Typewriter Doodling and Quotation Marksmarship Notes
A collage of witty excerpts and anecdotes. includes Emery Reyes praise for rare exception in press media and a faux Hugo Frye dinner hoax by the Cornell Sun. Also recalls editor banter in NYC and Potsdam era occupation comments with quirky editor quips and a Murphy remark in Supreme Court circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery Reyes
Larry Singer
Cornell University Sun
Hugo N. Frye
Republican Party
N. Y
Sun
Senate Monstrosity and Cabinet Confirmations Recount
Washington reports a hostile Senate Banking and Currency Committee gutted the price control bill. Wagner and Taft opposed the changes and Barkley criticized the process. Also covered are Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach’s patient stance during ship strike negotiations and a history of cabinet confirmation battles. Jim Folsom, Alabama governor-elect, plans influence after a study visit to Georgia’s Arnall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Wagner
Banking and Currency Committee
Taft
Kentucky
Alben Barkley
Barkley
OPA
Lew
Schwellenbach
Spokane
White House
Navy
Secretary of Labor
Sec of Labor
John Gibson
Truman
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew Jackson
Roger B. Taney
Jackson
Tyler
Caleb Cushing
the Treasury
Cushing
David Henshaw
James M. Porter
Andrew Johnson
Henry Stanbery
Calvin Coolidge
Charles B. Warren
Warren
Charley Dawes
Coolidge
Dawes
Jim Folsom
Alabama
Atlanta
Georgia
Ellis Arnall
Folsom
Arnall
Henry Wallace
Homemade Bread Substitutes for Shortages and Recipes
A Western Newspaper Union release suggests using oatmeal potatoes rye and other flours to replace bread during shortages. It offers recipes for Cloverleaf rolls and dark rye bread plus sausage spoon bread and Irish potato pancakes, with measurements and oven times for home bakers.
California primary signals end of CIOPAC era in state politics
Western Newspaper Union reports that California voters swung away from CIOPAC linked candidates in the state’s Democratic primary. Analysts note Governor Warren’s cross-party appeal and the rise of anti CIO lines among nominees, with strikes and wage issues cited as public discontent grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
California
Ciopac
CIO
Robert Kenny
Los Angeles
Jimmy Roosevelt - Ickes
Kenny
Warren
Roosevelt - Ickes - Ciopac
Hiram Johnson
Auto telephone era begins with first subscriber
A. T. & T. announces its first auto phone subscriber in St. Louis, marking the end of the car as pure leisure. The system offers 27,000,000 outlets, a personal number, and a phone book for $15 a month, prompting jokes and humor about drivers and new in-car conversations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Orson Welles Survives Turbulent New Haven Tryout
The Orson Welles performance in New Haven faced a chaotic start as the introductory movies failed to focus and screen issues interrupted the show. Welles kept his poise, delivered a calm curtain speech joking that his mother warned him this would happen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Welles
New Haven
Orson
Ye Olde Swop Shoppe and Outdated Wit
A fragment from Yankee Magazine about a swap shop offering to trade shirts and shoes for a stuffed owl and notes on fashion, plus a quip about outdated domestic roles and an endurance contest verse noting a grouchy husband and patient wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankee Magazine
Flower Motifs For Gay Bedroom Linen Match
Pattern 807 includes six motifs averaging 344 by 15 inches. High demand and current conditions cause longer Alling orders for popular numbers. Send your order to the supplier.
Flavor tips for bread dressing burgers and pancakes
Lynn suggests flavor twists for home cooking. Crush cardamom in white bread for a unique taste. Make an oil dressing with anchovy paste. Top hamburgers with blue cheese dry mustard Worcestershire and creamed butter. Fry apple rings in sausage drippings, finish pancakes with warm maple syrup.
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R C O’brien
Chuchu Martinez
Irving Hoffman
Ethel Merman
Anon
J. Joubert
I. Panin
R. Frost
Mlle. Bertin
Wm. Brady
Eric Remarque
Irv Leiberman
Pacific Base
Johnny
Mike Hodgins
Papa
Germany
Potsdam
U. S
Irving
Algar
Wall
Reibeisen
Atlantic City
Robert Coleman
Alec Woollcott
Western Union
Sardi’s
Kelcy Allen
Justice Murphy
Supreme Court
Murphy
BOM
VO Ai Eeskis
Asean US
Lynn Chambers
Western Newspaper Union
Mark
Trafic
Russia
UAW
Warren Popular
Crossley
Phillips
Central
Damon Runyon
Lynn
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Standolph St
Chicago
O'Sullivan
America's
Brookwood Stars
Calox
McKessoo Robbins, Inc
Bridgeport
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