City Managers 472 in 1939 Show City Manager Form Popular
In December 1939 there were 472 U S cities operating under the city manager form. A Social Science Research Council study of 48 cities, including San Jose and several California municipalities, examined efficiency, merit hiring, and administrative improvements under this system. The San Jose example shows initial staff reorganization, full time health work, police and fire department changes, and advancement based on merit, illustrating broader adoption and perceived efficiency gains.
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United States
Committee On Public Administration
The
Social Science Research Council
Long Beard
Calif
Cleveland
Pasadena
Richmond
Janesville
Wis
Chico
California
San Jose
San Ase
Leland Stanford
On Dolor
Arabama
Diood
Department of Lie Governsent
Eisenhower Calls for Allied Invasion Efforts In Germany
The article reports General Eisenhower urging foreign workers in Germany to aid Allied operations by reporting troop dispositions and minefields as invasion looms. It notes Patton’s 3rd Army crossing the Moselle, German defenses stiffening at Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, and Allied advances toward Saarbrucken and Strasbourg with Luxembourg front activity and Belgian border pressure.
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Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Reich
Free Germany
Moscow
West Wall
Moselle
Luxembourg
Ieedingen
George
Patton
Saarbruecken
Strasbourg
Karlsruhe
Stuttgart
Normandy
Beauty Parlor Scene Reveals Debt Plan and Distant World
In a tense domestic scene, Rita seeks a loan from Madame Eloise to aid Belle, while Bill Wyther and Crigply discuss repayment. Rilla, immersed in letters and ward duties, observes the social tension and aches to reconnect with Triadshaw, sensing a widening gulf between her world and his.
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Pilla
Madame
Rita
Belle
Eloise
Rills
Alex
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The readable text appears garbled with partial phrases and no clear news event or identifiable entities to summarize into a coherent card. No definite persons organizations or places can be confidently named from the supplied OCR snippet.
Your Town Mine by John 8 Sandoval Secretary of Postwar Planning Com
Fragmented OCR text appears as a disjointed historical narrative mixing postwar planning, American identity, and scattered names. The passage references California, a Lane Star, and various unclear figures, but lacks coherent events, dates, or outcomes to summarize meaningfully.
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John 8. Sandoval
California
Americas
Ruth
United
Aleuny
Orchids and Onions in Shangri La Time Tales
A fragmented, humorous travelogue style passage describes a dreamlike Shangri La with no alarm clocks and shifting time. The narrator laments aging, comments on Mexicans, slaves of time, and peculiar local customs. The piece riffs on travel, myth, and cultural impressions with scattered, surreal impressions.
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Shangri-La
Hilton Opus
Your Birthday Today Dy STELLA milestone notes and unclear text
The readable lines mention a birthday note for Stella and reference a date related to October. The rest of the OCR is garbled with numerous nonstandard words, making it difficult to extract coherent facts or names beyond Stella and an unclear birthday context.
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