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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1947
Page
4
A quirky list awards honorary degrees to figures such as Thaddeus Cropsy and Chauncey Woollcrift for notable quirks in public life. It mocks atomic age anxieties and the culture of promotion, with exchanges about pride, contracts, and a race to collect degrees. The piece lampoons fame, materialism, and the absurdities of postwar society.
The passage quotes Mr. Wallace criticizing voting for Truman and expresses support for ME. It notes Harvard's honorary degree for Secretary of State Marshall, Harvard President Conant’s budget remark, and comments on ground gain and blocked punts. It critiques crime cinema trends and New York’s plan for underground parking to aid wartime mobility.
A satirical note rails at rising costs as a columnist reports Sinatra paid $9,000 for a punch, calling it rank inflation. It mocks price cuts following a Truman appeal while pricing punches at $3.98 per sack or three sacks for $10.
To obtain complete crocheting instructions for Pattern No 5460 send 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number. For Romantic Lady Designs Pattern No 6495 send 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number. Due to high demand a bit more time may be needed to fill orders.
Answers cover kangaroo hop distance in feet 40. Mammoth cave discovery in 1809. Compass inventor Flavio Gioja in Italy around 1300. US patent office patents about two and a half million. Russians changed attire by ordering pants instead of robes. Lung fish can live out of water for 3 or 4 years. Fastest wind 231 mph at Mt. Washington on April 12, 1934. Acting Barrymore surname Blythe. All warm blooded animals susceptible to rabies. Over 40,000 people in more than eight government laboratories work in the scientific and industrial research program.
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