Mines Swell Toll of North Sea Merchant Casualties
In the North Sea mines increased wartime losses among merchant ships. The Norwegian steamer Biarritz sank after a mine, while Borgholm rescued 12 passengers and 7 crew. 12 passengers and 26 crew members were lost. Onto sank after a mine. 18 crew reached English port aboard Greek vessel. Patria sank en route to Goleborg. four of 21 crew landed in Sweden. A Netherlands steamer delivered four bodies from a North Sea wall. Ila was sunk last Sunday off the English coast. Mauth reached a Norwegian port after its wreck. The Forfait distress prompted Cellina to assist. Grenville sinking numbers were revised to 68 missing.
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London
North Sea
Mediterranean
Cellina
Biarritz
Netherlands
Borgholm
Patria
Rotterdam
Goleborg
Sweden
Norweg
Ila
Mauth
Admiralty
Grenville
Huronian's Father Dies In Nebraska
L Aged 71, former Randolph Times editor Zo y L Peck died in germ. Peck began as a newspaperman at Anamosa Iowa and moved to Randolph in 1900. Survived by two daughters and a son Floyd E Peck of Huron and Mrs F E Peck of 7754 Montana Ave SW. Funeral services planned with family to attend in Huron.
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Whewerh
Wee
Zoy L. Peck
Randolph Times
Peck
Watever
Anamosa
Randolph
Floyd E
Huron
F. E. Peck
Montana Avenue
Ve Huron
T. Peck
Hiron
Col
Getting Away From It All A World of Remote Living
A fragmented excerpt discusses people seeking secluded life amid global conflicts and bloodshed. It notes a desire to escape war’s reach and find private space where individuals can govern their own lives, asserting personal control despite a crowded world.
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Cormere
Ward Mountain
Asheville, N. C
Cordelia Ward
Ohio House Ends Session After Defense Budget Debate
At 125,000 innocent persons in Ohio's pension rolls the session stretched to dusk as lawmakers delay a bill allocating 1.082 billion dollars for treasury and post office needs. The appropriations committee trimmed 11.491 million from estimates and seeks further cuts on the floor. A separate deficiency bill proposing 251.822 million for emergency defense and neutrality costs awaits Senate action where economy opponents anticipate a victory.
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Ohio
House
Treasury
Post Office
Senate
Ben Swanson Exhibition Highlights Minnesota Landscape Works
Ben Swanson’s watercolors and oils titled Red Barn and Grave Pit on the Mississippi are praised at an art exhibit hung in Huron College in Minnesota. Robert Brown, a veteran freelance artist with extensive training, is noted for The Earth Gives Up and several Federal Art Project works. Notices began arriving yesterday.
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Red Barn
Mississippi
Ben Swanson
Huron College
Minnesota
Robert Brown
Brown
Art Students League
New York City
Great Northern
Gordon Ferguson
Smith and Ericson
Chicago
Washington, D
Bricker Criticizes Roosevelt Over Ohio Pension Aid Veto
Gov. John W. Bricker denounces President Roosevelt after a veto on federal aid to Ohio old age pensions. He argues the veto shows the New Deal subverting humanitarian principles for political gain. The episode follows October 1938 withholding of funds amid accusations of political use of the system.
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Jenkins
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Bricker
John W. Bricker
Art Exhibit Attendance by Interested Groups This Week
A class in creative writing notes that interested groups will attend the art exhibit this week. The report highlights planned participation and aims to showcase student work to a broader audience.
Farewell for Mrs Cranston and art exhibit visit option
Mrs Averil Henningsen led adult education in a farewell for Mrs Howard Cranston who leaves for Sleepy Eye Minnesota. Call 3474 to arrange visits in the afternoon. Rural residents who missed the art exhibit may visit this Saturday or the following weekend, says county superintendent Eva Madden.
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Ing
Averil Henningsen
Howard Cranston
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Eva Madden
Mabel A. Bennett
Van Voorhis Rites Set For Friday
Funeral services for Arthur Delbert Bert Van Voorhis Hitchcock post master who died at his home at 9 yesterday morning will be held Friday afternoon at 130 at the home and 2 in the Presbyterian Church Burial will be in Altoona Cemetery The Rev Joseph Whitt of Hitchcock will conduct the services He had recently undergone amputation of both legs after a protracted illness He was 56 a resident of Hitchcock since 1838 Surviving are his widow two sons and a daughter He is brother of Sam Van Voorhis of Huron and son of Levi Van Voorhis Civil War veteran of Huron now wintering in California
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Hitchcock
Arthur Delbert
Bert) van Voorhis
Presbyterian Church
Altoona
Joseph Whitt
van Voorhis
Huron
Mr. van Voorhis
Sam van Voorhis
Levi van Voorhis
California
New Park Site Improvement Under CCC Fill-in Work
A Veterans CCC Camp crew of 40 to 50 men is advancing on a fill-in project along the James River, near Ravine Park and east of Riverside Drive. The one-acre site north of the C W W railroad bridge will host a city park, with future tree planting and beautification plans. Capt. John Spensier supervises the work, slowed briefly by sub zero weather but to resume as temperatures moderate.
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James River
Dow L Sears
Ravine Park
Riverside Drive
Sears
CCC
John Spensier
Insect Antennae Detect Vibrations Attract Others Far
Insects mainly have hairlike antennae that are highly sensitive to vibrations. These sensory organs enable individuals to attract others from long distances, a well established biological fact.
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Nebraska
API
Ae Air
Tltt Theatre
Paris
Television Spy
Long Ranger
Cartoon News
George Dibbern
Germany
San Francisco
Dibbern
Eileen Morris
New Zealand
Les
Emmet R. Blake
Field Museum
Central
South America
Blake
Brill
L. D. Livingstone
Empire
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
Arctic Circle
A. R. McCay
Sgene Emil
Inblana
Penney
EAN Eys
Tex Rose
EN Ney’s
Fae Ee Eed Company
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