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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Jubilant Democrats, to whom Millikin ranks only slightly below Ohio's Robert Taft on the list of targets for 1950, were sure they could beat him with either of two candidates. One was Colorado Governor William Lee Knous (rhymes with mouse), a lanky, homespun former mining-camp lawyer. If Knous entered the race, the conservative, Republican-tinged Denver Post reported last week (and if the results of a statewide poll held true), 65% of Colorado's voters would vote for a change; only 27% wanted to keep Gene Millikin on. Even if Knous could be sidetracked with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Broken Fences | 12/26/1949 | See Source »

Near the doll house were found its prospective inhabitants. Dolls appear to fall into two categories: those with clothes on--or the impracticals, and those without garments, or the practical ones. In the former group were seen such numbers as the Little Genius, the Princess Margaret Rose, and one which was gotten up like Sophie Tucker but was labelled Italian Dolly. The undressed dolls are more active this year than ever before. One boasts of a "real soft nose and almost human ears." This one promised also to blow bubbles when given a pipe. They all can drink water this...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE WALRUS SAID | 12/21/1949 | See Source »

...fault lies in the script, not in the acting of the east. Claude Jarman, Jr., as the boy, and Jauno Hernandez, as the Negro, are both excellent, especially the former in his portrayal of terror. Elizabeth Patterson gives another of her solid performances as the old lady who believes in justice even for black people...

Author: By George A. Leiper, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 12/20/1949 | See Source »

...former FBI agent claimed that there are over 1,000,000 "Communist believers in the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Calls Red Charge 'A Smear' | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

...charge had been made by a former FBI undercover agent, John J. Huber, before a closed session of a Senate Judiciary Committee on September...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Calls Red Charge 'A Smear' | 12/19/1949 | See Source »

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