U Boat Attack and S S Croxford Heroic Ocean Passage
In a Canadian port the S S Croxford repairs after a clash with a U boat during a North Atlantic run from New York to England. The Morris Prince and Morning Star survivors are rescued, two armed merchant ships shield the convoy, and Captain MacDillon rams the U boat, sinking it with gunfire.
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Paul Manning
England
North Atlantic
S. S. Croxford
New York Bay
Morris Prince
Morning Star
Canada
Croxford
MacDillon
Public favors stiffer taxes on lower incomes in poll
George Gallup reports Who's Who members support higher taxes for the lowest earners and a broader base, aligning with public sentiment. The Institute compares Who's Who opinions with the general public and House bill rates, showing a trend toward taxing families not on relief and lifting rates on middle incomes.
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Wvupyyrigot
Princeton
N. J
Morgenthau
Washington
Treasury
Congress
Institute
House of Representatives
Puzzler Guessing Game Heads to Final Reveal
A challenging crossword puzzle with clues across and down hints fills a page. Readers chase answers for Moharmmm judge to Lincoln's son across sixteen vertical questions while the storm stories play out in the background.
Marvelous McGinns Fill Council Bluffs House
In Council Bluffs Albert McGinn and wife Kathleen head a large family of ten children aged 4 to 18. Kathleen, a lawyer, runs a firm with Albert as they manage a busy household and a growing brood described with warmth and humor by the observer.
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Ernie Pyle
Council Bluffs
Albert
Kathleen McGinn
Albert McGinn
McGinns
McGinn
Santa Claus
Monica
Ramona Crane Pioneers Into Vermont Lumber Work
A Middlebury high school graduate faces scarce jobs in Vermont. She creates her own path by becoming a lumberjack dubbed a lumberjill. She learns log trucking from her uncle on Ripton Mountain and earns a license. She has driven safely for three years while teaching Sunday School and studying to become a secretary. Ramona’s pluck inspires other girls to seek any job with determination.
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Middlebury
Vermont
Ramona J. Crane
Ripton Mountain
Ramona
Ramona Crane
Tripper by Charles R Moore on Fred Astaire directing on set
Hollywood notes credit Fred Astaire with directing input on dance scenes in Youll Never Get Rich. Director Sidney Lanfield values Astaire's expertise and may reshoot if Astaire deems a moment off. Astaire wields influence due to widespread professional scrutiny of dance.
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Kathie
Sue
Parke
Parke Gerritt
Del
Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Astaire
Columbia
Rita Hayworth
Sidney Lanfield
Tanfield
Fred
Youll
Miss Hayworth
Quotations on Godliness and Wisdom from Scripture
A collage of biblical verses emphasizes the profit of godliness, divine reward for good deeds, and God as refuge and helper. It highlights wisdom seeking and folly’s consequence, citing I Timothy 4 8 Psalms 46 1 and Proverbs 15 14.
Shy Attorney by Stinnett in Roaring Discount for DOJ
Long vacancy at the U S Department of Justice with no Attorney General prompts speculations on successors like Francis Biddle and alternatives such as Frank Murphy Thurman Arnold and Paul V McNutt amid leadership tensions and political maneuvering and the effect on DOJ policies and prosecutions.
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Jack Stinnett
Department of Justice
United States
Grant
McKinley
Joseph McKenna
Roosevelt
Robert H. Jackson
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Justice Department
D. J
Jackson
Supreme Court
Francis Biddle
Tweedy
Charles Fahy
Biddle
Groton
Harvard
Bull Moose
Roosevelt I
New Deal
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Thurman Arnold
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
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Paul Mallon
OPM
Britain
U. S
Alexander
South Atlantic
Russia
Navy
Knox
House
Fdr
Senate
Rayburn
McCormack
Pat Boland
Ross McIntyre
Admiral McIntyre
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
National Defense Research Committee
Vannevar Bush
Carnegie Institution
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Edan
Lincoln
Africa
Sue Lawson
Carl Bartram
Barriston
Azelea Mowrer
Elmhurst Street
Kathie Mowrer
Lawson Lodge
Solon Culhane
Solon
Gerritt
Miss Treva
Azalea
Katherine Ann
Ann
Mrs. McGinn
Mary Margaret
Daniel Albert
John Christopher
Dan
Christopher
Columbus
Edmond
Joseph
Dale Carnegie
Tripper
Timothy
Lessing
Morris L. Cooke
Tom Connally
Texas
Leon Henderson
Price
Irving Fisher
Wendell Willkie
GOP
Harriet Elliott
OPACS
Jacob Panken
New York
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