U. S. Is Active in Newfoundland
A large United States naval air station is rising at Argentia Newfoundland with over 1000 American workers. The base, one of eight Western Hemisphere sites leased from Britain for 99 years, hosts extensive naval operations and several ship movements. Builders faced peat depth, cold weather, and housing needs, while secrecy increased as the facility grows.
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Argentia
Newfoundland
New York
London
Great Britain
United States
Continental
Peter Rabbit Calls On Buster Bear To Help Hunters Threaten Forest Friends
Peter Rabbit bravely climbs to the edge of the Green Forest to call on Buster Bear for aid against a hunter distressing the little animals. Buster Bear initially feigns indifference but fears the hunter and considers assisting the forest folk.
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Peter Rabbit
Buster Bear
Peter
Old Granny Fox
Old Man Coyote
Buster
Paddy
Beaver
Mr. Bear
Mistress Moon
Associated Newspapers
WNN Service
New Zealand Army Chief Minimizes Nazi Forces
Wellington New Zealand's General Staff chief Maj Gen Edward Puttick returned from Greece calling the campaign easy going. He praised bluffing as the key tactic and noted the Crete embarkation phase was extremely dangerous yet worthwhile. He argued German troops were not as tough as their fathers in the last war and cited nine Nazis captured hiding behind an olive tree.
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Wellington
N. Z
New Zealand
Edward Puttick
Greece
Crete
Puttick
Unusual Jail Visit Ends With Return to Cell
A local youth, a trusty at the county jail in Painesville Ohio, had $3 and used jail funds to travel to Cleveland for a movie. On exiting the theater he unexpectedly encountered the sheriff, who was there on business. He returned to his jail cell after the meeting.
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Painesville
Ohio
Cleveland
Hunter Wounded by Excited Hound Dog
Carl Smith of Emporia Virginia was hunting for a squirrel when his dog accidentally discharged his gun as Smith climbed a tree to recover the squirrel. The shot struck Smith’s arm in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Carl Smith
Emporia
Smith
Death Ray Could Trigger Brain Fatigue Says Navy Officer
Commander A. P. Krueger reports a magnetic death ray built for naval research emits 9,300 vibrations per second just inside human hearing. Prolonged exposure causes mental fatigue and reduced ability to perform mathematical tasks, with effects lasting hours.
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Berkeley
Calif
A. P. Krueger
Navy
Krueger
Bees Are Livestock by Edict of Wyoming Board
The Wyoming board of equalization ruled bees are livestock to spare beekeepers from winter sugar sales tax. Pigs are pigs and cows are cattle, but bees are declared stock for tax purposes.
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Edict of Wyoming Board
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wyoming
State Board of Equalization
Freshen Crumpled Flowers With Steam Treatment
Advice on reviving crumpled artificial flowers by exposing velvet blooms to light steam from a kettle for several minutes then reshaping and drying them. The method enhances texture and fullness, especially for velvet flowers.
Old Town Well Spouts Gasoline in Mystery
Residents of Taylor Mississippi report the old town well suddenly produces gasoline. A gas odor grew stronger as an investigation showed two feet of gasoline in eight feet of water. A test with a lit match caused a flame burst. geologists traced the fuel to a nearby filling station, though the station owner denied shortages.
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Taylor
Miss
State Geological Survey
J. E. Walker
Vaudeville and War Era Snippets From A New York Page
A collage of humor and cultural notes features Mrs. Jimmy Young gossiping about London air raids, Eddie Cantor and Dot Parker anecdotes, Franz Werfel described by a reporter, Boris Karloff at Elizabeth Arden, and The Andrews Sisters’ Paramount payday. It also notes World War II era political shifts, theater chatter, and miscellaneous urban curiosities and oddities.
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Jimmy Young
London
Occidentals
China
New York
South Carolina
North Carolina
Fifth Avenue
Boris Karloff
Hollywood
Elizabeth Arden’s
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Part of
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Western Newspaper Union
Western Desert
Britain
Thornton W Burgess
James Knight
Willcox B
Tex”) Wild
Paul Penrose
Knight
Los Angeles
Jail Trusty
Hunter
Public Ledger
WNU
Dot
Eddie Cantor
Dot Parker
World-Telly
Franz Werfel
Kartoffel Pfannkuchen
Portison
Stan Portis
Palace Theater
New Yorker
Andrews Sisters
Paramount Theater
America Firsters
Robert C. Benchley
A. A. Berle Jr
T Sec’y
State
Damon Runyon
Hearst
Gail Patrick
Errol Flynn
Eddy Duchin
Geo. Jean Nathan
Jan Masaryk
U.S
Jim Morris
Detroit
Manhattan
Bronx
MGM
Cickens
Broadway
Byron
J. Fuller
Jerry
Link
Kellogg's Pep
Wicknees
Aisas UT
Goldoni
Adlerika
Edelman
Lydia
Diane
Aalay
Doans
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