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...good many Republicans had crossed over into Democratic ranks to vote against Taylor. Republicans who stayed where they belonged had a spectacular candidate of their own: a hefty, hearty rancher and onetime Hollywood lawyer named Herman Welker. Out to "relieve Idaho of the embarrassment of Glen H. Taylor," Welker aimed more oratory at him than at his opponents in his own Republican primary. Welker, a past master of the political cliche ("I wear no man's yoke"), denounced Fair Deal "socialistic schemes," even laid the Korean war on Harry Truman's doorstep...
More Than Friendship. Welker was no man for singing, but he had a friend who was: Bing Crosby. Bing, a pheasant-hunting crony of Welker's for 15 years, took time out from his Idaho vacation to sing the praises of Welker Republicanism. Crosby spread a Republican dinner for his pal, saying he hoped to "deduct it from my income tax, and make the Democrats pay for it." Said Crosby...
Horseplay. In San Diego, Miss Eugenia Welker complained to police that practical jokers spoiled her vacation by 1) listing her house with a rental agent, 2) falsely reporting to police that she had found a diamond ring, 3) sending her ten pounds of horse meat...
After 76 days of riding on the same trains, living at the same hotels, thrashing out their three-cushion billiard feud in 13 cities, Champion Welker Cochran and Challenger Willie Hoppe were sick & tired of each other. Throughout their ivory marathon, the score had stayed uncannily close, and toward the end the two masters fell to quarreling like poolroom sharpies. In San Francisco last week they finally reached the end of the line. Cochran first erased Hoppe's slim, eight-point lead, then built up a 48-point margin to keep his world's championship with a grand...
...Juhl has been named G. F. Welker, who has been detached for sea duty. Lt. Juhl has been on the staff since June, also in an assisting capacity...