What happened to Jerry in a lost Manhattan memory
A veteran recalls a boy named Jerry from Greenwich Village ten years ago. The writer reflects on their brief friendship, Jerry’s streetwise bravado, and vanished New York when he and his family moved away. He cherishes the memory as a snapshot of a city forever changed.
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Jerry
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Greenwich Village
Bobbie Gum
Burl
Bronx
Manhattan
Charles
Waterbury
Eire
Shannon
Newark
N.J
International
Retiring Dr DeJarnette Urges Sterilization Policy
Staunton Virginia January 2 1937 Dr J B DeJarnette ending 57 years in state hospital system urged sterilization of the unfit noting 5000 sterilized since 1924 law and calling for 20000 total He said 6000 third graders in Virginia are feeble minded and should not reproduce Newhill succeeds he founded Western State Hospital and attended by Health Board and university officials.
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Staunton
J. 8. DeJarnette
Dejarnette
State Hospital Board
Newhill
University of Virginia
State Health Board
Joseph F. Barrett
State
E. W. Opie
James B. Pettis
Western State Hospital
Funeral Services For Mr Shatzer Set In Two Cities
Funeral services for 62 year old Guineas t Shatzer will be held tomorrow. The funeral procession leaves Omps Funeral Home at 11 p.m. for greencastle Pennsylvania where a 2 p.m. service will be held. Interment follows at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Chambersburg.
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Mr. Shatzer
T Shatzer
Memorial Hospital
Omps Funeral Home
Greencastle
Lincoln Memorial Cemetery
Chambersburg
Greenwood Lad 14 Accidentally Shot Hospitalized
A 14 year old boy named Greenwood Lad remains in the hospital after an accidental gunshot wound. The incident involved Don Melvin, also 14, son of D V Green Melvin of Wood, and details cited are incomplete.
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Greenwood Lad
Don Melvin
D. V. Green Melvin
Wood
Labor Standards Act Debate Focuses on 40 Hour Week
Thomas said the Pair Labor Standards Act did not consider portal-to-portal pay when discussed. He emphasized that defining a 40 hour work week is the current key issue to decide.
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Thomas
Answers to the Daily Quiz Listed on Page Four
Correct responses presented for ten quiz questions including topics such as the Mohammedan calendar and General Eisenhower. Entries list names like Jimmie Walker and Jimmie Walker and institutions such as Mid-Pacific and Maine.
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Jimmie Walker
Dwight D. Eisenhower
True
Maine
Grandson
Mid-Pacific
Japan
Paris Paper Predicts Brit US Armies Unified Action
Paris newspaper Aurore forecast a March 15 secret accord unifying ante armies under a joint defense plan. Britain and the United States reportedly agree to standardize military equipment and arrange small arms standardization. The air ministries plan a 30 to 40 officer exchange, possibly increasing to 100.
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London
Britain
United States
Paris
Aurore
U. S
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Bender Seeks Sweep of Cobwebs With Brooms in Congress
Rep. Bender of Ohio handed out new brooms to Republican members of the 80th Congress with cards reading Here's Yours Let's Do the Job. He urged fellow lawmakers to plan for peace and industrial stability at home as well as abroad, vowing that sympathetic Democrats would be swept out.
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Washington
Bender
Ohio
Congress
Rep
Rich
Mich
Engel
Rmich
80Th Congress
Mrs. Davis 62 Dies in Capital City
Mrs. Mattie Ellen Davis of Stephenson Frederick County dies at Emergency Hospital Washington D C after a four day illness while visiting daughter Miss Marian Davis of Alexandria. Survived by three children and five Cumberland sisters and Cumberland brothers. Body to be brought to Omps Funeral Home. no funeral arrangements yet.
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William Davis
Stephenson
Frederick
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Emergency Hospital
Washington D. C
Mirian Davis
Alexandria
William Twigg
Cumberland Md
Davis
Stephenson Methodist Church
Marian Davis Alexandria
Ernest Davis
Buena Vista
Ralph Davis
Winchester
G. C. Rice
Lee House
Samuel Wilson
Edward Smith
Elwood Crabtree
Cumberland
Clay
James
Thornton
Washington, D. C
Omps Funeral
Ballet Mecanique Calls for Airplane Propeller Sound
The 1922 avant garde piece by George Antheil, Ballet Mecanique, is noted for its use of mechanical contraptions including the sound of an airplane propeller. It is recognized as a landmark in experimental music.
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George Antheil
Little America May Be Just An Iceberg By Now
Admiral Richard E. Byrd traveled aboard the carrier Philippine Sea to the South Polar region and doubted he will find Little America again. He warned that the Bay of Whales sites may have drifted, collapsing into an iceberg with radio towers riding a frozen memorial in the sea.
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Little
America
Richard E. Byrd
USN
Philippine Sea
South Polar
Admiral Byrd
Bay of Whales
Antarctica
Byrd
Little America
Rebecca H. Johnson 70 Romney Nurse Dies at Maplewood
Rebecca H. Johnson aged 70 of Romney West Virginia died at 7 p m Tuesday at Maplewood Nursing Home in Winchester where she had been a patient since September. Survived by husband George H. Johnson two brothers Edward and John Blue both of Romney. A Presbyterian church member and graduate of George Washington University Hospital in 1905. Funeral plans to be announced in Romney with the body at Thresh Funeral Home.
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Rebecca H. Johnson
Romney
W. Va
Maplewood
Winchester
John
Anna Eliza Blue
Hampshire County
George H. Johnson
George Washington University Hospital
Washington, D. C
Edward
John Blue
Presbyterian Church
Thresh Funeral
Death summons mother travels to Clarksburg for brother in law
Mrs. W. R. Strader of 21 Washington street was called to Clarksburg West Virginia today due to the sudden death of her brother in law Ernest Presseau in that city.
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W. R. Strader
S. Washington Street
Clarksburg
W. Va
Ernest Presseau
House Republicans edge toward united labor bill stance
House leaders back a labor measure to ban strikes in public health or welfare sectors with some urging compulsory arbitration. Caucuses set to name Senate and House leadership as Martin appears poised for speaker, Halleck as majority leader, and Arends as whip amid smoother intra party relations.
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Itol Hill
Truman
Senate House
House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Leslie Arends
Illinois
Martin
Arends
Halleck
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
House Leadership Shifts as Rayburn Expected to Yield
The 1931 House caucus signals Nick Longworth as Speaker with Sam Rayburn likely to become minority leader. Democrats aim to unite party ranks while Republicans set key committee posts with Taft, Van Denberg, White, and Wherry approved. Organizing committees and White House messages dominate the opening week.
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Nicholas
Longworth Onis
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Ee Ene Mane
Araft” Rayburn
The
Texan
Penny
John W. McCormack
McCormack
Ggg
Rayburn
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Senator White
Maine
Senator Wherry
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
White House
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