No Blanks in Sight as Lotteries Rule the Air
A biting satire notes Americans resist gambling laws yet chase national lotteries and sweepstakes. It mocks promotions offering luxury prizes from cars to trips, funded by boxtops and contests, while critics like Jasper Poots and Minerva Gunch rail against gambling and pinball machines.
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Eisenhower campaign jingles and public notes from Ike supporter
A column outlines early campaign slogans and ad ideas for Dwight D. Eisenhower featuring Ike John Orr Young as promoter. It lists mock slogans and questions about public sentiment, mentions gasoline shortages and rising prices, and cites assorted quotations about American public life and politics amid chaotic wartime memory.
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John Orr Young
Eisenhower
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