Truman Hosts Farewell Dinner With Cabinet Members
President Truman hosted a formal farewell dinner at the White House for his outgoing administration. Cabinet members and spouses attended except Charles Sawyer, with Brannan and Tobin arriving from abroad and Boston respectively. Non cabinet guests included Stevenson, Barkley, Rayburn, and key aides. The private affair featured the State Dining Room and strict secrecy on menu and seating.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles Sawyer
Europe
Charles Brannan
Mexico
Maurice J. Tobin
Boston
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Harry H. Vaughan
Vaughan
Robert L. Dennison
Dennison
Air Force
Robert F. Landry
Landry
Candidates File Election Reports For Nov 4 Race
Late filings show several candidates reporting campaign expenses. Jack H. Mankin lists 1544.90 with purchases for printing, postage and ads plus party funds. Walter Maehling reports 363.37 including donations and travel costs. Leonard Conrad files 403.18 mainly advertising. Horace Fisbeck spends 350.50 with party assessment. Charles Dunlap lists 261.50 for advertising and a party assessment.
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Jack H. Mankin
Congress
Democrat Central Committee
Walter H. Maehling
Leonard F. Conrad
Conrad
Horace Fisbeck
Charles L. Dunlap
Republican Central Committee
Mayerling Author Borghese Dies in Italy at 70
Guiseppe Antonio Borghese, once a University of Chicago lit professor, died in Florence at 70. Exiled from Italy’s Fascist regime in 1931, he gained fame for The Tragedy of Mayerling. He taught at Chicago 1936 to 1943 and married Elizabeth Mann in 1939.
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Florence
Italy
Guiseppe Antonio Borghese
University of Chicago
Borghese
United States
Elizabeth Mann
Thomas Mann
Marriages Births and Real Estate Reports from Terre Haute
Daily vital statistics list a marriage license for James Albert Smith and Barbara Ann Vancannon. Real estate transfers include several properties with nominal $1 sums and named owners in Terre Haute. Births note Adrene Sue Nickles and others at Union Hospital with dates in November. Building permits show Claude M. Gee for an Ash Street garage valued at $600.
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James Albert Smith
Harding Avenue
Barbara Ann Vancannon
Blaine Avenue
Elbert F. Nickles
R. R
Terre Haute
Adrene Sue
Union Hospital
Paul D. Oxendine
Chestnut Street
Paul Donald, Jr
Chester W. Griffith
South Twentieth Street
Cathy Sue
Alfred D. Griffy
Gary Carl
Lloyd W. Anderson
Robert Lysle
Charles A. Beck
North Twenty-second Street
James J
Warren J. Ferguson, Jr
North Sixth Street
Jack Alan
Austin L Crocker
Marshall
Ill
David
Claude M. Gee
Ash Street
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Mayerling
Richard D. Jones
Lottie
Locust Street
John E. Hartmann
Bert O. Williams
Shirley Harvey
George Edwain Art
Minshall
Clarence Taylor
Donald L. Bryan
Woodland Park
Jack F. Apple
Edward L. McKinney
W. M. Preston
Embr
Rayon
van Raalte
Taffeta Duster
Root’s
Sonja
Frosty
Bemberg
Root
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