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Newspaper
Junction Eagle
Location
Junction, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
7
A collection of light exchanges and quips among students, teachers, spouses, and townsfolk. The bits touch on sports, science, fashion, love, and daily life with playful miscommunications and brisk punchlines.
E. C. Grimes of Hadley Minnesota credits a tobacco can in his shirt pocket with saving his life after a traffic accident as a splinter from the steering wheel struck his chest. The remark ends with a Cotton quote about earning versus inheriting fortune.
Striking truck drivers at a soft drink plant in Pittsburg march with roller skates, while a 90 year old Indiana man Charles Nickel is buried in a suit he tailored in Chicago decades ago. A prologue notes that all men are born free and equal yet some marry.
Dr Geo W Cox state health officer says birth rate decline and longer life spans will shift Texas and America toward a larger but older population by 1975 and beyond. He notes fewer youths, more middle aged workers, and lifestyle changes such as less schooling and more leisure.
Dante Fiorillo born in New York slums and son of Italian immigrants receives the Pulitzer scholarship for music after a symphony based prize piece. He has Guggenheim fellowships and earlier prizes, studied at Greenwich House, and trained under Enrique Coroselli. The award includes 1500 dollars for study in Europe.
The piece cites 19th and early 20th century examples where experts dismissed steamships, photography, and air travel. It argues that progress beats cautious skepticism, noting that new ideas are often rejected by authorities who later prove wrong.
The Duke of Kent will be installed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England after King George VI returns. The ceremony is at Olympia Hall Kensington London at 4 p m on Wednesday July 19 1939. Admission to the installation and related events July 18–21 will be by ticket only, obtainable through the Lodges.
J. C Campbell of Paducah Kentucky was found guilty of obtaining five cents under false pretenses and sentenced to two years in the state's prison. The note about a Rotary vehicle and its four wheels seems unrelated to the court ruling.
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