Droodles prompt quirky wordplay and visual puns
A humorous Droodles column invites readers to imagine ordinary objects with unusual traits such as a comb with buck teeth or a Footstool with a Fallen Arch. The playful piece suggests clipping and mailing the column to a friend or even an enemy as a lighthearted gag.
Arctic weather team forecasts via polar data maps
EDMONTON 8 C June 3 W Eight men here receive coded messages from Russia four times a day but their job is not mysterious. They are the arctic weather team of the Department of Transport Meteorological Services compiling polar weather data from Russia Manchuria Japan Alaska and Europe to forecast arctic trends. Beckley June 3 Special A West Virginia WAC squad will be formed July 28 through arrangements with Ft McClellan Army recruiters. Old Point Comfort June 3 Special Three Charleston West Virginia insurance men attending a Mutual Life Insurance Co conference are Pat Tallarico Julian L. Spencer and Claude H. Murrell members of the National Field Club.
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Lighthouse Floats Toward New Home Down St Lawrence
A giant floating lighthouse shaped like an oversized yo yo begins a 100 mile voyage along the St Lawrence River toward a site near the Saguenay mouth. After nearly a year’s delay delays from tides and high winds halted initial attempts to place the 4,500 ton structure on a gravel and rock bed.
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Chinese writer Hu Feng purged by Communist party
A June report from Tokyo states China has purged its first writer, Hu Feng, for counterrevolutionary activities and slander against the party. A party resolution calls for appropriate handling by Peiping courts, with officials saying he may be shot. The move targets a figure widely quoted in party and cultural circles.
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