News Company publication notes and staff roles
The notice lists ownership and publishing details for The News Company s Corporation with addresses and staff titles. It identifies Jessie Treadwell Anderson as board chair, Richard B. Rentz as president and GM, Lucy Treadwell Ray as vice president and treasurer, Jared Rentz as secretary, and George W Comway as editor, plus advertising and credit management. It notes telegraph and cable service from the International News Service and invites correspondence on public interest from county readers.
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S Corporation
North Mercer Street
New Castile
Jessie Treadwell Anderson Nairman
Richard B. Rents
Lucy Treadwell Ray
Csesesceeseree
Jared Rentz
Fred C. Scheppele
The
International News Service
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Commentators mourn old fashioned Fourth of July celebrations yet celebrate the holiday’s enduring patriotism and heritage. The piece recalls the 1776 Declaration's promise, Yorktown’s confirmation five years later, and the risks faced during the Revolution from Tories and internal strife. It warns of a modern global conspiracy threatening freedom and justice, pledging steadfast defense of tradition at any cost.
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Yorktown
Philadelphia
Atlantic
France
Europe
Ladies of the Air Spark Airline Service Revolution
The piece recounts the rise of female airline stewards at United Air Lines, noting Ellen Church's push for women in the role, the economic impact from 60,000 to 200 million dollars, and the challenges of retention as many marry. It highlights praise from United president William Patterson for stewardesses as a key merchandising success.
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United Air Lines
Ellen Church
French Hospital
San Francisco
William A. Patterson
United
Patterson
The
Airways
Pedestrian Fatalities Drop, AAA Reports Record Low
The American Automobile Association notes safer walking year with fewer injuries and deaths. 1954 toll under 8,000, well below 1937’s 15,500 peak and 1927’s 10,800. pedestrians now share streets with drivers who own and pay for cars.
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American Automobile Association
A.A.A
In View Of News Of World By John H. Martin
International News Service Foreign Editor John H. Martin presents a broad look at world affairs, outlining key developments and tensions shaping global diplomacy and policy. The column reflects typical reportage style of the era.
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John H. Martin
International News Service
Refugees' Redefection Spurs Western Cold War Tactics
The article discusses refugee redefection from Eastern Europe to the West, noting Soviet propaganda and covert campaigns to recapture refugees. It calls for accelerated emigration, better camp conditions, and a broader US counter espionage program in Western Europe to counter satellite covert actions and preserve Western unity.
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Europe
Free Europe Committee
Free Orld
Germany
United States
Inside Washington March of Events and Policy Grievances
A compilation notes Congress unlikely to raise postal rates this year or next despite the administration’s push to higher revenues. Postmaster General Summerfield cites a $166 million annual pay raise as justification. The piece also covers scientific recruitment fears under security rules, civil defense test criticism, and evolving polio vaccine concerns with incomplete immunity after three shots.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
Arthur Summerfield
Eisenhower
Summerfield
Post Office
John A Barr, Montgomery Ward leader, born 1908 in Akron Indiana
John A Barr was born in Akron Indiana in 1908 and rose to Montgom ery Ward board chairmanship via the corporation counsel route. He studied at DePauw University Green castle Indiana and Indiana University. He practiced law in Gary and Chicago and became general counsel and vice president in 1949. He lived in Wilmette Illinois.
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John A. Barr
Akron
Ind
Montgomery Ward
Corporation Counsel
DePauw University
Greencastle
Sigma Nu
Indiana University
Gary
Chicago
Wilmette
Eisenhower seeks permanent peace based on justice
In Bangor President Eisenhower says the goal is lasting peace grounded in justice and decency wherever the U S is represented. Humphrey asserts security is not partisan and cites Soviet subversion as the threat driving current deficiencies. Greece’s defense minister Panayotis Kanellopoulos thanks the United States for aid that sustains reconstruction and regional defense.
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Bangor
Eisenhower
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Athens
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Greece
United States
All-Or-Something Policy
Holmes Alexander tours Continental Air Defense Command at Colorado Springs and describes the control center, radar net, and readiness posture shaping U.S. responses to unidentified aircraft. He notes two key security conditions, the growing sense of control, and the shift toward cautious, decisive options short of all-out war.
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Continental Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Marshal Bulganin
Bulganin
United States
Air Force
Earle E. Partridge
Army
Alaska
Pentagon
Strategic Air Command
Omaha
North American
Socko
Jingo
Continental
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Korea
Bulgaria
U.S
Moscow
Gen. MacArthur
Me To You Reflects On Newspaper Problems And Reader Input
The piece reports a two day meeting of about 80 Pennsylvania publishers at Conneaut Lake Park to discuss making newspapers better for readers. It urges reader feedback as essential to shaping local pages and notes a past incident where a wedding notice was delayed, causing reader concern while acknowledging daily word limits can cause slips.
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Conneaut Lake Park
Pennsylvania
Nation
New Castle
You re Telling Me A year of travel on two dollars a day
A humorous collage notes Antowan plans to travel for a year on two dollars daily and jokes about detours to Monte Carlo. It mentions hitching a ride on an ocean liner, cooler heads at a summit, Soviet archaeologists at work, a Maryland mower rampage, and a London sandwich shop rebranding hot dogs as Freddies with a cold side.
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Antowan
Monte Carlo
My Fine New Hat and a hatter's warning from Washington
Frederick C. Othman recounts a Dallas hatter, I. Benjamin Parrill, noting Chinese straw in Milan hats and a looming tariff rise on Panama hats. He warns of job losses in Corsicana and Ecuador, with shortages driven by Australian rabbit fur prices and disease.
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Frederick C.othman
Washington
Italy
Milan
Dallas
Tex
Benjamin Parrill
Adam Hat Manufacturers, Inc
China
United States
Ecuador
Panama
Corsicana
Parrill
Tariff
State Department
Panamas
England
Fairly Spoken By Margaret Latrobe And The Elocution Decline
Margaret Latrobe recalls school elocution fading as tap dancing rose in popularity. She recalls recitals with Riley’s The Raggedy Man and Poe’s The Raven, noting how lessons became showy with piano readings, while audiences dwindled to parents and aunts.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Raggedy Man
Edgar Allen Poe
Louis
Nevermore
Poe
Stop Me, John Steinbeck and the Sucker-Proof Bill
John Steinbeck cites Diamond Jim Brady on being loved while preyed upon by friends. Lapidus confronts a Miami Beach hotel about his bill and the useless bus between station and hotel. A friend’s parlor wisdom meets a dismissive proprietor as Lapidus laments modern manners.
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John Steinbeck
John
Diamond Jim Brady
Lapidus
Bible Verse Cited in School Funding Debate
A newspaper note quotes II Thessalonians 3 3 and states the United States spends between eight and nine billion dollars annually on the construction and operation of public schools.
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The
United States
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