Stormy Night of Family Secrets unfolds at Kent's house
April Burnett arrives for a visit with Kent and Aunt Elizabeth Carter. A tense confrontation reveals past loves and a hidden impostor plot as sleet lashes the Hill and April contemplates singing for Kent's people while facing exposure. Nip the dog guards the doorway as Octavia reports the storm.
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April
Kent
Elizabeth Carter
April Burnett
Aunt Elizabeth
Ann
Miss Carter
Elizabeth
Ann Burnett
Nip
Jasper
Carter Sid
Carter
Pattonsville
Elm Street
New York
Traffic costs of congestion highlighted in Detroit study
The Michigan highway department estimates Detroit’s annual loss from traffic congestion at 18 million dollars, not counting crash losses. Gasoline waste, wear on brakes and engines, and time lost are key factors with minute costs assigned to cars and commercial vehicles. Public works and union of opinion suggest cash terms may prompt action. A Knickknack pieces poke fun at advice on marriages and daily life, with quotes from Eisenberg, Disney, Shaw, and Mahoney.
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Detroit
Michigan State Highway Department
American Public Works Association
A Tale of Two Nations British Spirit German Confidence
United Press reporters compare aims and hopes in Britain and Germany as war persists. Britain seeks air supremacy and a tightened blockade with American aid while preparing for a continental invasion, and Germany counts on a wide blockade and blitz to force Britain’s capitulation.
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Europe
Joe Alex Morris
United Press
Britain
Germany
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Great Britain
France
Free Zone
United States
Portugal
Spain
Scotland
Mediterranean
Greece
Norway
Dunkirk
London
America
Hugh Dalton
Soviet Russia
Russia
Japan
Iran
RAF
Free
Third Reich
England
West
British Isles
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Eire
Ulster
British
Ewald Banse
Brunswick Technical College
Banse
Ireland
Dublin
Liverpool
Belfast
Belgium
Berlin
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Matsuoka a Puzzle of Politics and Philosophy
Yosuke Matsuoka, a volatile diplomat and rising statesman, blends Buddhist thought with sharp rhetoric. His career spans Shanghai diplomacy, Manchuria policy, and a pivotal role as foreign minister shaping Japan's Axis alignment.
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Yosuke Matsuoka
Mr. Matsuoka
Geneva
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Mussolini
Ciano
Adolf Hitler
Matsuoka
China
Portland
Ore
Japan
Shanghai
Seiyukai Party
Institute of Pacific Relations
Manchuria
England
Lord Hailsham
South Manchuria Railway
Dairen
Tokyo
Princ Konoye
Crackers College Quiz City Clues for Major Universities
A questions page asks to identify the cities of several universities. Universities listed include Chicago Yale Harvard Texas Texas Christian Texas A M Stanford L A College of Pacific U C L A Washington Washington University Washington and Lee George Washington. Answers appear on the next page.
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University of Chicago
Yale University
Harvard University
University of Texas
Texas Christian University
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Stanford University
Col
of Pacific
University of Washington
Washington University
Washington and Lee University
George Washington University
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BY Ruth Ayers
Amarillo
Texas
Amarilla
the Globe
Ethiopia
Austria
Chamberlain
Schuschnigg
Chautemps
Czechoslovakia
Leon Blum
Italy
Octavia
Jes
Daniel Eisenberg
Eisenberg
God
Walt Disney
George Bernard Shaw
Daniel J. Mahoney
Jerry
By Lyle C. Wilson
British Broadcasting Company
Hugh Byas
New York Times
Robert van Gelder
Who
Hendrik Willem van Loons
van Loon
van Vind
Anyon
New Yor
Va Loon
Sim
van Loons
Greenwich
Old Greenwich
Luca Point
Holland
Cornell
Harvard
Antwerp
Associated Press
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