McFarland Sees Light Turnout In State Primaries
Kermit McFarland, Pittsburgh Press political writer, argues Pennsylvania's recent primary was one of the lightest in modern times with only about four in ten voters casting ballots. He blames European war, voter apathy, and limited issues, noting machines remain flawed but turnout and interest are low across the state.
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Kermit McFarland
Pittsburgh Press
Wen
Hamshire
McFarland
Pennsylvania
Johnny Golightly
Jimmy Go
Bodty
Mart
Sara M. Soffel
Bruce Catton in Washington on Civil War blockade history
Bruce Catton surveys Civil War blockade lessons as Franklin D Roosevelt hints at current Anglo French actions. He recalls the Springbok prize case where a British ship and cargo were seized and later challenged through U S courts, and notes the evolving rules governing blockade from Lincoln to modern times. England now blocks Germany with an American ship seized in a British port.
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United States Cmiser
Sonoma
London
Robert E. Lee
Chansellorsville
Germany
Lincoln
Confederacy
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Holland
Denmark
William Jennings Bryan
Robert Lansing
America
England
Panama Canal stamps honor builders in 25th anniversary
Panama marks the canal 25th anniversary with nine postage and eight air mail stamps featuring portraits of leaders and engineers. Subjects include Belisario Portas, Taft, Goethals, de Lesseps, Roosevelt, Wilson, and Amador Guerrero. Images show Gatun Lake, Culebra Cut and canal views. Bulgaria and Russia also issue stamps, including delivery stamps and portraits, with various designs and purposes.
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Panama
Panama Canal
U. S
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Theodore Roosevelt
William C. Sorgas
U.S. Army
Manuel Amador Guerrero
Woodrow Wilson
Canal
Gatun Lake
Pedro Miguel Lacks
Culebra
Russia
Mikhail B. Seliglov
Mikhail Schedrin
Daily Dozen Medical Society on breastfeeding and race
A Medical Society of Pennsylvania note discusses breast feeding as ideal for infants and critiques assumptions about milk nutrition. It cites a survey of infants up to nine months, with percentages fed in various ways and mortality linked to partial breastfeeding. It also references human evolution and world racial population estimates.
Hollywood Film Shop and court suit involving Disney
The $50,000 suit by Reynard Fraundfelder against Walt Disney Studios and associated firms was dismissed by Superior Judge Frank Swain who found the Swiss invoicing claim baseless and that the Swiss acted only as an advisor to Disney for which payment was made. Separately Ernst Lubitsch's month old daughter Nikola was saved in a sea rescue from the Athenia disaster. Actress Andrea Leeds and producer Robert S. Howard are planning marriages.
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Reynard Fraundfelder
Siiss
Frank Swain
Walt Disney Studios
Praimdfelder
Disney
Radio Pictures
RCA Manufacturing Company
Nikola
Ernst Lubitsch
Athenia
Lina Strohmeyer
Southern Cross
World War II era snippets mix fear and morale shock
The piece mixes disorderly notes on Soviet advances and German U boats with social oddities. It mentions a woman reporter at the front, fashion items affecting men, and weather forecasts tied to wartime events. The overall tone hints at public anxiety and curiosity during conflict.
Unclear OCR Fragment on Abbreviations and Names
Fragmentary OCR text discusses forming possessives in titles and abbreviations with examples like William Morrow House and Charles Landbergh. Content is garbled and lacks a coherent event or report to summarize.
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William Morrow
Charles
Landbergh
Radio Station Broadcast Schedule Preview Tonight
A crowded NBC and CBS radio slate airs heavyweights like Joe Louis defending his title against Bob Pastor at 9 30 pm and a Roosevelt neutrality law update at 2 pm tomorrow. Duke Ellington, Texaco Star Theater, and Kay Kyser offer music and comedy across networks with varied times tonight and tomorrow.
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Doytle
Joe Louis
Bob Pastor
Sam Taub
Bill
Stern
Congress
NBC
USA
Paul Whiteman
Nashville
Tenn
Jase King
South
CBS
Joan Edwards
Barbour House
Ong Man's Family
Helen Chandler
Texata Star Theater
Maxwell Anderson
Gerry
Chicago
Twenty Years Ago Token Flies From Journal Item
The Journal notes twenty years back with John and William Linendell returning to New York after navy duty in Brest France for two and a half years. It also mentions a steel strike affecting Ajax Iron Works Raymond Manufacturing Climex Turnbuckle Co and others, coal delivery issues, a note about a peach buyer and farmer, a dinner party hosted by Miss VeBtta Crowell, and openings at Columbus school with twenty in high school and the Lillian Gutta gathering at Mrs N Dell Dating’s home.
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New York
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William Linendell
Brest
France
Navy
Ajax Iron Works
Raymond Manufacturing Co
Climex Co
Turnbuckle Co
Daily 9 How Many Can Quiz You Answer
A noisy quiz from a classified page asking ten questions about geography civics and language. It seeks public engagement and presents varied trivia including Taft era Supreme Court appointments flag stripes measurements discovery of the Mississippi River Had initials meaning and Georgia rivers.
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Namie
South America
U. S. Supreme Court
Taft Apbor
U.S
Mississippi River
Georgia
Postmaster Announces Second Annual Letter Writing Week
Postmaster James F. Sullivan announces plans for the post office second annual letter-writing week from October 2. The slogan is Write today to whose way and aims to boost letter sales to reduce potential government service deficit. The campaign seeks to encourage patrons to write to friends and inspire a profitable habit through daily use of classifieds.
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James F. Sullivan
Post Office
Sullivan
Hey, Oweeters
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