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...Democratic National Chairman Frank McKinney picked up the note. "Termites can attack the soundest building," he said, "and in politics as e'sewhere, the termites we shall always have with us. The only way to deal with termites is to keep a sharp watch for them and get rid of them whenever they show up. That is just what the Democratic Party is doing . . . The few [Democratic jobholders] who do not measure up ... must be exposed and punished ... I am ready to help-and what is more important-Harry S. Truman is ready to help...
...over two and one half years, Father Leonard Feeney has been taking his "cause" to the people in similar weekly appearances on the Boston Common. His harangues have gotten more bitten and vitriolic every Sunday, and his audience, larger. His "cause" is to "rid our city of every coward liberal Catholic, Jew dog, Protestant brute, and 33rd degree Mason who is trying to suck the soul from good Catholics and sell the true faith for greenbacks...
...that, her mother and father came to the Common every Sunday afternoon to plead with their daughter to return. They stood in the middle of a large crowd, mostly hostile, while Father Feeney called them names, and their daughter publicly denounced them and called on the crowd to get rid of them. The mother wept and the father pleaded...
Cambridge's drive to rid local news-stands of cheap editions of so-called "sex books" may end in court prosecutions for several of the banned volumes, it was learned yesterday...
...sweeping purge, the President got rid of nine top generals, including Army Chief Angel Solari and the commanders of Argentina's three armies, plus 25 officers of lesser grade. All had retired at their own request, said a deadpan communique, in order to speed up promotion for younger officers. Ironically, General Solari had put down last September's one-day military revolt, and was later decorated for it in Peron's presence...