Delaware County Pioneer Won Flag Day National Status
The article honors William T. Kerr a Delaware Countian who championed Flag Day from youth to his death in 1953 at age 84. It notes his 1950 congressional action making Flag Day federal and Kerr calling himself the one man patriotic society. It also recalls Brandywine 1777 and Alaska and Hawaii statehood milestones as ties to flag history.
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Delaware County
Delaware
William T. Kerr
Yeadon
Mr. Kerr
Pittsburgh
AFDA
Pennsylvania Railroad
William McKinley
Harry 8
Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Kerr
Congress
Flag Association
Brandywine
Alaska
Hawaii
UK Exhibition Opens With Trade Focus at City Show
British Vice Consul Peter Manning-Smith, a resident of Old Pennell Road, promotes the British Exhibition opening Friday and running until June 26. He emphasizes U S Delaware County ties and urges local industries to explore European outlets, citing Bowater-Scott, Ltd. as a Chester example. The expo features replicas of four English pubs and aims to blend commerce science and pleasure.
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Aston Township
New York City
Peter Manning-Smith
Old Pennell Road
Manning-Smith
PSFS
Philadelphia
Manning - Smith
Anne Palmer
Walter Palmer
Fiddlewood
Middletown
Twp
U.S.A
Delaware County
Delaware Valley
Britain
Bowater - Scott, Ltd
Chester
Peter
Cheerio
Dollar averaging through MIP and bank brokerage questions
Letter column discusses using the NYSE Monthly Investment Plan via a member broker, with the bank handling setup and mail purchases. Advises dollar-averaging, suggests higher quarterly investments to cut commissions, and notes banks may help but vary in readiness to assist. Also covers selling a speculative mine stock and a name change of United Wallpaper to DeSoto Chemical Coatings Inc.
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William A. Doyle
New York Stock Exchange
MIP
Cheal
New York
United Wallpaper
DeSoto Chemical Coatings Inc
Beil Jr Re elected President of J Lewis Home Board
Samuel R. Beil Jr was re elected president of the board of directors at the J Lewis Home for Incurables and Homoeopathic Hospital. Charles B Maschal is the new vice president and James C Baker was re elected treasurer. Frank Il McCowan named secretary with Ralph Weller as assistant secretary. George B Harvey Charles P Larkin Jr and Lloyd Goman were elected solicitors. A special train carrying President Franklin D Roosevelt passed through the area en route to Washington on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mrs Richard Santard Dawson and her sons leave for Knoxville Tenn to join Mr Dawson. Chester High School Commercial Alumni Assn held a dance in Library hall with an orchestra. Rifle contest set at Pennsylvania Military College for the Loveland silver cup and the Shirley cup event this afternoon.
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Samuel R. Beil Jr
J. Lewis Home For Incurables and
Homopathic Hospital
Charles B. Maschal
James C. Baker
Frank Il. McCowan
Ralph Weller
George B. Harvey
Charles P. Larkin Jr
Lloyd Goman
Franklin PD. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Parhmore and Ohio Railroad
Richard Santard Dawson
Sproul
Newstown Square
Richard Jr
John
Mr. Dawson
Knoxville
Tenn
Chester High School Commercial Alumni Assn
Library Hall
Pennsylvania Military College
Why unemployment persists in a prosperous era
Sylvia Porter argues that even with peak economic activity and rising productivity unemployment remains about 5 percent due to faster output per hour, a growing labor force, and slower overall growth. She urges a faster growth speed through new products, industries, and massive public works to create lasting jobs.
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Detroit
Providence
Ingemar Due tor Ride Out of Ring on Shield
Nairobi report notes the writer plans to be away from town again as history seems likely to repeat. He muses on betting on history and questions where a bookie would be in the bush, while referencing African politics under a familiar pseudonym.
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Ingemar Due Tor
Shield
Nairobi
Patterson and Jo Hanssen clash in Congo violence warning
Victor Riesel cites impending Congo turmoil ahead of June 20 independence, framing Floyd Patterson as a force against white influence aided by Joseph Louis Barrow perceived as a sorcerer. The piece foresees Patterson battling Hanssen with fists as a symbolic spear versus colonial power.
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Congo
Floyd Patterson
Ingemar Johanssen
Floyd
Joseph Louis Barrow
Patterson
Reuther Eyes Kennedy Backing Amid Labor Strategy
AFL-CIO maneuvering builds political machine to influence the Democratic platform while Walter Reuther privately leans toward Kennedy. Meany and Reuther ready national operations with precinct staffing, TV films, and voter systems as they avoid preconvention public stances.
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Sue
Alcoholics Anonymous
Reuther
John Kennedy
Afl-Cio Committee On
AFL - Cio
George Meany
500N
Europe
Walter Reuther
Avica
Ons
Barry Goldwater
William Miller
UAW
Victor
Goldwater
Afiller
Reuthey
West Germany presses for U S tactical nuclear weapons
West Germany’s Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss visits Washington pressing for U S tactical nuclear arms to deter a Soviet attack. Pentagon and Congress maintain the Atomic Energy Act bans arming allies, with no expected change in an election year.
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Washington
West Germany
U.S
Defense
Franz Josef Strauss
Thomas Gates
Strauss
Gates
Congress
Britain
France
Adenauer
de Gaulle
MacMillan
East Germany
NATO
Eisenhower
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Herter
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Auto Union
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Savannah
Bremen
Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven
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Mr. Barrow
Louis
Bosun
Dé Callitch
Reichsmarks
Germany
Max
Joe
Mr. Louis
Mr. Schmeling
Norfolk
Schmeling
Jon Blackourn
Raysuc
Mr. Johannsen
Belgian Congo
Brother Patterson
Brother Louis
Herr Schmeling
Allen-Scott Report
State Department
Humphrey
Khrushchev
Russia
Red China
Venus
Peking I
Moscow
Sevastopol
Sea of Japan
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