General Quiz and Answers from a Fragment
A fragment lists questions and answers on various topics from biblical references to geography and physiology. It includes inquiries about Song of Solomon, speeds of meteors, the Casket Girls, Robert E. Lee, Bible word counts, Arling ton National Cemetery, Mount Popocatepetl location, Los Angeles area size, Earth's oxygen, blood volume by body fat, and ends with a cartoon dialogue about a Cockney and a G I describing a voyage to South America.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Mount Popovatepet
United States
Louisiana
Robert E. Lee
Thuringia
Germany
Mexico
Los Angeles
Calif
Britain Will Fight If Russia Attacks Bases Available
The article discusses U.S. defense planners considering European air bases in wartime. It states Britain would fight Russia and offer bases for American bombers, with Britain and Spain as potential bases if the Red Army advances toward the English Channel. The piece notes French and continental opinion on neutrality and strategic implications for U.S. plans.
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Britain
Europe
Nue
U.S
Red Army
English Channel
Spain
United States
Russia
Navajos Could Own Vast Uranium Reserve on Land
Uranium is being extracted on Navajo territory in the Arizona New Mexico border region by the Vanadium Corporation of America. The Navajo, living in poverty, have not received royalties while the company collects 10 percent on vanadium compounds and potentially on uranium as a by product. The uranium royalty and security issues are shrouded in secrecy, with government details limited.
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Arizona
New Mexico
U.S
United States
Vanadium Corporation of America
Vanadium Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Navajo
Indian Service
Stalin's Cigarette Case Story Tells Diplomatic Humor
Comrade Andrei Gromyko, Russia's UN ambassador, recalls at Yalta Churchill's gold cigarette case with inscription To Winston from his colleagues in the house of commons and Roosevelt's case To FDR from the boys on Capitol Hill. Stalin then received a diamond studded case inscribed To Count Szecheny from his friends at the jockey club. Gromyko roared with laughter.
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Stalin
Andrei Gromyko
Russia
United Nations
Gromyko
Yalta
Winston Churchill
Fdr
Winston
House of Commons
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Count Szecheny
Jockey Club
Zechariah and the path to a united, righteous community
The text outlines Zechariah’s priestly lineage, his prophecy urging righteousness to rebuild the temple, and the danger of secularism. It stresses kindness, justice, and fidelity, echoing Psalms 24 and the Ten Commandments, urging readers to seek God first and become living stones in a godly nation.
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Pcharia
Babylon
Berechilah
Iddo
Haggai
Zechariah
Temple
Jerusalem
United States
God
Bible Principles and National Prosperity Quote
The passage presents Daniel Webster warning that prosperity depends on obedience to Biblical principles. It emphasizes that neglect could bring sudden catastrophe and bury national glory in obscurity. The quote underscores the linkage between faith and civic fate.
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Daniel Webster
Inventions and facts from a curious Q and A column
Benjamin Franklin is credited with inventing the long pole used by grocers to reach cans on high shelves. Verkhoyansk, Siberia, records the coldest land temperature with January averages about 50 degrees below zero. Birds sleep in nests mostly when their conditions allow. young birds may stay near nests. Pears in restaurant oysters are rarely valuable. if cooked, the pear is practically worthless. Eyes cannot see while moving. you are effectively stone blind when the eyes move.
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Benjamine Franklin
Verkhoyansk
Siberia
Tossed From His Car Driver Chases Vehicle
In Lynn Massachusetts Roger Bragdon started a motor trip from Lynn to Revere. His car collided with a trolley, tossed Bragdon from the vehicle, and it continued on. He pursued the car for several blocks and climbed back into the driver's seat.
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Lynn
Mass
Roger Bragdon
Revere
Bragdon
Retired Minister Reads Bible Fully Repeatedly
Cambridge based Reverend Benjamin Beers aged 71 has completed reading the entire Bible 50 times and the New Testament 115 times. He practices daily readings two or three times for about two hours, as a longtime United Pentecostal Council minister of the Assemblies of God.
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Cambridge
Mass
Benjamin Beers
United Pentecostal Council of
The
Assemblies of God
Chip on the shoulder hints at higher wood up the tree
A proverb-like remark suggests a stubborn stance signals taller timber above. The line plays on a chip indicating there is wood higher up, implying hidden potential or greater stakes beyond the surface.
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