Word: omaha
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...secret service men checked every culvert and every bridge over which the 18-car presidential special would pass. Presidential Ghostwriters Clark Clifford and Sam Rosenman jotted down ideas for scores of impromptu back-platform talks, sketching in the drafts of the President's five major speeches (Chicago, Omaha, Seattle, Berkeley, Los Angeles...
There would be time for some fun. Harry Truman would be in Omaha to ride in the parade of his World War I division (the 35th); would spend two nights with his old crony, Washington's Governor Mon Wallgren. But Democratic professionals privately admitted that the junket was designed for only one reason: an attempt to beef up sickly Democratic morale. Taking no chances of skimpy crowds anywhere, National Chairman J. Howard McGrath sent out word to Government workers at every whistle stop that the President...
President Truman (Sat. 11 p.m., all networks), addressing the 35th (World War I) Division reunion in Omaha...
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...Rocky Mountain area got a big new bank last week to finance its burgeoning industries. At the helm was an old name in banking-George Eccles, younger brother of the Federal Reserve Board's Marriner Eccles. To set up the biggest banking operation between Omaha and California, the Eccles-owned First Security Bank of Utah and the First Security Trust Co. were merged with the First National Bank of Salt Lake City. The new institution, called the First Security Bank of Utah, National Association, has resources of well over $300 million, and more than 40 offices (including affiliated Eccles...