Weeds threaten Capitol Ave building foes march in
City engineers tried stone mortar and lumber to soften a structure called Whatsit but summer weeds overran the site. The North Capitol Ave stretch between the control and the mansion now sports creeping Missouri weeds threatening the imposing architecture. Citizens urge the street department to cut and clear the growth and demand engineer cooperation.
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Whatsit
Missouri
Street Department
Capitol Ave
Department
Miss Andrae retires after thirty years as city librarian
The longtime librarian Miss Julia Andrae retires after more than thirty years guiding the city library. She modernized service, prioritized non fiction and education, and eased work for library boards while maintaining strict rules and decorum. The Post-Tribune joins thousands of friends in extending best wishes for happiness.
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Julia Andrae
Miss Andrae
Adalaide J. Thorpsoet
Miss Trottie
Julia
the Post-Tribune
Washington Daybook by Jack Stinnett on Washington paydays
Washington Daybook reports Maj. Gen. Richardson heads the army public relations division using a knee button to manage visitors. It notes FDR's White House pool insignia and upcoming staggered government paydays shifting to the eighth and twenty third of each month, affecting daily commerce and the capital.
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Washington
National Defense
Lila Lee and Nita Naldi Recall Valentino at Marquee
New York reminiscence piece notes Lila Lee and Nita Naldi returning to a Blood and Sand era marquee as Tyrone Power images glow in Color. It traces Valentino’s memory, their careers, and The Diamond Horseshoe show days with Billy Rose. Naldi spent years abroad after a Europe honeymoon.
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Meliora
Broadway
S0th Street
Ling
Tyrone Power
Valentine
Valentino
Lila Lee
Nita Naldi
Lila
Nita
Valentina
Paramount Hotel
Diamond Horseshoe
Billy Rose
Miss Lee
Augusta Appel
Gus Edwards
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Walter Winchell
Wallace Reid
Miss Naldi
John Barrymore
Jiannina Maria Theresa
Washington, D. C
Spain
Europe
Quotes on fate, parole, and peace from notable figures
Bernard E. Sunny of Chicago on his 85th birthday asks who would miss these days. Senator Wheeler cites English caution as universal. Sanford Bates calls parole a second chance apostle. Grove Patterson notes perpetual conflict between right and wrong.
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Bernard E. Sunny
Chicago
Sanford Bates
N. Y
Board of Parole
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Portugal Food Basket Shrinks in Wartime Prices
In Lisbon, June 9, reporters describe a shrinking Portuguese food basket under wartime strain. Cyclone damage and war cut crops, fishing fleets, and imports. prices rise for fats, bananas, oranges, oil, bread, and staples while wine and hospitality endure amid shortages. Portugal relies on colonial wealth yet faces tightened imports and rationing as living costs soar.
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Portugal
Spain
Navicerts
Lusury
Liquor Bottle Lands Micodurian in Jail
R L Hodges, on parole, dropped a bottle in the Cushing courthouse while seeking clothes and was jailed to serve out a sentence for attempted felonious assault. He claimed the liquor was for a headache, but the judge said whiskey is not a headache remedy and revoked his parole. Mary Nell King defends her recital dress describing it as non squeak slip taffeta.
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West Plains
R. L. Hodges
Court House
Hodges
Okla
Mary Nell King
British May Win Syria Without Much Difficulty
British prospects for occupying Syria look strong with rapid air superiority and ground advances. French forces face supply and morale issues while Free French and British commands push across the mandate as German plans weigh options, possibly striking at Egypt first.
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Syria
Bey Fred Vanderschmidt
Beri
Vichy
Balkan
France
Belgium
Mandate
The
Levant
Dakar
Henry Maitland Willson
Georges Catroux
Royal Navy
Cyncus
Turkey
Berlin
Germany
Hiller
Egypt
Alexandria
Italy
Africa
Decision on technical blackout at East Rockaway dog show
East Rockaway AP report shows Don Voorhees orchestra leader acting as a judge at a dog show when a policeman, misreading a wind shield sticker, jokes about recognizing him. The scene ends with Voorhees moving on, while a young eel is noted as ribbonike and nearly transparent.
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East Rockaway
W. Y
Don Voorhees
Voorhees
Corn Belt Rich From Hog Price Peak In War Demand
Chicago June 8 AP Rising demand for corn and hogs has driven prices to four year highs and brought wealth to corn belt farms. Farmers are urged to expand production as hogs sell above 9 per hundredweight and corn around 75 cents a bushel. Government programs support prices and purchases for relief, lard and pork without restricting new crop marketing. The spring pig crop is fattening and will enter markets in a few months. Fall breeding is expected to rise if price relations hold.
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Chicago
Red Cross
Britain
KruGon advertised cure touted by Springfield man
A Springfield man Mr Hervie Reaves credits KruGon with solving long standing digestive distress. He says prior poor digestion gas and sleepless nights improved after using KruGon. The ad notes distributors Brandenbengger Drug Co in Springfield and other local druggists selling the product.
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KruGon
Mr. Reaves
Wkrugon
Brandenbenggger Drug Co
Druge
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