Linotype the Linotype and the Press Freedom
Anniversary reflection on the Linotype device invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler at the New York Tribune. The piece celebrates the machine’s impact on printing, journalism, and the free press, noting its global reach and influence on editorial pages and wire services. It warns that skilled hands directing the machine shape public thought.
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Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Whitelaw Reid
The
Tribune
America
Move Over Please Raise Emergency Vehicle Warning
Emergency drivers describe delays caused by drivers who refuse to pull over for ambulances fire trucks and police cars. A badly burned boy was transported to St Catherine Hospital after a west town incident hindered by traffic. The piece stresses legal duty to yield and avoid following closely.
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St .Catherine Hospital
Tourists Abroad Hear Foreigners Get Tired of Seeing
Hal Boyle surveys American visitors abroad and quotes their remarks about language food and behavior. He notes travelers often misread customs and stereotypes, while foreigners respond with amused patience. The piece ends with the idea that foreigners prefer hearing from Americans as ambassadors tomorrow.
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New York
Mildred
George
Seamen Wage Hike Tied to Taxpayer Subsidies
Drew Pearson details Kennedy and Secretary Goldberg resisting Taft Hartley to avoid placing seamen wage hikes on taxpayers. He notes subsidies keep U S flag vessels afloat, wage rises from 45 to 400 dollars monthly since 1922, and argues the strike hinges on shipowners potentially shifting to foreign or Japanese fleets. He highlights rivalry between union leaders Curran and Hall and criticizes lack of a strong labor leader to unite the movement.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Arthur Goldberg
Taft-Hartley
U.S. Supreme Court
Kennnedy
Taft- Hartley
Admiral
Pacific
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Joe Curran
Maritime Union
Liberia
Honduras
Goldberg
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Paul Hall
Seafarers International Union
General Electric
Westinghouse
Hall
Curran
Lee Pressman
John L. Lewis
CIO
Communist Party
Pressman
Marine Engineers
Distaff Sids Notes On Pets And News Snippets
A jumble of small items appears including fluffy kittens to giveaway at John Stansel home as the Stansels move from Garden City. Ada Montgomery in Topeka jokes about audience requests for Melancholy Aby and Elihu Allman comments on rejection slips from Collier's. A note on more TVs than bathtubs and a Red Cross swimming sign up. A memory-averse fellow works on a rapid reading book but fears he will never finish.
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John Stansel
North 9Th
Stansels
Garden City
Elihu Allman
Elihu
Collier’s
Red Cross
Barefoot Boy Fatally Electrocuted Near Strawberry Patch
A six-year-old boy, Douglas Murray Porter, was electrocuted in Winnipeg after contacting a 125-volt wire stretched across a strawberry patch. The owner said the wire was placed to deter birds. the boy reportedly pulled a stake that touched the wire. No charges were filed.
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Winnipeg
Man
Douglas Murray Porter
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