Illustrious narrowly survives Nazi air assault in central Mediterranean
Eyewitness account aboard HMS Illustrious describes a seven hour attack by 40 to 50 Nazi dive bombers. The carrier, suffering extensive damage to port side, reached a Mediterranean port under its own power after a brutal onslaught that included 1,000 pound bombs, torpedo threats, and heavy anti aircraft fire.
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Lanny Allen
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Illusfrious
Barthway
Aviation Intelligence
Blusiricus
DNB
Reece BS
New Indian and Hawaiian inspired play outfits spark Hollywood trend
Florida reports on fashion designers debating bare midriff styles while showcasing 1941 outfits. Esther Fernandez models an Indian inspired sleeveless top with elastic bands, bright prints for silk jersey, and pareu lines. Hawaiian sashes, long streamers, and six inch waistbands bridge shorts and jackets in four piece ensembles.
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Hollywood
Esther Fernandez
Paramount
Mexico
Virginia Dale
Fila Hayworth
Esther Ferna
Streen
Bard- Tis
German Attack Ends as Fire Squads Quell SMS Fire Aboard
Fire squads aboard quickly extinguished an internal SMS fire after a German attack. Shipwrights began immediate repairs to seal bomb holes and restore the vessel for sea duty. The dead were buried at sea in the waters where they fought.
Digest Of Bills In State Legislature PIERRE
South Dakota legislature introduces Senate bills SB 24 to SB 22 and House bills HB 24 to HB 27, proposing repeal of the 1939 capital punishment act, tree planting reimbursements, tax and fee adjustments, budget appropriations, and municipal court staffing. Resolutions aim to alter school fund loan rates and state redistricting to add House members, with changes to permanent school fund loan interest and county representation.
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Senate
Beck
Hyde
Jacobs of Faulk
Doris L. Stewart
Nash
Charles Mix
Appropriations Committee
Sorenson
Devel
Gardner
Harding
Masters
Minnehaha
Anderson
Sioux Falls
Denel
Ward Listed In Musical Who's Who 1941
Loftus Hume Ward, educator and musician from South Dakota, is named in Who is Who in Music 1941. The Huron College music director, born in Pueblo, Colorado, is listed as educator, baritone, organist, choral director with extensive credits and numerous leadership roles in South Dakota theaters, schools, and music programs.
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South
Drake University
University of California
Holmes Cowper
Arthur Foote
Fred. Jerick Chapman
Addie Barnette
B.S
Drake
Northwest
KGHL
WCMA
Washington, D.C
Peoria
Culver Military Academy
Billings Polytechnic Institute
South Dakota
W. P. AL
Huron Civic Recreation Project
Huron College School of
Mae ‘Ste
Huron College Choir
Hurorm Elks Male Chorus
All Static Elks Chorus
P. T. A. Chorus
Biscuit Memento From David College Oven Saves Pan
Robert S. King owns a 47 7 biscuit baked at David College. He recalls his father-in-law watching the first pan pulled from the oven in the college’s new kitchen in 72893. He pocketed it as a keepsake rather than eating it.
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Nashville
Tenn
Robert S. King
David College
King
Scomb
Prisoner boasts trapping 100 mice in 24 hours
In Richmond on January 16 a city jail prisoner claimed with a dozen mouse traps he could catch 100 mice in a day. A newspaperman witnessed him set traps that allegedly went off like machine guns, producing three dead mice and one live mouse the next day, as the jailer borrowed a trap and then patted a mouse.
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Richmond
Therisoner
War Today Declares German Drive in Central Mediterranean
DeWITT MacKENZIE reports a German offensive against the British fleet in the central Mediterranean. The campaign appears aimed at breaking the British blockade, reopening sea links to Africa, and allowing Hitler to reinforce Axis forces in Africa and aid Mussolini’s Libyan army. Reports suggest the operation is a rescue effort for a faltering Axis partner amid the Albania theater.
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Mediterranean
Mustoig
Albania
Italy
Graxiani
Africa
Hitler
Axis planning and desert warfare limits in World War II era notes
A fragmentary historical column discusses Graziani's Libyan siege, Nazi air superiority in the Mediterranean, and potential German aid. It notes Hitler’s opportunism, desert combat limits, and recalls a 1916 German tactic in the Sinai. Also mixed are inconsistent numbers about Yellowstone visitors and an 18th century landmark.
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Sinai Desert
Suez Canal
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