Taft Backers Hope to Swing Pennsylvania Delegation
Taft followers in Washington claim Governor James Duff may shift Pennsylvania's 73 convention votes to Taft if the Vandenberg bid collapses. Duff backs a strong graft of Dewey opposed, while Pennsylvania’s split delegation contends for a potential second-ballot realignment.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Taft
Duff
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Congress
Truman
Los Angeles
Labor Department
Capitol Hill
Haileck
Ind
Republican Congress
California
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
New Castle
N. H
Edward Martin
Mason Owlett
Joseph Grundy
Dewey
Joseph Martin
Mass
Martin
Philadelphia
Joseph N. Pew
Oil
Pew
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Illinois
Dwight Green
Green
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Massachusetts
Leverett Saltonstall
Trade Act Extension Vote Splits Senate Along Party Lines
The Senate backed a three year extension bill to preserve trade agreements, with Republicans voting down longer extensions on party lines. Senators Vandenberg and Millikin clashed with the State Department over access to records while supporting the measure, and Ives added a four month reporting deadline. McGrath defended the bill as a way to keep the program alive despite uncertainty.
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Truman
Cooper
Kentucky
Vandenberg
R-Mich
State Department
Marshall
Lucas
D-Ill
Senate
Millikin
R-Colo
Federal Tariff Commission
Ives
R-N. Y
Tariff Commission
Commission
Department
McGrath
R. 1
National Democratic Committee
Barkley
Congress committee to decide housing bill action
President Truman questioned Allen's committee ability to clear the housing bill as Congress mulls action. Walcott's substitute includes Taft Ellender Wagner provisions for public housing slum clearance and farm home aid. Halleck notes decades of voting against social housing while Congress overrode his veto on a Social Security expansion boosting benefits for the blind and dependent children.
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Rules Committee
Allen
Halleck
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Senate Moves To Expand Social Security Coverage
The senate passed by 237 to 2 a bill extending social security to about 3.5 million more workers including state and local government employees and non profits. President Truman urged broader coverage to 20.0 million more people and higher benefits. House approved 18 month farm price supports and a $300 million federal education aid bill. health program and water reforms face doubt. About 3 million reside on the South Sea Isles of the Pacific.
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Senate
House
Labor Department
Hamburgers and the American palate in wartime critique
A saloon style monologue condemns poor dining standards across the United States, blaming establishments for serving cold, scraps and subpar condiments. The speaker rails at junky cuts, rancid drinks, and the lack of proper hamburger preparation, insisting on rare beef and clean, quality meals. Red cells bring oxygen to the tissues of the human body.
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Big Boy
United States
Texas
Maine
Tom Collins
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Dentists Urged to Detect Oral Cancer Early
Dr Drez explains mouth cancers and radium use, stressing dentists as first line in detection. Dr May urges routine screening and patient reassurance. Dr Fisher notes cancer cells grow unchecked. Dr Cook links aging population to rising cases and need for vigilant exams by 1980.
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Drez
Dr. May
Dr. Fisher
Fisher
Cook
Grass fire reported on Vernon Street near 8 20 am
Firemen from engine companies 2 and 4 responded to a grass fire in the 100 block of Vernon Street shortly after 8 20 am Tuesday. The blaze was reported under control on arrival and out soon after.
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Vernon Street
SSS Tonic Health Booster Offers Vitality for All Ages
Advertising copy touts SSS Tonic as a remedy for weakness from low blood count. It claims to build up non organic anemia, boost appetite and digestion, improve energy, sleep, and skin color, with millions of bottles sold and availability at drug stores.
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Nature
Roosevelt
Georgia
Lourdes
France
Greece
Hercules
Walgreen Drug Store
SSS Tonic
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Concord
N. C
J. M. Smith
Council On Dental Health
The
Louisiana State Dental Society
Monroe
South Sea Isles
Pacific
Richland Broadfelt
Richland Brooe
Bedking & Furniture CO
Washington and
Ninth Streets
All Drug Stores
Monros
Walgreen's
Sandman's Pharmacy
Detroit
JEWEL
Moses
Ninth Sts
DIXIE
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