Chicago Sun First Edition Runs 750 000
The Chicago Sun launched with a 750000 copy press run backed by Marshall Field II. It enters a market long served by the Chicago Tribune and pledges a pro New Deal stance. The first edition has 72 pages with 300 columns of ads and a Metro Sans Serif typeface.
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Chicago Mercantile Dynasty
Chicago Tribune
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America
Adolf Hitler
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the Sun
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Metro Sans
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Fulgencio Batista
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Harold L.es
United Press
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Mark Twain
Harvard Doctor Claims Women Drive Inferior to Men
Dr. Harry R. Desilva of Harvard asserts that women automobile drivers are consistently inferior to men in physical skill and mental agility, drawing on his research to support the claim.
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Harry R. Desilva
Harvard
Camouflaged Carrier Pigeons Developed by Ontario Schoolboys
Ontario California December report on Chaffey Union High School students guided by Capt. Ray Delhauer creating camouflaged carrier pigeons for military use. They bred multiple color strains to blend with terrain and devised crop capsule messages released from airplanes for secure brief communications.
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Andrew R. Boone
Central Press
Ontario
Cal
Chaffey Union High School
Uncle Sam
Ray R. Delhauer
Delhauer
Mocker
Bovyns
Swiss Alps
France
Lofts
California
March Field
Madame Quo Sued Over Damaged Rental House
Rob ert G. and Martha Nelson sue Madame Dai-Chu H. Quo wife of Chinese foreign minister for 527.99 in damages plus 146.25 for broken china and glassware. Case filed in superior court before Judge William G. Hall concerns a rental at 3609 East Fifth Street for one year starting May 24 1940.
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Robert G
Martha Nelson
Nelson
Madame Quo
Paul J Cella
Postmaster Makes Santa Claus Post Office Self Service
Santa Claus Indiana postmaster Oscar Phillips runs a self service post office and store to handle Christmas mail. Staff are assigned to manage about 1.9 million envelopes and 500,000 cancellations, with a village of 256 people. Phillips notes a large influx from a corporation mailing 500,000 letters.
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Ind
Oscar Phillips
Indiana
Santa Claus
Marble Sidewalks in Marble North Carolina
The world's cheapest sidewalks are in Marble North Carolina and are made from marble quarried just steps from the walks. The article notes the unusual reuse of local marble for sidewalk construction and highlights the frugal approach in Marble.
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Marble
N. C
Plane Makers Given Praise
Washington reports Mark Ethridge praised Lockheed Aircraft Corp. for its sympathetic program to end discrimination based on race creed color or national origin. He cited the company’s system to review rejected applicants and endorsed the view that employers should set fair standards to eliminate bias.
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Washington
Mark Ethridge
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
Lockheed
Robert E. Gross
Ethridge
Lockheed Reports Hiring Negroes at Strong Pace
Lockheed reports success in hiring Negro employees with cooperative attitudes. In the last three months the company trained and employed 125 Negro workers as part of its selection based on aptitudes and abilities.
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Lockheed Company
Defense minerals to be sought in Carrizo mountains
Gallup New Mexico December 4 defense minerals will be sought in the Carrizo mountains forty miles north of Shiprock on the Navajo Reservation. E R Fryer reservation superintendent announced that bids for exploratory mining leases on tribal lands will be received until December 19.
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Gallup, N. M
Carrizo Mountains
Shiprock
Navajo Indian Reservation
E. R. Fryer
Birth at Desert Sanatorium in Sonoita
At the Desert Sanatorium a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis Carrington of Crown C Ranch Sonoita at 11 25 a m on December 1.
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the Desert Sanatorium
Charles Lewis Carrington
Crown C Ranch
Sonoita
Buckley’s CANADIOL Mixture Ad Promises Quick Relief
The advertisement touts Buckley’s CANADIOS Mixture as a fast acting cold remedy. It claims rapid throat and bronchial relief, loosening phlegm and opening clogged airways, noting over 10 million bottles sold in Canada and a 45 cent price at Martin Drug Co.
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Martin Drug CO
Walgreen Drug Store
Buckley
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