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...drove the seven miles to his office in the Federal Court Building in Kansas City. By now everybody knew that Harry Truman was back. Callers streamed into the large reception room, sat staring at pictures of Jim Farley, John Garner, and Garner and Truman, while they waited to pump the Senator's hand. All afternoon he kept jumping up to answer the telephone in the next-door office of Federal Judge John Caskie Collet. There is no telephone in the Truman office-the Senator says it's an unnecessary expense...
...last week. "Sunny" Ainsworth, 20, thrice-married seventh wife of Playboy Thomas ("Tommy") Franklyn Manville Jr., breezed across the University of Chicago's sweltering campus to take her three-hour aptitude test, first hurdle on her way to matriculation. Sunny was as refreshing as a breath from the Pump Room...
...heart, without being diseased itself, quickly reflects changes in circulation caused by poisons, poor nutrition, anemia, fatigue, etc. Any one of these factors can start a vicious circle by lowering muscle tone throughout the body, thus impairing the return of blood to the heart. With less blood to pump, the muscles of the left side of the heart lose some of their oomph and sour notes result. The poor heart action adds to that tired feeling, contributes to the slow return of blood...
What Northern Pump made last year Hawley will...
...Pays? Many oldtime oilmen are caustically critical of Hawley's ventures. They complain that he is spending "tax dollars," i.e., cash made on war contracts, which would otherwise be paid in as taxes to the Federal Government. They point out that with Northern Pump probably in the overall 80%-tax bracket, Hawley stands only one-fifth of the loss in dry holes and Uncle Sam foots the bill for the rest. And the 20% he puts into a dry hole can be charged off against taxable income. Even when Hawley strikes oil-and the company's income...