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Harassed Hu Flung Huey launched into one of his periodic Fritts of confidence yesterday. UnCowened by tales of terrible Tufts, he Fishered in his pocket and produced a pleasant prediction: "Have Hartman!" he protested when one of his satellites said he Feldmanly had the better team, "Swegan win spite Tufts Fostering a Gale. When the crowd Rohrs, we'll Pierce pay dirt and hold our Owens. But Dewy lost Irwin, we'll massacre the Manleymen. We'll Fabergast them, we'll Flynnish them. Triumph will Tennant this town tonight and two Beers says twill...

Author: By Hu FLUNG Huey occ, | Title: Hu Flung Flings 'Em | 10/5/1945 | See Source »

Knee-deep in Louisiana oil and politics, he and Huey Long used to get together for talkfests that often lasted until 4 a.m. Then Helis got interested in racing. He laid $525,000 on the line to save New Orleans' Fair Grounds track from being auctioned. Because fashionable stables bypassed the Fair Grounds for the Florida and California tracks, he decided to stock the Fair Grounds with fast horses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Greek Gold | 9/3/1945 | See Source »

...seem as if the Committee's proposals for prescribed curricula are antithical to freedom. But a sound democracy can be built only on an informal and intelligent electorate, and specialism does not dispose to political sophistication. A mathematician can be victimized by a Huey Long, whereas, as William James said, an educated person knows a good man when he sees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Editorial Reaction Favors Committee Report Unanimously | 8/2/1945 | See Source »

Married. Palmer Reid Long, 21, A.A.F. cadet and younger son of Louisiana's late "Kingfish," Huey P. Long; and pretty, blonde Louene Dance, 20; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 2, 1945 | 7/2/1945 | See Source »

...Hello World") Henderson, 74, onetime owner of Shreveport's radio station KWKH (formed from his own initials), who once made U.S. airways blue with his frequent harangues against chain-stores and Her bert Hoover ; of a heart attack ; in Shreveport, La. An admirer and intimate of the late Huey Long, Radioman Henderson made one of the loudest noises in early broadcasting (until depression and chain-broadcasting squeezed him out) ; as a side line sold lucky listeners his photograph and a 1-lb. can of "Hello World" coffee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 11, 1945 | 6/11/1945 | See Source »

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