Nazis Stripping France Of Industrial Leaders
French industrialists bankers and professionals are being rounded up in Paris and provinces as German forces seize control. Over 4000 hostages interned in Germany include Baron de la Grange and Count Robert de Vogue. Some arrests aim to cripple French industry while others seek to prevent a future provisional government. Also details on brutal punishments for women aiding or linked to German occupation.
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New York
Paris
Germany
Baron de la Grange
French
Senate
Tyrol
Senate Air Committee
America
Count Robert de Vogue
France
Vogue
Reynaud
Mandel
Daladier
Blum
la Chambre
Riom
Albert Sarraut
Hitler
Rhineland
Sarraut
Toulouse
la Depeche
Maurice Sarraut
the Journal of Democracy
Maquis Justice Emerges In Free French Resistance
French underground fighters known as the Men of the Maquis have begun enforcing moral and criminal law against violators, citing loss of public trust in Vichy police amid wartime shortages. The guerrilla group aims to curb crime as occupation strains society and supplies.
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New York
France
Maquis
Dairy cattle first brought to Canada in 1608 by Champlain
The article notes that dairy cattle arrived in Canada around 1608 when Champlain established a small herd in Quebec, marking the early introduction of dairy farming to the region.
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Canada
Champlain
Quebec
U S Flyer Safe After 84 Days in Alaska Wilds
First Lt. Leon Crane reached Fairbanks after 84 days in sub arctic wilderness while reporting the fate of a missing United States bomber with five aboard since December 21. Crane, from Philadelphia, said four others remain missing as the aircraft failed to return. He described bailing out and surviving extreme cold until reaching a cabin and then Woolchopper Alaska. He telephoned his parents and said he saw Pompeo bail out while Hoskins stayed aboard.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Leon Crane
Philadelphia
Wilds
United States
Harold E. Hoskins
Houston
Maine
James B. Sibert
Norfolk
Richard L. Pompeo
Mt. Holly Springs
Cal
Ralph S. Wenz
Pinedale
Thut Ar
United States Air Transport Command
Crane
Yukon River Valley
Albert Ames
Arriva
Bob Rice
Wien Alaska Airlines
Bob
Laddfield
fF’ompeo
Hoskins
Pompeo
Miners Trapped by Snow Slide Keep Working in Treasury Tunnel
Fifty hard rock miners cut off since Monday by a snow and rock avalanche near OURAY Colo continue to toil Friday in the 11 800 foot Treasury tunnel deep in Red Mountain. The slide blocks a half mile wide and up to 40 feet high as the miners press on despite isolation and a failing communications link after a second slide downed the wires.
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OURAY
Colo
Treasury
Red Mountain
Tunnel crew stays on two shift schedule at bunkhouse
The men told John Edgar, project engineer, that they have plenty of food at the tunnel and will continue to work the regular two shift schedule. They are staying in a bunkhouse at the tunnel site.
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John Edgar
Women workers in Canadian war plants rise to 419000
The tally shows employed women in Canadian wartime plants reaching 419000, up from 144000 in 1939, reflecting rapid mobilization of female labor in the war effort.
Heyday and Alert by Joyce shoes described
Two Joyce shoe descriptions titled Heyday and Alert. Heyday features unlined casual step-in black or army russet leather in sizes 4 to 9. Alert offers war or home wear with a trim oxford in army russet leather in sizes 4 to 10.
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California
Joyce
Oxford
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