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...National Chairman Robert Hannegan to preside, did his bit for the Hannegan-Hague-Kelly steamroller. After the first ballot for Vice President-on which Henry Wallace had a lead-he promptly called for ballot No. 2, giving Wallace supporters no chance to regroup. One result: Jackson was an early caller at the White House when President Harry Truman moved...
...first scheduled caller was Representative Mike Mansfield of Montana, a Congressional authority on Asiatic affairs. Afterward, Mansfield felt free to say publicly that the U.S. should not and could not guarantee to leave intact "the prerogatives of His Majesty as a sovereign ruler...
...Hopper, high-styled Hollywood gossip, had a breathless "exclusive" splashed all over Page 1 of the Los Angeles Times: Cinemadolescent Bonita Granville was engaged to a G.I. Next day Hedda had to take it all back: "Well, I've sure been had. ... It never occurred to me the caller wasn't Bonita. The girl who imitated her voice did a magnificent...
...York had 350 applications for calls the first day; 100 calls were completed. The only priority: first come, first served. In London, the first caller was a U.S. soldier, telephoning his family...
...Perhaps because of better relations between the children and their supervisors, old names for Mooseheart staff members-sluefoot, screw, night-caller, supreme being, walking tree-have died. An increase of tolerance has presumably caused the disappearance of such words as fish and fisheater (both meaning Catholic), and aquarium (a Catholic priest's home). Also gone are smutch (sneak-out), squirrel (psychologist, i.e., one who looks for "nuts...