Nazi Provocation Report Ties Czech Unrest to German Actions
The American Friends of Czechoslovakia relayed a German plan to print Prague telephone directories in German to provoke Czech hostility. An attack on phone booths and lines followed. German threats promised reprisals for alleged sabotages. Czech sources accuse provocateurs of vandalism and anti-Czech police retaliation amid occupation claims.
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American Friends of
Czechoslovakia
Prague
American Friends
Lin
Hitler
Hacha
Berlin
Hradschin Castle
Martins and Health Notes in Edgar A Guest Verse
A mix of Edgar A Guest poetry and a tips piece on renting martins houses urging landlords to provide space and paint in spring. The segment shifts to a health warning about misdiagnosing colds and flu, critiquing doctors and authorities for downplaying illnesses and cautioning about crowds.
Diagnostic Jugglery and the Creep of Common Respiratory Infection
The author argues against linking diseases as they progress and proposes the term ch pronounced kree. The piece notes the coinage from the initials of Common Respiratory Infection and discusses acknowledging contagiousness even without identifying the exact illness yet.
Bohemian Kings and Czechoslovak Presidents Intertwined
Gestapo trained a unit of 37 Czech speaking operatives to mingle with locals and betray anti Nazi sentiment. In Prague in early April, 66 students and police were arrested. A German capital flight to the protectorate surged in February and March as prices and inflation fears mounted.
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Gestapo
Prague
Germany
Proporti Zeitung
Protectorate
Reich
Heroic Heron Headlines Amid War News in London Park
London reports cheer as Richmond Park herons raise young despite nightly anti aircraft fire. Bird watcher D A Lawrence praises these brave birds while Britons seek lighter news amid Greece tensions and wartime anxieties.
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London
Greece
Richmond Park
D. A. Lawrence
Two special dangers accompany a cold says physician
Wm Brady M D cautions that early signs of contagious diseases like influenza measles scarlet fever and more include epidemic meningitis infantile paralysis pneumonia diphtheria and other respiratory infections. He notes many illnesses in early stages are indistinguishable from mild to fatal outcomes.
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Insurance Corporation
Communicable Early Knowledge Warns Public Health
A brief note urges public awareness of the science behind communicable disease spread. It asserts that current knowledge indicates these illnesses act quickly and broadly, with health authorities sometimes unaware of key early factors.
Fragmented Advert Fragment Teases Public Reading
A garbled OCR passage references footwear choices and health tips, mentioning Mrs. O and Mrs. Ww M. It alludes to teeth, wear testing, travel, and assorted consumer notes without clear context or coherent events. The readable bits indicate a local notices style with scattered names and items.
Aircraft industry named third largest worldwide
Hagerstown Maryland report cites Merrill C. Meigs of the office of production management declaring on Tuesday that the aircraft industry has risen to the world’s third largest industry.
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Hagerstown, Md
INS
Merrill C. Meigs
Office of Production Management
Migratory Children Viewed as Health Menace in Nation
Dr. Bolt argues migratory children traveling with trailer living groups threaten national health standards. Lack of fixed homes brings poor water, sanitation, nutrition, and education, risking disease and crime. calls for federal and local action through safe trailer camps and mobile clinics.
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America
Sani
Farm Security Administration
Global Christian population estimates by branch
The world counts about 682.9 million Christians, including 331.5 million Catholics 144.0 million Orthodox Catholics and 206.9 million Protestants as current estimates.
Children’s Home Emblem Sale To Be Held Here Saturday
The Iowa Children’s Home Society plans its annual emblem sale in Cedar Rapids on Saturday led by Miss Anni Y. Smith. Headquarters will be at the Montrose hotel lobby with local sponsors including Mayor F. K Hehn and several pastors and ladies. Mrs. Florence Bailey of Des Moines oversees the state campaign noting 85 new wards from 76 counties in 1940 and 322 children in care. Emblem tags priced from a dime to a dollar will fund adoptions, foster or board homes. 264 Linn County children have received care through the society, with counts from other eastern Iowa counties listed.
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Iowa Children’s Home Society
Cedar Rapids
Anni Y. Smith
Montrose Hotel
F. K Hehn
Howard Hall
Robert Little
Sumner I. Quarton
John M. Molloy
A. J. Ramsey
William O. Eckler
A. E. Durin
Miss Smith
Ct Court
Linn County
The
Iowa Society
Iowa
Jones
Benton
Tama
Johnson
Cedar
Painter Raymond Harmon Sentenced for Bigamy in Minnesota
In Minneapolis AP report painter and paperhanger Raymond Harmon, 33, received two consecutive one to five year terms in state prison after pleading guilty to two counts of bigamy. The sentence followed his arrest on suspicion of burglary during which he quipped about odd hours with three wives. The three marriages occurred in the last decade.
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Minneapolis
Raymond Harmon
Adam and the Apple Ulcer Relief Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes a 23 cent box of relief tablets for stomach ulcers and pains. It references biblical Adam and a raw apple mish as a frame for the product aimed at sufferers.
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Adam
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