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There is a third possibility. Harry Truman's open opposition might prod Kefauver into a fight. Perhaps New Hampshire proves that Truman is already treed on Kefauver's television antenna. If the Chicago delegates have proof positive that the Legend is a better vote-getter than the Liability, they might-just possibly-rebel and nominate the man in the coonskin...
...work. The locale of The Works of Love is Anderson's sleepy Midwest of the 1900s. Its style is an echo of Anderson's tone of baffled affection. And it focuses on an inarticulate man, Will Jennings Brady, who mistakenly tries to become a go-getter...
Surprisingly, Go-Getter Towers got his start writing radio scripts for the staid old British Broadcasting Corp. Six years ago he formed his neatly named Towers of London, Ltd., and set off on his first world tour with an armful of recorded programs. With his shows now heard in every part of the Commonwealth, and with special programs broadcast in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium and The Netherlands, Towers is looking with interest at television. But he has no intention of neglecting his first love, says of the U.S.: "Over here, people are working so hard on television that they...
...Smith giving a boost for her show by phone. The voices were tape-recorded, but many a housewife was presumably thrilled to hear the stars talk; some may even have tuned in as suggested. The stunt was the kind that has become a trademarked specialty of a radio go-getter named Ted Cott...
...director of price stabilization, who is thinking about running. But the announcement's most curious effect was on the man who is expected to be Lausche's opponent in November. Loyal Republicans will want to put up the strongest possible candidate against Lausche, an effective vote-getter. Quite a few old-line Republicans dislike Charles Taft's liberal independence in Cincinnati politics, but many of them will now swing over to Taft (brother of Senator Robert) because he is the strongest candidate in sight. Thus, Lausche's announcement materially helped Charlie Taft's nomination...