Merger Plans and City Affairs Prompt Local Notes
A scrambled clipping reports on a $105,000,000 merger deal between Curtiss Weight and Atlas Corpora, along with city council actions, a police-assisted recovery of lost children, a smallpox case, and school enrollment figures. It mentions Kennecott Copper Corp results, a bond approval for Virginia Holson Paulson, and agricultural program notices. The piece mixes economic data, local governance, health alerts, and transport updates with inconsistent names and dates.
British to try coal gas use as auto fuel
London reports government committee on emergency vehicle conversion to gas. Mines Dept already licensed 25 firms to make gas units for cars or towed on trailers. Units may need over $200 to install, limiting near-term use to commercial fleets. small cars unlikely unless costs drop. Private drivers face wartime gasoline rationing about 200 miles monthly versus prewar averages.
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London
Mar
Ziithii
Mines Department
Tee
More Shifts at Soldiers' Home Reported
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Home board of trustees announced three personnel changes at the regular quarterly meeting. Cook Mrs Tha Henry received a three month medical leave. Clerk in the adjutants office Mrs Ole Hall resigned effective April 15. Mrs Frances Rose was named her successor. Foreman Harry W Smith from 702 East 25th Street was slated to replace Edward Neyland around April. The Rev Hugh B Speer of First United Presbyterian Church was renamed Chaplain.
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Board of Trustees
Roy McDonald
Tha Henry
Cook
McDonald
Ole Hall
Adjutants Office
Frances Roseaulist
Harry W. Smith
East 25Th Street
Edward Neyland
Hugh B. Speer
First United Presbyterian Church
Fea Eee
The Story of Democracy by Hendrik Willem van Loon
The text traces the Athenian experiment and warns that bad money and bad democracy undermine the good. It cites Thomas Gresham and Gresham's Law as a metaphor for how corrupt leaders can drive out virtuous governance, urging vigilance to protect democracy from decay.
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Hendrik Willem van Loon
Thomas Greshan
Elizabeth
Antwerp
Gresham
Thomas
Piers Bi Sryar
Athenan
Thomas Gresham
Nexts The Renisn Republic Ails Scmun People Decline
Auto strops runaway willows. Cal modern progress deprives old Dobbin of joy. A city garbage wagon haul ends when Mr and Mrs Hiberts overtake them in their automobile before they could scare rabbit.
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Willows
Cal
Dobbin
Bill Hiberts
Rabbit
Markets reel as hogs steer cows hit price lows
Hogs show mixed demand with weights 180 to 250 pounds trading 5.15 to 5.75, lowest since July 1934, while 220 to 250 pound hogs bring 5.50 to 6.65 and under 150 pound pigs mostly 4 to 4.825. Cattle activity steadier with steers and yearlings around 7.50 to 8.75, beef cows 5.0 to 8.50 and canners 2.65 to 4.20. calves and sheep fluctuate as market closes. Pittsburgh wholesale produce trends show apples steady to slightly higher, New York markets report mixed stock and aviation shares rally after declines, with several major firms quoted among gains and losses.
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East Buperlo
S. R
Fowler
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