Editorial
Back in 1946...
•Army search planes could be heard and seen throughout the Shamokin area as they tried to find the missing aircraft of Philadelphia pilot Frank Fink, who had left Olmstead Airforce Base near Middletown a week earlier.
•Army search planes could be heard and seen throughout the Shamokin area as they tried to find the missing aircraft of Philadelphia pilot Frank Fink, who had left Olmstead Airforce Base near Middletown a week earlier.
•Although the second World War had ended nearly a year before, much of what went on in the region was connected to the military one way or another. Commander William Mcall of the Shamokin Amvets Chapter filed an application for approval of the group’s home association charter. Amvets was an organization, unlike the much older American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, which had its beginning following WWII.
•In area politics, then as now finances were of interest to the public as well as to the candidates. It was revealed on this day that in the state senatorial race the previous year, the winner, Gen. Samuel Wolfe of Lewisburg, a Republican, had spent $1,500 in the entire campaign, according to election records. If that sum seems incredibly low to you, consider the case of Gen. Wolfe’s opponent, John Bobner of Shamokin. In his losing fight, the Democratic candidate spent exactly $100.
•Metro Goldywn Mayer announced that Mary Quirk of Mount Carmel had won photo of the month honors for her promotional ideas concerning a movie entitled “Zeigfeld Follies.”
•On the world scene, Israel was not yet a nation and one of the organizations fighting for the establishment of Israel as a political reality, was called Irgun Zvei Leumi. Many considered Irgun a pure and simple terrorist group. On this day, the Irgun which was holding three British soldiers captive, said it would kill them if two Irgun prisoners were not released by the British, who ruled what was then called Palestine.
•At the Victoria, a drama called “The Dark Corner” featured a leading lady who never made her mark in serious roles, but who would become one of the most famous comedians in show business history. Her name was Lucille Ball.
•In sports, Bunker Hill beat the Fifth Ward one to nothing in the Black Diamond League behind the no-hit pitching of Alex “Chops” Glowacki.
•Although the second World War had ended nearly a year before, much of what went on in the region was connected to the military one way or another. Commander William Mcall of the Shamokin Amvets Chapter filed an application for approval of the group’s home association charter. Amvets was an organization, unlike the much older American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, which had its beginning following WWII.
•In area politics, then as now finances were of interest to the public as well as to the candidates. It was revealed on this day that in the state senatorial race the previous year, the winner, Gen. Samuel Wolfe of Lewisburg, a Republican, had spent $1,500 in the entire campaign, according to election records. If that sum seems incredibly low to you, consider the case of Gen. Wolfe’s opponent, John Bobner of Shamokin. In his losing fight, the Democratic candidate spent exactly $100.
•Metro Goldywn Mayer announced that Mary Quirk of Mount Carmel had won photo of the month honors for her promotional ideas concerning a movie entitled “Zeigfeld Follies.”
•On the world scene, Israel was not yet a nation and one of the organizations fighting for the establishment of Israel as a political reality, was called Irgun Zvei Leumi. Many considered Irgun a pure and simple terrorist group. On this day, the Irgun which was holding three British soldiers captive, said it would kill them if two Irgun prisoners were not released by the British, who ruled what was then called Palestine.
•At the Victoria, a drama called “The Dark Corner” featured a leading lady who never made her mark in serious roles, but who would become one of the most famous comedians in show business history. Her name was Lucille Ball.
•In sports, Bunker Hill beat the Fifth Ward one to nothing in the Black Diamond League behind the no-hit pitching of Alex “Chops” Glowacki.
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