Quick Trivia Challenge Answers from a Historic Column
The quiz asks salary gaps between senators and representatives, defines erosion versus corrosion, identifies a palindrome legal document, names the game with a pawn, and cites a spotted orange flower. It then presents two historical figures: first a Virginia leader who served as attorney general and chief justice, born 1755, died 1835. second a Venezuelan liberator born 1783, who died in 1830 after freeing multiple nations.
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U. S
House of Representatives
Germantown
Midland
Virginia Assembly
United States
George Washington
John Adams
United States Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Caracas
Venezuela
Ventriloquist Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney on TV bridge night
The writer recalls an evening playing bridge with Paul Winchell and his dummy Jerry Mahoney. Jerry explains how he was created from a sculpture project and a stream of mail-order lessons, then dispenses strategic advice during the hand about McKenney and suit play.
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Paul Winchell
Jerry Mahoney
Paul
Jerry
School of Industrial Arts
New York
Winchell
McKenney
Horoscope Insight Opens Doors For Friendship And Business
Excellent vibrations at this time for friendship and explorations of opportunities in business. The child born on this date is likely to be endowed with a strong character.
Notable Norwegian soprano and colleagues celebrate today
Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, joins Milton Berle, Osar Hammerstein II, and Jean Hersholt in celebrations marking the occasion.
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Kirsten Flagstead
Milton Berle
Oscar Hammerstein II
Jean Hersholt
Prelude Definition From Music History
A concise definition traces Prelude to French origin and Latin Praeludium as an introductory musical piece. It notes a form introducing main themes in fugues or suites and mentions modern Latin adoption.
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Praeludium
Notable births and wartime events listed on dates
The entry marks birthdays of Julius Caesar, Josiah Wedgwood, Henry David Thoreau, and William Osler. It notes Alfred Dreyfus' death in 1935 and highlights a 1940 mutual aid pact between Britain and the USSR. It also mentions the 1941 German advance from the Stalin Line toward Kiev and Leningrad.
Veterans and Families First in Public Housing Access
Government public housing aims to give veterans and their families priority when units open. Rents vary by city and project, with minimums and maximums set, and a formula based on income. Averages suggest about 23 dollars monthly plus utilities, with a 20 percent income share and child reductions factored in.
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James Marlow Washington
Jones
Smith
Congress
Argentina Shifts Immigration Plans Shakeup Aims 500 Daily Arrivals
Buenos Aires reports the Peron government will admit about 500 settlers daily until the population reaches 17 million. The move follows a policy reshuffle announced by Colonel Joaquin P. Gonzales, the immigration director and reformer of graft in the department.
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Buenos Aires
INS
Peron
Argentina
Joaquin P. Gonzales
Metallurgy Atop Opportunity Lists for June Graduates
Bloomfield New Jersey atomic age pushes metallurgy to top of job list for June graduates. Westinghouse scientist Dr Donald Wroughton says demand will outpace supply for metallurgical and mining engineers amid rare metal research. Hoop skirts once used whalebone, a costly support material.
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Bloomfield
N. J
INS
Donald Wroughton
Westinghouse
Mother Jailed On Charge Of Killing Hubby
In Charlotte a 22 year old mother Mildred Ross Wallace is jailed without bond charged with the rifle slaying of her husband Marvin Frank Wallace 35 a truck driver. Police Col. Joe Whitely quotes Mrs Wallace saying she shot after he boasted of illicit relations with an old girlfriend and believed the rifle was unloaded.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Mildred Ross Wallace
Marvin Frank Wallace
Wallace
Joe D. Whitley
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Hoppen
Johann Christofer Friedrich von Schiller
Colombia
Ecuador
Panama
Peru
Bolivia
Lilian Campbell
Central Press
America’s Card Authority
NEA
South
Rio
Val
North
East Pass
Happy
B. E. Garcia
Mtrinidad, Colo
Nash
Nash Motors
Oivision
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Mick
Davis-Pruett Motor Co., Inc
N. Main ST
Metallurgy
Hubby
A. M
P.M. Keyff
Tea Lace
A Vacuum Stores, Inc
Wachovia
Jim
Trust Department
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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