Stevenson
Michigan youth arrested for speeding
A typical American boy from Michigan was arrested for speeding, while a Treasury Department note claims the average dollar bill lasts nine months, prompting skepticism about public explanations.
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Michigan
Treasury Department
Dem Committee Adds New Phone Line for Press Calls
A messenger reports the Democratic National Committee now has Sterling 5260 as an extra contact answer to avoid busy signals, alongside the usual District 1717. The speaker jokes about avoiding India Edwards.
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Democratic National Committee
India Edwards
Relocation of Middletown depot eyed to ease crossings
A Middletown column urges moving the Big Four depot or overpasses to keep three main crossings open for east west traffic. The writer notes express freight delays worsen congestion and suggests rail employees pull trains aside during unloading. A Spring Mill Inn anecdote follows about a woman using a men’s room and a bellboy remark.
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Nothng
Middletown
Francis Carmody
Spring Mill Inn
Fisherwoman turns Philippine weavers into export business
Mrs. Lucille Foster from California organized Igorot women into Lepanto Fabrics Inc exporting tapis and g strings redesigns to the United States. With $10,000 of her funds she modernized looms, trained apprentices, and helped spur a cottage industry revival aided by Mutual Security Agency funding and a broader national plan.
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Washington
Lucille Foster
California
Philippines
United States
Foster
Magellan
Lepanto Fabrics, Inc
Islands
Mutual Security Agency
Japan
MSA
Stolen Microscope Recovered as Police Receive Item
Josephine Back turned in a $90 miscroscope found in Union Gas and Electric Company storage field. A stolen William Morgan automobile was recovered on West Central Ave. Boy Scout officials welcomed R. H Beck as new scout executive with remarks from several leaders. Tommy Davis marked his sixth birthday with a party joined by relatives. Prize winners included Helen Kristian and Junior Wagner among others.
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Josephine Back
Pole
Union Gas and Electric Company
William Morgan
West Central Ave
Tommy Davis
Robert McKinley
Helen Kristian
Junior Wagner
Billy Erb
Junior Snethen
YMCA Hosts Open House With New Secretary
Middleton residents toured the YMCA as H. H. Horne, new general secretary, was welcomed. The annual open house made all Y activities available for visitors to enjoy.
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H. H. Horne
YMCA
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Eat International Geographicalnion
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D. M. Strickland
Charles R. Hook
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