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Mississippi's crusty Theodore ("The Man") Bilbo cooked his own breakfast, gave listeners his pet recipes, then said: "I want a woman." Herson coughed, changed the subject...
Celebrities from all corners of the nation are gathering for the battle, with late arrivals including President Truman, Tommy Manville, Rose La Rose, Earl Wilson, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, J. Barnuman Bailey, and Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Preparations to hold all the spectators are still proceeding at the Stadium; temporary cheering stands with built-in flags are going up through the night...
...bayou bullfrog, Mississippi's Theodore Gilmore ("The Man") Bilbo hopped on the Senate floor...
...landed on LIFE, which had recently dubbed him-on the basis of a poll of top-ranking Washington correspondents-the "worst man in the Senate." Chugged Bilbo: "This leftish, communistically, pink-colored, mongrel magazine . . . mean, dirty, subtle, libelous...
...strikers in Pittsburgh, New York City, and Schenectady. Its board of directors includes the No. 1 collector of American folk music, 31-year-old Alan Lomax (TIME, Nov. 26). Said he: "We're going to put more into our songs than June moon croon spoon swoon, and sing Bilbo out of Congress...