Hurricane veers off coast leaves trail of destruction
The storm roared along 1000 miles of the Atlantic coast from Carolina to Massachusetts leaving twelve deaths. Winds 80 to 100 mph battered Atlantic City and New Jersey shore tearing roofs and power lines while trees were uprooted and hundreds were homeless. New York area Connecticut saw lighter damage though seven deaths occurred in Greater New York. Cape Cod and Boston reported near 100 mph winds as the system moved offshore.
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Associated Press
Carolina
Massachusetts
Maine
Atlantic
Atlantic City
Jersey
New York City
Conecticut
New York
Camp Edwards
Cape Cod
Boston
Ordnance Depot Blast Rocks Hastings Neb
The Hastings Naval Ordnance Depot suffered a second explosion in six months sending a huge smoke cloud over Hastings nine miles away. Windows along Hastings main street were shattered as ambulances fire and police rushed to the site. The earlier blast on April 6 left eight dead with three recovered and five missing.
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Hastings
Neb
Main
Amarillo seal coating to finish tomorrow before cold weather ends work
City manager A P Hancock said seal coating on Amarillo streets will be completed tomorrow as warmth remains. About 500 blocks have received coating since last spring and cold weather halts such work.
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Amarillo
A. P. Hancock
Control Myitkyina Tengchung Trail in Chinese Hands
Chinese forces in North Burma and Yunnan have established contact and now control the trail between Myitkyina and Tengchung, according to a Chinese Army spokesman. Local notices include volunteer gasoline book assignments and several local social visits in Amarillo with brief personal details.
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Myitkyina-Tengchung Trail
Chungking
Burma
China
Yunnan Province
Yunnan
Myitkyina
Tengchung
Lost tan alligator billfold with papers in town
A reader asks for return of a tan alligator billfold lost in town containing $16 to $17, gas ration books, car papers, social security card, a signed check, a membership card, tax receipt and other papers. Call numbers given. A reader seeks a home for a soldier's family wife and child offering room, board and wages while she is in hospital.
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Tack
The Road To Berlin Front Distances
The report lists the distance to Berlin from four fronts: 312 miles from outside Pulatsk on the Russian front, 318 miles from near Aachen on the Western front, 440 miles from near Montbeliard on the Eastern France front, and 583 miles from below Rimini on the Italian front.
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Pulatsk
Aachen
France
Montbeliard
Rimini
Bombers Hit Athens Area Airfields In World War II
American heavy bombers from Italy attacked Eleusis Tatai and Kalamaki air fields near Athens and bombed submarine pens at Salamis. The raids aimed at disrupting German air transport as RAF planes raided the same fields the prior night. Mustangs shot down two enemy fighters over the Athens area.
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London
Italy
Athens
Greece
RAF
Eleusis
Tatai
Kalamaki
Salamis
Piraeus
Wage Freeze To Be Election Issue
President Roosevelt may decide before election day whether to end wartime wage controls and allow a general pay raise. The wage issue looms as an election factor. The CIO Steelworkers pressed a 17 cent hourly raise above the Little Steel ceiling in a War Labor Board fact finding report.
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Washington
Roosevelt
CIO
War Labor Board
Pope Pius XII Promises Vatican Help to Poland
In Vatican City on September 15 Pope Pius XII addressed over 2000 Polish troops and pledged continued Vatican support. He said the Holy See will exert all efforts for Poland and raise its voice amid conflict to foster humanity and justice and protect Polish rights.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican
Poland
Lightning Strikes Cause Minor City Utilities Damage
Severe overnight electrical storm caused only minor damage to public utilities. Lightning struck several primary electrical lines and interrupted others in parts of the city. A few telephone lines were taken out of commission.
Thanksgiving Tangles Near the End of a Turbulent Year
Nora preparations for Thanksgiving collide with emotional strain. Ellery and Alberta help Nora defend her family from gossip as Nora confronts fear about Emmy DuPre and Jim. Lola Wright visits, while Mr. Queen observes, sensing Henry’s hidden tensions under a festive veneer.
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Pop
Muth
Emmy DuPre
Goebbels
Jim
Ellery
Nora
Wiley Gallimard
Bald Mountain
Alberta Manaczka
Alberta
John
John F
Mr. Queen
Lola
Pat
Noble
Mr.Queen
Henry
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day Dinner Poisoning Mystery
Nora collapses after a Thanksgiving dinner where Arsenic poisoning is suspected. Ellery digs for clues with Pat as Nora pleads to be left alone and warns against any intruder. A research test in Connhaven and a lab report fail to confirm poison despite suspicions.
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Nora
Pat
Ed Hotchkiss
Connhaven
Ellery
Filery
Jim
Ellery Queen Mystery Dialogue Between Pat and Ellery
In a tense November scene Pat confides fears about his wife Nora’s health as Ellery reassures her. Nora has read alarming letters and a toxicology passage. they consider arsenic and anxiety, while Ellery promises that Nora will not die.
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Rosemary
Ellery
Patty
Nora
Pat
Get out of my bedroom warns Mr Queen in tense tease
A fragment shows Mr Queen warning someone to leave a bedroom before their father returns with a shotgun. The line carries a tense, taunting tone suggesting family conflict and imminent confrontation. The text ends with a parental threat and a cue that the scene continues.
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Mr. Queen
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