Navy in Iceland and global war outlook in 1940s notice
Newspaper digest notes U S Navy forces arriving in Iceland to establish a base and improve Atlantic security, with promises of full equipment. Editorials on wartime urgency, urging action over complacency. Commentary highlights Walter Lippmann and prison reformer Lewis E Lawes, linking domestic reform to war effort.
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Iceland
United States Navy
Tesland
Teeland
Great Britain
Atlantic
Daily Quiz and Watchman Questions on Rail Crossings
A jumble of quiz items on tongues festival uniforms and US presidents plus a poem style inquiry about train crossings and signals. The piece cites a classified page for answers and includes the watchman poem by C B Porter asking about trains grades signals and state commission input.
Monument at Cocek's Bridge Flags First Unfurling
A handsome monument at Cocek's Bridge in Delaware marks where the United States flag was first unfurled on land on September 3 1777. Oklahoma City's drinking water reportedly contains the highest mineral content in the United States at 124 grains per quart. Civil War figure John Brown faced two harassments and fathered 20 children, eight of whom died in early childhood.
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Del
United States
Oklahoma City
Okla
John Brown
Prison reform debate echoes through uncertain lines
A fragment reflects on prison reform and penology, noting skepticism toward harsher early practices. The text suggests giving half a chance to improve jail conditions and acknowledges mixed views among society about rehabilitation and punishment.
Man About Manhattan and the Hudson River's Deep History
Essayist contemplates the Hudson River's vast history through Croswell Bowen’s photographs in Great River of the Mountains The Hudson. He notes battles legends and industry lining its banks and reflects on the river as New York’s breath and pulse across centuries.
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Hudson River
New York
Toledo
Ohio
Buckeye
Croswell Bowen
Bows Bowen Hiss
Carl Carmer
Bowen
M. V
Vassar
Font
The
Hudson
Hastings House
Washington
Lafayette
Spiders: Black Widow Threat Evident Worldwide
The article warns of the Black Widow spider Latrodectus mactans, a dangerous species found globally from Atlas to Arlwonus. It describes bites as sudden sharp stings causing pain spreading to the abdomen chest and legs, with possible numbness and spasms lasting months. Death rate stated as about a certain percent, depending on bite severity and location.
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Ateden
Arlwonus
Twenty Years Ago Paper Sunday's Common Error
A reader notes a common error in a dated Sunday issue quoting a sentence about a man who had hardly laid down when he was aroused. The comment identifies the misused past participle form and calls out incorrect phrasing in the original text.
Dunkirk Man Found Guilty of Larceny
James AWay, Jilly Wolarence M Boehm, 52, of 748 Lamphere Street Dunkirk, was found guilty by a jury in United States district court here Wednesday on a charge of stealing calves from an interstate shipment at Dunkirk on September 13, 1940. Judge John Knight granted the defense motion to continue bail until next Tuesday for defense motions. Assistant U S Attorney Robert Mc Hitchcock prosecuted the case.
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James
Jilly Wolarence M. Boehm
Lamphere Street
Dunkirk
United States District Court
Dunlkirk
Dudge John Knight
U. S
Robert MC Hitchcock
Five Sentenced by Judge Evans in Erie Court
Erie July 1 five defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Himer L. Bivans and were sentenced. William Niemler, 24, Waterford, got 30 days in Erie County Prison and costs for driving without a license for the fourth time. He owed $100 on a 1938 judgment and was told to pay within a set period or face another sentence. John Kelly, 50, was given 60 days for defrauding five Erie housewives of refrigerator appliances amounting to $15. Paul Soya, 22, West 10th Street, received a suspended sentence until September for driving with unregistered license tags. Grant McClelland, 45, Wattsburg, admitted passing four checks for $34 without funds and was ordered to 16 months in White to make restitution and pay costs over $200. The report notes McClelland claimed a drunken spree after arriving in the city.
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Erie
Piye
Himer L. Bivans
William Neimer
Waterford
Erie County
Niemler
Burton R. Landold
Evans
Exie
Nebler
John Kelly
Paul Soya
West 10Th Street
Grant Mccisiland
Wattsburg
McClelland
Acid reviews turn film titles into quick jabs by HOBBIN COONS
Hollywood Sights and Sounds plays a game where critics rate films by turning titles into sharp one liners. It notes how the practice reveals opinions on old and new movies, with examples and a remembered industry anecdote about Lucien Ballard rising from studio aide to chief cameraman.
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Hobbin Coons
Pollywood
Frank Dis Vegard
Man Admits Stolen Chickens and Receives Sentence
John Riley admitted stealing two chickens valued at three dollars each. He received a suspended sentence and four months to make restitution and pay the cost of prosecution.
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John Riley
Draft Board Plans Shortfall to Fill August Quota
The DuBois draft board says the July induction will proceed on July 2 with 12 men available. A shortfall forces the board to seek additional men to meet the August quota.
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Rey Figne
DuBois
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