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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1939
Page
2
The News-Herald pledges full cooperation to advance Bay County and Northwest Florida. Key goals include a city manager government for Panama City, air mail service, completed highway links, and the Gulf Coast Inland Canal project, resolving the city’s financial concerns.
Northwest Florida coastal region faces economic loss from the dog fly with bites causing abscesses and fever in humans and reducing dairy milk and cattle weight. Panama City Chamber of Commerce presses Congress to fund eradication efforts for the coast, urging readers to write lawmakers for real relief.
A reader in Indiana asks about aneurisms and the medical terms used. The doctor explains aneurism as a weakened vessel wall bulging under pressure, often due to infection or injury, and notes risks of rupture and the need for careful protection. Surgical options include tying off vessels or removing the aneurism, with historic mention of a surgeon's rolled wire technique.
Hollywood reporters note a record spring production surge with 58 features and about 20 shorts shooting before April, plus a looming May June slowdown. Extras are busy amid non union hiring, on location shoots with free lunches, and stars forecasting fewer hokey scenes as audiences push for smarter dialogue and credible action.
Dublin reports greater appeasement between Ireland and Britain on St Patrick's Day 1939 though partition of Ulster persists. De Valera argues against union while Ulster leaders warn Protestants would be minority in a united Ireland. Trade calm follows, but security fears rise amid S-plot saboteur signals and detentions without trial.
Brooklyn matador Sidney Franklin, a former Madrid arena headliner, is set to demonstrate bull fighting at the World’s Fair Cuba Village without violating the law. The plan, still evolving, follows his Spain and Hemingway friendship, with Franklin’s Columbia degree noted and his quiet New York life contrasted with a star turn ahead.
Today shows at 6 45 pm Van Metres Chillun at 8 pm Star Drama and 9 30 pm Nehis Swing Session Saturday features 7 am Hank Hired Hand 11 am Pensacola Dairy s Kiddie Klub Revue with times and venues listed
The district office in Panama City Florida requests complete information on available machinists and mechanics not now working at their trade. Interested qualified persons should register at the Panama City Employment Office or contact service representatives in Apalachicola and Carrabelle on Tuesdays at city hall and at Port St. Joe on Wednesdays at city hall.
In Punta Gorda Florida on March 1 1935 representatives from 15 South Florida counties pressed to keep the current method of distributing gasoline tax revenue for bond retirement unchanged. A Special committee led by William J Wood of Fort Myers was tasked to draft a bill maintaining distributions until all road and bridge bonds are paid and to study adding highways designated as state roads since 1931 to the distribution basis.
A report notes that one in every twelve persons in England holds a driving license. The article discusses licensing prevalence and implications for mobility and regulations across the country.
A compact crossword style clue set about Irish writers with horizontal and vertical entries. It lists 61 entries across clues and 59 down clues referencing Irish literary figures, terms, and related descriptors, inviting solving of a themed puzzle.
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