Joke Book Research Is No Joke Clean Upper Wails
New York lawyer Henry Schultz, former executive director of the Association of Comic Magazine Publishers, has been tasked with cleaning up comic books. He plans to categorize titles by genre to judge vulgarity and delinquency while defending the colorful medium against claims that it fuels juvenile crime. Schultz, with three children, vows to study each type before ruling on reforms.
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Ruth Constad
New York
Henry Schultz
Bugs Bunny
Buck Rogers
Superman
Porky Pig
Millie
T. Schultz
The
Association of Comic Magazine Publishers
Schultz
Mutt and Jeff
British Freighter Leicester Abandoned After North Atlantic Search
New York AP reports a 9000 square mile hunt for the British freighter Leicester, abandoned by its crew during a hurricane. The search was called off as the ship was presumed sunk after two Canadian tugs failed to locate it. Six crew members are listed as lost and 30 rescued by other freighters.
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New York
Coast Guard
Leicester
Black Markets in Berlin Deal with Crab Odds, Ends
Berlin markets hum with daylight exchange as war ravaged economy bleeds into daily life. A Potsdamerplatz area market shows ragged brokers and hungry buyers, where three Eastern marks buy one Western mark in a stark, tragic street economy.
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Berlin
Potsdamerplatz
Black market scene near Potsdamerplatz in postwar Berlin
A vivid street market is described with sellers offering a smudged roll, chocolate, herring, cigarets sold one by one, nylons, peanuts, and various goods. Shoppers move through a frugal, dirty counter made of newspaper. A single eye vendor seeks shoelaces as money men linger. The passage notes a twice-used store and weights the place as a Russian claim on wartime chaos.
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Potsdamerplatz
Hoover condition seen as slightly improved
Washington AP reports FBI chief J Edgar Hoover in hospital with bronchial pneumonia for a week. Doctors say his condition has shown slight improvement as he receives treatment at a Washington area facility.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Credit Buying Controls Take Effect Nationwide
Government installment buying restrictions went into effect delaying consumer purchases for cars and home goods. Buyers must place a one third down payment on autos and repay within 15 to 18 months while home furnishings require a one fifth down and 151 monthly installments.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Notice of Appointment Administratrix in Linn County Iowa
The undersigned qualified as Administratrix of the estate of Mary Agnes Seelig of Linn County Iowa on September 2 1900 and requests all debtors to pay promptly and all creditors to file authentic claims with the Linn County Clerk Johnson and Lawrence attorneys.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Mary Agnes Seelig
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