Library of Congress Holds Vast U S Comic Book Collection
In Washington the Library of Congress houses one of the nation’s largest ec book stores with 315 current comic magazine titles in its file. Archibald Evans notes that many publishers file copies with the library, and researchers may access them by request under lock and key. Congressmen rarely read them, but the library serves as a research resource for both senior and junior readers.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Archibald Evans
Congress
Evans
Junior
Farm Problems Are Interesting Farm Problems Are Interesting
STHACA NY shows rising interest in farming issues among non-farm residents as libraries report demand for soils and conservation material. Robert J Howard, chair of New York state production and marketing administration committee, notes producers risk bankruptcy and cites growing farm conservation demonstrations in towns and schools.
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Sthaca
Robert J. Howard
New York
Belgrade under Tito shows workers paradise in motion
In Belgrade the Tito regime touts a 12 hour six day work week with Sunday volunteer labor for roads and railways. While volunteers push reconstruction and housing, clerks in state stores show apathy and a taste for window displays. Transportation improves with trams, rebuilt rail links, and a looming movie city aimed at producing dozens of films annually.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Nea
Marshal Tito
Paradise
Belgrad
Toavor
Tito
Zagreb
Yugolavia
Italy
Germany
Bells Ring in Berlin and a Belfast Name Change T:
The article notes church bells ringing in Zehlendorf Berlin amid a Soviet blockade leak with both German and American congregations sharing services. It describes bells cast after Germans traded in the Soviet zone, marking the first chimes since Hitler seized bells eight years earlier. Also covered is residents of Distillery Street Tamavady Northern Ireland seeking to rename as Church Street Palace Night Club, a crowded hot venue with staff in worn shirts.
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Zehlendorf
Ernst Moritz Arndt
Ernst Gess
Arthur Stebens
Toledo
Soviet
Berlin
Zehlendrof-Dahlem
Hitler
Distillery Street
Tamavady
Northern Ireland
Church Street
the Palace
Belerade
Transferring Streetscapes: Hurst's 36 Year Car Collection
Sapulpa businessman Bill Wayne Hurst has amassed transfers for street cars from every state and several foreign countries. The collection took 36 years to complete and spans a wide range of origins and designs.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Bill Wayne Hurst
Kellogg Cereal Ad Promises Double Your Money Back
A Kellogg advertisement from Battle Creek offers a money back deal if a reader does not feel satisfied after ten days. The text promotes a cereal as a natural source of bulk for regular elimination and advises consuming one ounce per day with milk and ample water. Send an empty carton to the Kellogg company to claim the refund.
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Hazel Russay
Pottstown
Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Terror Ruling Malays Colony Sparks Fear in Malaya
Visitors report a "rule of the gun" in Malaya with Communists said to control rubber estates and tin mines. Those who resist are eliminated and families fear exposure as gunmen strike. Police are urged to identify attackers amid growing paranoia in Johore and Singapore.
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Malaya
Singapore
Johore
Man Next
Parking meters labeled unfair to kids in South Bend
Janet Mason, eight, laments the city’s new parking meters in South Bend Indiana. She wrote Mayor George Shock that the meters drain her piggy bank and she cannot save pennies. She notes how her father uses allowances for meters.
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South Bend
Ind
Janet Mason
George Shock
After 28 Years Pen Pals Meet in Plainville
Mrs Floyd Martin of Plainville finally visited Lena Mae Goff of Winston Salem NC after 28 years of monthly correspondence begun in 1920 as a classroom English assignment. The long friendship spanned three continents and endured across decades and distance.
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Plainville
Kan. U
Floyd Martin
Lena Mae Goff
Winston-Salem
Northwestern art professor explains public confusion on art
Evanston University professor Thomas M. Folds argues Americans misjudge art because few people take time to analyze a single painting. He says modern education neglects visual arts, leaving the public largely ignorant about art and unwilling to spend even 20 minutes on a single work.
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Evanston, IL UA
Northwestern University
Thomas M. Folds
Folds
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