Truman Purge Aimed at Restoring Party Machinery
In Washington a discussion of the Roosevelts era rules committee depicts how Slaughter’s defeat shifted power, highlighting how party lines collapsed and the two party system strained. The piece also surveys aviation progress, rocket development, and wartime artillery shifts amid a broader commentary on military tech and morale.
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WNU
Fve Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
Washington, D. C
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
Truman
Mis
Miles Centree
Moat Jaysien
Slaughter
Roosevelt
Congress
Michener
Michigan
House
Representative Slaughter
Mitheser
Barbs and Buzzwords From a Nearly Cryptic Column
Barbs by Bankhaze Roy G Ownes presents a mumbled essay on self satisfaction and urges a fable like view of human progress. It touches on Russia Ukraine US politics and a scattered note about California and DC. The piece hints at auctions and cars but remains fragmentary and opaque.
Anniversary remembers early panic of sound cinema
The piece recalls the 20 year arc from silent films to talkies. Stars feared voices would fail recording, while producers were skeptical. Debuts like The Jazz Singer sparked a transition. legends such as Barrymore, Nagel, Crawford, Garbo and Chaplin shaped early sound cinema amid technical trials and GE’s Kinemagraphone.
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America
Jaze Singer
May MrAvoy
al Joleon
Biar
Barrymore
Conrad Nagel
Nagel
MGM
Land
Joan Crawford
Greta Garbo
Wallace Beery
Paramount
Hiere
Zazu Pitts
Charlie Chaplin
Farmers Pack Guns to Curb Rustlers in Wisconsin
Madison Wisconsin dispatch reports Woods county farmers formed an old vigilante ring to chase cattle rustlers after a rural party line SOS. About 50 men armed with rifles scouted the woods around Bernard Kroening’s farm chasing two suspects who slipped into the cover. A chase by car and on foot failed to locate the rustlers as fog hindered the search with local officers aiding. Earlier rustling near Wisconsin Rapids involved gunfire on an unsuspecting farmer.
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Madison
Wis
Woods County
Bernard Kroening
Rock
Kroening
Kreening
Wisconsin Rapids
Town of Wendover Seeks Utah Nevada Union Split
About 2,000 residents in Utah part of Wendover seek secession to join Nevada. Spokesman cites strict Utah laws and desire for looser rules as motive. Petitions will go to Utah and Nevada legislatures, then to Congress for approval to redraw state line.
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Wendover
Uwpah
Nevada
Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
Ctah
Union
Lester Giffen
Nein
Gifen
Congress
Westover
Mesquite Teen Hosts Own Radio Cowboy Program
Dale Berry a 17 year old Mesquite High School senior hosts a sustaining program on WRR with his cowboy band. He secured a sponsor and previously performed with Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers and on a Grand Ole Opry program. Band members include Robert Jenkins Cleo Landolt Benny Willbanks and Matt McGlothern. Berry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Berry.
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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
R.S. Berry
Mansion built to appease ghosts draws house-hunters
In San Jose California a mansion famed for appeasing spirits attracts curious buyers. The Winchester house features hundreds of windows many doors that lead outside and secret passages. After her husband’s death Sarah Winchester funded endless additions to pacify the ghosts of gun victims, hosting lavish banquets for visitors for decades.
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San Jose
Calif
Cavewius
Hoisine “Almage
Ordestryoy
Sarah Winehecer
Gili
Penson Sulut Willis
Unshackled in a Cardes cane American of de ent
In a jumble of postwar chatter the piece mentions a Virgin Islands visit, a divorce decree, and legal debates over federal actions. It notes delays in publication, varied travel notes, and references to New York, Reno, and Minneapolitan locales, plus a dramatic money kitty of $50,000.
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Mel Thomas
New York
Reno
Virgin Islands
New World
South Sea Islands
Loval and Natt
Ures
Cancel Bey
O & John
U. S
Faye Emers Returns to Cape Cat Mass Stage
Faye Mrs Roosevelt Emers comes back to the stage at Cape Cat Massachusetts on August 12 in Here Today a revived Ruth Gordon vehicle of 1934. It is official that Jom Crawford will star in Possessed with Van Heflin, based on a Cosmopolitan magazine novelette One Man's Secret by Ka Weiman.
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Faye
Roosevelt
Emers
Cape Cat Mass
Ruth Gordon Laver
Jom Crawford
van Heflin
Ka Weiman
Around the World Route Drama Ties Hughes to TWA Victory
Civil Aeronautics Bureau may know this: Hughes gains control leverage as Northwest Airline ties government approval to Pacific flight. The arc world route looms with Constellation, boosting TWA stock and Hughes holdings by large daily increments. Other items span Dempsey and Amma’s Hollywood offer, Lustig’s Longchamps expansion, and Saratoga nightlife promises.
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Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Northwest AirLins
Howard Hughes
TWA
Notte West
Shanghai
Europe
Nottwest
Alaska
Seattle
Hughes
Northwest
Hughts
Playwright Donne Directs Trial Direc Highlighted by Witt Yearn
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a trial direction involving Donne and director Witt, with a yearn gaze motif and a pivotal moment marked as a second act after Mr. intervention.
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By Baukhage
Army
Mr. Jones
YMCA
Red Cross
Chateau Thierry
Argonne
Montgomery
Monty
Mr. Jines
UY Congress
Bankhaze
Roy G. Ownes
Russia
Ukraine
California
Mun
District of Columbia
Amy Post
Jeep
Fox
Ariana
Warner Baxter
William Boyd
Hipaiong Cassidy
Bill Hart
Schenectady
N. Y
Charles A. Hoxie
General Electric
Douglas Fairbanks
Bessie Love
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Atlantic City
Jack Lr
Philly
Walton
Radio City
George White
San Diego
Uni
Buddy de Sviva
Nalle
Chell
Jack Dempsey
Jake Amma
Hollywood Foteurant
Loe Lustig
Longchamps
Jene
Harry Oshrin
John Barton
Lester
Saratoga
Spa
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