Telegraph and Cable Service Correspondence Highlights
Public inter county telegraph and cable service correspondence reviewed by The News Company and Corporation. Details cover intercounty matters, with named individuals including Jessie Treadewei Anderson, Richard E Rents, Lucy TreadWell, Fred Reniz, George W Conway, and Fred C Scheppele referenced in the context of press duties.
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Jessie Treadewei
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Lucy TreadWell Ray
Fred Reniz
George W Conway
Fred C. Scheppele
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President would assume total power after mock bomb alert
In case of actual attack the government would rely on the presidents inherent powers to mobilize the country. Martial law would be declared and the president would regulate all activity while Congress is out of business. An atomic attack could trigger the greatest national emergency with 14.5 million killed in theory and 61 cities flattened.
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Congress
That's Their Headlight
A childhood essay explains why fireflies glow, noting two main purposes: mating signals and warnings to night feeding birds. It cites luciferace and luciferin chemistry, possible bacterial luminescence, and the Lampyridae family, ending with a practical parental line about a car headlight explanation.
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Moppet
Mommy
South America
Fireworks Around the World Mark Independence Celebrations
The article traces fireworks from ancient China to modern national celebrations across many countries. It notes July 4 as the U S peak holiday while detailing historical uses in France England Cuba Malta Cyprus Mexico and North Africa and wartime pyrotechnics in World Wars I and II.
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National Geographic Society
China
India
United States
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Paris
Ile St. Louis
Seine
Notre Dame Cathedral
Switzerland
Gruyeres
Cuba
Malta
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Madeira
England
Guy Fawkes
London
Fawkes
Latin America
Judas
Maximilian
Mexico
No Man’s Land
Sly Visit To New Orleans By ROBERT C. RUARK
Robert Ruark recalls a sly New Orleans visit filled with familiar faces and places. He notes Brennan, jazz musicians, and the city’s easy glamor, contrasting it with Paris and Rome while joking about a possible scolding from his mother. The piece preserves Ruark's breezy insider voice and affection for the city.
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Sly
New Orleans
By Robert C. Ruark
Mama
Spain
London
Owen Brennan
Owen
Ruark
Brennan
Fats
Jesse
Harry
Junior
Tommy
LaFitte
Diamond Jim
Ella Brennan
Canal
Weiss
Roosevelt
Cap O'Leary
St. Charles
Hip Guinle
Bourbon Street
Teagarden
Santa Pecora
Jerry Linn
Lee Wiley
Broadway
Adlai To Run Again Deliberations On Democratic Strategy
Washington politics shift as Senator Humphrey lays out a plan for Democrats to counter a possible Eisenhower bid. The tactic centers on agriculture social security and public power while avoiding direct attacks on Eisenhower. The piece notes Truman era lessons and New York as pivotal in a 1956 presidential outcome.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Congress
Northwest
Truman
Morse
Hungry Horse Dam
Northeast
Humphrey
New York
Benson
Pinay warns against neutral Germany as a future threat
In San Francisco Antoine Pinay argues against a neutralized or over armed Germany under trusteeship. In Washington Senator Knowland criticizes Nehru’s neutrality stance aligned with Soviet aims. Surgeon General Scheele says unsafe polio vaccine risk is negligible versus natural infection risk.
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San Francisco
Antoine Pinay
Germany
Washington
William F. Knowland
Calif
Nehru
Soviet Union
U. SS
Leonard Scheele
The
Public Health Service
Faith strengthened by God’s promise cited from Romans
The excerpt cites Romans 4 20 and 21 praising Abraham for staggering not at God’s promise and being fully persuaded. It then notes gardening as a top hobby in the United States with expenditures rising from 211 million dollars in 1940 to 689 million in 1950.
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U. S
Ho Chi Minh Joins Junketeers on Peak East Trip
Ho Chi Minh leads a nine member delegation to Peiping and Moscow after Dien Bien Phu. Observers note aims include aligning party line before Geneva Big Four, seeking economic aid, and shaping future Vietnamese elections amid South Vietnam unrest.
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Ho Chi-Minh
Dienbienphu
Indo-China
Peiping
Moscow
North Vietnam
Nehru
Geneva
Vietnam
Little Ho
Hong Kong
Hanoi
North Wertnam
China
Red Kremlin
Mata Hari World War I Spy Profile
Mata Hari a Dutch born dancer born Aug 7 1876 in Leeuwarden rose to notoriety as a spy by posing as a Hindu dancer. She trained at a German espionage school and formed ties with officials in Germany France and the Netherlands. Convicted in Paris she was executed by firing squad Oct 15 1917.
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Mata Hari
Siva
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Paris
France
Holland
Cascade Park Summer Schedule Attracts Hundreds For Reunions
Cascade Park hosts over 40 large reunion reservations and 85 smaller group bookings this month. Rainy days aside, July features Blair Strip Steel, Butler County Mushroom Farm, Pennsy Railroad Family Club, American Legion events, Shenango China and Johnson Bronze shows, plus daily weekday picnics in the picnic grove. Park superintendent Pat Kearns notes families enjoy meals and children play in a scenic setting while urging respectful use of the space. A steam locomotive exhibit idea is proposed for the kids.
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Pat Kearns
Cascade
Lawrence County Firemen Association
Blair Strip Steel Company
Butler County Mushroom Farm
Pennsy Railroad Family Club
Shenango
American Legion
Shenango China and Johnson Bronze
Super Kearns
Cascade Park
You're Telling Me Facts From Sporadic Trivia
A humorous mosaic of curiosities and quips about politics, history, animals, sports, and science. It playfully questions misidentifications of Kefauver and Crockett, notes chiggers biting, gibbon leaps, golf ball dimples, and ostrich speeds while musing on adding days to summer vacation.
Weather’s temperamental fit for all the town
A light verse about universal weather grievances and the futility of pleasing everyone if one person wants sun while another demands rain. The poem notes that even a single perfect day is impossible when neighbors desire opposite skies. Telephone experts hint at future dialing free number access by voice without human operators.
Air Force to Sell Over 1 Billion in Surplus Items
The Air Force expects to sell more than $1 billion in surplus property this year, from aircraft to radio tubes and even underwear. Congress questions pricing and delivery terms, noting items range from olive drab panties to 12,758 pairs of heated shoes, with a vast catalog reported by Brig. Gen. Richard J. O Keefe and Lt. Col. D. G. Burgeson.
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Washington
Air Force
Chet Holifield
Calif
America
Shelby Air Force Base
Ohio
Richard J. O'Keefe
Supply Department
Rep. Holifield
D. G. Burgeson
McClelland Air Force Base
Burgeson
Week's Good And Bad News Shown In Review
United Press summarizes a week of international events. Eisenhower renews United States commitment to UN ideals at the San Francisco anniversary meeting. US UK and France propose a peace‑driven Big Four approach in Geneva. UK dock workers strike tensions persist as the Queen Elizabeth sails. In the bad column Scelba ousted in Italy signaling cabinet crises. Nehru and Bulganin pledge peaceful ties with Formosa tensions. Molotov criticizes the US at the UN, Dulles plans a formal reply.
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Eisenhower
United States
United Nations Organization
U. N
San Francisco
World Organization
Conference of Heads of Government
Great Britain
France
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Geneva
Switzerland
Stevedores
New York
Cunard
Mario Scelba
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Scelba
Molotov
John Foster Dulles
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A joke about a doctor at a summer resort giving conflicting dietary advice. A tourist challenges the next day that the doctor contradicts himself, claiming progress in twenty four hours. Also notes Phil Silvers in Toledo with Top Banana where a rewrite man hides in the orchestra pit.
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Phil Silvers
Toledo
Phil
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