Eisenhower Campaign Advances Women Vote Drive
Denver reports outline a broad plan to win over women voters for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower led by Mrs Rey F Priest of Utah head of the GOP Women Division. Delegates join her for conferences as strategists emphasize women's role in the nomination drive.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Rey F. Priest
Utah
Eisenhower
Priest
New York City
Commodore
Washington
Officer Solves Gender Problem in Long Beach
Forty-year-old Arthur Tom Finnegan was booked for drunkenness Monday after a puzzled patrolman asked, Are you a man or a woman. Finnegan replied A woman and was remanded to the jail. The suspect wore short hair, boots, socks, garters, a T shirt, and men’s trousers with papers bearing the name Arthur Tom Finnegan.
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Long Beach
Calif
Arthur Tom Finnegan
Clerge Moncay
Howard J. Baxter
Finnegan
Baxter
West Virginia GOP closes ranks behind Eisenhower
Walter S. Hallanan, a pro-Taft figure at the Republican National Convention, said WV Republicans have united to back Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower. He led a rally of about 600 GOP members in Charleston praising the party’s unity and adherence to majority will.
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Charleston
W. Va
Walter S. Hallanan
West Virginia
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hallanan
Eisenhower Meets Western Leaders on Agricultural Issues
Wyoming Governor Barrett, speaking for 64 Western agricultural leaders, said Eisenhower listened to their concerns but asked for no commitments. Barrett reported Eisenhower would consider their viewpoint and solve problems based on what is best for the United States. Duff referenced Stevenson’s remarks in a Portland Oregon Journal letter. Doherty said Eisenhower supported the GOP pledge for a more efficient mail delivery service.
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Stevenson
Washington
Portland
Oregon Journal
Wyoming
Frank L. Barrett
Eisenhower
Barrett
United States
William C. Doherty
National Association of Letters Carriers
AFL
Run Off Vote Bids Roil Across Texas This Week
The Associated Press reports a light turnout as Texans prepare for a Saturday run-off in four congressional races and a statewide contest between Frank P. Culver and Spurgeon Bell for the Democratic nomination to the State Supreme Court.
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Frank P. Culver
Fort Worth
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Culver
Bell
State Supreme Court
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Corpus
Christi
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Jack B. Brooks
Tonnhill
Howard Smith
D- Va
Gladewater
U. S. Senate
Vost
Gentry
Beckworth
Seventh
Dist
John Dowiyv
Athens
Jim Norton
Tom Picickett
Palestine
House
Rare 1907 Indian head penny bought at ANA meeting
William Meries of Chicago handed four $10 bills and received a penny in change. The penny paid $40 to Abe Kasoff of Beverly Hills for a rare 1907 Indian head coin at the American Numismatic Association annual meeting in New York.
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New York
William Meries
Chicago
Abe Kasoff
Beverly Hills
Calif
American Numismatic Association
All Willing Residents Blood Typed For Civil Defense
All 34 residents of Mount Washington Massachusetts turned out on the same day to give blood samples as part of the civil defense program.
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Mount Washington
Mass
Triplet Daughters Celebrate Birthday Schedule in Lebanon
In Lebanon New Hampshire two of Mrs Jane Marriman triplet daughters will share a birthday celebration while the third follows two days later. The final girl arrived 48 hours after the others marking a staggered birth sequence.
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Lebanon
N. H
Jane Marriman
Colonel Swears In as Private Named Colonel
The Marine Corps added a new private after swearing in a young man named Post. His first name is Colonel, making a rare and notable naming coincidence within the service.
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Detroit
Marine Corps
Post
19 288 000 veterans living June 30 1917
The Veterans Administration reported 19 288 000 veterans of all wars living as of June 30 1917 a net increase of 31 000 over the prior month indicating steady growth in the veteran population during August 1917.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Defense Dept reports 44.9 billion in military purchases
The Defense Department announced that the Armed Forces ordered 44.9 billion dollars worth of equipment supplies and construction during the fiscal year ending June 30. The report covers purchases by the Army Navy Air Force and other defense agencies.
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Washington
Armed Forces
Defense Department
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