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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1939
Page
7
Chicago private citizen Jack Young sues two national magazines for 250000 dollars claiming they publicly called him a cuckoo and mocked his resemblance to President F D Roosevelt Maosovett, alleging malicious publication. The suit seeks damages asserting defamation.
A column reviews Star Dust publicity and Hollywood chatter about Gary Cooper, Joan Fontaine, Olivia de Havilland, Andrea Leeds, and Grace Moore. It notes upcoming releases like The Real Glory and The Ramparts We Watch, mentions musical pictures and stage-to-screen transitions, and cites industry buzz on engagements, careers, and wartime film plans with international context.
The article states the Shang period, dated 1400 to 1100 B. C., marks early Chinese art with expert carving. It asserts the Blue Ridge mountains once stood over 30,000 feet high, higher than any mountain, and Ero Lon claims their peak has been reduced by more than two thirds.
Federal engineers at Grand Congo dam used a 200,000 cubic yard earth slide dam to stop a threatening slide. The massive dam, the world’s largest, was saved from a dangerous upheaval, preventing loss of over $100,000 and preserving the project’s integrity. Experts from the Bureau of Reclamation applied emergency measures to immobilize the loosened earth and render the subsoil harmless.
British statistics show spinsters expected to live five years longer than married women and widows. The figures project 9,901 spinsters reaching age fifty versus 8,99 and 8,89 for married women and widows respectively.
Fragmentary text mentions Help man and a vague reference to Franch and La Belle Riviere. It cites Jogtown Ware in Old Tugtown pottery allegedly dating to 1760 from descendants of State forshire poltera in North Carolina, but details are unclear and fragmented.
Labor Secretary France announces a new policy granting paid vacations to workers in United States manufacturing plants. The measure aims to standardize time off and improve worker welfare across industries.
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