14 Mar 1947
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Newspaper
Middlesboro Daily News
Location
Middlesboro, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1947
Page
1
The page shows subscription prices for Saily News by carrier and mail options across Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. Rates include 4 year terms, monthly, and advance payments, with regional pricing outside Middlesboro and surrounding counties. The text also includes a biblical proverb about wrath and blood, likely a filler or motto.
Middlesboro faces a financial crisis in education as teachers seek a $500 yearly raise, arguing current pay lags the national average. The Daily News urges readers to study the superintendent's address and confront tax assessments, building needs, and the city’s ability to fund schools amid shrinking real estate values.
An extended Open Forum letter discusses a shortage investigation and a court case. It questions why expenses rose and who was involved, naming Richard, Dooley, Walbright, and other figures as key players. The piece questions public trust, mentions a Grand Jury, and reflects on alleged misdeeds and accountability.
A reader letter in The Daily Ness, Middl ear Six, argues against installing parking meters, accusing authorities and a select few of profiteering. The writer urges aggressive ticketing and heavy fines to curb illegal parking, while denouncing perceived political influence and calling for accountability from Middleshorn officials.
A damaged clipping discusses money owed, urging payment from taxpayers after prior losses. The terse lines mention editors, lines, and debts, but the text is garbled and ambiguous.
Hollywood Reporter notes Sally Queenie and Happy leave film life after nine years to tour in Patrick Tyrothers Indoor Circus in Lansing Michigan. MGM executive Frank Whitbeck owned the elephants and auctioned them off amid public interest, praising the move as a quest for a different life and wonder.
A story of baby elephants rescued after a fire at a lion farm where they lived. Whilbeeck mourned, MGM imported the elephants from Star and he visited the studio farm nightly. He named two elephants Sally and Queenie and spoke of their mutual affection as a mother might for her children. A year-old Brown Swiss heifer calved for Keto, weighing more than normal, sealing a new chapter.
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