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A Navy ash can is a depth bomb. The question lists answers: Iran, Socrates, Venice, Britain, islands of Japan, Polaris, Jefferson, Greenland ice-free area 31284 sq mi, Atlantic City convention hall organ with seven manuals 487 keys 933 stops 32 pedals 7 blowers 365 hp and 33056 pipes.
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Turkey
Iran
George Washington
Greenland
Socrates
Venice
Palace of the
Voter Eligibility Counts Highlight Non-Voters in 1940 Census
Census indicates 80,528,000 citizens eligible to vote while 84,178,000 are 21 or older. Aliens, DC residents, the mentally ill, and inmates reduce potential electors by about 3.9 million, with 563,321 in mental institutions and 161,000 in prisons.
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Census Bureau
District of Columbia
America
De-Oiling Sea Gulls Near Penzance Hospital
For almost two years a de-oiling hospital for sea gulls has operated near Penzance England. Explosions from sunk submarines roughen fish and draw gull flocks that become drenched in oil and cannot fly. Up to 700 birds have been rescued in a single day to be treated at the facility.
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Penzance
England
Quote on human hearts beyond tribal tattoo patterns
A Holmes quotation asserts the universality of the human heart beneath diverse tribal patterns. It likens tattooed beliefs to the common divine glow in every person, transcending cultural differences.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Death and Sleep Quote Reflects on Life’s Rest
A fragmentary editorial note quotes Byron on death and sleep as forces that move men to weep while a third of life is spent in sleep, conveying a somber meditation from a historical newspaper page.
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Byron
Tank policy clash shapes wartime aid to Britain
Lord Beaverbrook pushes for most U S tanks for Britain while U S Army chiefs debate strategic value. Steel and ship industries face government pressure to expand capacity as public tensions mount over training versus equipment. White House officials quarrel with Churchill Roosevelt press relations over timing and control of news.
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Washington, D. C
Lord Beaverbrook
U. S
North Africa
Russia
Texas
Britain
Beaverbrook
Greece
Libya
Hitler
Spain
Portugal
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic
French West Africa
Dakar
White House
Steve Early
London
Roosevelt
Grand Coulee Dam Opens as World’s Biggest Structure
The Grand Coulee on the Columbia River begins operation, creating a lake 151 miles long and irrigating 1.2 million acres. It will supply electric power for areas five times the size of England. Boulder Dam on the Colorado River, completed in 1935, forms a 115 mile lake behind Black Canyon.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
England
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Black Canyon
Habits of Salmon and Their Life Cycle
A Pathfinder note explains that Pacific king salmon die after breeding season from July to December and do not return to the sea, while other salmon types migrate back to sea after spawning. All salmon spend part of life in salt and fresh water, ascending rivers to spawn.
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Pacific
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