Daily Quiz: How Many Can You Answer
A scrambled quiz prompts readers with questions on Army measures time zones and history. It asks about a 1843 end figure, hosting city for an Army Navy game, Patrick Hurley as minister, standard time zones, Merchant Marine Medals, The Seven Lamps of Architecture author, WWI disguised armed ships, Harold Dewey Smith’s federal post, New Hampshire's statehood, and the poem beginning Half-aleague onward.
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U.S. Army
Bas
Patricks
Hurley
United States
B. G
Harold Dewey Smith
States of the Union
Rocket Bomb Potency And Threat Described
The piece discusses a rocket bomb with enhanced speed and penetration, citing a steel cylinder filled with powder and ignition to deliver force. It notes Soviet developments of rocket weapons and a 1930s US Navy Institute report on piercing armor, with analysts predicting rockets could devastate tanks and crews as scientists race to develop their own versions.
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Jamys LH. Peck
U.S. Naval Institute
Peck
Hitler
Profits and Taxes in Postwar American Finance
Gen Leonard P Ayres argues private enterprise should earn profits now to restore normal business after the war. He notes WWI and the postwar years left about 30 billion in undisturbed earnings to fuel recovery while current production falls. Corporations face heavy taxes, and personal income taxes may absorb the shortfall as salaries and wages rise to fund next year’s federal revenue.
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Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland
Enoyety
America
Gen. Ayres
Marine private Schmid wins praise for deed at Guadalcanal
Al bert A. Schmid 22 from Philadelphia, wounded in hospital, is credited with killing over 200 Japanese at Guadalcanal in a single bout while fighting with Lee Diamond and Johnny Rivers. When both comrades were disabled, he kept firing until a grenade stopped his weapon. he survived with severe injuries as the nation honors him.
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Work
Tamas Tennessee
Iar
Philadelphia
Albert A. Schmid
San Diego
Gisdalcanal
Lee Diamond
Johnny Rivers
Schmid Kent
Diamond
Congress Moves Toward Fair War Work Pay Rules
A week of activity in Congress aimed at rationally regulating American manpower in war production and the armed services. The debate centers on industrial work and pay, seeking a fair plan for workers, the public, and the fighting men, with focus on overtime and timely compensation during the war.
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Congress
Ray
Nader
Quotations on Labor and War Debated in Dear Editor Letter
Readers are asked to consider two quotations on labor during wartime. One from Mr Babson claiming Isbor unions and allied forces pressure could end the war. the other from Bile Johnston praising labor’s war contribution but warning against unions’ influence. The letter critiques Babson as potentially aiding the enemy and questions labor versus capitalism amid World War II tensions.
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Voice of the People
Evening Journal
Journal
Mr. Babson
Isbor
Bile 1A. Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Isbar
Ibor Unnions
Tishans
Ainles
Mny Jend
America
The
Chamber of Commerce
Pearl Harbor
Workers of America
Batson
Babson
Germany
Thaly
Inbor
Hitler
England
Briglanc
Dunkerque
Africa
Am Afton
France
Dandelions For Rubber Seen As Big Possibility
Denver AP report surveys early dandelion rubber experiments in Montana and the U.S. West, suggesting potential links to sugar beet processing and regional growing conditions. Experts caution results are preliminary, with complex economics and land labor limits impacting viability.
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Robery E. Geiger
Denver
West
U. S. Forest Service
Montana
R. A. Goster
Russia
United States
Caster
Amier
Sea
B. W. Brandes
Department of Nericulture
Daily Dozen Insects as Food Across Cultures
The article notes that many civilizations eat insects, citing grasshoppers, crickets, locusts, and Brazilian jungle natives as examples. It argues insects offer high nutritive value and that primitive diets include all edible parts of kills, reflecting broader dietary differences between civilized and primitive societies.
Twenty Years Ago From Journal Files Twenty-Eight Eighty Eight
A fragmented 1988 journal excerpt notes a Sunday absence and common errors in usage. It references sentence correctness about plural subjects and includes garbled tests on pronouns and verb agreement. The text hints at historical farming topics and soybeans in the era.
Aluminum manufacturing uses Arkansas slejonita ore
The brief notes that th y Day woMesite ore is used in aluminum production and that the Arkansas slejonita provides about one sixth of the total ore for the United States. It also mentions a Surinam import for the retoulder and describes peat and marshy ground composition. On January 2, 1601 Solomon ba Chair was named the first public notary of New Amsterdam.
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United States
Surinam
South America
Solomon Ba
New Amsterdam
New York
Madame Putura Predicts Biscuits With Calciums Rumford Hint
A scribe notes a quirky dime-store seeress claiming a husband has a wish for biscuits and mystical symbols. She touts a secret charm using Rumford Baking Powder to meet daily calcium and phosphorus needs. The piece advertises Rumford’s sugarless recipe folder and a trip to Rumford, Rhode Island.
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Rumford
Rumford Baking Powder
Hor BS
Rhode Island
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