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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1952
Page
16
Olin G. Blackwell of the Federal Bureau of Prisons showed several escape devices at a National Jail Association event. Demonstrations included a toothbrush-handle key, an electric bar cutter linked to prison current, a harmless pencil with a scalpel blade, and a bar saw made from a table knife.
Belief links Hallowe'en celebrations to Druids and their rituals, suggesting a historical connection between the festival and pre Christian traditions.
A batch of short comic bits and anecdotes including a dying man seeking another doctor, a drunken hotel guest moved to a new room, a bragging puppy lie contest, a pious rebuke, a bragging usher and a forgivable kicker, plus light social quips and punchlines.
A mixed crossword and cryptogram page with clues for across and down words, plus a daily cryptoquote puzzle using a substitution key. Includes numerous wordplay hints, with several entries referencing geography, language, and everyday objects.
British scientists unveiled a sun powered cooker using mirrors and lenses to focus sunlight on a cooking chamber. The device could eliminate char coal from backyards and hint at solar energy applications for industry.
Early in life fresh water clams attach to fish as parasites. The statement notes a parasitic stage in the clam's development and highlights the host relationship during juvenile phases.
Readable texts describe the English Channel region once being a vast river valley shaping coastlines and geography. The note highlights geological change from river valley to tidal channel forming modern seaboard.
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