Word: alabama
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gallup poll meant nothing, though it showed the nation 71% for the President's bill, only 11% against. Well each Congressman knows that one enemy in his district is more potent than ten friends. The lobby had three powerful leaders in the House: Georgia's Paul Brown, Alabama's Henry B. Steagall, South Carolina's Hampton P. Fulmer-Southern politicians all, who have passed their Democratic primaries, and trust the public's memory will fade inside another two years...
When construction workers walked out on a job at the Army's Brookley Field near Mobile last week, it was the last straw for Alabama's draft director, Brigadier General Ben M. Smith...
...Skyrocket." Melvin ("Mel") Allen, 29, a tall, thin, dark-and-curly-haired, good-looking young man from Alabama, wears clothes like a fashion plate from Esquire. Mel likes to wisecrack, does it often in a pleasant, comfortable voice. Like Red Barber, Allen seldom gets ruffled. Before he turned broadcaster he was an all-round athlete at Alabama U. (nickname: "The Skyrocket") and a semi-pro ballplayer. He is one of the most versatile and accurate U.S. sportscasters. When he reads from a script, his voice has no particular accent, but when he ad libs it comes straight from Dixie. Probable...
...Governor, Ellis Gibbs Arnall, 35, is the boy wonder of Georgia politics. Short (5 ft. 6), stocky (190 Ib.) pear-shaped, a great joiner and organizer, he got the urge for politicking from a grandfather in the Alabama Legislature. As a twelve-year-old, he worked as page boy in the Alabama House; less than 13 years later, he was a full-fledged member of Georgia's Legislature...
Besides these Rams, Crowley has "Sweet" Lalanne, North Carolina halfback who was named on many All-American teams, Lou Bufalino, who was Cornell's most effective back against Harvard last fall, and Landsburg, a Sophomore star for the Big Red last season. Alabama's former excellent kicker, Sanford, is expected to handle this department capably for the navy team...