Jonesboro the Alabama chapter of the United Nations
In Montgomery County Alabama Jonesboro is described as a country retreat of Circuit Court Judge Walter B Jones son of the late governor Thomas Goode Jones The place hosted hundreds of U S aviation cadets and convalescents from Maxwell Field with visitors including RAF French and Chinese cadets The lake Wiggy honors Lt Comdr Richard G Crommelin and the judge notes 85 Jonesboro guests did not return from service
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Alabama
The
United Nations
United States
Britain
France
China
Ping
Montgomery
Walter B. Jones
Thomas Goode Jones
Frank Dixon
Judge Jones
Jonesboro
International Army
U. S
Maxwell Field Hospital
Maxwell
Wiggy
Comdr
Richard G. Crommelin
Montgomery Brothers
Annapolis
Wiggey
Richard
Crommelin
Tokyo
Grand Juror Walks When His Cows Call
In Morgan County Ohio a grand juror walked out to milk his cows ending the sitting before records could be signed. The ensuing delay forced the jury to reconvene to finalize actions taken.
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Columbus
Morgan County
Grand Jury
Early colonial fairs in Delaware and Baltimore
Delaware held its first fair in 1690 at New Castle while Baltimore opened a fair in 1745, marking early development of public markets in the American colonies.
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Delaware
New Castle
Baltimore
Jacksonville cop creates first stop go traffic signal
AP News recounts Edward J. Lotsey a 69 year old ex Jacksonville policeman now federal court bailiff who in 1913 built the first automated stop and go signal device. He used an umbrella a three cell battery powered red and green bulbs and a bell to warn drivers directing traffic with a thumb flick.
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AP News
Jacksonville
Fla
Edward J. Lotsey
Lotsey
Green Shirt Leader Returns From Exile Across Brazil
Rio de Janeiro reports the return of Prinio Salgado, the frail mystic who led the integralist green shirt movement and fled in 1939 after a failed 1938 putsch. He says integralism endures as a doctrine though not as a party, while Brazil’s war minister warns against reviving the movement.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Portugal
Prinio Salgado
Mussolini
Goes Monteiro
Salgado
Integralism
Popular Representation Party
Social Democratic Party
Dutra
Raimundo Padilha
U.S. State Department
Integralists
Padilha
Columist
Chif
Vargas
Getulio Vargas
County gar rodeo fails to attract prize fish
In Leflore County Mississippi the annual county gar rodeo did not bring out the hoped prize fish. Jim Wilks, a longtime local angler, recounts the tale of the legacy fish known as Uncle Jeff and notes the event drew mainly ordinary catches rather than a championship specimen.
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Greenwood
Miss
Leflore
Jim Wilks
Wilks
Jeff
Brazil’s Integralism Faces Wane After Vargas Era
The narrative recalls Plinio Salgado’s 1935 vow as Integralism, once claiming a million supporters, dwindles to few open adherents. Salgado fled from Sao Paulo to Portugal after a failed revolt. many Integralists were imprisoned and an amnesty by Vargas pardoned political prisoners. Salgado’s return and the movement’s fading prominence mark Brazil’s shifting political landscape.
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Salgado
Sao Paulo
Portugal
Vargas
Brazil
Plinio Salgado
Mysterious Creature Weighs About 800 Pounds in Neighborhood
A local resident reports a creature in the neighborhood weighing roughly eight hundred pounds. It is described as unusually tough to kill and resistant to a shotgun and typical fishing gear. Authorities have not confirmed the sighting.
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