Press and Postal Rates From 1906 Notice
A garbled 1906 style advertisement lists subscription prices and delivery options for newspapers and periodicals. It names officers and departments, outlines weekly monthly and yearly rates, and notes Sunday delivery and mailing terms. The fragment mentions Fort Office at Long Bend and a date around March 16, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PRISE
Preaiacet Weva Prs
Faddoe
Presidant & & Conklin
Aftarnoon
Mund Moran
Long Beech
Wiliams, Lawresse & Creaters
Gulag
Metropelian
Undpy Mewepapers, Inc
Audituraas
Notable Career Ended by Death Col Ira Copley Dies at 83
Col Ira Clifton Copley of Aurora Illinois died yesterday at age 83. A leading figure in utilities and newspaper publishing he built a Midwest holdings empire, served in Congress, and later chaired Copley Press guiding papers in twelve Southern California cities. His philanthropy included Copley Memorial Hospital and a park and library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Clifton Copley
Aurora
Aurora Gas & Electric Co
Chilf
Middle West
de Aurora
Illinois
Col. Copley
Congress
Southern California
Copley Press, Inc
Col. Coptey
Long Beach Sun
The
Press-Telegram
Proga-Telegram Publishing Co
California
Assong Theaq Are & Park
Copley Memorial Hospital
Hughes Proves Plane Can Fly
Howard Hughes drives a 200 ton plywood flying boat into the air in a historic test. Spectators along the shore watch hopeful taxiing as the venture raises questions about future aviation potential and the project’s $25,000,600 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Detraillionaire
Ambulance Calls Dampen Long Beach Fire Department
Long Beach queries why the fire department spends about a third of its time on ambulance calls. In a 48 hour span 27 calls occurred with 18 ambulance related. Chief Sandeman cites equipment shortages and growth outpacing city services. Also notes need for a receiving hospital or larger health department ambulances. Television experts say candidates must be photogenic by 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Frank S. Sandeman
Fie
Sandeman
Shortage of U.S. Steel Complicates Export Plan
Washington observers warn that controlling steel exports under the Marshall Plan could divert supplies from domestic use and invite antitrust scrutiny. A federal allocation agency or steel industry body may be required to distribute steel, risking broad government responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Davie Lawrence
Washington
United States
America
Mit Western Industrial Operaion
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Crutcher Seeks Remedy for Economic Injustices in Sierra Retreat
Dr. Lewis P. Crutcher, former Long Beach education leader and California official, writes a summer cabin booklet titled The Remedy. He argues the economic system causes hardship and injustice for many even in prosperous lands.
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Lewis P. Crutcher
Long Beach
Camper
Sierra
Crutcher
Dsd
Just Folks by E A Guest College Football Dream
A lyrical reflection on missing scholastic sports honors and gear while still sharing the college football crowd. The speaker cherishes the scene, band music, colors, and the dream of belonging, even without trophies or coveted emblems, and finds fulfillment in the season’s thrills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giory
Long Beach plans for new Motor Vehicle building and harbor aid
Ten years ago a Moor Vehicles director announced a Long Beach branch building to start in about two weeks. Alamitos Heights residents celebrated bus service to downtown, while harbor officials urged a $2,000,000 harbor bond for expansion. Meatless Fridays and wheatless Tuesdays were urged to aid Allied forces. Red Cross and School Board leaders addressed Masons about wartime challenges.
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Moor Vehicles
Ray Ingels
Long Beach
Motor Vehicle Department
Alamitos Heights
Ala
Lewis P. Crutcher
S. H. Underwood
Red Cross
Board of Education
Remedy and Democracy in Chile Against Communism
The article argues that stopping communism in Chile requires eradicating ignorance and poverty, not just expelling zealots or suppressing conspiracies. It advocates strict enforcement of liberal social laws, decent wages, housing, and medical care to reduce susceptibility to propaganda, and promotes Dr Crutcher’s concept of fundamental democracy owned collectively by all people.
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Chile
Stalin
Tito
New York, Times
Fe Nac
Crutcher
AUNT HET AND THE SORROW OF SHARED PAIN
A line from Aunt Het sketches a reflection on gendered endurance. She remarks women bear more hardship than men because they endure and practice more, offering a wry, comfortless observation on resilience.
Poor PA dog confused by ma tantrum prompts
Flo observes the dog reacting to Ma in a tantrum as the narrator notes the childlike confusion and insistence on following a flawed example. The scene hints at family dynamics and miscommunication within a domestic setting.
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Flo
Britain in the balance as midcourse voters trim government
Foretelling a Conservative victory in municipal elections, Dewitt Mackenzie argues Britain’s mood is moderate, not rightward, despite wartime austerity. The Attlee government faces crisis with coal shortages and economic strain, while ministers shuffle to project stability amid pressure for a new general election.
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Dewitt MacKenzie Polaigis Aue
Britain
England
Att Jee
Emanuel Shinwell
Fuel and Power
Churchill
House of Commons
Attlee
Soldier Denies Married Status in Odd Leave Request
A soldier asks his colonel for leave to help his wife with housework, but a letter from his wife says he is useless at home. The colonel refuses, the soldier then admits a joke about truthfulness, revealing he is not married.
Taft-o-lator belt targets controlled eating
Sydney J. Harris jokes in the Chicago Daily News about a novelty belt named Taft-o-lator. The device supposedly encircles the waist four times to limit meals to two ounces at a time, mocked as a plan to fight rising food costs with malnutrition.
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Taft
Sydney J. Harris
Chicago
Daily News
Cost Portraits by Metcalfe
The article discusses how the cost of articles varies with affordability. It notes that high prices seem excessive when cash is tight and that value is tied to purchase power. It suggests cost depends on whether one can afford it and the market dictates worth.
Blood bank plan in Budnick chess club drives odd tale
In New York on Eleventh Street a chess club faces eviction and a strange fundraiser. Members consider selling blood to hospitals to cover rent, amid comical misadventures with a blood bank and nosy neighbors.
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New York
Frieda
Uncle Charlie
Charlie
Budnick
Marcus
Chess Club
Gente
Eleventh Street
Chariie
Red Cross
Budnick Tam
Gillon
Frie
Public Forum on the Marshall Plan and Communism
Reader letters argue the Marshall Plan offers democratic rights and postwar recovery for sixteen European nations. They warn that a Communist coalition threatens peace and world reconstruction, urging support for free markets and individual freedoms under the plan. Bernhard Cannard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Council
Hanes
Communist Gang
Bismari
Germany
Frederick
Prussia
Triparty
House of Hohenzollern
House of Hapsburg
Austria
House of Savoy
Italy
Avery Land
Bernhard Cannard
Navy Wives Clubs thank Press Telegram for publicity
Mrs Daryl Bailey convention publicity chairman of the Navy Wives Clubs of America writes to express appreciation for the paper's cooperation in publicizing and supporting the convention held locally with four Navy Wives Clubs in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Press-Telegram
Navy Wives Clubs’ of America
Navy Wives Clubs
Fyne
Daryl Bailey
Navy Wives Clubs of America
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Associated Prese
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Dr. Crutcher
Sierras
E. A. Guest
Long ‘Beach
Harbor Commission
E.G. McGloney
Rock Rapids
Iowa
Louisville Times
Kek
Foreign Affairs
France
Channel
Dover
Taft-O-Lator
Metcalfe
By Billy Rose
Brooklyn
Dr. Kildare
Borscht
Tom
Billy Rowe
George Clork
Ee Net
Sonete
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