War Talk and Early Movements Across Europe
War talk fills Britain France and Germany as Europe jolts into action. Nazi moves threaten Britain’s blockade aims while Sweden Finland stay neutral amid pressures from Russia and Berlin. Chamberlain Churchill Goering and Conant spark claims of momentum and missteps as Norway Yugoslavia Italy and Japan react.
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Europe
North Sea
North
Comling
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Britain
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Scandinavia
Italy
Chamberlain
Jugoslavia
Adriatic
Mussolini
Japan
Far East
John Bull
Gandhi warns followers against preword disobedience
In India Mahatma Gandhi scorns early civil disobedience by younger leaders like Subhas Chandra Bose and cautions that a revolt before his word would lose readers. The piece also notes Wang Ching-wei burned in effigy in New York and discusses Soviet and U.S. diplomatic and census tensions, plus Fleet Problem 21 maneuvers and a new 8 ton flying boat project.
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Mahatma Gandhi
India
Subhas Chandra Bose
Bose
Wang Ching-wei
China
New York
Chinatown
Chiang Kai-shek
George Washington
Sun Yatgen
Finland
Russia
Ivan Zotov
Helsinki
Latvia
Zotoy
Political chaos grows as third term talk swirls nationwide
Officials and voters across states debate a possible third Roosevelt term and anti New Deal coalitions. Garner Farley and Willkie maneuver amid party splits, while John Lewis warns of a populist third party. International shifts unfold with Thyssen in Paris and Paris sentencing deputies, art and transit tensions frame a chaotic year.
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Ickes
Garner
Wisconsin
Roosevelt
Dewey
Vardenberg
Harold
Farley
Forse
The
Parley
Garner-Farley
West Virginia
John Lewis
Lewis
Landon
Kansas
Wheeler
Montana
LaFollette
LaGuardia
C. I.O. Bigshot
Lepke Buchalter
Pat” Dewey
New Yorker
Freschi
Abraham Kid
Brooklyn
Canarsie
Beles
Christian Front
United States
Hausfrau
Glenn
Guertin
Modern War Pigeon Brigade in Transition Card
A captioned note describes the U S signal corps pigeon brigade reforming with mechanization. Training starts when a nest is mated and birds are trained to home to a mobile loft. The article recalls a World War I pigeon saving 194 Lost Battalion members and notes the bird's keen senses aid homing.
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Corps Pigeon Brigade
Pigeon Corps
U. S. Army
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army Signal Corps
Rules and Tools For Doing A Good Day's Work
A compact motivational note urging proper conduct and the use of known rules and tools to succeed. It emphasizes right choices, health, education, and perseverance, encouraging action and responsibility.
Correct Constipation Before Not After
An old ad urges prevention of constipation via regularity. It promotes bran cereal All-Bran from Kellogg's as a remedy, advises plenty of water, and suggests consulting a physician for chronic cases.
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Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Most Adorned Loveliness Says Adornment May Veil
Quote attributed to Thomson about beauty’s simplicity asserting that true charm shines most when not fussed with. No names or events. Compact reflection on appearance and restraint.
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Thomson
International Ice Patrol emerges from 1913 London conference
The International Ice Patrol formed after the 1913 London conference to protect ships from icebergs in the North Atlantic after the Titanic disaster. The United States agreed to manage services and deploy two vessels from March to July with cost shared by contracting parties based on shipping tonnage. Faulty memory pays even a faulty memory has its advantages. William Henn, an 18 year old mill worker, left a doctor visit with the wrong bottle of medicine containing deadly poison. The doctor’s frantic search ensued until Henn returned home and admitted to forgetting his medicine with a quip.
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England
France
Germany
Canada
Reynaud
United States
Goering
Goebbels
Ley
Hitler
Chamberlain
Holland
Portugal
Amsterdam
Lisbon
George VI
Kaisar
India
John Buchan
Buchmanite
Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge
Athlone
Paris
Fritz Thyssen
Penne
Sonce
Nazi No. 1 Ly
Switzerland
Thyssen
Fritz Mandel
Austria
No. 1
Hedy Lamarr
Prince Starhemberg
Starhemberg
London
William Henn
Allentown
Henn
Walter Johnson Demonstrates Washington Throw Across Rappahannock
On Washingtons birthday in 1936 Walter Johnson hurled a dollar across the Rappahannock near Fredericksburg Virginia to illustrate that Washington could have thrown it from Ferry Farm his boyhood home.
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Walter Johnson
Rappahannock River
Fredericksburg
Washington
Ferry Farm
Airmail Service Established Between Washington and New York
The United States airmail service began on May 15 2018 on a 215 mile route linking Washington and New York.
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Airmail
United States
Washington
New York
Comanche the Comanché Horse To Receive Beauty Treatments
Comanche the rugged horse from Custer’s 1876 massacre at the Little Bighorn is to get beauty treatments from Swiss dermist Kiduss Abegg. The exhibit at Dyche Museum, University of Kansas, suffered damage from dust rain and a leaky roof, requiring stitching and a rub-down to remove mold and restore the mounted display.
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Kiduss Abegg
Dyche
University of Kansas
Custer
Battle of
the Little Big Horn
Abegg
F B I Urges Exhaust System Checks On Highways
FBI bulletin warns carbon monoxide from vehicle exhaust as a leading highway danger. It notes unexplained daytime crashes may stem from exhaust defects and urges careful periodic inspections and immediate corrections to prevent CO exposure to drivers.
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Federal Bureau of " Investigation
Solar System Makeup and Aesop Tale Fragments
The text outlines the solar system as a complex mix of asteroids comets meteoric matter and planets with their satellites forming a connected family linked to the sun. It also recounts an Aesop anecdote about Aesopus dissolving a pearl worth 40000 in vinegar to savor an expensive drink.
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Aesop Fable
Aesop
Clodius
Aesopus
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Hull
Gordon D. Conant
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Teoldier
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Cmd
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Tools
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Horton
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Iowa
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Kan
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Doans
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