Veteran Senator Wheeler Defeat Marks Career End
WNN Service recalls the career of Senator Burton Wheeler as his long tenure ends with defeat to Leif Erickson in Montana. Analysts note Wheeler’s integrity and pacifism, his sharp personality, and his influence on the Interstate Commerce Committee, with comparisons to Norris Ashurst and other notable senators as the obituary tone reflects on a complex career.
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Truman
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Wheeler
Harry Truman
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Harold McGrath
Senate Radio Gallery
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Kenneth Wherry
Norris
Ellison
Cottonia
Ashurst
William King
Utah
Lynn Frazer
North Dakota
Jerry O’connell
Erickson
Jerry
O'Connell
Senator Wheeler
Senate
Labrador in the cab Upends Senate Dinner Rush
During a rainstorm after a day of OPA Senate sessions, Senator Styles Bridges and his wife rode a cab with a Labrador. A corpulent woman, identifying as a registered Democrat, tries to move the dog from Bridges. The scene ends with Bridges recognized and a political upset noted in the vote counts.
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New Hampshire
OPA
Bridges
Washington
Owen
Senator Bridges
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach Rumors Return To Puget Sound
Rumors persist that Labor Secretary Schwellenbach might leave the Potomac for Puget Sound amid pressure for changes in the labor department. The article recalls his 1934 Senate bid where he carried every county in Washington and notes the rising profile of his brother Edgar Schwellenbach, who recently won a Washington Supreme Court seat.
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Schwellenbach
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Puget Sound
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United States Senate
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Edgar Schwellenbach
Supreme Court
Senator in for Happy Returns
A Washington Post reader recalls a misprint about Mr Glen Taylor buying groceries for a family of ten, mentioning an 18 year old baby, and notes a prior gift of 50 cigars to radio correspondents, reflecting on sensationalized language in a senatorial wives piece.
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Washington Post
Glen Taylor
Radio Correspondents Gallery
Peace Talks Liberalized At Paris Conference Gloom
Peace review notes Open discussion rights granted to smaller nations at Paris peace talks on Germanys former satellites. Molotov offers compromise to allow full treaty drafts debate to mold a durable postwar order. Meanwhile, car and truck output forecasts fall as supplier strikes curb materials. 80 tool and die workers walked out at Duradi vision Toledo forcing layoffs at Studebaker and Hudson plants. Furlough pay now in bonds for excess amounts over 50 with five year wait. cash option for smaller sums.
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War profits and Red Cross relief in wartime notes
Garsson group faced tax court over a $358,874 refund dispute linked to war contracts amid Senate scrutiny of political influence. In Geneva the IRCC approved a $3.75 million drive to 1950 for prisoners of war relief, tracing 27 million card index records and 420 delegates visiting POW camps across 58 countries.
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Farm Plan Stresses Local Aid in 1947 Conservation Program
The 1947 agricultural conservation plan shifts responsibility to local farm and ranch owners with up to 10 percent of county funds allowed for farmer approved practices. A $300 million program, authorized by the 1947 agricultural appropriation act, supports soil building, erosion control, water conservation, and grass and legume seed harvest. Local committees select most practices. success hinges on farmer collaboration. four million farms participated in 1948.
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Vintage Locomobile Seeks Boston to Los Angeles Endurance Run
John Bacon of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts Harvard University owner of a 1911 Locomobile embarks on a 10 day endurance test from Boston to Los Angeles. The antique seven passenger car, found in an Exeter New Hampshire barn and restored at a cost of about 1000, can reach 70 miles per hour but has hard steering and stiff pedals. Bacon plans sightseeing before returning, rejecting wagers on the trip.
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Boston
Los Angeles
California
Raccoon Hitchhiker Surprises Car Driver
Chester BR. McCoy, a Gladstone farm worker, gave a ride to a raccoon that had crawled into his car while parked at a rural farm field. At a nearby filling station the attendant found the animal lying on a shield near the fuel pump and resisting attempts to dislodge it.
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World’s biggest boy James Janousek dies at 19
James Janousek, 19, once billed as the world’s biggest boy at 600 pounds, died of pneumonia at his parents’ farm home in GNAMIUN North Dakota. He first drew public attention at age seven when his weight reached 285 pounds.
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Peter Janouselk
Janousek
Guess These Hypersonic Speech Terms From Early Talkies
A playful feature tests readers on obscure voice recording terms from early talking pictures, tying five invented words to six described speech qualities and noting the odd historical tie to cinema tech from twenty years prior.
Pony Trader Surprises With Upset At Horse Show
CHICAGO Les Atlass, a radio executive, doubted his horse trading skill after showing a Shetland pony he bought for 21000 dollars. His own pony, sold for 35 dollars, defeated it in the event, leaving Atlass stunned by the price reversal and upset outcome.
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Chicago
Les Atlass
Atlass
Survey shows age and gender trends in personal plane buyers
Aeronca Aircraft through 1200 dealers surveyed potential light-plane buyers across the United States. The largest group is ages 18 to 30, with interest not waning until after 40. About half prefer buying on time or cash, and 40 percent span lawyers doctors educators and wealthy leaders. Seventy seven percent know how to fly, ex servicemen 27 percent. Three percent are women, with safety and learning ease key questions for them. Dealers split on gender aptitude for flying, 60 percent say men learn faster, 25 percent see little difference, 15 percent refuse to commit.
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Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
U. S
Aeronca
New Sports Plane Debuts at Bedford Field Air Show
Postwar aviation interest brings revival of air shows nationwide. The Bedford Field event near Boston featured the Army Air Forces display of war prominent planes and new sport seaplanes. Theodora Drury led arrangements as president of the Aeronautic Association of Boston.
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Bedford Field
Boston
Theodora Drury
Aeronautic Association of Boston
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