Vision for 1939 World Fair in New York Foresees Tomorrow
The piece analyzes Grover Whalen leading the 1939 World Fair on the Flushing Flats with a World of Tomorrow theme and a 125 million budget. It predicts 50 million visitors and 21 billion in spending, noting Broadway as World of Today and Queens as the fair’s glamorous future site.
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Chicago
New York
Flushing Flats
Grover Whalen
Mr. Whalen
Broadway
Queens
Aging on the Supreme Court Sparks Retirement Talk
A birthday for Justice Stone raises the court’s average age to seventy one and signals possible personnel changes. Brandeis is 79, Van Devanter 74, Hughes 74, McReynolds 74, Sutherland 74, Butler 70, Cardozo 66, and Roberts 61. Six justices are retirement eligible, though retirements remain uncommon.
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Supreme Court
Stone
United States Supreme Court
Brandeis
Justice van Devanter
Hughes
MacRernolds
Sutherland
Justice Builer
Justice Cardozo
Justice Roberts
Weather’s mood and minds under cloudy skies
The piece notes how cloudy skies dim optimism and hinder sales in winter while stressing storms keep water supplies and power flowing. It also argues the wise man remains unmoved by weather and that daily sun would dull its beauty, praising occasional clouds for contrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
A Longer And Saner Life Warns Against Fast Living
Dr. R C Buerki warns at Philadelphia that modern life is too fast and worries overwork. He predicts people may live to 309 years in a 450 year span if current stress continues, blaming the get rich quick ethic and leading to hardened arteries and early decay.
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R. C. Buerki
Surgical Congress
Philadelphia
American Hospital Association
America
Buerki Visists
Tragic Era Symbol Echoes from Palm Island Villa
A Miami Beach report recalls Al Capone era as the United States plans to sell his Palm Island estate next month. It notes Capone's criminal reign, lavish surroundings, and networks, then shifts to postwar mood, the Roosevelt-Landon polls, and a nascent good neighbor policy in Spain.
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Miami Beach
United States
Anotior
Palm Island
Biscayne Bey
al Capone
Javist Sisle
Capone
Alcatraz
Dillinger
Notable anniversaries and historic birthdates listed
A roll of anniversaries lists 1-Serah E Hall 1836 death, 1S$11 Abiel A Livermore 1892, Elizabeth L Comstock 1891, Andrew J Downing 1852, Roscoe Cowling 1888, Reuben Reid Gaines 1914, Sir William Mackenzie 1923. Today in history entries include Alfred Vail 1838, Mussolini 1927, Ethiopian chiefs 1935. Today’s birthdays feature Gertrude Atherton, Arthur L. Dar, Lynn P. Talley, Dr Walten H. Hamilton, Col Calvin Goddard, Zoe Akins, Fanny Heaslip Lea, Paul Valery and others.
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Elizabeth L. Comstock
England
Andrew J. Downing
Newburgh
N. Ydied
Roscoe Cowling
Utica
XN. Y
Alfred Vail
Rome
Pope
George W. de Lone
Siberian
Mussolini
Addis Abeba
Haile Selassie
Cisco
R. Arthur L. Dar
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution of Wesshipston
Brookfield
Mass
Lynn P. Talley
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Belton
Tex
Walten H. Hamilton
Yare
Social Securities” Bureau of Research and Statistics
Tennessee
Col
Calvin Goddard
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Zoe Akins
Pasadena
Cal
Humansville
Fanny Heaslip Lea
New Orleans
Paul Valeri
Readings and Meditations on Matthew Ten
A meditation on confessing Christ and living faith. It argues practicing religion is real and essential, noting fear and embarrassment hinder spiritual expression while stressing that acknowledging Christ is central to a Christian life. Copyrighted content noted.
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Lalo
Christ
Marx
New York Opinion on Social Security Act Funds
The letter argues that Social Security taxes go to the general fund and should be used for old age pensions. It warns of improvised emergency spending and criticizes executive overreach and misallocation of funds, reflecting hot debate over the act and its political motives.
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New York
General Fund
United States
Tredanors
Congress
Mas
Emertele
Sechatne
Maire
Between Courage and Despair We Spread Good News
A concise appeal urges a simple positive stand to help others and honor Christ. Silence is seen as denying Strus, while sharing the Good News is presented as the hopeful path forward.
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Christ
Strus
Real Estate Transfers Reported by Local Trust Office
A 1956 list details transfers in Elyria Avon Lake Lorain and surrounding townships. Lute Hoeffel to George Carnech. Elmer Real to George Nuch. Central National Bank of Cleveland to Byron Gregg. and several other deeds to John Heintz Ray Eppley Anna Ealing, James Trissel, and more. Properties include Water Street Elyria Mulan Elyria Road Avon Lake Inwood Beach East 29th Street Lorain and other parcels across Lorain County.
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Lute A. Hoeffel
George Carnech
Water Street
Elyria
Elmer Real
George W. Nuch
Mulan-Elyria Road
Elyria Township
Central National Bank of Cleveland
Byron DD. Gregg
Inwood Beach
Avon Lake Village
John H. Heintz
Avon Center Estates
Union Jome Stock Land Bank of Detroit
Ray E. Eppley
LaGrange-Penheld Road
LaGrange Township
Anna Ealing
John W Foreman
Wary Trissel
Bronson
Lorain Counts Savings and Trust Company
West River Street
Lorain County Savings & Trust Company
William G Walker
Frank O. Fleming
John A. B. Fleming
Brownell Avenue
Lorain
Wellington Township
Anna F. Braman
Anthony Frobotta
Middle Avenue
Evra
Richard Chambers
Michael Rusinho
Sehne! Street
Elrria
Alex McGull
Clord D. Guill
L. S. Das
First Catholic Slovak Union of the United
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Wilton
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Supreme Court of Texas
Sumter Co
Sir William Mackenzie
Bern Pied
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Netne M. Hall
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