Library of Congress Delinquent Readers Delight Officials
A Washington report recalls a 1934 incident at the Library of Congress where a public official left a book overdue beyond the 30 day limit. Librarian Elsie Rackstraw manages overdue notices as lawmakers and staff keep stories of delayed returns and dusted volumes in sight.
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Frank Eleazer Washington
L.P
Library of Congress
Congress
Daniel Webster
Webster
David Mearns
Mearns
Gressman
House
Senate
Elsie Rackstraw
Capitol
Amelia Earhart's Husband Near Death in Cal Hospital
George Palmer Putnam publisher who led the search for Amelia Earhart is near death in a Trona California hospital. At 63 he has battled uremic poisoning and internal hemorrhages for four weeks. Doctors report his condition critical and worsening.
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Trona
Cal
George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
Pacific
Steve Pipe Wells
Death Valley
Missing Earhart figure tied to long marriage history
The subject, once married four times, is noted as legally dead in 1939 with two subsequent marriages. His current wife, formerly Margaret Haviland, lies at his bedside.
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Miss Earhart
Margaret Haviland
Signs of disunity in Soviet nations challenge Moscow
Moscow observers warn growing signs of disunity among the Soviet family of nations threaten Russian leadership as tensions rise across republics and allied regions.
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Moscow
My Day Should Try Improving Democracy
Eleanor Racor argues for personal and communal effort to strengthen democracy as a path to world peace. She reflects on New Year resolutions, individual responsibility, and reducing Communist mistrust by improving domestic democracy and freedom.
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Eleanor Racor Dadeway
United Features
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