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...Honest Senator." But the House preferred evasion and sent the bill to the Senate. There it ran head on into a waiting filibuster by Henry Wallace's running-mate, Idaho's Glen Taylor. While the floor emptied and the galleries filled, Taylor talked for eight hours and 33 minutes. At 1:10 a.m. Saturday, he was spelled by North Dakota's lone ranger, Bill Langer. Opponents of the draft sat back and chuckled. Two of the most unpopular men in the Senate were doing their work for them...
Last week, he unwrapped a new left hook. It put one sparring mate on the floor with his ears humming. Another got knocked flat twice. The boys who dropped in for a look hustled back to town to find a bookie and make a bet. Walcott's odds, once a tempting 4 to 1, fell sharply. By week's end, they were 11 to 5, and would probably be lower by next week when Jersey Joe takes his second shot at Joe Louis' crown...
...concern shady ladies and double meanings. All are delivered in a scrape-fiddle soprano, with a prodigality of gesture and squirrel teeth. Perhaps Elsa's audiences like best the one about a wealthy, overstuffed New England heiress who builds a gazebo (latticed bower) in which to trap a mate. She coyly invites...
Only Senators Harry Cain of Washington and Glen Taylor of Idaho voted against it. Said Cain: "We're trying to do too much-too fast." Cried Taylor, running mate to Henry Wallace on the third party ticket: "When Wallace is elected President, we can reach an agreement with Russia and call off this whole armaments program...
...captain and first mate of a Chesapeake Bay ferry zigzagged among anchored ships for three spectacular hours while passengers donned life jackets and awaited the worst. The boisterous pair finally ran the ferry aground, were arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor...