Do You Remember Memories From A Small Town Boy
Earl Wilson recalls a flood of nostalgic memories spanning the 1920s to 1940s in a reader memory column. He lists brands, films, tunes, vehicles, and social habits with affectionate humor while noting recent media items and showbiz news on radio and film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Angee
Pretty Boy Floyd
Baby Face
Nelson
Mabel
King Tut
Gene Stratton Porter
Limberlost
Billie Dove
Dewey Urges Careful Driving on Holiday Weekend
Governor Dewey appeals to New York motorists to drive with care during the Fourth of July weekend. He notes the period should be joyous but highway hazards make traffic accidents proverbial nationwide.
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Dewey
Albany
New York State
Firemen Search For Absent Baby In Burning Lowell Apartment
In Lowell a dozen firemen rushed into a third floor blaze to rescue six month old Frank Jr. Flynn, feared trapped, but the mother later recalled he was visiting grandmother in a suburb. Separately, a storehouse theft in New England threatens to release deadly gases if pilfered.
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Chicago
Nora Flynn
Frank, Jr
Lowell
Mass
INS
Eingland
Abram Bain
One Mans Opinion by Walter Kiernan on draft and Dems
Walter Kiernan weighs Ike versus Harry as draft rumors swirl and Democrats seek opposition to keep convention lively. He notes Democrats greet Ike’s camp while lodging and planning avoidance, sees eight Pes candidates in Philadelphia, and hints at political maneuvering ahead of possible changes. He mentions Tice delaying return until December.
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Philadelphia
Deaths of Notable Backers and Figures Across North America
NARRY TU KNIGHT aged 50 was a St. Louis investment broker and early backer of the Jindbergh Atlantic flight, died in Saunderstown. JOHN D D WELCH aged 50, a comp to y r for the Allison division of General Motors, died in Indianapolis. WILLIAM PERKINS BOLL aged 78, author and lawyer who helped finance early Byrd and Amundsen expeditions, died in Niagara-on-the-Lake. LEONID KONSTANTINOVICH RAMMIN, Soviet scientist and boiler designer, died in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narry TU. Knight
St. Louis
Saunderstown
John DD. Welch
Allison
General Motors Corp
Indianapolis
William. Perkins Boll
Richard E. Byrd
Roald Amundsen
Niagara-on-the-Lakke
Out
Pinbal y Raids Net 15 Pinball Loot and 7 Arrests
Rochester patrolman under orders to back up a claim that licensed pinball machines paid off led seven raids yesterday. Fifteen machines were confiscated and seven men were arrested in the operation.
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Games Pay
Rochester (P
Rochester
Chinese Income Boost Fails to Halt Inflation
Shanghai reports a 110 percent rise in workers’ income via a cost of living bonus, but workers say total pay still lags behind runaway inflation. The market shows the black rate near 4,000,000 Chinese dollars per U.S. dollar, far above the official 474,000 to 4,300. A Vienna report notes 300 Communist youths protesting a youth protection law. Austrian police dispersed and jailed 15 to 20. In Hull, Quebec, a floating bottle note spurs police into a potential kidnapping case, naming an alleged captor and claiming the writer is a prisoner at Deschenes.
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Shanghai
China
U.S
Vienna
Hull
Que
Deschenes
Ottawa River
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Francis X. Bushman
Bert Willams
A&p
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Scarface
Ramon Novarro
Robert W. Service
William
S. Hart
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Senate
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van Smith
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Europe
Buddy Clark
Frank Sinatra
Arnold Stang
Jan Murray
Albert
Jackie Susann
CBS
Blue Angel
Herb Jacoby
California
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Jackie Miles
Peter Donald, Sr
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London
Burvalo
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Niagara River
Frank Cosciak
Thomas
John Ma Jewski
Westinghouse
Buffalo
CUP
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Blase
Back Rock Canal
Lake Erie
Tienry Censheim
Caroline Hair
Norman
Winifred Gall
New York
Phoee
Congress
Leo Isacson
Bronx
Isadore Dolinger
American Labor Party
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Walter Kiernan
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Harry
Tice
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