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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1937
Page
3
Two stone lions from the ancient Menin Gate were placed at Canberra as a gift from Ypres France to the Australian War Memorial museum. The historic gate near Ypres witnessed Allied armies marching during World War I with France the United States and Britain fighting in the battles there.
A historical note explains the term butternut applied to Confederate soldiers due to homespun uniforms dyed light brown from the shell of the butternut nut, reflecting wartime fabric color and nomenclature.
A Detroit News writer notes that the Angel of Mons legend and the Bowmen story, tied to St. George and the Mons retreat of August 1914, originated as Arthur Machen’s 1914 Daily News fiction. Soldiers reportedly treated it as eyewitness truth after its London publication.
Arlington Memorial Cemetery hosts Decoration Day ceremonies in the Memorial Amphitheater built by the Grand Army of the Republic. The open air structure seats 5,000 with room for thousands more along the sides and stages for several hundred, offering view toward the Lincoln Memorial and Washington landmarks near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The twenty first regiment of the O W 1 recruited in northern Ohio at the outbreak of the Civil War is noted for its notable members. Stanley Matthews rose to associate justice of the United States Supreme Court while Rutherford B. Hayes and Willard McKinley became presidents.
The Gold Star Mothers Association defines a Gold Star mother as one whose son was killed overseas during the world war or who died at sea while serving in the war.
A fragment discusses World War casualties with figures claimed by Collier's Weekly. It references the vast scope of dead and missing among tens of millions involved, but many details are unclear in the truncated text.
The retired Supreme Court justice Willis Van Devanter plans to leave after the summer session, fueling talk of successors including Joseph Robinson. The Senate judiciary committee voted 10 to 8 against the President's court enlargement bill, with foes rejecting temporary-justice plans and supporting no compromise. Meanwhile Cardinal Mundelein denounced Nazi propaganda and urged defense of the Catholic church as Germany protested. Hitler returns to Berlin amid industrial shortages and labor woes.
Pattern 1399 offers a chair back 12 by 15 inches two arm rests 6 by 12 inches and a complete alphabet for initials 344 by 4 inches. Includes material list chart illustrations and stitch guide. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept 82 Eighth Ave New York.
Recipe outlines making ice box cookies with butter sugar eggs dates and nuts. Cream butter and sugar then beat in eggs, fold in flour, add chopped dates and nuts, flavor, roll wrap chill overnight, slice bake in a moderate oven. © WNU Service
In a West Virginia town, a telephone directory includes each subscriber's nickname such as Babe Butch Red Duke Slim Hippo and Toots, reflecting a thorough local detailing effort noted by Collier's Weekly.
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