[Ads-l] Restricted access to "Stars and Stripes" and "The buck stops here"

[Jonathan Lighter]

> Youneverknow.

Never say "never."

Also, it's a memory from my youth, which means it's more reliable than one
from ten o'clock this morning.

JL

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Subject:      Re: Restricted access to "Stars and Stripes" and "The buck
> stops
>               here"
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> Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > Since such signs other than Truman's were so rarely alluded to, since the
> > early examples are military, and since the memory has been in my head
> since
> > about 1971, what are the odds that I'm imagining it?
>
> Youneverknow.
>
> After all, till corrected by Larry as collateral damage in one of his
> posts, I "clearly remembered" "Youneverknow" as "Whatcanyousay?"
>
> OTOH, my clear memory of the phrase, "clean, pure, white time" - and
> nothing else - as occurring in a story in Astounding Science Fiction that I
> read, back in the '50's, is exactly right. Google it.
>
> Youneverknow.
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > Subject:      Re: Restricted access to "Stars and Stripes" and "The buck
> > stops
> >               here"
> >
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> > I can only repeat my sadly unconfirmed guarantee that I saw reference to
> a
> > sign with that phrase mentioned in the pages of a magazine (I still think
> > it was _Our Army_) in the 1930s, a few years (or at least a few months)
> > earlier than the sign mentioned in 1939.
> >
> > Fred once got a researcher to look for it. He was unsuccessful. But the
> > print in _Our Army_ is rather small.
> >
> > Since such signs other than Truman's were so rarely alluded to, since the
> > early examples are military, and since the memory has been in my head
> since
> > about 1971, what are the odds that I'm imagining it?
> >
> > Just sayin'.
> >
> > JL
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:05 AM, <sclements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> > > Poster:       sclements at NEO.RR.COM
> > > Subject:      Re: Restricted access to "Stars and Stripes" and "The
> buck
> > > stops
> > >               here"
> > >
> > >
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> > > Both Bonnie and I have run into the same problem while trying to view a
> > > similar time frame hit for "the whole nine yards."  We decided that the
> > hit
> > > is a false one and most likely much more modern(1960s and later).  The
> > > image preview looks nothing like a newspaper from the 1940s.
> > >
> > > Sam Clements
> > > ---- ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> > > > While preparing a website entry about the saying "The buck stops
> here"
> > > > I noticed a match in the "Stars and Stripes" in the NewspaperArchive
> > > > database. Unfortunately, additional detailed information about the
> > > > match was blocked, and the following message was displayed:
> > > >
> > > > [Begin message]
> > > > This content has restricted access at the request of a rights holder
> > > > [End message]
> > > >
> > > > Below is the partial information that subscribers to the
> > > > NewspaperArchive database are shown:
> > > >
> > > > Newspaper: Washington Stars and Stripes
> > > > Date: Sat, May 23, 1942
> > > > Location: Washington, District Of Columbia
> > > > Database: NewspaperArchive
> > > >
> > > > [Begin raw OCR match text]
> > > > they get around to awarding a Sympathy Medal, 1st Lt. Joseph A.
> > > > Dooley. Quartermaster Corps, should lead the parade for citations. On
> > > > his desk a sign reads: . The Buck Stops Here." ^ Aid ' Measure s |
> > > > Awaits Vote Biggest Convoy of War Arrives as Troops Pour into Ireland
> > > > Tank Units WASHINGTO
> > > > [End raw OCR match text]
> > > >
> > > > Does someone have access to the full newspaper page image for this
> > > citation?
> > > >
> > > > There is now an entry on the Quote Investigator website on this "The
> > > > Buck Stops Here". At this time, the citation from the "Stars and
> > > > Stripes" has been omitted:
> > > > http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/07/buck-stops/
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help you can provide,
> > > > Garson
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