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Newspaper
Panama City Pilot
Location
Panama City, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1940
Page
3
Barne y Childs announces the opening of his new Fountain Luncheonette at 444 Risoh Avenue in the building formerly occupied by Love s. He has run the fountain and luncheonette business in Panama City many years and offers plate lunches fountain drinks and sundaes.
Chicago alderman Paul H. Douglas, a University of Chicago economist, contends his early $5,000 salary earned $16.72 after deductions while he directed funds to churches, charities, ward groups, baseball organizers, and relief cases. He notes diverting but lawful efforts to meet constituents' demands.
A man in Wilmington reports his pants were taken from him while he slept on a park bench. The theft included a $50 watch and $50 in cash. Police are investigating the incident.
Washington AP reports Frank Eli Powell a New Orleans veteran at 103 recounts wartime service as a spy and scout in Brother Warriors told to Martha Norris McLeod and Washington. Powell describes disguising as a dame to spy on the Union army and witnessing Lee with Grant.
DeKalb County Superintendent W M Rainey spotted Ben Jenkins near a drug store and questioned his truancy. The 9 year old explained a peanut in his right lung required cough syrup. Surgeons removed the nut with a bronchoscope and he is expected back in school soon.
The listing shows a dense Oct 14 broadcast slate across WDLP WDS WBS and related stations with AP News, music programs, sports forecasts, and local features. It notes a curious closing line on Missouri cottontail rabbits rear 3.8 litters annually with an average of 4.4 animals per litter.
Henryetta Okla Roy Self a furniture store employee saw a divan burning He stuck his head out the window and yelled His employer Wayne Champion phoned the fire department Before Champion could get connected the fire department was there Responding to Selfs yell The fire house is right across the street.
Cold weather struck early as Spartans bundled in overcoats, with many seen dropping them into downtown gutters. The brisk snap of winter surprised residents and added a chill to the day.
In Taylorsville North Carolina Deputy Sheriff Will Rusty faced disruption as an illegal distillery operation drew attention while someone slashed the tires on the officer’s car.
The Navesink New Jersey lighthouse is described as the most powerful beacon in the United States with a nine million candle power rating.
A Pittsburgh steel worker family of five, the Church fields, were selected as the 100,000th U.S. Housing Authority tenants. President Roosevelt will dedicate the second largest federal slum clearance project during a western Pennsylvania and Ohio trip.
In Richmond Virginia a citizen bet on a parking meter using a two tail nickel and won a gamble on time. Police were surprised when the patron surrendered the coin for a few cents of parking time in a downtown lot.
A fragmented report lists temperatures and precipitation across numerous U S cities and Canadian stations. It notes Jacksonville and Birmingham values, with readings for Chicago Indianapolis Detroit New Orleans New York and other urban stations, plus Florida entries such as Key West Pensacola and Tampa.
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