First gossip columns birth and ancient paper oddities
Walter Winchell's absence prompts guest writers led by Ripley. The piece surveys early press curiosities from Rome’s Pasquino to Gouda cheese papers, handkerchief sheets and white on black editions, noting innovations, laws, and the idea of a prison editor in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasquino
Rome
George Wilkins Kendall
New Orleans Picayune
Pony Express
War Department
Gouda
Holland
Paris
Brussels
Belgium
la Presse Prophetique
Romios
Athens
Essen
Germany
Hindenburg
Hitler
High Tariffs Open Postwar Duties and Warplane Crew Training
Analysis by Carter Field argues postwar tariff rises to guard jobs as millions leave the armed forces and defense plants. The piece notes Britain plans to train 50,000 to 50,000 crews worldwide for fighters and bombers, with U S involvement in pilot training across Britain and Canada, and American crews projected at 12,000 yearly for the army and near maximum for the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Britain
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Washington
Cordell Hull
Hull
United States
Roosevelt
Navy
Congress
British
British Empire
Canada
U. S
Adolf Hitler
The Lesson on Love from I John 3 and 4
This lesson emphasizes love as evidence of regeneration and the nature of God. It contrasts worldly hatred with Christian love and urges believers to live out love through sacrifice and service, guided by Scripture including I John, Corinthians, and Jesus’ commandments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Calvary
Henry Drummond
Paul
God
John
Man
R. A. Torrey
National Defense
National Defense Advisory Commission
Mona Lisa and Mrs Siddons Portraits in History
The Mona Lisa, also known as La Joconde, is the famed portrait by Leonardo da Vinci created in Florence between 1503 and 1506. It vanished from the Louvre in August 1911 and was later recovered. Mrs Sarah Siddons, born 1755 and dying 1831, was a renowned English actress from a notable stage family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mona Lisa
Sarah Siddons
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Walter Winchell
U. S. Navy
Ripley
Japan
America
Nain
Labrador
Ostia
Italy
B. C
Land of
Cumo
Mithridates
Julius Caesar
Acta Publica
Italian Press and Propaganda Ministry
Carter Field
Russia
U. S. and Britain
Air Training Program
Cincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone Company
Srey
A of la
Harold L. Luuist
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
yiPtnternational Council of Regions Education
Permissi
Norfolk
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