Boy Scouts Record of Long Service and Disaster Help
The Boy Scouts of America pride themselves on aiding disaster response and civic tasks over 30 years. They collected Liberty Bonds worth 147 million, saved lives, delivered Thanksgiving baskets, aided searches, guarded crossings, fought fires, and supported relief after 1938’s New England hurricane and other disasters.
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Boy Scouts of America
National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
New England
Hotels Lose Millions Yearly to Pilferers
Seattle reports souvenir theft costs hotels about 10 million dollars annually. Grace H. Woolley of the American Hotel Association notes missing towels blankets silver and knickknacks. She advises against frisking guests and links lower rates to reduced waste and electricity use. Repeal reduced public drinking and hotel room parties, cutting damage.
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Seattle
Grace H. Woolley
American Hotel Association
Palmist Enlists After Palm Reading Says So
Parker S Ginn 26 a Chinese American and one of sixty volunteers became the first selective service recruits mustered into the Army in Los Angeles. Ginn a professional palmist said his palm told him to enlist noting clear lines indicated it was the right move.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Parker S. Ginn
Today's Special Hangover Breakfast Ad in Cleveland
A Cleveland Ohio restaurant runs a humorously somber hangover breakfast offer priced at 50 cents. The menu item includes one jumbo orange juice coffee toast two aspirins and sympathy. The ad captures local diner culture with wry mood.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Settlement in Newspaper Libel Suit Reaches Agreed End
Sherman reports an agreed settlement of one dollar and about 140 dollars in costs in a $50,000 libel suit by P. H. Luby of Tom Bean against the Denison Herald. Luby, foreman of the fifteenth district grand jury, sought vindication of character for alleged July 1939 articles. The second trial ended Monday after a hung jury in the first.
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Luby
Voters Ignore McDonald in Jefferson Box and Pension Claim
In Jefferson, election officials report two ballots in which voters scratched McDonald's name and left issues blank. At a rural precinct a non compos mentis woman demanded pension voting, scribbled on paper, then waited hours for a check.
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Jefferson
McDonald
Deaths By Fire in Texas Show Decline
Texas fire deaths fell in September and October with 47 fatalities, down from the August-September average of 32 per month. State fire insurance commissioner Marvin Hall urged caution at home as leading causes remained close proximity to open flames, gasoline use, inadequate exits, and explosions.
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Austin
Marvin Hall
Seattle Woman Pretends to Be Man Draft Imposter
A Seattle woman for ten years masqueraded as a married man named Mr. X to avoid the draft. Authorities say she faced insanity over the fear of exposure and an insanity complaint was filed. An autobiography suggests she impersonated a man as the sixth daughter in a son-seeking family.
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Seattle
Mr. X
Men’s loose collars introduced about half a century ago
A historical note states that the fashion of looser shirt collars began roughly fifty years ago, marking a shift in men's dress and neckwear norms. The change reflects broader shifts in style and comfort preferences for daily wear and formal attire.
Spy camera found under jacket shoots in Istanbul
American travelers report the execution of a young woman in Greece after guards uncover a concealed spy camera in her sleeve. The incident follows a harsh crackdown on suspected spies, while three aiming for Turkey were briefly detained before identity was confirmed. Rio de Janeiro means River of January.
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Istanbul
Turkey
United States
Athens
Rio de Janeiro
Oldest Sherman loan firm advertises low cost money
Money borrow at low cost no red tape bring car and car papers older loan company in Sherman offers fast service. Star Credit Company over Grayson County State Bank sign in lobby advertises quick car title loans with simple terms.
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Sherman
Star Credit Company
Grayson County State Bank
Auto Loans Offer Quick Funding and Refinancing
Auto Finance Company led by F. W. Creager invites applicants needing funds or wishing to refinance car payments. Highlights include no delays, flexible amounts and terms, and on‑site inspection to save money. Bring license, receipt, and car.
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Auto Finance Company
F. W. Creager, Mgr
Royal Air Force Chief Relieved of Command
London announces a major RAF reshuffle with Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding moved to the United States for a special duty. Air Vice Marshal W S Douglas will take command of fighter command as Dowding departs.
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Royal Air Force
London
Royal Air Force Command
United States
Air Ministry
Hugh Dowding
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
Fighter Command
W. S. Douglas
City Slicker’s Sales Pitch Meets Cool Rebuff
A humorous exchange shows a slick city man attempting to hawk the Woolworth building to a wary purchaser. The buyer replies with bluffing calm, saying simply wrap it up, signaling swift rejection of the dubious offer.
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Woolworth
Feller
Price of Dates Drops as Movie Queen Offers Date
Hollywood starlet Susan Hayward offers an all day date for $1,000 to aid the Community Chest in Los Angeles. She will spend Thanksgiving Day with the donor who writes the amount to the charity. Last year a Texan bid $1,500 for a date with Ann Sheridan.
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Hollywood
Susan Hayward
Scarlet O'Hara
Warner Brothers Studio
Ann Sheridan
Tender fisher tale ends with wagging tail
A tender-hearted young woman on her first fishing trip watches her escort reel a trout from a babbling brook. He dismisses her cruelty claim with a wink, saying the fish likes it as he wags his tail in triumph.
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Mississippi Valley
Roosevelt
Palmist
Morgan Food Store
T. W. Ayres & Son
Texas
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Denison Poultry & Egg Company
Denison
Sun Office
Carl Haile
Stafford Typewriter
Sun
Gates Shoe Shop
Kelous Watson
Allen T. Short
B. L. Janway
S. H. Montgomery
Whitewright Sun
Denison Daily Herald
the Sun
Manning & Meador
W. O. Houston
General Merchandise
America
Science
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Ico
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