Americans Donate Cash For Defense Savings Drive
Dozens of Americans from Brooklyn to Arizona sent small cash gifts to the White House and treasury as the defense savings campaign grows. A Los Angeles girl sent $1 with a note to help wipe out Hitler, while others included a $25 from Alliance Ohio and a $150 telegraphic money order from Pennsylvania. Officials view the donations as a sign the drive will succeed despite totals under 15,000 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Brooklyn
Texas
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Hitler
America
White House
Alliance
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Mussolini
New Jersey
Democratic Party
United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Chester the Pap Nonsense Duck Hunting Tale by O'Halloran
Chester the Pap recalls a cold dawn duck hunt with ULP-SKULL and Mac. They travel 40 miles in rain to a swampy lake, entangled in weeds as shots erupt at dawn. A lone duck lands briefly, then escapes, leaving three boats scrambling to retrieve it.
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Ulp-Skull
Mac Lavish
Pulp-skull
Western
Union
Peter Rabbit Learns to Work in the Bramble Tangle
Peter Rabbit, chased into the bramble tangle by Reddy Fox, begins cutting a network of paths to escape. He resumes labor to make the area safer, surprises friends with steady effort, then slips back into his easygoing habits once the task is done. Unc Billy Possum and Bobby Coon observe the change with a chuckle.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Roddy Fox
Reddy Fox
Reddy
Shadow the Weasel
Unc
Billy Possum
Bobby Coon
Green Forest
Rabbit
Billy
Sunday School Thief Partly Salves Conscience
Mrs. Clarence Reynolds said a thief took $260 from her purse during Sunday school in Ashland Kentucky. She received a letter offering $241 back with a request to advertise it, but the writer gave no name and did not explain the remaining $19.
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Ashland
Clarence Reynolds
Corporal Six Hours Late Alibi Airtight
Corp Virgil W. Thomas defended himself after arriving six hours late claiming he was in Jackson Mississippi to catch a train. He said a band began playing the national anthem and he stood at attention as the train pulled out.
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Camp Blanding
Fla
Jackson
Miss
Corp
Virgil W. Thomas
Smugglers Ply Cosmetic Trade in North Ireland
Belfast reports a beauty goods smuggling ring crossing the Ulster border to Northern Ireland. Police seized 1000 powder puffs and hundreds of perfume bottles along with 3,234 hair nets 900 combs 63 dozen handkerchiefs 9000 boot laces 4000 shoelaces and 17 pocketknives after a dawn car chase. Authorities from Northern Ireland and Eire customs are cooperating to capture the gang, believed led by women who shifted to crime amid wartime shortages.
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Belfast
Ulster Eireann
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
Eire Customs Police
Pilots Sent to Britain to Learn Air War Lessons
Washington reports both army and navy have dispatched junior pilots to Great Britain as observers in the Battle of Britain. Many lieutenants are chosen for youth and aptitude to study aerial combat lessons, with observers restricted from combat risks.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Great Britain
Britain
Knox
London Refugee Children Find Shelter at Historic Syston Court
London youngsters who fled bombardment live at Syston Court in Gloucestershire once used by Henry VIII. The Anglo American Relief Fund for London Children and Mothers sponsors place babies and toddlers in the historic mansion and new nurseries, with staff including nursery school teachers and nurses.
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London
Henry VIII
Mangotsfield
Gloucestershire
England
Syston Court
Anglo-American Relief Fund For
Elsie
Annie
Brian
Iris
Quiz of World Facts and Historical Figures
The questions cover geography and history from the southernmost capital to the Panama Canal era. They ask which denomination is largest among Protestants, how U S coffee use compares to global totals, the tale featuring Jean Vak Jean, and which signer did not join the Declaration of Independence among Stone Washington or Roger Sherman.
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Panama Canal
United States
Jean Vak Jean
Thomas Stone
George Washington
Roger Shermans
Notable world facts from early 20th century quiz list
Wellington New Zealand is cited as a location. The year 1914 is noted. The Lutherans are listed with 61,000,000. U S coffee consumption greatly exceeds that of all other nations combined. Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables. George Washington is named as a historical figure.
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Wellington
New Zealand
United States
Victor Hugo
George Washington
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U. S
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George O'Halloran
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Onice
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A. Reat Ion Ceome Ner
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Farge
Merth Boheta
Nystrand Poultry CO
Oregon
Bones
Attention Ranch
Borate
Biase
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Learm
Ea PM
la Dumas
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