Confident Republicans Pick Dewey Warren Ticket for 1948
Governor Thomas E. Dewey won the Republican nomination on the first ballot at the convention with 434 votes, and Governor Earl Warren of California was nominated for vice president after Harold Stassen withdrew. Dewey accepted the nomination unpledged to any living person, promising a spiritual emphasis in his platform.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Philadelphia
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Charles Halleck
Indiana
John Bricker
Ohio
Warren
Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Arizona
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Vandenburg
Michigan
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Carroll Reese
Tennessee
GOP National Committee
Douglas McArthur
Dwight Green
Illinois
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Everett M. Dirksen
Taft
Stassen
James Duff
Pennsylvania
Clarence Brown
Martin
Dewey blitz splinters GOP at 1948 convention
The Dewey campaign launches a first ballot blitz to gain the nomination, drawing 350 pledged votes with 50 to 75 more. Taft Stassen and Vandenburg unite to stop Dewey, while Pennsylvan ia Missouri and New Jersey shifts reflect fluid support. Hoover and Landon appearances contrast with a platform backing ERP, foreign policy, civil rights, and broad domestic agendas.
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Dewey
New York
New Yorker
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Connecticut
Kem Sigler
Michigan
Arthur Vandenburg
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
Keystone State
James J. Duff
Vandenburg
Missouri
James P. Kem
Forrest Donnell
Taft
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
GOP
Resolutions Committee
United Nations
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Slight Danger Noted In DDT Dusted Corn Tests
Tests in Wisconsin found minute DDT traces in milk from cows fed silage made from DDT dusted corn. Experts say the amount is not dangerous, and even large dust applications would yield tiny daily DDT in a cow’s diet. If worried, farmers can feed such silage to steers or dry cows.
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Wisconsin
Television Brings Convention to Viewers Across Regions
The convention keynoter sparked debate over vice presidency while Illinois backed Taft not Dewey. For the first time networks pooled live feeds to the eastern seaboard from Richmond to Boston. Philadelphia sets and lounges watched convention television as coverage outshone the floor proceedings.
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Dwight Green
Illinois
Ilinois
Green
Dewey
Taft
Seaboard
Richmond
Boston
First Aid for the Ailing House Flooring and Surfaces
A home owner can lay tile if handy with tools and a good guide book. Choose solid colors to hide dirt while mottled colors stay cleaner longer. Patch plaster in basements only with non dampent material. better to remove ordinary plaster. Glass table scratches require dealer polish not home methods. Remove finger marks on wood headboard with mild soap suds, damp cloth, dry, turpentine, or scratchless powder with light oil.
Crest View Tortilla Susan Sets U S Butterfat Record
Lakefield Farms of Clarkston Michigan reports Crest View Tortilla Susan a purebred Holstein cow owned by Lake Field Farms has set a new all time U S butterfat record for cows milked twice daily with 1118 8 pounds. Susan produced about 1400 pounds of table butter in the year.
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Crestview
Lakefield Farms
Clarkston, Mich
U. S
Sunbonnet Girls Pattern Request Notice
Sunbonnet Girls request pattern by sending 20 cents in coins plus name and address and pattern number to the indicated address. The notice provides no postal details beyond the payment and personal information required.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Randolph St
Chicago
Fall pigs gain from summer conditions and stronger litters
Iowa State college swine specialists report fall pigs usually come stronger and more pigs are saved after sows and gilts soak up sun on summer pasture. Advice to turkey raisers warns against baking soda or salt in poults drinking water to avoid water belly. Recommend burning anthrax carcasses and burying ashes and advise castration after one week with clean pasture to prevent lockjaw.
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Iowa State College
Insects Attack Cotton Crops Across Acre by Acre
Cotton, a magnet for diverse insect enemies, attracts thousands of pests per acre. More than 100 species attack the crop, including boll weevil, bollworm, cotton leaf worm, pink bollworm, green stinkbug, armyworms, mites, grasshoppers, and crickets.
Caution Urged in Feeding Salt to Poultry Flock
Pennsylvania State college cautions against using extra salt to curb cannibalism in flocks. Two teaspoons per gallon of drinking water is the usual dose and should be fed only briefly. Large quantities can be harmful even as a remedy.
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Pennsylvania State College
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