Britannica Sold to University of Chicago Gift Transfer Explained
The Encyclopedia Britannica, once owned by Sears Roebuck for twenty years, passed to the University of Chicago as a gift. The university accepted after its vice president agreed to assume most financial risk. Britannica remains a premier reference work despite its age and stodginess.
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Empire State Building
Mars
Britannica
Mount Everest
Sahara Desert
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Encyclopedia
Americanancial Centrol
University of Chicago
Sears
Encyclopedia Britannica
Sales Tax Advocates Push Plan to Finance 109 Billion Budget
Sales Tax and Debt advocates press for a federal sales tax as the only safe fiscal move to fund a 109 billion dollar one year budget. They warn debt could rise from 115.9 billion to 200 billion by year end, arguing banks hoard bonds while public investors hold too little.
Strength For Today by Earl L Douglass D D
A devotional note extols sincerity and hard work over raw genius. It cites Charles Dickens on wholehearted effort and urges using any endowment with humility, diligence, and purpose rather than vanity. The piece emphasizes personal effort shapes value more than innate brilliance.
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Charlies Dickens
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Tax guidance on dividends and bond premiums in 1940s form
A tax expert article explains when dividends are income and when they return investment, notes stock and property dividends may be taxable, and covers bond premium deductions and schedule A entries. It details interest reporting on government obligations, War Bonds, and options for reporting non interest bearing bonds.
No usable event detected in the Babson Syndicated note
Fragmentary text from a Babson Newspaper Syndicate item offers no clear event or details to summarize into a newspaper card.
Fifty Years Ago Local Hema From The Coloins Of The News
February term of Circuit Court opened with Judge John A. Lynch presiding and Frederick named foreman of the grand jury. An insane man appeared before the court and was removed by the sheriff. A fire destroyed the wood shed and chicken house at Daniel Sneadner’s Liberty town property, burning thirty chickens. VAL McCLEERY in the city lost a boat to ice and high water on the Monocacy. The aurora borealis lit the north and a southern meteor brightened the sky. Rocky Springs residents face petty theft with pigs squealing awakening Hezekiah Putman to a corn crib robbery and five more thefts including ham and flour from Washington Linton’s house.
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Hezekiah Putman
Washington Linton
Myersville Savings Bank elects directors at annual meeting
At the annual stockholders meeting Myersville Savings Bank chose directors and officers led by Tilghman G. Grosmickle as president. The bank plans a new building after outgrowing its 1902 structure.
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M. F. Riley
Hagerstown
Thurmont
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Reeds Commission For
Ang Sear
Maryland Bar Association
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County Bar Association
Mind Your Manners at Army Camps Quiz
A colonial era etiquette guide answers questions about visiting soldiers. It advises: a visitor should be punctual and self supporting, avoid possessive behavior, be friendly but not flirtatious with soldiers and their friends, dress modestly, and secure reservations before traveling. The piece emphasizes planning ahead due to numerous camps nearby and limited time for soldiers.
Today in History and Birthdays Announced
Historic notes mark anniversaries for John Witherspoon James Otis Dwight Moody and Maxine Elliott with birthplaces and death dates The history section recalls blockades Cunard steamers and landmark legal acts Today’s birthdays list figures from Beirut to Halifax with brief bios and ages
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Barnstable
Mass
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Dwight L. Moody
Atlantic
Northfield
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Rockland
Maine
France
Labor Policy Power Plays Shape Wage Formula in Washington
Washington observes John Lewis and CIO leader Philip Murray press for changes to the little steel wage formula as costs surge. Allies Green and others pressure Roosevelt for a flexible policy while activists seek price ceilings and new agencies to manage wage increases amid wartime austerity.
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Phil Murray
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War Labor Board
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Department of Labor
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A. SP
Roosevelt
Administration
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Enma Neue
Byrnes
Office of Economic Stabilization
John Lewis
America
McNutt testifies on manpower as hearings bloom
Washington reports War Manpower Commissioner McNutt faces multiple Senate and House probes into manpower policy. He defends his view that the nation must balance army size with transportability and overall needs, urging boards to curb draft pace while Congress probes shortages and occupation needs.
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Paul V. McNutt
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Inundate: a flood of joy overwhelms the system
The lesson highlights the word inundate meaning to cover with a flood or overflow. It cites example usage about the whole system being inundated with tides of joy and notes common misuses and pronunciation hints.
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Emerson
Q and A on war effort prompts and home front notes
In a Q A format, questions cover who edited Hunting Big Game in the Eight ies and labeling for beef and veal. It explains why rubbing alcohol requires a prescription, ties it to munition needs, and notes Kaiser shipyard curbs due to housing shortage in the San Francisco Bay area and a pepper supply forecast shows no shortage for two years.
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Kaiser
San Francisco Bay Region
Time to Fulfill His Promise in Wartime Rhetoric
A poem reflecting on Hitler's promises and the shifting war fortunes as Allied successes mount. It questions leadership, ends with a jab about Hitler not returning defeated and notes the historic milestone of Celluloid’s development and mark.
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Hiller
Hitler
N. A. Lufburrow
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