Answers to 1950 census quiz questions and results
The list poses twenty trivia prompts about age, children, salaries, geography, history, and science. Sample answers include: a 30-year-old with two children earning 3000 annually. China for the earth’s circumference. McKinley for the first U S president to toss the ball in Washington. Wyoming as the suffrage state. the owl as enemy of the mouse. Muir Glacier at 350,000 square miles. Methuselah at 969 years. the Orinoco. January 1st for horses. bacteria. Boston Common. a ropewalker. Irish Sea. 50 pounds. fireworks. 43,560 square feet. fiduciary. Ireland. marriage to a brother’s widow. penny diameter three-fourths inch.
Community Leaders Rally Against Smith Act in Brooklyn
In a public statement Brooklyn leaders condemn the Smith Act, urging repeal and appealing to citizens to protest and pressure representatives. They defend First Amendment rights, invoke Holmes and Brandeis, and call for Supreme Court reversal in defense of free speech and press. The letter cites opposition to criminalizing opinion and urges broad civic action.
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Congress
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Louis Brandeis
Douglas
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Supreme” Court
United States of America
Brooklyn
Supreme Court
Miss Defenders Popularity Queen Contest Ad Highlights
An item promoting the Fourth Annual Miss Defenders Popularity Queen Contest features over four hundred handicapped workers at Goodwill converting waste into wages. The public notice hints at a page of entertainment including music as part of the event.
Blitz Kick Off Parade and Spring Swing Event Promoted
The Ninth Street Y building hosts the Blitz Kick Off Parade in front of the Y. Rain plan shifts to the Y Gym. Tickets are on sale for the Miss Defenders 12th Annual Spring Swing on May 10 on Ninth Street. The parade features Queen Candidate on Friday April 18 at 8 pm with local clubs and the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce listed as organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ninth Street
Defenders
Ninth Street “Y
Boyd Overton
Ninth Street “Yy
Riley Matthews
Bronze Men’s Club
Leo J. Hopkins
Virgil Nixon
H. C. Williams
E. Leo Koester
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Reading Houses In Transvaal Mine Compounds
The article describes evening schools in several Transvaal mine compounds run by Swedish missionaries and the Helgessons. Young men eighteen or younger learn to read using the Laubach method with a goal of one teacher reaching another by teaching their first book. One weekly session covers Sunday school lessons and three evenings focus on reading and Bible discussion.
New Thousands Learn To Read About 150000 In Africa
About 150000 young men move from Portuguese East Africa each year to learn reading skills in a large literacy initiative. The program aims to expand educational access across the region and strengthen literacy rates among new entrants to adulthood.
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West Fifth Street
Tony Mitri
Rennie
Patricia Neal
Lon Chaney
Wayne Morris
Dan Duryea
Chicago Calling
Michael Rennie
Mitzi Gaynor and
Dale Robertson
Golden Girl
Dan Duryer
Stewart Granger
George Saunders
Shoemaker and the
Walter Brennan
Andy Devine
Lon Chaney, Jr
Barbara Payton— “Bride of the Gorilla
Walter Brennan and
Dane Clarke and
Ben Johnson
Fort Defiance
A. C. Gordon
U. S
Washington
The
United States
Isle
Hibernia
Penny
China
William McKinley
Wyoming
Owl
Muir Glacier
Alaska
Methuselah
Orinoco
Venezuela
Lantic
Boston Common
Boston
Irish Sea
Ireland
Ther
Cincinnati, Ohio
Donald Spencer
Horace Sudduth
Charles Woode
Roosevely
Central Avenue
Oene Ae
Ril
Technicolor
Ray Mill
Hugh Marlowe
Forrest Tucker
Joan Fontaine
Teresa Wright
George Montgomery
U.S. Army
Family Secret
lJohn
Derek Lee J. Cobb
Jody Lawrence
Lincoln
Weet Fifth Street
Veronica Lake
Zachary Scott
Arturo de Cordova
Rita Macedo
Alfonso Bedoya
Joe Palooka
Triple
Joe Kirkwood, JR
James Gleason
Cathy Downs
Rocky Mountain
Errol Flynn
Patricia Wymore
Joel McCrea
Dean Stockwell
Vengeance Valley
Burt Lancas
Stephen McNally
Coleen Gray
Clark and Linn Streets
Las Vegas
Jane Russell
Victor Mature
Vincent Price
Hoagy Carmichael
Leo Gorcey and
Bowery Boys
Huntz Hall
Frank Lovejoy
Richard Carlson
Rusty Tamblyn
Anita Louise
the Belle OF
New York
Fred Astaire
Vera-Ellen
Marjorie Main
Anne OF the Indies
Jean Peters
Louis Jordan
Debra Paget
Shirley Yamaguchi
Don Taylor
Tarzan
Johnny Weismuller
Savage
Maria Montez
Jon Hall
Tarhan Bey
Silver City
Bonanza
Rex Allen
Freeman
Cherry
Johannes
Burg
Union of South Africa
Alf Hel
Sweden
Transvaal
Laubach
Bible
Cincinnati
Call Office of the Union
UNION
Dabney
E. Fourth ST
Main
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