Tribute to Judge Hand a Giant of American Justice
Editorial honors Learned Hand, longtime Second Circuit judge who died aged 89. The piece praises his devotion to democracy and liberty, cites his 1950 speech on clear and present danger, notes his near-supreme court status, and recalls his career from Taft's appointment to Warren's tribute at his 50th judge anniversary in 1959.
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Billings
Hand
Second Circuit
United States Court of Appeals
United States
Communist Party
Judge Hand
U.S. Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Benjamin Cardozo
High Court
America
Learned Hand
Marshall
Holmes
Brandeis
Cardozo
U.S. Court of Appeals
Second District
New York
Connecticut
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
William Howard Taft
Albany
N.Y
Augustus
Circuit Court of Appeals
Harvard
Wall Street
Earl Warren
William P. Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Try and Stop Me satire on Mel Allen and San Francisco boasts
The passage jokes about Mel Allen’s college antics and a boast about San Francisco. It references his freshman year chasing a fly ball and later circling it while shouting phrases about having 97, then notes a native boast about leaning against the city’s hills or cable cars. The tone is humorous and self aware.
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Erre
Mel Allen
Bell
Mel
San Francisco
Baytown Sun masthead and contact details page
The fragment shows publication details for Che Baytoum Sun published afternoons five days a week plus Sundays, with Baytown Texas postal and regulatory notes. It lists staff roles and department heads and mentions subscription rates and post office compliance statements.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Astibe
Baytown
Texas
Goldfine Parole Plea From Payne Sparks Senate Rush
Former Maine senator Fred Payne presses colleagues to secure parole for Bernard Goldfine, jailed 1955 tax evasion convict. Goldfine, in a Danbury prison, claims mistreatment and pressure from authorities while his secretary implicates gifts to Eisenhower aides. Other names include Sherman Adams, Dr Charles Furcolo, and John Powers. Kennedy laughs with Pushinka and Caroline as White House life is sketched amid Berlin crisis notes.
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Washington
Maine
Fred Payne
Bernard Goldfine
Senate
Goldfine
Danbury
Payne
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
White House
Miss Paperman
Adams
Charles Furcolo
Massachusetts
Kirby and Co
Boston
Kennedy
Pushinka
Caroline
Charlie
Khrushchev
Kennedys
Evelyn Lincoln
Wizards, Words and Wardrobe of Washington Era Secrets
Nan Jones presents a grab bag of trivia questions about agraphia and early U S history. It lists three men who served as secretary of state under George Washington, notes the number of burnings under Mary Tudor, questions Bryant’s age when writing Thanatopsis, and recalls a Greek tutor who died loyal to Zenobia. A Today’s Happening feature recalls Leningrad’s outskirts twenty years ago.
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George Washington
Mary Tudor
Britain
William Cobe Yen Bryant
Zenobia
How Do You Stand Sir How Do You Stand Sir
Premier Khrushchev outlined a plan for free housing food translation medical care and utilities and claimed a future of high living standards. The piece questions whether free goods cure greed or responsibility and contrasts with American welfare programs. It argues that individual effort remains essential and warns against central collectivist models.
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Washington
Khrushchev
Soviet Republic
Soviet Russia
Russia
America
SBIC stocks enliven markets before Berlin crisis hit
New SBIC investment firms draw mixed reaction on Wall Street as about 1,500 businessmen tap their funds while banks remain wary. Since 1938 Congress authorized SBA to license SBICs with assets under 5 million dollars and net income under 250 thousand. Public offerings began in 1959 with growth into publicly held and SEC registered plays, driving total SBIC assets toward 850 million by month end as early stock gains fuel interest.
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New York
SBIC
Berlin
Wall Street
Congress
Small Business Administration
SBA
Minst
Securities & Exchange Commission
Chicago
Berlin Crisis Reveals East West Tensions in Berlin
Western Allies failed to agree on countermeasures after Khrushchev sealed off East Berlin. Adenauer warned of possible embargoes while Washington and London feared wider Soviet retaliation. Berlin remains locked and prospects for a unified West response dim.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Berlin
East Germany
John McCloy
Kennedy
Stalingrad
McCloy
Khnushchev
Washington
East Berlin
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
West
Associated Press
Adenauer
London
East
Garrison Predicts 30 Die in Labor Day Weekend
Austin AP reports Homer Garrison Jr. director of the Texas Department of Public Safety predicted that 30 people will die in motor accidents during Labor Day weekend. Records show the three day holiday period is among the most dangerous times of the year.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
The
Artment of Public Safety
Texas
Bridge lessons warn against early heart finesse in notrump
A vintage bridge column analyzes a 1961 hand where West's unnecessary heart finesse loses the contract. Declarer can guarantee nine to thirteen tricks by quickly establishing diamonds, avoiding the risky heart finesse and keeping focus on the diamond suit.
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North East South
West
Declarer
East
South
King
Jose
Ares' Syndicate, Inc
Crossword Clue Fragments From A Damaged Page
Readable scraps hint at a daily puzzle with clues about shore, river, tricks, temper, and animals. Items reference Canada border stories and fashion terms, while terms like parson and wheeler appear among scattered entries on a worn page.
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Canada
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Paul Putman
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Joseph Kirby
Powers
Kirby
Ike
Pushigka
ICE “Burg
Nan Jones
Central Press
Leningrad
Bren
Spon
Jonathan Sawifi
Virginia
G. S
Harry Tyrd
William and Mary
Smithfield
Hdward Johnson
Metropolitan Opera
Elizabeth Bergner
Aunt Caston
Thomas Jefferson
Edmund Randolph
Timothy Pickering
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North Dealer
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Vothers
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French River
Posc
Tiang
Roman Mad
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