Pattonsville trial ends as April Burnett freed
In a Friday court hearing April Burnett defends herself against Winkie Appleman’s accusation after Kent Carter testifies that Appleman was drunk. Private Estes corroborates April’s account, judge dismisses the case, and April prepares for Ann and Kent’s planned wedding the next day.
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Winkie Appleman
April
Kent Carter
Ann
Hal Parks
Lower Court
Aneften
Winkie
Dad
Kent
Mother
Anna
Winkle Appleman
Casa Blanca
Nips
Nip
Carter Place
Octavia
Pattonsville
April Burnett
Hal
Winckie
Testis
Daffy
Vivana
Carter
Carter Gate
Elizabeth Carter
Estes
Supreme Court
Two Nations Under Fire and Nazi Labor Front Power
Parallel dispatches describe British civilians under aerial bombardment and the German Labor Front led by Robert Ley. The British piece details fear, coping, and morale in wartime London while the German report outlines Ley’s control of unions, strength through joy, Volkswagen, and housing as tactics to sustain workers during war.
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Britain
Germany
United Press
England
Iceland
London
King George
Harrow
Robert Ley
Ley
Tey
Nazi Reich
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Nazi Heirarchy
German Labor Front
Volkswagen
Fallersleben
Hiller
Levy
The Tiny Teacher Who Mapped a Pan American Trail
Richard Tewkesbury known as Tooks, a small Charlotte High School teacher, crossed Panama’s jungle to map the Pan American Highway link from the Canal to Colombia. He endured fever, floods, and near-misses, drilling fear into myths about the interior and proving a road through the jungle may be possible someday.
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Washington, D. C
Panama
Richard Albert Tewkesbury
Tooks
Harding High School
Charlotte
N. C
Caspar Milquetoast
Panama Canal
South America
North
Panamanian
New York
Valparaiso
Rio de Janiero
Seattle
Shirley Temple
Mickey Rooney
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Mexico City
Latin America
Panama City
Toots
Africa
Washington
Pan-American
Stephen James
Pan-American Highway Confederation
Mr. James
James
Richard Tewkesbury
Canal
Colombia
Chepo
Civilization
Empire State Building
Caribbean
Took
Greece Freedom Echoes Through History and Modern Cities
The piece notes Greece 120 years ago inspiring world praise for independence and compares to today where municipalities use films to showcase governance. It cites 35 cities producing movies costing 250 to 25000 dollars, Detroit claiming 7 million views, and argues municipal government reflects collective citizen service and civic interest.
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Greece
Lord Byron
England
Dr. Howe
United States
Mueller
Germany
Turkey
Missolonghi
Chios
Finland
International City Managers’ Association
Detroit
Tax money funds nation’s foundations and church
The piece notes Americans paid $109 average tax on $14.3 billion in 1940 with high taxpayers gaining more benefits. It highlights a wartime plan for 604 army chapels costing $12.8 million to anchor faith in camps, and discusses U.S. Steel’s 1940 payroll, wages, taxes, and dividend trends, emphasizing producer-employee share and clearer corporate reporting.
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War Department
Army
Navy
America
U. S. Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel
Manners Quiz on Household Etiquette Answers
A set of five etiquette questions and consensus rules covers tray clearance, notice to dismiss a maid, explanations for dismissal, handling phone calls in a mistress absence, and purchasing uniforms. Answers affirm customary practices and polite phrasing for calls.
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Amarillo
Texas
Fulmore
Sarwan Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business
Circulation
At the Globe
Kent Springs
By Joe Alex Morris
By Lyle C. Wilson
United Pres
William A. Ho Birnie
American Magazine
William C. Bullitt
France
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