Miniature Fly Powered Planes Cited As Ridiculous Stunt
A reader recounts attempting to build a 1 64 inch thick balsa plane powered by houseflies after reading Esquire. The effort, including catching flies and attaching them to a minuscule fuselage, is described as impractical and exasperating with humorous digressions and warnings about microfilm.
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Esquire
Pinhead Batson
Amarillo
Bud Wilson
le Arrene
Truman Landis
W. 20Th
Bert Masterson
Demon United Press
Dallas
National Defense
Congressional Medal of Honor If You Do It. What Sgt
Alvin York
Ideas for city safety and commerce in Globe-News letters
Citizens propose safer pedestrian behavior at crosswalks by keeping on sidewalks until signals change and suggest curbside waiting rules. Ideas include pavement upgrades, crosswalk signals at key streets, extended store hours on Dollar Days, weed control campaigns, milk container innovations, sound-driven traffic enforcement, and public accountability signs for accident sites. Proposals cite local addresses and names as advocates.
Pommer Receives Private Oscar for 25th Film Birthday
Hollywood reports Producer Erich Pommer of RKO is honored with a private Oscar like plaque by a delegation led by Frank Fay. The award recognizes his 25th film birthday and his pivotal contributions since 1908, including the boom crane and dolly motions and productions such as The Last Laugh Variety Cabinet of Dr Caligari The Blue Angel Hotel Imperial Lillium They Knew What They Wanted.
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Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
Erich Pommer
RKO
Lot
Frank Fay
Fay
Pommer
Pictures
Dr. Caligari
Blue Angel
Hotel Imperial
Lillium
Hitler’s peace bid shifts war plan says Eden
The piece argues Hitler’s chance to crush Britain fades as Russian resistance grows and American air power rises. It posits a shift from invasion to a peace front, with Eden hinting at a Nazi offer after pressuring Britain to reject German terms, and Roosevelt likely to endorse continued fighting.
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Eden
Hitler
Far East
Russia
Britain
Somaliland
Hess
England
Empire
France
Scandinavia
Belgium
Italy
Ethiopia
Gibraltar
Suez
Churchill
Pope
Roosevelt
Willkie
Joseph P. Hurley
Greater
Germany
Fulda
St. Boniface
Paderewski
Poland
Today's Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Riddle List
A word puzzle grid including clues for horizontal and vertical entries with references to marches and composers. The list features numbered hints such as 1 pictured American march composer and 2 feud, along with various linguistic prompts and an answer to a previous puzzle.
Hitler's Russian campaign tied to political aims and blitzkrieg
Dorothy Thompson argues the Nazi attack on Russia served both military and political goals. She contends Stalin sought negotiations, while Hitler aimed to deter Britain and rally Europe, using propaganda and diplomatic pressure as tools. She calls for an active American political blitzkrieg to counter Nazi influence and fill a strategic propaganda vacuum.
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England
Britain
Hitler
London
Russia
Balkans
Soviet Union
Germany
Reich
Great Britain
West
America
Europe
Reading Roundup by TJ Pyle Homeward Notes
TJ reviews several new books from home including I Saw England by Ben Robertson and Reno by Max Miller. He praises Robertson's heartfelt prose, notes Margaret Miller’s accordion recital, and dismisses Lin Yutang's With Love and Irony while urging reading The Importance of Living. He also recommends H. Allen Smith as a rising talent and comments on Edward Pyle’s England column collection.
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England
Ben Robertson
London
New York
Ben
Reno
Max Miller
Max
la Jolla
Cal
Nevada
Margaret
Lin Yutang
Mr. Yutang
Quote from Sandburg on fighting for freedom
The passage declares that constant notices and shame would continue unless a bloody war secures the right to freedom, attributed to Sandburg the poet and biographer. It frames a call to struggle as essential for liberty.
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Sandburg
Do Not Let Pain Damp Your Drive Says Dale Carnegie
A motivational passage urges readers to overcome illness and laziness by recalling extraordinary achievements under severe hardship. Citing Eddie Rickenbacker Grant and Clarence Day Jr, it argues that work drives pain away and that action leads to purpose and success.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant
Howard Lindsay
Dorothy Stickney
Clarence Day, Jr
Airpower and Anti Aircraft Defense Principles
Major Williams explains AA forces under U S Army coast defense and their two role areas interceptor fighters and anti aircraft artillery. He argues AA effectiveness supports defense by forcing high altitudes reducing bombing accuracy while aiding interceptors and boosting morale. Emphasizes training, night operations, rapid mobility, and realistic drills including dummy gliders for practice.
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Williams
U. S. Army
Census Highlights Population and Industry in Pacific Territories
Census data show most American Samoa residents born abroad and a small Guam white population born on the island. In Panama Canal Zone many foreign-born are not naturalized. U S factories produce millions of poultry feeders and waterers. Tinplate consumption tops 1 750 000 tons. Copra exports from American Samoa reach 2 640 500 pounds. Clergymen outnumber physicians in American Samoa by 22 to 1. 89 clergymen and four physicians are listed with 13 religious workers.
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Panama Canal Zone
United States
U. S
American Samoa
Islands
Island
Guam
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