Seven Quiz Gems From Classified Page
The reader is invited to turn to the Classified Page for the correct answers to seven trivia questions. Topics include universities cities, Broadway runs, party registration laws, Lincoln papers, war department naming, Edgar Bergen’s wife, polling bills, Tanganyika’s continent, SHAEF in WWII, and a Congress report praising U S production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington and Lee University
Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Library of Congress
Robert Todd Lincoln
War Department
Armed Forces
Edgar Bergen
Gothrough
House of Congress
Tanganyika
Shaef
Congress
United States
Networks to discuss duplication with AFL chief
Four major radio networks informed James C Petrillo president of the American Federation of Musicians that representatives would meet in Chicago on September 8 to discuss duplication of standard broadcasts on FM stations. Petrillo had banned duplication on August 20 and the networks protested that the order would retard broadcasting development.
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Associated Ftcs
New York
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Chtvago
Dupli
Petrilla
British Claim of Sudan Conquest Justified Intervention
The text outlines British motives for controlling the Sudan after the 1898 victory by Anglo Egyptian forces led by Lord Kitchener. It notes earlier occupations to protect the Suez Canal and investments, and cites Egyptian resistance led by Mahdi. Egyptians questioned what conquest granted Britain over Sudan as an integral part of Bayt.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
Sudan
She Mahdi
Lord Kitch~ Fene
Bayt
Radium Price and Uses in Cancer Treatment Across Hospitals
Radium remains the world’s costliest substance at 23 000 per gram though its supply is under 1509 grams worldwide. Its radioactive rays destroy cancer cells and are applied directly or externally in treatment, with radon gas as a byproduct captured for implants.
Anglo Egyptian clash over Sudan at UN Security Council
The article notes renewed UN Security Council debate over Sudan control in the Nile valley. Cairo demands end to British rule, arguing unity with Egypt, while Britain cites the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty and Sudanese readiness for independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nile Valley
Sudan
UN Security Council
Cairo
Egypt
London
Texas
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Journal
the National Bank OF Corry
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Duquesne
Duquesne Brewing Company
Pittsburgh, Pa
Page's
Crisco
Pillsbury
Maxwell House Coffee
Kibs
the Fair Store
Oberman Bros
Center St
Eoa
Philco
Great Walle
East Main ST
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