White House Cowboy Tune Myth Debunked
Earl Wilson recounts tales of political song lore with Harry Contrary about F D R and the White House adopting Home on the Range as a favorite after press reports. DiMaggio, Meyer Davis, and Joe Shor figures appear amid jokes about publicity and the power of the papers.
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Ines
Tom Dewey
Michigan Viectors
Harry Fruman
Meyer Davis
Broadway
Harry, Sobol
Harry
F.D.R
Barry Contrary
Joe DiMaggio
Toots Shor’s
White House
Davis
Washington
Arena
Harry Contrary
Jrewspapermen
Eddie Peabody
Plans for Syracuse war memorial auditorium face political clash
Final plans for the Syracuse war memorial auditorium are announced prompting a potential battle between the memorial commission and the Temporary State Fair Commission. The two facilities share a 9,000 seat capacity while the fair plan envisions a 60,000 stadium a 10,000 seat auditorium and a 100000 car parking area with a 25 million 1949 request and multi‑million follow ups.
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War Memorial
Syracuse
Memorial Commission
State Fair Commission
Mattydale
Onondaga County Board of Supervisors
Clellan S. Forsythe
Hurlbut W. Smith
Forsythe
William B. Stark
Fair Commission
Central New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Riehlman to Preside At Hearings On Small Business
Senatorial and committee actions shape up as Riehlman, likely to be reappointed to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department and House panels, prepares for upcoming hearings on antitrust effects on small business. The hearings move to New Orleans December 1 with Riehlman again presiding.
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Jobe Dimaggio
Harry
George Gershwin
Eddie Peabody
Small Business Committee
Dewey
Rep
R. Walter Riehlman
Riehlman
Riedlman
Committee
House Administration Committee
Selectl Small Business Committee
Washington
New Orleans
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Upstate
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Rochester
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Auburn
House Appropriations Committee
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Truman
Taber
Francis Souhan
Seneca Falls
Souhan
Bernard M. Mitchell
The
Syracuse Bureau of Vital Statistics
Tabor
G.O.P
Joe R. Tranley
Albany
Herbert Campbell
Commerce Department
Camphbell
James C. Hagerty
Burdell Bixby
State Capitol
Hanley
Paul EB. Lockwood
William Tyler
State Commission On Agriculture
Hagerty
Rolland B- Marvin
Bany
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Coc Stars
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Steel Onondaga
Mary Creeke
Heffernan
Harrison
Warren
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