POLITICAL NOTES: $250,000 on the Bed

POLITICAL NOTES $250,000 on the Bed Dudley J. LeBlanc, who peddled patent medicine (Hadacol) with a sideshow of dancing girls and other razzle-dazzle, is now selling Dudley J. LeBlanc with some of the same techniques. Last week, LeBlanc, a Louisiana state senator, and Lieutenant Governor William J. Dodd, both candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor of Louisiana, talked about forming a combined ticket. One would run for governor, the other for lieutenant governor. The Hadacol baron, who had just sold his business for $8,200,000,* proposed that each put up $250,000 to...

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