May affair lingers in Mead committee intrigue and party splits
Western Newspaper Union reports the May controversy tied to the Mead investigating committee and Garsson links. It suggests internal Democratic splits and Republican opportunism as the case unfolds amid wartime to peacetime reconversion and a separate Coffee case involving p. John M. Coffee. The piece notes possible use of income tax returns and political maneuvering ahead of elections.
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Washington
May
House
Mead
New York
Mead Committee
Garsson
Henry Garsson
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
Ferguson
Garssons
Wayne City
Truman
PAC
P. John M. Coffée
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Coast
Ham and Egg Show Revives Georgia Town Leaders
Otis S. Oneal, a Negro extension worker at Fort Valley Georgia, leads an annual Ham and Egg Show drawing 500 to 600 cured hams and 300+ meats with 250 dozen eggs. The event, held in Fort Valley's school auditorium, features foods for housewives, discussions, a pageant, a folk music festival and performances by regional musicians. It has transformed the town's trade area over 30 years through community fairs, farm improvements, and increased farm production.
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Otis S. Oneal
Fort Valley
Oneal
Georgia
W. H. Handy
St. Louis
Fort
Hospital Diagnoses Patient's Ailment in Atlantic City
Atlantic City hospital treated Wesley Mingo a 30 year old New York railroad worker for a broken heart after he arrived with acute chest pains. He denied prior heart or lung problems but suggested the pain might stem from a broken heart.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Wesley Mingo
New York
Marine and Dog Buddy Return to Salt Lake City
William F. Simons, a former private first class, returns home with his inseparable marine companion "McGregor" a chow and police dog dubbed a sergeant. The dog served as a night sentry at Bremerton Washington base where Simons’ former unit mourns his death.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
William F. Simons
McGregor
Bremerton, Wash
Veterans Dominate Airline Jobs and Postwar Flight Interest
More than 25,000 veterans represent about one third of U S scheduled airline employees. ATA data show veterans filling flight ground ops sales and admin posts with many hired under serviceman preference. Training programs aid handicapped veterans and extend to Canada Besige ra. Elmira soaring contest features captured German gliders and Army air-force gliders towed by B 17s and C 47s.
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United States
Air Transport Association Reveal
ATA Goodes
Besigera
Canada
Elmira
N. Y
Pikes Peak Labor Day Auto Classic Returns With Big Field
Colorado Springs prepares for the revival of the Pikes Peak hill climb after wartime pause. A $7,500 prize purse draws top drivers from the United States and abroad, including Joel Thorne and Louis Unser, with first prize $3,000 and six awards totaling the total prize money. The race, inaugurated in 1916 by Spencer Penrose, reaches its 30th anniversary this year.
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Pikes Peak
Rockies
Colorado Springs
Colo
America
Spencer Penrose
Indianapolis
United States
Joel Thorne
California
George Berringer
Louis Unser
Rene LeBeque
Jean Treveaux
al Rogers
Johnny Morrow
Flag Raising Marks Monterey 100th U S Flag Anniversary
In Monterey California a centennial ceremony commemorated the first hoisting of the U S flag over California. Commodore John D. Sloat raised the banner here 100 years ago, with a replica pole and cairn from the original site. Remains of the staff and cairn were found during excavations at the old Customs House. A 40 year old tree from the Del Monte forest was chosen for the event.
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Don Monterey
Calif
United States
California
Com. John D. Sloat
Monterey
Sloat
Customs House
del Monte Forest
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E. L. Kirkpatrick
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Henrietta McGinnis
Chicago
WNN
William H. Geisler
New Mexico Border
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Pike National Forest
Thorne
U. 8
U. S
Guadalcanal
Frank Hansen
Prince Albert
Kript Fain
George Lindsay
P. A
Prince J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winetop-Salem, N. C
The
Dental Nurses’ Training School
San Francisco
Garfield
Sloan
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