Stamp plate blocks rise in value amid scarcity and history
Stamp collectors chase plate blocks of new issues from the Post Office Department, noting that plate blocks command higher prices than four-stamp blocks due to a single plate number per sheet. The article explains plate sizes, selvage placement, and examples from the 1909 Fulton Tercentenary and 1940 issues, plus prices like 372 at 450 dollars and 373 at 28.50 for plate blocks, and discusses color variants and ordering factors at local post offices.
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United States Mint
Post Office Department
Hudson River
Robert Fulton
Clermont
Inj
Morrison
Scott
Thejane
W. Smith
Fulton
The
Philatelic Department
Washington
D. C
Inside Africa and The Angry Hills book reviews
John Gunther’s Inside Africa is praised as a monumental Africa tour through country by country analysis, rich anecdotes, and 40,000 miles of reporting on 1,500 interviews amid colonial upheaval, while Leon Uris’s The Angry Hills is a gripping 1541 Greece-set thriller of intrigue and Nazi advance seen through American Mike Morrison’s perilous journey.
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John Gunther
Inside
Africa
Harper
Gunther
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
France
South Africa
Kenya
Gold Coast
Nigeria
Libya
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Uganda
Tangani
Yika Gunther
Leon M. Uris
Random House
Greece
Mike Morrison
Athens
London
Tiger at the Gates stage drama presented at Plymouth Theater
The Playwrights Company mounts Jean Giraudoux's Tiger at the Gates at Plymouth Theater in a Fry translation. Harold Clurman directs a stark, beautiful production led by Michael Redgrave as Hector, with Barbara Jefford and a cast including Catherine Lacey and Walter Fitzgerald.
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New York
Jean Giraudoux
Playwrights’ Company
Plymouth Theater
Christopher Fry
Loudon Sainthill
Harold Clurmar
Michael Redgrave
London
Hector
Clurman
Giraudeux
Erector
Pham
Troy
Islaus
Kehtag
Paris
Helen
Redgrave
Barbara Jefford
Leuce MacGrath
Leo Grcek
Morris Carnovsky
John Laiurie
Catherine Lacey
Elen Christopher
Diane Cikete
Peter Kerr
Felix Munso
Walter Fitzgerald
Halloween Pumpkin Picture Tips for Color and Silhouette
This piece suggests using jack o lanterns and friendly costumed subjects to create festive photos. It covers lighting options from candlelight to synchronized flash, exposure settings for color and black and white film, and tips on foreground silhouettes versus full scenes, emphasizing autumn hues and seasonal mood.
World Affairs Question on imperialist threats and peace
Audience letters debate global threats next to Communist states. Contributors cite Britain France Portugal India Nepal Egypt and Spain as destabilizing forces. They discuss Eisenhower diplomacy, Geneva talks, and disarmament, noting Cold War tensions and colonial issues.
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Britain
France
Portugal
Chicago
India
Ofi Red Ching
Kashmir
Hyderabad
Nepal
Egypt
Israel
Froi
Spain
Moroccar
French
Morocco
Spois
So This Is College Higher Education Pays Off
A reflective passage on college value noting professors focus on research over teaching, student outcomes, and wage gaps by gender. It cites studies and Time magazine data showing college graduates generally earn more, with women facing a persistent wage gap yet benefiting from higher earnings than non‑college peers in Washington state.
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Time Magazine
Washington
Robots Not Yet Ready To Fill All Office Jobs
CHICAGO UP The electronic robot is not ready to replace workers. After a study of four phases at electronic data processing, it becomes clear the fully automatic office with only machinery cannot yet exist. J Douglas Elliott of the Dewitt Edison Co says many jobs will stay for human masters of the equipment as the system expands. Some jobs may be eliminated as the electronic brain automates tasks. Employees will be given time to find other positions, with six months to three years for full implementation. Large-scale data processing machines will require people to tell them what to do, prepare work, operate them, and interpret results.
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Chicago
Douglas Elliott
Dewitt Edison Co
Mitsidel
Elliott
Elliot
Prople
Proply
United Fund Campaign Efforts In Elyria Rise To $300000 Goal
In Elyria the United Fund drive aims to raise 300000 the largest goal in the city’s health and welfare drive. Volunteers rally as divisions report totals, with optimism that the campaign will reach its target next Friday.
Fall Color Trip Off the Beaten Path in Ohio
A planned autumn drive along Ohio routes 76 and 514 offers off the beaten path scenery. The route climbs through rolling hills famed as Switzerland of Ohio, passing cheese factories and the Amish heartland near Greer. From Coshocton to Millwood, the Walhending River scenery near Alum Rock provides a scenic payoff.
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Ohio Rt. 76
Wooster
Couhocton
Switzerland of
Greer
Alum Rock
College Fund Raisers Form Organization In ACPRA
Officials in Chicago report a new mutual aid group for higher education fund raising. More than seven colleges and universities are represented, and the body, formed at the ACPRA annual session, will invite development directors from North America to join as members and operate as a section of ACPRA.
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Chicago
United States
Pew Organization
American College Public Relations Association
Canada
ACPRA
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