United States position in Pacific and Atlantic bases debated
The piece argues U S priorities lie in the Pacific while Atlantic bases serve as protection against Nazi or Fascist moves. It compares Allied actions in Europe to potential Japanese moves, warns against passive defense, and stresses building defenses and self reliance. It notes risks of a Japanese push toward Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, Alaska, or Hawaii, and urges readiness.
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China
United States
Europe
Pacific
Aspan
East Indies
Philippines
Singapore
Great Britain
Straits
Alaska
Hawaii
Atlantic
Hitler
France
Britain
Denmark
Norway
Newspaper Advertising Boosts Readership and Revenue
20th Century Pax Film Corp announces 65 percent of its 2,000,000 advertising badge for WEL-42 will be spent with newspapers. Company cites extensive surveys proving newspapers are the most potent advertising medium with readers using ads in daily deners for reference and future comparisons.
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20Th Century-Pax Film Corp
Ayew
Pan
Traffic reform and wary pedestrians on city streets
In a cautious move, city authorities urged jaywalkers and motorists to cooperate as pedestrians showed varied response. Most walkers appreciated safer crossings while few critics feared temporary changes would fade. The piece notes potential teamwork between road users and police to sustain improved behavior.
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Claveland Alice Force
Tevan Mb
Iaffic
Urge 3 Dollar Price Sought for Milk Producers
Pittsburgh dairy activists pressed for a minimum of 3 per hundredweight for milk at a Pittsburgh hearing. The Pennsylvania Milk Control Board weighed requests from farmers and dealers for price boosts, with decision expected within a month. Joseph Haering of Latrobe urged a floor of 3 per cwt for at least 85 percent of milk, while Sen C Bale Sips of Butler backed selling all farmers milk to dealers at a flat rate of 3 per hundredweight.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Milk Control Board
John M. McKee
Joseph C. Haering
Latrobe
United Warmers of America
C. Bale Sips
Butler
Keystone Milk Producers Association
Trail of checks left by sharper Palconer
July 24 state police say they have arrested three petty embezzlers linked to a pattern targeting jewelers and opticians in New York and Pennsylvania. Harry Andrews, 33, identified as a key suspect, was arraigned on second degree forgery and held for the Chautauqua County grand jury. A mortician reported Andrews took a customer’s mirrors and partially paid with a bogus check. Similar complaints came from Dunkirk Lackawanna Syracuse Amsterdam Binghamton and Plymouth PA.
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Palconer
Wrest of & Min
Harry Andrews
Buffalo
New York
Pennsylvania
Howard J. Pisk
New York Glass Company
Andrews
Chautauqua County Grand Jury
Punty
Mayville
Broderice Mattison
Dunkirk
Lackawanna
Syracuse
Amsterdam
Binghamton and
Allen
Bradford
Plymouth
Penn State Farm Calendar Plans August Field Activities
Penn State College schedules August field days on August 14 and 16 focusing on vegetable tasting, experiments, mower and ornamental work, plus nest construction for egg gathering. Weed control follows rains with cultivation after soil dries. Poison ivy spray prep uses sodium arsenite at a 650 to 1 dilution, and dahlia care calls for removing base growth. Turnips sown now should mature by fall. late July sowing of leafy greens is advised.
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Pennaylvanhi State College
Stalin Relying on Senior Soviet Leaders to Block Nazi Fronts
The article profiles key Soviet military figures. Marshal Semeon Budyonny and Marshal Kliment Voroshilov are cited as central to defending against Germany. It notes their roles, backgrounds, and ages, with attention to Finland, Bessarabia, and the broader defense coordination under Stalin.
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Finland
Hitler
Cyur
Bolsheviks
Bessarabia
Russia
Rumania
Moscow
Klement Y. Voroshilov
Stalin
Alrikes
Leningrad
S. M. Budyonny
Don River
Health of Americans Rises, Noted in 1917 Comparison
In a peacetime draft assessment, critics claim youth fitness is improving. Officials say today’s medical exams are thorough, with strict 1-A classifications for the healthiest registrants. Facilities are better, and basic health standards exceed those of wartime 1917, signaling no national health decline.
Corning Leader Raises Single Copy Price
The Corning Leader will raise the price to five cents for a single copy and 25 cents per week, effective next Monday. Publishers W A and S Onder Jr cite rising operating costs and note the last carrier rate hike came in 1920 when prices jumped to eight cents per week.
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Corning
Corning Leader
W. A
Onderfill, Jr
Seven quiz questions from a daily puzzle page
Questions cover history and geography including Washington’s mother, Aesop’s origin, Corot’s nationality, freezing points, a miswritten line about a pompous mariner, Greeley’s 1841 newspaper, and locations like the Black Hills, plus World War I alliance sides.
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George Washington
Aesop
Suthor
Corot
Peri Nia
Horace Greeley
Black Hills
Russia
Prom Journal Files Twenty Years Ago
A brief note recalls prom journal files dated twenty years earlier, referenced in a Sunday paper.
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Prom Journal
Transmission of a muddled quote about grammar
A confused note discusses Swift and a proverb about tubs, an English lawn named Broadway, and an old misread language point. It mentions seventh or eighth century dating and a pronoun rule claiming hay follows any form of the verb to be, with examples.
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England
Broadway
Tomay
Cornell finds bottom up watering equal to top down method
The foriculture department at Cornell University reports dunking household plants from the bottom up works as well as traditional top down watering. Submerge the lower quarter to third of the soil until surface moisture appears, ensuring even dampening while keeping foliage dry. This saves time for busy housewives without harming plants.
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Eni
Cornell University
University
Court Upholds Baldwin Appeal in Erie Case
Erie July 24 Assistant District Attorney Damian McCaughlin disclosed that the state supreme court upheld an appeal by George D. Baldwin a real estate dealer and builder after a habeas writ denial on gravel larceny charges Baldwin should have been freed. The decision was not yet accompanied by the opinion as a copy was awaited. Cunningham another real estate dealer alleged Baldwin removed gravel from property not his.
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Erie
Damian Mccaughlin
George D. Baldwin
Tre Yep
Aul Wullder
Lore
High Court
McLaughlin
Baldwin
F. O. Cunningham
Cunningham
Wall Street’s Name Tied to Dutch Governor’s Wall
In New Amsterdam, Governor Peter Stuyvesant ordered a defensive wall on the site of today’s Wall Street to guard against a British siege, giving the street its historic hue and purpose.
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Wall Street
Peeter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
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