Civil Defense Leader Caldwell Faces Task Ahead
Washington dispatch profiles Millard F. Caldwell, former Florida governor, as head of civilian defense, tasked with building a 20 million strong civilian corps and 8,000 paid staff to train and organize nationwide readiness against atomic, hydrogen, bacteriological, and other threats. The piece outlines required programs, interagency plans, and citizen mobilization, noting a multi-year effort and ongoing series.
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Millard F. Caldwell
U.S. Civil Defense
Washington, D
Washington
Caldwell
Russia
Civilian Defense Administration
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Public Health Service
American Red Cross
Bureau of Animal Husbands
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
George
The Jackpot at Joe's Diner Sparks a Sister Reunion
In a dim night scene at Joe's Diner, Bill Owen wallsows in luck at the pinball machine until a familiar voice reveals Kathy, his sister, who says their mother is ill and begs him to return home. The encounter shifts Bill from gambler to family duty, as they plan to go home together.
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Bill Owen
Joe
Porterhouse
Bill
Kathy
Ma Johnson's
Dames
Shi
Jon
Sandy Claus
J. F Pierpont Morgan
Barbara Hutton
Renfro Valley Pioneer Radio Host Reds up Old Folk Shrine
OHN LAIK a pioneer in hillbilly radio returns to Renfro Valley Ky to rebuild the settlement and establish a shrine to American folk music. He produces emcees and broadcasts reality based programs with live staff. Lair’s large music library ranks among the nation’s top collections. Harold Lloyd and Jimmy Connlin shot a scene for Mud Wednesday featuring a 400 pound lion chase through a skyscraper sequence.
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Ohn Laik
Renfro Valley
Lair
United States
Harold Lloyd
Jimmy Conlin
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Collide in Hazy List
A dense OCR puzzle grid presents across and down clues ranging from biology to geography. Entries reference continents, languages, and mythic figures, with some partially legible terms like Claw Neglects Path of heavenly body and King of Bashan.
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New England State
Province
King of
Bashan
Theodore
Home Workshop Shelves to Grace Your Wall
Pattern 209 offers a dozen wall shelf designs in various types sizes and shapes with interlocking joints cut from tracing designs. Easy quick assembly and pattern price is 25 cents from Workshop Pattern, Fayvion Drawer 10, Bedford Hull, New York.
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Bedford Hull
New York
Barefoot Cobbler Whittier Treads Unlikely Path to Poetry
Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier apprenticed as a shoemaker to fund his education. He earned a living by crafting shoes and slippers for prominent New England women before gaining fame for his verse, including The Barefoot Boy.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
New England
Bakery Workers Employed Over Four Hundred Fifty Thousand
More than 450000 people are directly employed in the baking industry signaling it as the largest single phase of the food sector in employment.
Grassroots World Sees Peace Leagues Fail As Distrust Grows
Wright A. Patterson argues that the League of Nations, the Atlantic Charter, and the United Nations failed to prevent wars and protect small nations. He claims these bodies became debating societies driven by selfish national interests, illustrating his critique with Korea and postwar diplomacy outcomes.
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Wright A. Patterson
League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Senate
People of the World
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Atlantic
Churchill
Roosevelt
Yalta
Stalin
Russia
United
United Nations
South Korea
Truman
MacArthur
Red
Big Paul Bunyan Among America’s Tall Tale Heroes
The article places Big Fellows Superman alongside major American folklore giants, noting Paul Bunyan as a lumberjack hero. It recalls Bunyan’s legendary size with a mother using wagon wheels as jacket buttons, illustrating the mythic scale of these figures.
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Superman
Big Paul Bunyan
Bunyan
Suez Canal Built to Speed Wheat Trade Says American Bakers
The Suez Canal owes its construction to wheat. It was built to shorten the journey of wheat from India to England, according to the American Bakers Association.
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Suez Canal
India
England
American Bakers Association
Bread kneaded in public for Greek engagement feast
In Fural Greece, bread loaves are kneaded publicly as friends and relatives toss coins into the dough to help the engaged couple afford a large wedding.
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Greece
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Richmond
Virgina
Peter Fain
Ben-Gay
Thow. Leeming & Co
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