Word: indianas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Willkie might have called his work "The Education of Wendell Willkie," for it marks the second phase of the rise to fame of the gentleman from Indiana. The first stage of his development came after Philadelphia, when the erstwhile corporation lawyer was introduced to the problems of public concern via a hard fought political campaign; it is significant to note that, as the time of his political education progressed, his political and economic liberalism ever increased. The 31,000 mile trip around the world via the Liberator bomber, "Gulliver," has begun a further stage of Mr. Willkie's growth...
Otto's recruiting was a fizzle. He signed up his three younger brothers, almost no one else. For a time the Army went doggedly ahead, assigned drafted Austrian, Slav, Czech, Hungarian and some German aliens to the unit. Training even began at Indiana's Camp Atterbury...
...also happy to see according to Time Magazine that Ralph E. Gates, chairman of the Republican party in Indiana and father of Bob Gates in the Senior class, has finally promoted a picture of Wendell Willkie for the Hoosier State's Hall of Fame. After Willkie's book began nearing the million mark in the sales column . . . Indiana has decided to accept him as a prophet at home, since he has become one to the rest of the world. His book will be the third non-fraction book since 1901 to sell over a million copies...
...drive to pass a constitutional amendment limiting a President to two terms has already gained considerable momentum. In Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Indiana state legislatures have passed resolutions asking for Congressional action; two Republican senators have introduced such a bill and have been joined by their North Carolina colleague Senator Bailey, a prominent anti-New Dealer...
...improve his best layers by keeping strict records - how many eggs laid, their weight, the physical characteristics of chicks hatched from them, etc. He is president of the U.S. Record of Performance Breeders Association, also chairman of the National Poul try Defense Committee. (Sideline: he is Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives.) For his pedigreed chicks Egg man Creighton gets 40? to $1.75 each; the common-or-garden variety brings 15? each...