Maurice Chevalier in Paris Underground Story
The piece recounts underground views on Maurice Chevalier’s wartime activities, praising his support for French prisoners and resistance figures while noting trips into Germany were for entertainment. It blends mob talk from Parisian insiders with a travelogue of scenes around Montmartre and the Boulevards, portraying Chevalier as a controversial yet influential figure.
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Ernést Lubitech
Tae
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France
Chevalier Wagin
Champs Elysee
Lily
Paris
Maxine de Biex
Variety
Maxine
Underground
Chevalier
Resistance
Sandrini
Hitlerland
P. W
The
ABC
Montmarte
Hostess With Million Miles Seeks Auckland Run
Louise Weedie Taylor a 23 year old Pan American Clipper hostess with San Francisco base has flown over a million miles. She seeks to command the new 8000 mile San Francisco to Auckland run but requests assignment only if female crew can serve at island bases. She plans marriage and wants six children, volunteers as a nurse aid between flights.
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San Francisco
Louise
Weedie)Taylor
Pan- American World Airways
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Miss Taylor
Pan-American
Auckland
New Zealand
Weedie
Tren
Airways
Lancaster, Pa
Pennsylvania Central
Army
Harold George
Hhis
Air Corps
Weddie
Airlines
Weedle
Exonerated Roses Blamed For Hay Fever Outbreak
In a surprising turn, roses are exonerated as the cause of hay fever after initial accusations against Goldenred bloom were criticized. The season’s heightened pollen confusion prompted earlier blame on the wrong flowering plant.
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Goldenred
Solar Incubator Nests of Sunlit Turkey Describe Giant Sand Dome
The Australian brush turkey builds a colossal nest of sand and leaf mold weighing several tons and about 23 feet in diameter. The sun heats the structure to incubate the eggs, creating a natural solar oven.
Alcock and Brown First Nonstop Atlantic Flight
John Alcock and A W Brown completed the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1919, landing in Clifton Ireland after taking off from Newfoundland. The historic achievement marked a major milestone in aviation history and showcased early long distance air travel.
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John Alcock
A. W. Brown
Atlantic
Clifton
Ireland
Newfoundland
Farm stunt carves bond message in wheat field
Raymond Morris of Garden City Kansas, a farmer, carved a one quarter mile long buy bonds message by plowing through black letters in a field of wheat stubble. A science note states an object weighing 190 pounds at the equator would weigh 191 pounds at either pole.
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Raymond Morris
Garden City
Kans
Equator
Pola
Heavy Consumer A Battleship Displays Cable Use
A battleship uses vast quantities of cable and steel to protect and power its operations. Reports indicate about 1,2000 feet of electrical cable and up to 400,000,000 feet of fine woven galvanized steel with protective features used to shield these cables.
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Anj
Liked Owls and Early Balloon Flight Noted
In England farmers once built barn windows to favor the barn owl for its rodent control. Separately, 1783 marked the first manned balloon flight by Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d Arlandes, ascending over Paris on a free balloon fueled by burning straw.
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England
France
Pilatre de Rozier
Marquis D’arlandes
Pari
Arctic tern makes long voyage then returns to breeding grounds
A line of notes mentions the Arctic tern flying about 11,000 miles to spend 14 weeks at its northern breeding grounds in the Arctic before embarking on a return flight of equal length to the Antarctic. The piece also highlights Charleston, South Carolina, boasting a bridge nearly three miles long across the Cooper River.
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Arctic
Antarctic
Charleston
S. C
Cooper River
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