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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1947
Page
10
A humorous column notes a butcher handing over six slices of liver sausage for change and mocks a 100 percent margin. Hank Wallace warns Wall Street could run the world under Truman, while other quips cover Havana police games, Coolidge’s retirement musings, and evolving postoperative realities.
William E McKenney reports on national championships where Mrs. Max Gutman of Covington Kentucky and Mrs. Leonard Goldstein of Cincinnati Ohio won the women’s fair championship. Gutman faced a tough hand with optimistic bidding and precise play to secure a contract, aided by trump control and careful club play.
A compact crossword style clue list appears with numerous numbered items in a grid form. It includes definitions and cross references for a relief program and related terms, looping through international, linguistic, and biblical hints. The text blends abbreviations, old spellings, and partial phrases typical of a puzzle page.
A fragmented page shows Q and A excerpts on appearance, population ideas, and child psychology. It cites views on gender tastes in beauty, Russia’s population concerns, and displacement psychology in children. An era advertising blurb promotes a booklet on overcoming self-consciousness with a popularity test and cost details.
A citizen recalls a stranger asking for directions to the railroad station, only to be told each street is under construction or tarred. The quote, attributed to Rush Middlecombe in Your Life, urges readers to start now from their current position to progress, noting you can’t move from yesterday.
A reader asks about spoonfuls versus spoonsful and other trivia. The column provides brief clarifications and cites the Information Bureau for fact inquiries, plus short answers on topics from automobiles in Washington to caterpillar control and concrete mixing times.
The Oakland Tribune reflects on auto supply woes delaying new car deliveries while praising the durability of older vehicles. It credits manufacturers, owners, and the repair industry for keeping aging cars on the road amid steel shortages and parts scarcities.
Important crop communities urge support for young married couples to have children. They cite high maternity costs housing shortages and shifting values. The piece argues children are the nation's future workers and consumers and parents are the most important producers. Chicago Times
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