Mistaken Athenia Became First War Victim 030
London AP report recalls the 1939 sinking of the British liner Athenia, first Allied casualty of Nazi U boats. The 13,581-ton ship, 1,417 aboard, was torpedoed off Ireland after war news broke, with 112 dead including Americans and Canadians. Doenitz later said the attack was a mistaken identity.
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Athenia
London
North Atlantic
Liverpool
Montreal
Britain
France
Germany
Europe
Ireland
United States
Canada
Lusitania
Nuernberg
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Fritz — Julius Lemp
Lemp
Doenitz
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American couple recall Peace Corps years in Peru
Chester Wiggins and Barbara Wiggins returned from Arequipa Peru where 53 Peace Corps volunteers lived in barriadas. They helped build a school water tanks cess pools homes and bathrooms and a nursery in a $30 000 school while teaching 75 children under tough conditions. They found friendships stronger than aid and plan to resume duties after discharge.
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San Bruno
Calif
Peace Corps
Peru
Chester Wiggins
Barbara
Arequipa
Barriada
Wiggins
Barriadas
Sterling Library Seeks Back Issues for Bound Files
Sterling Municipal Library requests specific back issues to complete bound magazine files. Librarian H. J. Blasick lists titles and dates sought, including American City 1963 January February, American Home 1958 April May, Fortune 1943 and 1937, National Geographic 1929 September 1927 July, Newsweek 1963 January, Look 1961 February 28 March 14 June 14, and Travel 1958 August 1959. Also requested are many others spanning 1937 to 1963 across popular titles. The note ends with a stray sentence about Rev Charles L Dodgson lecturing at Oxford University.
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Sterling Municipal Library
H. J
Hank) Blasick
American City
American Home
Changing Times
Consumer Report
Fortune
Good Housekeeping
Harper's
High Fidelity
House Beautiful
Ladies Home Journal
Library Journal
National Geographic
Newsweek
Opera News
Outdoor Life
Popular Electronics
Parents
Popular Science
Reader's Digest
Science Digest
News, and World Report
Wilson Library Bulletin
Farmer Paulson Opens Farm Fire Show For Neighbors
Canton Ohio AP reports farmer John Paulson cut his fence and road to invite neighbors to view an oil well fire burning since August 1. About 450 cars an hour reportedly visited the scene Sunday as Paulson charged nothing, saying it would be neighborly. He noted locals would remember the blaze and the friendly farmer who hosted visitors.
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Canton
Ohio
John "Paulson
Paulson
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SEARS
Irs
Ath ‘the
Allstate
Hell
Daily
Texas Ave
Blackwall
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