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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1948
Page
2
An annual Dr Christian award closes February 29 with a 2000 dollar prize for the best script and fifty scripts bought for the pool. Actors like Joan Crawford Shirley Booth and Gregory Peck surface in talks about radio and TV roles and projects across Warner Bros CBS and the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
A column reflecting on Lincoln’s birthday 1948 and how myth and memory shape American identity. The author recalls childhood scenes of Lincoln in Chicago, family memories, and how the Lincoln Memorial and public rituals keep the martyr’s image alive amid wartime politics. The piece blends personal memory with public symbols and hints at enduring national hope.
The piece surveys U.S. publication of captured Nazi Soviet records from 1939 to 1941, noting how Hitler and Molotov discussed excluding Britain and the U S from Europe, and Stalin’s offers to join the axis. Hoover opposes four year European recovery aid and warns against internationalism. Shafer introduces a large American rubber bill. Roy A. Roberts predicts Eisenhower will withdraw from presidential consideration.
The calendar notes weekends impact holiday observances in 1943 and 1949 with Christmas and New Year’s Day on Saturdays. It explains Monday observances for Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, and Independence Day, and predicts Sunday-concentrated holidays recur only in 28-year cycles, with 1976 next after 1920.
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