Rural Registration in Lawrence County Warns Voters
The Pennsylvania act requires rural residents outside city classes to register in advance to vote in the September 14 primary and November elections. Lawrence County sets June 8, July 6 and August 10 for in-person rural registration with a final deadline August 14 at the courthouse. Nonregistration means loss of voting rights on September 14.
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General Assembly of
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Lawrence County
Court House
Senators weigh fate of Roosevelt court plan
Early backers like Senator Pope show changed stance as Senator Borah from Idaho argues liberal court rulings remove impelling necessity. Support wanes among others who pushed the proposal. The court bill may reach the senate calendar this week amid rising opposition, suggesting it should be dropped.
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Supreme Court
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Borah
Idaho
Senate
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Colleges Merit Support For Endowment Drive
Educational institutions launch campaigns to raise funds for expansion and endowment. Princeton Theological Seminary seeks 3 million dollars to expand its educational offerings. Private colleges face financial strain from investment declines and reduced funding, needing renewed support as business recovers.
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Princeton Theological Seminary
America
Calling Up the North Pole Direct Phone Link Debuts
On a scorching day a direct telephone service to the North Pole opens with two way radio contact linking Soviet explorers and Moscow wives. The feature echoes Byrd at the South Pole and evokes winter scenes while remaining limited in availability.
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Moscow
Byrd
South Pole
Making Week Ends the Nation's Big New Industry
The five day week expands leisure, foreshadowing a surge in week end travel, cottages, suburban homes, excursions, and resorts. Americans will seek extra income through odd jobs as the two day weekend broadens, while Morganthau warns income tax returns will be scrutinized with a fine tooth comb next year.
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Globe
Morganthau
Miss Wise’s Rural Health Club Improves One Room School
A one room school in Parsons West Virginia featured a health club led by Miss Virginia Wise and students. The program tracked attendance and illness, taught polite meals, weight records, disease prevention, and charity donations from community women.
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Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Virginia Wise
Grace
Hints and Dints And Quips From A Campany Broadside
A collection of short humorous items and sayings touching on weather laws elections and everyday life. Notes include lines about wages the Maine legislature a pastor’s quips and a joke about a man rejected a multi tool device. The tone echoes a late 19th or early 20th century column of wry commentary.
Random Thoughts and Quips from a Wide-Eyed Era
A collage of wry observations and jokes on marriage, employment, con artists, and public signs. It riffs on misused cars, gypsy scams, Eddie Cantor’s fame, Thoreau quotes, and a light critique of democracy and urban legends with sharp, period-voice humor.
All Of Us By Marshall Maslin
A critical piece for parents of mid teens in cities, laments the toll of taxi service on family life with no clear solution. The author recalls parents sacrificing evenings for their children and questions the modern dynamic where children seem to owe nothing to their parents while parents feel obligated to give all.
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Youthful marriages rise as world changes pace
Central Press columnist notes steady growth in marriage licenses amid postwar change and rising living costs. He argues youth embrace of social shifts mirrors global leadership trends and urges to marry and think as a new era unfolds.
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Blum
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Stalin
Fire Destroys Sheridan Street School in Los Angeles
A Sunday April blaze consumed the Sheridan Street School in Hollenbeck Heights Los Angeles a fifty year old wooden building housing over a thousand students. The incident recalls the New London Texas disaster and prompts questions about fire safety in aging schools. A newsboy’s grim quip on the curb adds a dark note to the tragedy.
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Hollenbeck Heights
Los Angeles
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New London
Texas
Outdated farming talk ends with a pear tree bank joke
A youth derides farming methods and misidentifies a pear tree as an apple bearer. The farmer coolly reveals the joke and foreshadows a bank takeover. The piece humorously contrasts idealism with practical reality and ends with a quip about fear in marriage.
Uncle Abner Warns That Production Outweighs Prediction
The speaker muses that spring spray raises concerns about production over prediction, noting a dangerous germ in the breath of scandal and urging caution in handling public affairs.
Negroes debating free speech and sun moon riddle humor
A Northern attorney who acquired a large South Carolina estate formed the Eureka Debating Society to promote free speech among local Negroes. A prize winner ridicules the sun versus moon debate, saying the moon shines at night when light is needed. The piece blends social satire and odd anecdotes from around the world.
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Eureka Debating Society
Sam
Home Interior Questions on Woodwork and Wallpaper
Francine Markel answers readers on trim color in colonial and modern homes, allowing walls and trim to match if non conflicting with other rooms. She advises scenic wallpaper should not have fixtures hung on it, treating it like tapestry as a decorative background.
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Francine Markel
Bible Thought For Today
A brief devotional note cites Psalm 9 18 promising that the needy are not forgotten and the helpless may hope. comfort theme emphasizes enduring expectation and divine care.
Those candid pictures and changing times
A poetic reflection on the shift from formal portraits to casual snaps. The speaker recalls strict grooming for studio images and the staged politeness of earlier life, contrasting it with modern candid photos taken at home or in everyday moments, ending with a nostalgic note about being captured at one’s worst.
A Day of Virtuous Liberty Worth More Than Bondage
A short aphorism contrasts a single day of liberty with an entire eternity in bondage, attributed to Addison.
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Addison
Notable Nativities and Historic Dates Highlight June 3
Central Press roundup notes birth years for Jim Tully and William H. King while recalling figures like Raymond Pearl and Roland Hayes. It also marks June 3 events: Harvey’s death from a bloodletting, Jethro Tull’s farming innovations, and Jesse James’ 1871 Corydon raid.
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William H. King
Utah
Raymond Pearl
Johns Hopkins University
Roland Hayes
Noted People Say What Noted People Say
International News Service reports on brief quotes from Channing Pollock Ken Murray and Dr Morris Fishbein. Pollock explains he avoided photos on a round the world trip to focus on sights not cameras. Murray cites comedians lack of respect due to perceived attitude. Fishbein argues intelligence is shown by reading speed with Roosevelt cited as a fast reader.
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Channing Pollock
Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
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