Public Library Faces Push for Increased Funding
A meeting with the Board of Trustees and city officials named Mayor Costello and Finance Commissioner Bedford discussed a possible larger library appropriation for next year depending on the city's finances. Syracusans favor a substantial increase to expand service, add plant improvements, and stock more books for instruction and research as thousands rely on the library daily.
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Public Library
Costello
Bedford
Syracuse
Fly
Crime Outbreak in Syracuse Stirs Town Spirit
A daylight hold up at a downtown Syracuse candy shop and a safe cracking on S Geddes Street raise alarm. Police broadcast descriptions of the highwayman as they race to catch the criminals and deter further crime in a busy city.
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Syracuse
S. Geddes St
Jesse James
Jimmy Valentine
Death of Fay C Parsons Head of Cortland Democrat
Fay C Parsons of Cortland dies ending a half century as publisher of the Cortland Democrat and a long active figure in state and local politics. He was renowned in Albany and at home for vigorous convictions and unimpeachable honor, a man widely known and liked in his region.
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Fay C. Parsons
Cortland
Parsons
Press Freedom Plan for Inter American Conference
Sumner Welles proposes an unofficial inter American press and radio conference organized by the American Society of Newspaper Frhtors to define rights and duties of the press across the Americas. The aim is cooperation and prompt aid if any government suppresses press freedoms, linking global press liberty to world peace.
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Sumner Welles
Western Hemisphere
American Society of Newspaper
Frhtors
Americas
Mead caramittes call for Detroit auto production probe
AULA union official argues for an investigation into why Detroit is producing so few automobiles. He likens the demand for inquiry to a man who has dynamited a railroad bridge, urging scrutiny of the dip in car output and market activity.
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Aula
Detroit
McNett
cratd-Journal
Charles McNell
Mr. Tormey
Dewey
Ormey
Omeone
MiNett
Tol Tmov
Hekel
Doris L, Jones
Hemisphere press liberty urged in Argentina example
The text argues that peoples can be free from fear and protected from attack by demonstrating freedom in the Western Hemisphere. It cites Argentina's transition from rigid censorship to full liberty of expression and research as a hopeful example, suggesting hemisphere press cooperation could spark a new era globally.
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Argentina
Joker in OPA Bill sparks authority clash over farm prices
The piece notes a clash between OPA and the Decontrol Board under the new law. It states the Decontrol Board could reimpose controls on some farm goods while the Secretary of Agriculture can immediately remove them when supply is adequate. It highlights the Secretary’s power and suggests OPA’s fate under cuts to farm commodity jurisdiction.
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OPA
Decontrol Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Congress
The
Sticks
Washington
Earthquakes Show No Honor Among The Unprepared
Sunday morning’s Caribbean quake was among the strongest in decades. It spared crowded Santo Domingo but underscored how little we understand Earth’s interior and our ability to predict tremors. The piece muses on geology, perception, and human foibles amid natural shocks.
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Caribbean
Santo Domingo
Pacific
Portraits By JAMES METCALFE Prayer of friendship
A lyric prose piece expresses devotion to a friend, pledging readiness to aid and share strength, urging mutual support and service in daily life across distance. It emphasizes memory, helpfulness, and joy in giving comfort wherever one may be.
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Aveneny Anh
Lawrence voter casts first ballot in changing DC ties
A long time Washington resident casts his first vote aged 57, reflecting on DC representation and the need for Congress to hear local grievances. He explains voting for Harry Byrd and Howard Smith in Virginia’s primary, noting a shift to independents and a bipartisan past.
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Washington
Tuuis
Harry Byrd
United States
Howard Smith
Virginia
Theodore Roosevelt
Wilson
Cox
Davis
al’ Smith
Hoover J
London
Wine
Dewey
Readers' viewpoints question Russia policy and Britain loan debate
Readers urge tougher American salesmanship toward Russia praising none of its actions, debate Paris Conference aims and Russia trust. Letters analyze Molotov move, U S policies, atom tests, and China bases, urging restraint and clearer aims in peace bargaining.
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Herald-Journal
Rusia
Molotov
Paris
Cadin
Russa
Russia
Maries
China
Pacific
Tcoland
Syracuse
R. D
Mystery of The Rockets and Swedish Neutrality
A commentary notes Sweden's wartime neutrality and recent rocket projectile sightings. It links cross-border impacts from Soviet or eastern sources, possible Peenemunde origins, and hints at a Sweden Soviet trade deal amid warlike tensions. The piece casts the missiles as a future war pattern and mentions Churchill’s warning on rocket threats.
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Sweden
Paris
Germany
Latvia
Lithuania
Soviet Union
Peenemunde
Baltic
High Command
RAF
Winston Churchil
Calais
France
Britain
Digest Of Fun Bits From A Wartime Laugh Page
A string of wartime quips and cartoons about housewives, a War Production Board office, and a Scottish shopkeeper, with jokes on widows, sergeants, and a prisoner of war escape. The misheard dialogue and mispunctuated lines reflect the period’s humor and inoffensive social foibles.
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New York
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Metcalfe
Lawrence
Eity
Board of Aldermen
District of Columbia
Mickey Bach
Tene
Aus
Miroshim
Ue Herald-Journal
TH. A. O'Leary
Richard Stokes
House of Commons
O'Leary
America
Aready
Uyst Ly
England
International ‘Trade Conference
International Monetary Fund
International Bank ‘For Reconstruction and Development
Da 1
International Bank For Recordeas
Bilbo
Stan Arnol
Briin
Wwe
Keng
Cermany
Europe
Denmark
Holland
Norway
Fiurope
Myl
Sycacuse
Soret
Eve Senge
Elet Jenace
Mystery of the
Thas
Allo
War Production Board
LNG
Mctavish
Q Svent
Switzerland
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