Readers weigh in on greatest books list controversy
Henry McLemore notes a heated poll of 50 critics and 50 distinguished readers who ranked works before 1900 with the Bible, Hamlet, and other classics near the top while many modern favorites and favorites like Treasure Island top the popular poll. Citizens cite Hugo, Alice in Wonderland, and Dickens among favored titles, challenging the critics' selections.
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Seans
Hamiet
Shed
Principia Mathematica
Mohammed
Victor Hugo
Norman Douglas
Tom Eet Rusoe
Wyer
Count of Monte Cue
Way of
Lorna
Copperfield
Unc
Italians Maneuver for Separate Peace Rise in Rome Reported
London dispatches say Italy secretly plans a separate peace. Ankara reports quote neutral diplomats saying Italian spirits rose after Laval’s return and hope for summer action before Germany focuses on Russia. Lisbon notes Germans are not fully convinced.
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London
News Chronicle
Ankara
Rome
Italy
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Germany
France
Russia
Lisbon
Sandlot Nines to Wear Health Emblem in Season
Philadelphia reports officials of the National Semi- Pro Baseball Congress approve the Hale America health shield for sleeve insignia on about 500000 sandlot players. The move follows a conference with John B. Kelly COD and J G Taylor Spink COD coordinator.
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Philadelphia
John B. Kelly
Office of Civilian Defense
J. G. Taylor Spink
Dumont
Congress
Parachute School Selects Local Soldier From Parade Troop
Private John J. Marsh son of Mrs. Fred Bahr 808 D avenue NW has been chosen for the army demolition school. He completed parachute training at Fort Benning after joining Sept 8, 1940 and serving in Spokane and Fort Francis E. Warren before heading to the Seventh corps area in Omaha.
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John J. Marsh
Fred Bahr
D Avenue
Army
Marsh
Gazette
Regular Army
Cedar Rapids
Spokane
Wash
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Francis E. Warren
Wyo
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Fort Benning
Japanese Military Attache to Russia Returns Home
Japanese military attache Col. Machitake Yamaoka at the Kuibyshev embassy left for home as Axis broadcasts claim heightened Japanese interest in Portugal. A radio dispatch in Tokio noted Kaizo Inoue, new air attache in Lisbon, met Portuguese military authorities on Monday. Tokio also said wireless service with Tokyo resumes and Bulgaria was to supply 5,000 automobile tires to Japan.
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United Press
Japan
Seman
Russia
Axis
Portugal
Tokio
Machitake Yamaoka
Kuibyshev
Kaizo Inoue
Lisbon
Bertin
Bulgaria
Philli Named Major in Army Public Relations
Joseph B. Philli, managing editor of N magazine, has been commissioned as a major in the U.S. Army and assigned to public relations duties, according to War Department officials on Tuesday.
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Washington (Ap
Joseph B. Philli
N Magazine
Army
War Department
Testament records in Cedar Rapids court notice
A fragmented notice from Cedar Rapids dated April 21 outlines a testament or will proceeding. The text references a court admission and see G. P. Linville as attorney, with phrases like real estate and court actions.
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Bisinnet Court
Rt Ag
Cedar Rapids
What Defects Bar Men From Army and What Don’t
A report on selective service rules explains conditions that disqualify men from service and potential rehabilitations. It notes dental disorders as a major cause of rejection, with estimates that up to 400000 of 900000 men rejected for physical reasons could be rehabilitated, including many with dental issues.
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Selective Service
Maryland
Virginia
Lewis B. Hershey
Higher West Point Enrollment Sought
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson urged Congress to raise West Point admissions from 1960 to a higher level, proposing a bill in a letter to House Speaker Sam Rayburn that would grant an additional appointment for each congressman.
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Washington (Lp
Henry L. Stimson
United States
Stimson
Sam Rayburn
Federal terrapin farm notice from page fragment
Fragmentary OCR note mentions a federal terrapin farm at a location abbreviated as eee 5. Details are unclear and no further context or entities can be reliably identified.
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Macbeth
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Little Shavers
Arra
Pee See
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Sam
Catp
West Point
Armstrong
Spac
Armstrong’s
RPM
A. Poplin
Nature
Conoconth
Death Valley
Conoco
Continental Oil CO
Meteler
Continental Oil Company
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Charles Izer
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Jet Ave
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