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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
7
The noted novelist Thomas Mann fell ill prompting admirers to question the lack of details. Mann insisted the matter concerns only his family and himself, citing a similar response by Tolstoy and dismissing outside bulletins as unnecessary.
The author muses on New Jersey visitors in New York who study ants, birds eggs, submarines, or poetry, noting how many eccentric experts crowd Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue, challenging the idea of a typical New Yorker while recalling a Washington Square interview with a submarine pioneer.
A fragmented column notes a clash of views on optimism versus pessimism in society while referencing a chaotic carnival scene. It cites a tragic South American event with 24 killed and 2,000 injured and hints at broader political tensions with Russia. The piece closes with a bemused query about a Moscow circus.
A rioting tone runs through a Soviet criticism of a show where eight nations allegedly unite to brandish a single sword. An English butler faces accusation of stealing wine and replacing it with water tea and ink. Meanwhile an Indianapolis woman reports a dentist took her false teeth due on them, a curious bite of news.
The morning papers feature Theodore Schneirla, an ant behavior expert at the American Museum, studying ants on hands and knees and noting human social parallels. Fred B. Philipp of Middletown, NJ, is highlighted as New Jersey’s top oologist, trekking from Hudson Bay to the Rio Grande in search of rare bird eggs, especially bristle-thighed curlew eggs.
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