Littlest War Board Reporter Scribbles a Political Parody
A mock transcript mocks Delaware County politics as three "not especially wise" newspaper stalwarts parody the War Board and its Little War Board. They simulate endorsements for Judge Francis J. Catania and a Ridley Township leadership reshuffle, lampooning procedural vanity and cronyism.
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Little War Board
War Board
Littlest War Board
Rife
McTripe
Scranton
Francis J. Catania
John J. McClure
Ridley Township
Nick
Catania
Sen. McClure
Nick Catania
Marple Dedicates $110,000 Library
State Senator Clarence D Bell dedicates Marple's new $110 300 public library on Sproul Road opening Jan 5 next to the old building. He urges youth to seek freedom through reading amid concerns about violence on television and political pressures. Community leaders praise the project as a major township contribution with donations toward furnishings.
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Marple
Clarence D. Bell
Delaware County
Upland
Sproul Road
Ralph Blasingame Sr
Ennsylvania Library System
Bell
Laundress at Friends Home for Children Retires
Mrs. Mary Biddle, longtime laundress at the Friends Home for Children, will retire Jan 31 after 42 years of washing and ironing for 24 children. She helped with cooking, counseling, and even moth er duties when the home was in Philadelphia. The Secane location now houses her first floor laundry and she remains a beloved figure, urging careful applicant interviews for her successor.
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Secane
Mary Biddle
Friends Home For
Philadelphia
Gladys Bresnahan
Sonic boom from test jet rattles Delware area
A supersonic F 106 Delta Dart jet flying near Philadelphia at 4 30 p m Saturday caused a sonic boom over Del ware County. McGuire Air Force Base officials said two jets were on a defense test mission triggering thousands of public calls to switchboards.
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Delaware County
McGuire Air Force Base
Wrightstown
N.J
Philadelphia
Veterans' bonus deadline push in Delaware County
Delaware County veterans face a Tuesday deadline to postmark applications for bonuses under the Korean Conflict Compensation Act. About 8,000 eligible veterans have not yet applied. applications accepted until 4 pm at the Media Courthouse office. Service records must be certified and filed with the application.
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Kerman
John C. Birk
Delaware County Veterans’ Affairs
Veteransaven
Birk
County Recorder of ‘Deeds
Pennsylvania
Auto Death Tip Wins
George Anderson of Chester wins the Daily Times News Tip Con for reporting an automobile fatality on Kerlin Street. Gerard Bennett Jr. was killed in Friday morning crash at 1461 Kerlin. Anderson earns $5 first prize with tips from Chester residents, while others receive smaller prizes for tips on fires and deaths at local stores and homes.
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George Anderson
Kerlin St
Chester
Daily Times News
Kerlin Street
Gerard A. Bennett Jr
Worrell St
Anderson
Trene Pawlush
E. 7Th St
Linda Bowman
Sycamore Ave
Folsom
Robert Nevin
Morton
Howard Garneski
Edgmont Ave
Helen Lank
Lenni Road
Glen Riddle
Stella Evans
Wallingford Ave
Wallingford
Derailing at Radnor Injures Two on Spirit of St Louis
Two dining car employees from St Louis were injured when a coach on the Pennsylvania Railroad Spirit of St Louis derailed at Radnor station at 8 a.m. Sunday. Edgar Williams and Henry Henderson were listed in good condition at Bryn Mawr Hospital with back injuries. The fourth car left the track after hitting a 1000 pound steel piece that had fallen from a freight train on an adjacent track ten minutes earlier.
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Radnor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bandits Hit Newtown Square Store and Station
Delaware police report two incidents Sunday with armed robbers. At MediCalf Texaco on Route 18 a man struck victim Robert Stanton with a five gallon can and stole about $75 while another man threatened with a knife. Stanton was dazed but not seriously hurt. In a separate holdup at a 7 11 on Chapel Road near St Alban's Circle store clerk George DiMariantonio handed over $15 and three cartons of cigarettes after a gunman demanded receipts. Police set roadblocks but made no arrests.
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Newtown Square
Claymont
Robert Stanton
Yates Ave
Linwood
Medicalf
Texaco
Stanton
Delaware
Albert A. Saffren
Chapel Road
St. Alban’s Circle
George DiMariantonio
N. van Pelt St
Philadelphia
DiMariantonio
St. Alban's Circle
Saffren
Free Courses Added At MN Adult School
LARCHMONT Two free courses are added by MN Adult School. One, Modern Theatre, is led by Jules Tasca with Kostel Berwin A. Taylor in dramatics at Paxon Hollow High School. The second, Library Assistance, taught by Mary Helph, covers Dewey Decimal cataloguing and library basics.
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Larchmont
Martin Pring Ter
Mary Helph
Marple- Newtown
Aronimink Golf Club
Paxon Hollow High School
Paxon Hollow
Serra Club Plans First Session at Colony Hotel
The Serra Club will hold its first executive session in its new meeting place The Colony Hotel at noon Thursday. J Walter Baldwin Sinclair Refining Co personnel chief at Tanner will discuss The Dedicated Serran next Monday after a noon luncheon in The Colony Hotel.
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Chester
Serra Cluhy
Colony Hotel
J. Walter Baldwin
Sinclair Refining Co
Tanner
Three Teens Injured in Baltimore Pike Crash
Springfield police say a car driven by Lois Fansler lost a right front wheel on Baltimore Pike near Woodland Ave at 3:30 PM. The vehicle plunged down an embankment, injuring three teens including John Askew and Beverly Baker. Judy Fansler and Gary Oldham were uninjured.
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Springfield
Baltimore Pike
John Askew
Cresswell St
Ridley Park
Tri-County Hospital
Beverly Baker
Parkland Woodland Aves
Middletown
Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital
Darby
Lois E. Fansler
Valley View Road
Upper Providence
Judy
Gary Oldham
Livingston
N.J
Nurse Visit Costs Hiked by Swarthmore Service
Swarthmore Community Nursing Service will raise nurse visit charges to $5 starting January 1 up from $4, the first rise in four years. Directors cited higher agency costs and a study showing each call cost $4.85.
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Swarthmore
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Bar Association
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Pene
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Kennedy
Victor Lasky
J.F.K
Msgr
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Terrence J. Murphy
Marjorie R. Longwell
Roma Gans
Baltimore
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Frances Atchinson Eaton
Margaret Banister
Lissa Charell
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Elizabeth Goudge
Will Henry
F. W. Kenyon
India
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Helen Mactnaies
Rita Ritchie
Gol
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Richard Underwood
H. G., Busi
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Alfred Hitchcock
Mignon G. Eberhart
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New York Times
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Cuba
Nicolas Rivera
Sir Walter Raleigh
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Evans W. Cottman
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Arthur Daley
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Handy Home
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M.D
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Pope
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Virgil Cartingotn Jones
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Ezra Pound
Eustace Mullins
Pacific Northwest
Stewart Holbrook
Nard Jones
Roderick Haig Brown
America
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Henry Bamford Parkes
Philip I
Spain
Sir Charles Petrie
Eleanor Rooseve
Scot
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Cor. Scott
Elizabeth Seifert
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John Parke Young
Leslie Charteriss
Agatha Christie
Marseille
Sebastien Japrisot
Bill Knox
Hilary Wallah
Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
James R. Hanlon
Township Commission
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Library Board
J. Frank Stenning
Thomas P. Dowd
St. Pius X Catholic Church of
Andrew J. H. Frinke
Grace Lutheran Church of
Milton Shulman
Temple Sholom
Joe Grady
Marple American Legion Post 805
Mario Martinez
Sterling
John Woolford
Friends Home Board
JET Plane's Sonic Boom
Edith Harmon Biddle
William S. Biddle
Oklahoma University
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