First Loss: Sinking of the James and wartime fears
The Reuben James, a 1 000-ton destroyer, sunk west of Iceland with 44 sailors saved and about 120 aboard. Reports mention Nazi and Allied air and submarine actions, including plane crashes in North America and sabotage arrests. Fallout includes political debate on arming merchants and potential war declaration amid Berlin’s responses.
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Army
Navy
Reuben James
F.D.R
Hitler
Atlantic
Iceland
Leonidas C. Dickerson
Danville
James
Harold James Orange
Marie Orange
Chicago
Senate
Bridges
New Hampshire
Ball
Minnesota
Clark
Missouri
Agriculture As Postwar Planning Proposes Rural Works Program
The U S agriculture department plans postwar reconstruction focusing on rural welfare and capital improvements. A National Resources Planning board move coordinates state and local land use to expand farming capacity, soil and water projects, and housing in rural areas as defense shifts to civilian production.
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WN .Service
H Street
Washington
D. C
United States
Wickard
National Resources Planning Board
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Inter-Bureau Committee
Department
Congress
England
Alley Oomph and the rise of women bowlers in America
A photo feature profiles three thousand women who take up bowling, portraying them as stylish enthusiasts who add energy to the sport. The piece notes the appeal of bowling alleys as social spaces and hints at the physical vigor involved in throwing a heavy ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Tories
Brief notes on coffee origin and local incentives
The department of agriculture notes coffee origins trace to Abyssinia or Arabia, with Latin America providing most of today’s supply. The piece mentions a California town possibly offering free gas and Renton Washington introducing free parking lots.
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Latin America
Abyssinia
Arabia
Department of Agriculture
California
Renton
Washington
Stray livestock fence Geiger field and Randolph cadet garters
WPA workers fence the Geiger bomber base at Spokane Washington to prevent stray livestock from tangling with aircraft. A Randolph Field aviation cadet in Texas wears three garters to secure his socks and flight instructions to his leg.
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Army
Geiger Field
Spokane
Wash
WPA
Randolph Field
Texas
Questions from a quiz with scattered misspellings
A mixed list asks about an island famed for forts built of asphalt another asks the meaning of cogent argument and the age of Chicago s Union Stock Yards also queries who led two states as governor the alias for ningara the year of the first presidential vote lapis lazuli color the common sodium compound nicknamed Billcate the Smithsonian s namesake and the corporal punishment for an armed forces member who disobeys lawful orders with several typos and unclear phrasing
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Union
Chicago
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
U. S
Isis
Confusing Fragments From The Answers Page
A set of disjoint lines mentions Trinidad asphalt fame a convincing one seventy five years 50m Houston governor of Tennessee and Texas a gypsy in 1780 blue water glass James Smithson British chemist left 500000 to establish the institution and a wartime court martial clause punishing disobedience with possible death in peace or war
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Trinidad
Houston
Tennessee
Texas
James Smithson
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Edward C. Wayne
Western Newspaper Union
Bendix, N. J
Air Associates
Roosevelt
National Defense
American Aviation
Northwest Airlines
American Airlines
St. Thomas
Can
Air Corps
Findlay
Ohio
Atlantic Ocean
Arca
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
FBI
Berlin
Reich
Germany
U.S
Tribunal
Moscow
Siberia
Crimea
Peninsula
Caucasus
Fuehrer
Reichstag
Poland
MacDill
Fla
Thomas. Fulton
Argonne Forest
Pao
Landiz
Bankhage
Penetro
Daniel Webster
Cowley
Sioux
City
Bill" Wachter
Bureau OF Standards
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