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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Only after he left Seattle did his crowds begin to fall off. In Portland, Ore., he drew less than half capacity at the civic auditorium. In Bismarck, N.Dak., only 2,500 busy farmers showed up out of an expected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Lochinvar | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

...Portland, Ore., matronly Mrs. Vern C. Edwards, knocked down by a young holdup man, questioned him sympathetically about his motives as she sat on the pavement, rubbing her bruises. Result: the thug courteously helped her to rise, hunted and found her lost earring, kissed her on the cheek and ran off, clutching 50? Mrs. Edwards had given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jun. 9, 1947 | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

Groundwork. In Shullsburg, Wis., Grayson McNaughton forgot he was digging a basement for his new house but kept right on with his spadework when he hit a vein of lead ore worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 2, 1947 | 6/2/1947 | See Source »

Mayor Earl Riley of Portland, Ore., home from a visit to San Francisco, got a visit from San Francisco's Mayor Roger Lapham, who dropped in to sympathize. Riley was abed with three busted ribs after a skid in a San Francisco bathtub...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: City Hall | 5/19/1947 | See Source »

When Senator Morse (R-Ore) declared that the amendment would "strike at the very heart of democratic trends in organized labor" and "set responsible trade unions back 20 years," Taft argued that there "is no democracy" in some large unions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senate Republican Split Helps Kill Taft-Sponsored Labor Restriction; Brazil Outlaws Communist Party | 5/8/1947 | See Source »

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