Truman Purge and the Fight Over House Rules
The piece argues the rules committee's power hindered Truman's agenda after his 1948 primary defeat of Slaughter. It notes the two party system strain, cites Michener on committee function, and reflects on postwar aviation advances, rocket artillery, and a shift to pilotless drones and wider military reforms.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Truman - Hater
Slaughter
Missouri
Roosevelt
Congress
Truman
Representative Michener
Michigan
House
Michener
Representative Slaughter
America
Ong
Barbs and thoughts on engineering, politics, and trade
The piece by Bankhage Roy G. Ownes discusses incentives, human behavior, and ethics with a parable about a mouse. It edges into comments on voting rights, suggesting varied jurisdictions like White Russia, Ukraine, California, Maine, and DC deserve representation. It hints at military post exchange vehicle sales.
Anniversary of Sound Movies Recalls Early Panic of Stars
The 1927 release of The Jazz Singer marked the rise of talking pictures and the panic among stars over voice recording. Early talkies like In Old Arizona boosted Westerns, while actors such as Conrad Nagel and Greta Garbo navigated the new sound era. General Electric’s Kinemagraphone innovation helped popularize synchronized sound in cinema.
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America
May McAvoy
al Jolson
John Barrymore
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
MGM
Hollywood
Fox
Schenectady
N. Y
Charles A. Hoxie
General Electric
Europe
Farmers Pack Guns to Curb Rustlers in Wisconsin
In Madison Wisconsin Wood county farmers formed a 50 member vigilante group to hunt rustlers after an SOS call. They scoured woods near Rock and Marshfield area chasing two men who fled in a car, but the rustlers vanished leaving deputies and officers to aid the effort.
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Madison
Wis
Wood County
Bernard Kroening
Rock
Kroening
Wisconsin Rapids
Town Opens Secession Move in Utah Nevada Border Region
In Wendover Utah Nevada residents in a 2500 population town push to secede from Utah and join Nevada to escape strict Utah laws. Organizers cite slot machines and alcohol rules as motives with petitions to state legislatures and finally Congress for boundary change.
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Wendover
Utah-Nevada
Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
Nevada
Lester Giffen
Congress
Bounda
Westover
Texas High School Boy Presents Own Radio Program
Dale Berry a 17 year old Mesquite High School senior lands a sustaining program on WRR with his cowboy band Berry securing sponsorship. He formerly played with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers and appeared on the Grand Ole Opry. Band members include Robert Jenkins Cleo Landolt Benny Willbanks and Matt McGlothern.
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Mesquite
Texas
Dale Berry
WRR
Berry
Bill Boyd
Cowboy Ramblers
Grand Ole Opry
Nashville
Robert Jenkins
Cleo Landolt
Benny Willbanks
Matt McGlothern
Mansion built to appease ghosts draws buyers in San Jose
In San Jose a vast mansion built by Mrs. Sarah Winchester 37 years before her death to pacify ghosts draws many house hunters amid a housing shortage. The "crazy quilt" house features hundreds of windows blocking solid walls and doors opening outside with no stairs, plus 40 stairways inside. Interior secret passages trap doors and panels gave each addition a ghostly purpose while servants prepared lavish banquets nightly for Mrs. Winchester and her guests. After her husband’s death the owner continued adding monstrosities as curious buyers eye the property.
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San Jose
Calif
Sarah Winchester
Winchester
Virgin Islands divorce decree tops sensational notes
Editor notes guest column by Jack Lait on a swift federal divorce decree in St Thomas Virgin Islands. Promises quicker publication, limited delays, and unique federal character. Vivid travel vignettes contrast tropical paradise with casino era gossip and Broadway circles.
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Moore
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
New York
Reno
Miami
U. S
Capri
South Sea Islands
Cancer Bay
St. John
U. S. Virgin Group
Faye Emerson Returns to Cape Cod Stage in Here Today
Faye Emerson returns August 12 in Here Today at Cape Cod mass a revived Ruth Gordon star vehicle. Joan Crawford's Possessed with Van Heflin in development based on Rita Weiman novelette One Man's Secret. TWA around the world route eyed by Hughes via Northwest and a Constellations approval.
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Faye
Roosevelt) Emerson
Cape Cod
Mass
Ruth Gordon Starrer
Joan Crawford
van Heflin
Rita Weiman
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
TWA
Northwest Air Line
Howard Hughes
Northwest
N. Y
Shanghai
Europe
Alaska
Seattle
Hughes
Pacific
Nightlife in Saratoga and the Spa’s Gold Rush
Saratoga dives deep into New York nightlife as moneyed visitors flood the Spa. Prices rose sharply during a brief season and the OPA’s reach seemed limited. Locals adjusted, but a five dollar bill struggled to secure bets or meals amid the influx.
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Saratoga
New York
Spa
OPA
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Rainbow Room
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Ziegfeld
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