Oldest City of the New World Hosts 450th Anniversary
Ciudad Trujillo in the Dominican Republic marked the 450th anniversary of its founding on August 4. A caravel replica reenacted Columbus era history along the Zamá river while 15th century costumes and Bartolome Columbus ties highlighted the event.
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Ciudad Trujillo
New World
Latin America
Avenida Washington
Dominican Washington Monument
Dominican Republic
United States
Santo Domingo
America
Zama River
Columbus
Bartolome
Haiti
Nueva Sabella
Spain
Hispaniola
Cuba
West Indies
Puerto Rico
Greater Antilles
Trujillo City
Rafael Trujillo
Americas
Bartolome Columbus
Hemisphere
Woman Mail Carrier No Longer An Oddity
Seattle’s Ellen Nermo, a substitute mail carrier for two years, plans to take civil service exams for permanent appointment. She recalls her first day amid whispers from children, describes initial hostility from one housewife after a misdelivery, and notes becoming a familiar neighborhood fixture among men and wives.
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Seattle
Ellen Nermo
Vintage Locomobile 1911 begins cross country endurance test
Harvard senior John Bacon of Wellesley Hills drives a 1911 Locomobile abandoned 25 years ago in Exeter New Hampshire on a cross country endurance run. Repairs cost about 1000 dollars and he expects a 10 day Boston to Los Angeles leg before sightseeing and a return trip.
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Rip van Winkler
John Bacon
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Harvard University
Exeter
N. H
Bacon
Phillips Exeter Academy
Boston
Los Angeles
California
Raccoon Takes A Free Ride On A City Bus
Stronghurst Illinois Chester R McCoy a Gladstone farm worker picked up a hitchhiking raccoon at a filling station. The animal lay on a shield near the pump as the driver tried to dislodge it. The raccoon fought to stay aboard and likely crawled in while the car was parked near a farm field.
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Stronghurst
Ill
Chester R. McCoy
Gladstone
McCoy
Boy Weighing 600 Pounds Dies at 19
GRAFTON North Dakota James Janousek aged 19 and described as the world s biggest boy died of pneumonia at his parents farm home He weighed 600 pounds at death and first gained notoriety at age seven when he weighed 235 pounds The obituary notes his long public attention over the years and family home.
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Grafton
N. D
James Janousek
Peter Janousek
Janousek
Whimsical Neologisms Challenge Readers on Sound Recording
A quirky quiz recalls terms tied to voice recording for talking pictures, noting their odd roots. The piece hints at a 20 year milestone and jokes about two versus not knowing any meanings, listing five complex words: Schlerophonic, Ischnophonic, Kato-hypobariphonic, Apriestophonic, Poistophonic.
Differences in speech styles noted by mock radio guide
The item catalogs five voice styles including harsh strident tones like Jimmy Durante and thin wavering tones like Jack Benny. It notes a mean variant that alters final syllables such as goink and swimmink. It also mentions swallowed indistinct tones and slow hesitant broken speech.
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Jimmy Durante
$35 Pony Beats Expensive Animal
Chicago report notes radio executive Les Atlass doubted his horse trading after a Shetland pony he bought for 21000 was beaten by a pony he sold for 35 at a horse show. The episode highlights the unpredictability of auction values and trade outcomes.
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Chicago
Les Atlass
Atlass
Aviation Notes on Personal Plane Buyers Demographics
A Aeronca Aircraft survey of 1 200 dealers across the United States outlines who may buy light planes. The largest prospective group is ages 18 to 30, with 40 percent buying on time or cash and 55 percent knowing how to fly. Women are only 3 percent of potential buyers, while men predominate. safety and learnability are key concerns for female buyers.
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Aeronca Aircraft Corporation
U. S
Aeronca
Defeat of Wheeler Marks Passing of Able Legislator
Washington digest notes Wheeler’s primary loss to Leif Erickson as a sign of shifting tides. It profiles Wheeler’s career, integrity, and friendships with Truman and others, and recalls prior senators Norris Ashurst King and Frazer, plus anecdotes about OPA debates and a dinner-side dog story involving Sen Bridges.
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Mr. Truman
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Wheeler
Harry Truman
Interstate Commerce Committee
Truman
Harold McGrath
Senate
Sen
George Norris
Kenneth Wherry
Norris
Ellison
Cotton Ed
Henry Ashurst
New Mexico
Ashurst
William King
Utah
Lynn Frazer
North Dakota
Washington
Erickson
Jerry
O’connell
Senator Wheeler
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
OPA
Bridges
Senator Bridges
New Sports Plane Highlights Postwar Air Show
New England hosts first postwar air show at Bedford Field near Boston under the Aeronautic Association of Boston. Dewey Eldred promotes a new light seaplane as a pilot’s dream ship while the Army Air Forces display planes that aided wartime victory.
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Dewey Eldred
U. S
New England
Bedford Field
Boston
Theodore Drury
Aeronautic Association of Boston
Army Air Forces
America
Bird proof windshield approved by Civil Aeronautics Board
Barbs notes a new bird-proof windshield approved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and jokes about a bird-proof car. The piece cites the Metropolitan Information Service on longer life expectancy for today's youth and Petroleum Notes on millions lacking central heating and veterans without homes.
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Civil Aeronautics Administration
Pineapple Doily pattern No 5039 offered for 20 cents
The pineapple doily pattern 5039 is praised as attractive and versatile for use as a separate doily or in a runner of three or four 11 4 inch squares. Crochet instructions are available by sending 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number to the listed address, with possible delays due to high demand.
Perfumed City Recollects 1845 Coburg Cologne Celebration
The article recalls Coburg Germany perfuming its streets with eau de cologne for a gala celebrating the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845. It notes this may be the last time a city followed such an ancient custom for a royal occasion.
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Coburg
Germany
Cologne
Victoria
Prince Albert
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