German Flyers Slash at Britain and Pact Across Americas
Weekly News Analysis by Roger Shaw discusses aerial and submarine warfare, prisoner releases, and growing German influence. It notes cautious moves in Europe, rumors of peace, and Pan American tensions with Argentina overshadowing Havana talks.
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From the Nations and a Breton Stirring in Europe
The piece catalogs wartime figures Daisy Harriman, Garner, and Adrien Marquet amid press commentary on war politics. It notes a Havana pact for provisional administration of European possessions and discusses universal service debates. It recounts Brittany’s history with France and hints at a German plan to carve buffer states including Brittany and Flanders with Normandy between.
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Willkie Seeks Democrats in South and GOP Foes
The piece outlines Willkie courting conservative Southern Democrats and deserting liberal Republicans on issues like the TVA and New Deal reforms. It notes debates over a third term, Wallace’s possible resignation, Farley’s mixed reception among parties, and satirical jokes from Berlin and London about Roosevelt and Britain.
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Seneca Woman Defies Orders Over Road Blockade
Mrs Ethia Van Aernam, a Seneca, defies state and federal court orders by keeping barbed wire barricades across a road claiming it sits on her land and that payment for the ancestral property is missing.
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Ethia van Aernam
Aisk Me Another A General Quiz
The quiz asks about the Holy Land of three religions the designations of water’s freezing and boiling points on the centigrade scale the best known maelstrom where the tactile sense is located the homeland of the Hottentots and the Aurora Australis.
Shared Reverence and Broad Scope Across Regions
The passage notes Palestine as Holy Land revered by Jews Christians and Mohammedans. It mentions zero and 100 degrees, Norway coast, sense of touch, South Africa, and the southern hemisphere northern lights.
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Vigorous Decision Declares Boundaries for Action
A compact reflection on choosing duties by Mencius, asserting that clear refusals shape the courage to perform rightful duties. The quote emphasizes decisive constraints enabling focused action.
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Mirror and odds and ends revive a guest sewing room
The Martindale family transforms an old buffet into a combined guest and sewing room. A mirror, rags, unbleached muslin, spools, a butter tub and simple furnishings become a hook rug, spool tables, lamps and a stool. Directions are in Sewing Book 5. Next week the bottom shelf is planned for use.
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Martindale
Achievement Ties to Responsibility and Prompt Duty
The text argues that achievement comes from accepting responsibility and duties cheerfully and courageously. It suggests some rise faster because they invite responsibility and perform agreeable and disagreeable duties promptly.
Liberty to Do Right
An aphorism notes the sorrow of having liberty to choose yet wasting it on wrong acts, crediting Rollins as the source of the reflection.
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Doans Pills: Emphasis on Responsibility and Duty
The text extols taking on heavy responsibilities as the path to forming men who might otherwise fail. It frames duties as a measure of character and gratitude for obligation.
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