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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1939
Page
2
Gulf Coast Council of Registered Nurses organized a free service with doctors and nurses to perform tonsil removals at eight dollars per child for expenses. Benefit bridge parties and other donations funded part of the program, and volunteers will conduct a tag day to raise additional money.
In this reflective piece the author contrasts Elijah’s forthright rebuke of Israel’s rulers with modern platitudes. It notes how officials, labor leaders, police chiefs, prosecutors, and editors are labeled as “he that troubleth” when they challenge prevailing corruption and abuses of power. The sermon pivots on Elijah’s claim, I have not troubled Israel, but thou.
The reader is quizzed on tipping etiquette in a vintage context. It asks standard tips for restaurant staff with cloth-topped tables, the ice water waiter, wrap check, entrance cloak check, and a Pullman porter during an overnight trip, with the expected answers listed as twenty-five cents, twenty-five cents, ten cents, twenty cents, and ten cents respectively.
Olive Roberts Barton argues that when children ask tough questions adults should answer as reasonably as possible. Truthful, age appropriate explanations foster curiosity and education, while evasive remarks harm trust. Use clear, simple truths and tailor to the child.
The listing shows WCOA programming across NBC and local slots including Fred Waring's Orchestra, Jay-Dee Speaker, Four Bells, Have You Heard, Van Metre's Chillin, Order of Adventures, Dick Dunckle Forecast, Profits or Profiteering, Plantation Party, Panama City Pensacola football game, Weather Reports, Horace Heidt's and Woody Herman's orchestras, plus multiple news summaries and musical segments from 5:30 onward. It notes local segments like WCOA Goes to Market and Around the Clock with various hosts and bands, concluding with Renfrew of the Mounted.
President Roosevelt will spend the weekend at Hyde Park New York examining his forestation project which has been affected by a harsh drought. The trip aims to assess progress and plan next steps for the program amid ongoing drought conditions.
In a series on epidemics and wars the article notes Britain plans a Ministry of Food and broad controls on imports and prices. It cites sugar rationing in Britain and reports of German food policies, including limits on alcohol, tobacco, and coffee to conserve foreign exchange and supplies.
New York columnist George Ross notes a rise in celebrities and city columnists embracing rural life. Moss Hart, George Kaufman, Edna Ferber, Lily Pons, Heywood Broun, Sidney Kingsley and others maintain farms near the city or in nearby states, with Cagney and others commuting or visiting. Broun faces financial strain at Nutmeg and seeks aggressive loans, while writers pursue farming, vintages, libraries, and crafts as hobbies amid big city life.
Hollywood gossip notes from PAUL HARRISON discuss Chaplin spoofing Hitler in Modern Times with characters Adenaid Hinkley Gasolini and others. Festival banquets canceled as federal grand jury subpoenas arrive. Shifted remakes with Jean Arthur suspension and Hedy Lamarr demanding more money. re shooting planned for I Take This Woman with potential recasting.
A dense list of crossword like clues referencing a 19th century inventor and related terms. Includes across and down hints for items such as period of time, weight allowance for waste, rubber tree, gun, stitch, gibbon, wrath, military title, fens to e jaw, gey hats, musical draft, preposition, marine fish, garment, garden tool, Babylonian deity, mosque priest, heavenly body, young sheep, Arabian, mother and other wordplay prompts.
A campus article guides co ed readers on standing out among thousands of girls. It suggests cultivating a distinctive look or color, excelling in grooming, and maintaining spotless clothes and neat hair to be remembered as the best dressed. It also emphasizes upright posture and graceful walking to leave a memorable impression.
25 years ago today Oct 6 1914 Germans bomb Antwerp as main body of Belgian troops leaves the city. Germans bombard Arras.
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