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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
2
A Panamanian letter criticizes Panama City's Flag Week observances on Harrison Avenue, claiming repeated widespread violations of flag etiquette such as improper raising times, weathering materials, and flag orientation. The writer laments ignored persuasion and warns of foreign impressions, noting military officers’ expectations of proper flag respect.
Hollywood correspondent recounts Greer Garson career from London stage to films. Her initial obscurity after illness, return to Hollywood, and breakthrough in Goodby Mr Chips are covered along with her real name origins, early jobs, and a pivotal chance at an acting break via a novelist who saw her in a club.
Springfield Ill June 16 The Illinois House of Representatives approved a bill to legalize lotteries to finance Chicago slum housing projects. The measure to permit public sale of lottery tickets passed by a wide margin late yesterday and was sent to the Senate.
In Chicago on June 16 sisters Dorothy Sullivan and Loretta Schirz each gave birth to sons. Sullivan’s baby weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces, born yesterday morning, and Schirz’s child weighed 6 pounds 6 ounces, born nine hours later.
Great Britain Denmark Norway Italy Roumania Switzerland Yugoslavia Belgium Sweden Costa Rica and other nations announce plans to participate in the 1840 Olympic games, with officials from multiple capitals signaling readiness for competition.
A printed health quiz asks five multiple choice questions with five possible answers each. It explains scoring and then provides answers explaining shaving hair, homogenized milk, standing posture, pituitary gland location, and the diseases most feared by mankind tuberculosis cancer and syphilis.
Oklahoma state auditor Frank Carter visited New York and found that living there can be affordable at seven dollars and fifty cents per day. He sponsored a law setting this subsistence cap for state officials traveling to major cities. Carter kept meals cheap and used early dining to avoid high late charges, noting subways and inexpensive shows as money savers. He observed much of New York’s value lies in free or cheap sights and affordable transit.
The nation faces a collapse in private investment that undermines recovery. The series explains money income, purchasing power, and why keeping private investment active is essential to sustaining funds to buy goods. Savings must be invested in investment goods to keep money flow and production moving.
Highlights from Harry Franck's The Lure of Alaska blends history travel and sport in a lively portrait of America's arctic frontier. It profiles old timers as cheerful stubborn prospectors who favor open space over city life, noting Alaska's frontier ethos and long winters.
Puzzle clues list across and down about a famed dancer with terms like ipecac plant, scale, din, oyster lettuce dish, lemur, ozone, island, writing tool, and more. The verticals include Rebels, iris part, wild duck, great lake, sanctuaries, rhythm, and other terms guiding a word puzzle themed around a renowned performer.
The piece urges mothers to combat vacation boredom by fostering make believe and creative play. Dress-up, old clothes, makeup, and simple craft materials are encouraged to spark imagination. Neighbors and friends can join, turning a few days into a week or more of inventive play, with books on children's games as a helpful investment.
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