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American, Mr. John Q. Public, hi* wife and children, and all hi« relatives will be filled to the gills, with politics! Headlines will wave across the daily papers; the radio commentators will predict: Truman will run—Truman won’t run —“Ike” is a candidate—he isn’t— Minnesota’s favorite son is a bluff —Stassen—Warren — and 40-odd dark horses.
Yep, 1952 is here and it’s full steam ahead L Leap Year and a presidential election all at the same time.
To some man sitting out in space, looking down upon the> good old U.S.A., “we must present a picture combining the noise of a midway at a circus, the antics of a corny comic opera, and the manners of a dog-fight in a back alley!
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The following is by Will Cuppy under the date of January 10:
“Ethan Allen, Revolutionary soldier and hero of Vermont, was born at Litchfield, Connecticutt,
(See WALRUS, page 8)
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