Drake McHugh’s Freight Yard Tragedy Recounts a Shocking Accident
Drake McHugh, a railroad worker, is crushed by a wagon of tile in the Kingston freight yard. Surgeons face the grim task of amputation as Dr. Gordon and Sam Winters work through the night to save him. Louise Gordon appears, deepening the family tension surrounding the incident.
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Drake
Randy
Calaboose
Sam Winters
Mr. Monaghan
Mat Turner
Rhodes
Monaghan
Fritz Bachmann
Livingstone House
Louise Gordon
Parris
Parvis
Kings Row
Drake McHugh
Bill Hockinson
Bill
Harley Davis
Camperville
Arnold Schultz
Shultz
Dr. Gordon
Harley
Schultz
Doc
Davis
Sam Winter
Sam
Louise
Gin Rummy for All and the Rise of Card Games
A playful social essay traces gin rummy from its 3 3 4 origins in Ogden Utah to modern pastime mania. It contrasts old and new rules, mentions auctions in bridge and the spread of scoring pads. The piece blends humor with cultural shifts in gaming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Peacock
Wide World
New York
Myself
Mabel
Joe
Ogden
Utah
Nazi Gauleiter Terboven in Oslo Bar Assault
An eyewitness account recalls Josef Terboven, Reich Commissar for Norway, in Berlin bar violence where he and five SS men attacked Albert the barman and forced champagne service before leaving him badly beaten and later dying. The piece also notes the Fantus sisters launching The Party Guild to plan upscale events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Josef Terboven
Terboven
Ruhr
Essen
Krupp
Hitler
Oslo
Kaiserhof
S. S
Berlin
Albert
Nazi Party
Party Guilds and Arabian Nights Theme Parties Highlight Society
Private school classmates and guests enjoyed a series of novel theme parties with Indian Village rooms and a 250 guest Country Club event funded by a $1200 budget. The piece notes artistic success but financial disaster, followed by broader social reportage on Gen. MacArthur's Melbourne press conference and allied U.S. Army press relations in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
House Wreckers Union
Palm Springs
St. Moritz
Billy Vambree
Hilarious
Hollywood
Artists and Models Soiree
Douglas MacArthur
Melbourne
Larry
Lloyd
Larry) Lehrbas
United States Army
Air Service
International News Service
Associated Press
Washington
MacArthur
Beth Thwaites
Truth
H. R. Knickerbocker
Chicago Sun
New Zealand
Patrick Hurley
Bill Mattings
The
Melbourne Herald
Diller
Lehrbas
Nazi blitz general eyed as Sweden invasion risk rises
Paul Mallon discusses Nazi strategy leaning toward Sweden with a blitz general, noting Germany seeks oil and Baltic regions while weather delays and Allied fronts shift. He analyzes potential Swedish resistance, Finnish and Norwegian positions, and the Ukraine front as influences on a spring assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitler
France
Yugoslavia
Greece
Russia
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Germany
Malmo
Trollerborg
Quiz prompts on naval insignia and wartime roles
A three part prompt asks about a man in a naval armband with a quarter moon implying astronomy for navigation. It asks where reinforced Canadian troops were deployed and which two heads of state actually served in navies, with Roosevelt noted as former assistant secretary of the Navy.
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Nanking
Manchukuo
Vladivostok
Moscow Central
Hitler
Gome
Holland
Belgium
France
Russia
Near East
Canada
British Empire
Egypt
Palestine
England
India
Roosevelt
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Glnbe-News Publishing Co
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Gene Howe
John McCarty
Akater
Ebee Egee
the Globe
Donald M. Nelson
Ian Maisky
London
Ise
Kingston
Courthouse Square
Union Street
Methodist Church
Hart Sansome
Ohio
Kansas
Miles Jackson
Indiana
Iowa
Colonel Skeffington
Siens Sterd Og
Pierre Huss
Cosmopolitan
Roger Leonard
Kiwanis Magazine
University of Chicago
Adele
Muriel Fantus
Fantus Sisters
Brown
MacArthur and the Press
Australia
Brydon Taves
Harold Guard
Donald Casne
Francis L. McCarthy
Canberra
C. Yates McDaniel
Vernon Haugland
Tom Yarbrough
Pat Robinson
Merrill Mueller
Ralph Jordan
INS
Robinson
Rainbow
Allen Raymond
Lewis Sebring Jr
New York Herald Tribune
Butgy Darnton
New York Ting
W. B. Courtney
Collier's
John Lardner
Newsweek
Congress
Elbert Thomas
Paul Mallon
der Fuehrer
South Pacific
Java
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Lae
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Timor
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