Question quiz tests memory with varied history and trivia
A reader is invited to answer ten questions spanning sports history foreign policy music and literature. Topics include the Derby anniversary, Ohio senator with presidential lineage, the Berlin blockade date, Hans Christian Andersen’s origin, base running on three strikes, Statue of Liberty sheathing material, a lyric about skies, Lewis Douglas’s sport injury, a radio program MC, and the 1790 census population.
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U. S
Ohio
Russia
Berlin
Hans Christian Andersen
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
Lewis
Douglas
Great Britain
Radio
Vprogram
College of Fun and Knowledge
United States
Wilcox Woman Dies Of Burns In Hospital
Mrs. Mary Winslow Winslow 88 retired Wilcox telephone operator died at Community Hospital from burns after her clothing ignited by a rubbish fire on May 11. Death ruled accidental after routine inquest by McKean Charity Governor Limer Beatty. She lived with daughter Mrs. Mable Lucore and previously worked two eight hour shifts, sleeping in her office during late night calls.
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Wilcox
Isane
Mary Wins
Stanley Barratt
Winslow
Twenty Years Ago Ba Takeo Prom Journal Files June 1929
A 1929 item list notes Mrs Jennie Moore's wrist fracture after a fall from a ladder at East Frederick street. Harry Swann, Raymond Mfg. Co. veteran, retires with a fishing outfit after 30 years, praised by Charles Kinley. Miss Aller Brooks, Beckley College graduate, cited for awards. New birth at Columbus. VFW posts raise funds for uniforms for a bugle and drum corps. Memorial Day parade praised. Summer school begins June 1 at the Junior High, with M J Blandes as principal.
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Takeo Prom
Harry Swann
Raymond Mfg. Co
Burgettstown Finds Jobs After Plant Closure
Burgettstown Pennsylvania June 6 The western mill town faces loss of its principal industry yet unemployment no longer haunts residents. About 700 workers laid off at the American Zinc and Chemical Co plant in nearby Langeloth have mostly found other jobs. Only maintenance staff remain as the plant closes at month end. A committee is forming to attract new industries to Washington County community of 3,000 with no signs of depression.
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Burgettstown
Pennsylvania
American Zing & Chemical Co
Langeloth
Washington County
Borough Approves $30000 Bond For Sewers And Streets
Wayne Culley, president of the borough council, announced the bond issue of 30000 dollars for sewer and street improvements has been sold. Banking circles express confidence in the town’s future.
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Wayne Culley
Democrats Aim Farm Vote Strategy In Midwest Conference
Democratic leaders from a dozen Middle Western states planned a Des Moines conference on June 12 to push the Brannan farm program and mobilize farmers for next year's Congressional elections. Republicans slated similar meetings in the area. Analysts note farm voting shifted several states in 1948, reshaping the electoral map and threatening Dewey’s path to victory.
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Des Moines
Phe Framily
Congress
Des Mines
Washington
Brannan
Colorado
Iowa
Ohio
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Truman
Dewey
Thurmond
House of Representatives
Tlinois
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersy
Connecticut
Maryland
Delaware
New Hampshire
Michigan
Oregon
B. A
Roosevelt
Political realignment reshapes regional strength across the nation
The text notes a shift in political power with the East leaning strongest in industry, the Midwest agricultural base, and a current scramble of geographic strongholds. It implies a broader realignment as party influence disperses across regions.
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Middle West
Treasury Report Washington June 6 figures released
The Treasury reports for June 6 show net budget receipts of 118,074,126.39 and expenditures of 122,684,578.61. Cash balance stands at 1,267,589,289.89.
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Treasury
Washington
The
Truck Strike Ends At Jamestown
Jamestown’s Mushroom Transportation Company terminal resumes truck operations after a settlement ended a weeklong idle strike by local 649 AFL Truck Drivers Union members. The dispute centered on long-haul assignments between Jamestown and Philadelphia. Terms were not disclosed but described as satisfactory to both parties.
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Tjamestows
Mushroom Transportation Company
Jamestown
Philadelphia
Loval 649
AFL
Bank takes over Burgettstown branch this year
The Citizens' National Bank of Washington unit was acquired by the National Bank & Trust Co. This move will trigger hardship from the plant closure, chiefly the loss of a $9.7 million property valuation assessed at the 2.0 mill rate, which produced about $19,000 in revenue.
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Tional Bank & Trust Co
Burgettstown
Citizens’ National Bank of Washington
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Oliver Dasler
East Frederick Street
Jennie Moore
Columbus
Aller Brooks
J. D. Brooks
Beckley College
Harrisburg
Miss Brooks
Leonard Stockton
Will Ourroll
Louisana
France
Archie W. Thompson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
M. J. Blandes
Collyrium
Bellans
Woodbury Shave
Fmidist
North Corry Emblem
L. Armitage
Corry Supply and Equipment Co
Wiener Forks
Hamburgrill
Ste
Isaack
West Main St
Dial
Corry, Pa
Barach‘s Home Furniture CO
Barach
Home Furniture CO
South Center Street
Reta Las
Calif
Loblaw Potato
Orchard Park
Morrell’s
PURE
Scottissue Waldorf Tissue
Morrell
California
Corry's Smart Women’s Shop
North Center Street
Awa, Mr Suite
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