Boy Scout Stamp Planned for National Jamboree at Valley Forge
The 3 cent brown Boy Scouts of America commemorative will debut June 30 at Valley Forge Pa opening day of the National Jamboree with 47000 attendees. Postmaster General Jesse M Donaldson calls it government recognition of scouting’s role in character building. Buckskin cover by Troop 24 Minneapolis and Cedar Rapids Stamp Club meets monthly at Montrose hotel welcome visitors.
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BOY Scouts of America
Valley Forge
Jesse M. Donaldson
Exploring
Cub Scouting
Boy Scouting
The
B.S.A
Troop 24
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Stamp News Highlights Charity Issues and Historic Figures
collectors can secure the Buck skin by sending name and address and 15 cents to troop 24 Minnehaha station Minneapolis. Urinam and Algeria issues feature charity stamps with values and portraits of Marie Curie and Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen. Reza Shah Pahlavi stamps honor his burial. notes recount his rise and abdication during World War II.
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Minnehaha Station
Minneapolis
Minn
Iips
Reza Shah
Iran
Reza Shah Pahlevi
Persia
Buckskin stamp design to feature Scouting message and seal
Stamp commission picks last year’s King of Cadets artist to draw the buckskin motif. The reverse will carry a Scouting message from Minnesota’s governor, plus the state seal and official jamboree emblem.
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King of Cadets
Minnesota
Four Ton Statue of Steve Canyon To Be Dedicated
The Liberty Bell squadron of Philadelphia will attend the June 7 dedication of a four ton statue of Steve Canyon in Bedford Indiana. Milton Caniff, creator of the Canyon, funded and arranged the statue which will later travel to Idaho Springs Colorado for Gold Rush days. The project includes a donation plaque from the U S Treasury and honors Canyon’s wartime service and appearance in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
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Steve Canyon
Bedford
Ind
Air Force Reserve
Liberty Bell Squadron
Philadelphia
Colorado
Milton Caniff
Cedar Rapids Gazette Daily
Liberty Bell Group
327Th
Caniff
Canyon
Steve
Liberty Bell
Atterbury Air Force Base
Indiana
Air Force
Idaho Springs
Colo
Treasury Department of the United States
Statuesque Process for Gold Rush Fete Figures
Contractor Frank Bowden sketched a clay model for a nine foot statue carved from fine limestone by veteran stonecarver Webster Bundy. Dave Anderson, a 24 year old Chicago lawyer nicknamed Steve Canyon, serves as model after winning a contest and will attend ceremonies in Idaho Springs and Bedford. Canyon celebrates Colorado’s 1859 gold discovery as part of the annual Gold Rush days fete.
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Frank Bowden
Webster Bundy
Idaho Springs
Dave Anderson
Chicago
Steve Canyon
Chicago Sun-Times
Anderson
Army Air Force
Bedford
Bundy
Benny gift softens UC regents view on frugality
Berkeley California AP reports that UC regents accepted a $1,000 gift from Jack Benny to support surgical research at the UCLA medical center. The donation tempers Benny's reputation as a tightwad as officials acknowledge the value of the contribution.
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Berkeley
Calif
Jack Benny
University of California Regents
Benny
U.C.L.A. Medical Center
Fact quotes from wartime era figures on economy and policy
A collection of quotes from ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman Allan B. Kline of the American Farm Bureau Walter Reuther UAW and Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson warning against propaganda praising free markets and pension demands while cautioning about war and inflation as the country debates policy and fiscal strategy.
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Louis Johnson
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Urinam
Dutch Guiana
South America
Marie Curie
Wilhelm Konrad von Rontgen
Mme. Curie
Rontgen
Algeria
French Foreign Legion
Leon Monosson
Legionnaire
Legion Welfare Organization
Leroy Giles
William G. Riley
Indiana Limestone Company
Denver Post
Linn County
Ted V. Ruffin
Iowa
Richard V. Leo
Dysart, Iowa
Clorado
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Bernard Baruch
Smulekoff
Smulekoffs
Ci Ree
Better Homes and Gardens
Karpen
By Karpen
Bradford
PEN
Sburg Gali
Illinois
Omaha
Savanna Sabula Bridge Company
Bradford Group
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