Adlai Stevenson Breaks Campaign Traditions Again
Springfield dispatch notes Adlai E. Stevenson eschews trains for air travel and television in a campaign style that mirrors FDR. Editors record Stevenson’s two week stay at his headquarters, with insights on advertising and voter recognition comparisons to Eisenhower, plus details of advisers and media coverage.
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Adlai Stevenson
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Stevenson
Springfield
Wilson
Eisenhower
Lyfe Wilson
Adia. E. Stevenson
FDR
New Idea In Public Reading Rooms St Louis Man Aims To Humanize Libraries
ST LOUIS STAN MOCKLER ST LOUIS Get 1 19 Stew art W Smith director of St Louis counts modernistic Brass enclosd library has redesigned reading rooms to feel more open and less crowded He advocates letting readers bring dogs and pipes while browsing He uses angled shelves lit by daylight large signs classifying shelves and an audiocharger system to dispense books Librarian records borrower details on dictagraphy and later uses playback for notices The building formerly a car showroom houses 10 bookmobiles and a repair crew facilitating rural access Smith formerly librarian at Fitchburg Mags and Lincoln Neb began from scratch during construction to implement these innovations including dogs in library policy
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Stan Mockler
ST. Louis
Stewart W. Smith
Smith
Grill Turns Beck Price Calendar in 25th Year
CHICAGO October 1 1927 prices mark Beck Grill’s 25th anniversary. A meal featuring consommé, fried chicken, parsley potatoes and buttered peas reflected the 1927 menu used to celebrate the milestone.
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Grill
Beck
Chicago
Carson Men's Grill
Actor Milland Designs Telescope Amateur Astronomer
Hollywood star Ray Milland, famed as an actor, is an avid amateur astronomer who designed an 17 inch telescope. He sold it to an Atomic Energy Commission official for about half of its 1708 value for use in tracking missiles. Milland keeps two smaller telescopes and many astronomy books and shares his passion with English amateurs and observatories.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Atomic Energy *Commission
New Mexico
Milland
Ray Milland
Einstein
Pluto
Los Angeles
AEC
Palomar Observatory
Washington
Mario Lanza
Jack
Chico Frustration Lands Monkey in Jail in Windsor
A three year old monkey named Chico in Windsor Ontario caused trouble after biting two police, tearing up paper at police HQ, and later biting six of the seven children of a service station operator. The Humane Society took Chico before his owner George Hardy retrieved him, claiming Chico was merely frustrated and needed a female companion.
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Windsor
Ont
Chico
The
Humane Society
George Hardy
Strawberry farmer notes unexpected second strawberry crop
Robert Johnston of Niagara Falls reports unseasonably warm weather has fooled his strawberry plants into producing a second crop. The report highlights unusual spring warmth affecting his harvest.
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Niagara Falls
Robert Johnston
Reserve Officers Get New Teacher
AUSTIN Oct 1 Reserve Officers appoints Joseph G Cathey as senior Army instructor for Organized Reserves in Texas replacing Col Paul B Matone Jr who departed last month for duty in the Far East Cathey an Oklahoma native comes to Austin after a three month tour as artillery executive of the 45th Infantry Division He will supervise training of all organized reservists in Texas
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Austin
Joseph G. Cathey
Texas
Cal
M. E. Jones
Cathey
Paul B. Matone
Dow Sal
Ac Okla
Guty
Sion
45Th Infantry Division
Request To Stave Too Much For Businessman
An LA health department spokesman described a Wednesday incident where about 20 men applied for a restaurant purchase permit. A man was told to shave his beard or quit if he worked in the kitchen, and he left the scene saying something unclear as he walked out.
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Los Angeles
Ip— & Health Départment
Kitcher
Japan Votes in First Postwar Election
Report notes Japan's first national elections since World War II. Voters weigh pro and anti war constitution candidates while amid a society of sharp contrasts. Some candidates released from wartime crimes may seek varied leadership paths amid U S influence and domestic pressures.
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