Bronx Zoo Ships Backyard Collection to Chile
The Bronx Zoo shipped an urgently requested backyard collection from Conception Zoo in Chile as part of an international animal exchange. The shipment includes two skunks two opossums two sparrow hawks a gray hawk and a red hawk all not native to Chile. A separate Tacoma Washington report notes a lost shell inscription on a turtle found by children with a Baton Rouge origin from 1938 and unclear arrival paths.
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R Animals
New York
Bronx Zoo
Conception Zoo
Chile
Tacoma
Wash
Baton Rouge
Puget Sound
Ius
Revolver Mystery Deepens in Craig’s House
Nurse Keate narrates a tense morning as Craig, recovering from a head injury, confronts a blackout memory and a police inquiry. Revelations swirl around Alexia and Drue, with a revolver found in Drue’s room and murder suspicions cast on Craig’s father, amid mounting family tension and official interest.
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Sarah Keate
Drue
Anna
Mr. Craig
Alexia
Craig
Mrs. Brent
Volver
Onrai
Our Duty on the Home Front in Sixth War Loan
President Eisenhower’s stirring call frames the Sixth War Loan as a vital national duty. The piece urges decisive savings on payrolls and cash purchases to fund the war effort, defeat Germany, and force Japan back, stressing vigilance against complacency and a united home front.
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Hisenhower
Germany
Hitler
Eisenhower
Japan
Pacific
Behold Trouble by Granville Hicks reviewed
The review critiques Hicks's Behold Trouble a novel about Pierre a conscientious objector in upstate New York. It traces Pierre’s motive and obscurity, his flight to mountain caves, and his eventual violent end amid a cast including a Jenny and a belligerent doctor, draft board figures, and a trooper presence. The piece notes strong dialogue and a cool, precise narrative voice and mentions Beethoven's first composition published in 1783 at age thirteen.
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Granville Hicks
Macmillan
Hicks
Pierre
Jenny
New York
Lipstick And Rouge In Modern Woman's Life
A discontinued fragment notes lipstick and rouge as essential to the modern woman alongside food. It quips a reader should beautify even while starved and mocks opinions about others. The piece also jokes about fan wars and a magazine claiming many uses for wood.
Radio Dials Tonight Amid War Tubes Shortage
News from New York reports wartime radio production strains as civilian tube supply falls short of the 18 million target for the year. L J Chatten notes military tube use rising, civilian electronics dimming prospects after Germany’s defeat. Tonight’s dial lists include Lana Turner, Frank Sinatra, Heifetz, Clark Gable, and a melanism note on dark animal strains.
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Butterfield
New York
L. J. Chatten
War Production Board
Radio and Radar Division
Radio Manufacturers’ Association
Japan
Germany
NBC
Lana Turner
Howard Barlow
Voorheel
Jascha Heifetz
CBS
Frank Sinatra
Tallulah’ Bankhead
Robert Montgomery
Clark Gabel
Pittsburgh
Houston
Tex
Horace Heidt
Bulldog Drummond
Music of Worship Returns
Allies Read Last Front Push Ahead Of Rhine Invasion
Washington editors warn the European war may see one final German stand before Berlin as Allied forces push across the Rhine. The piece notes the Siegfried line breach shortens the path to Berlin and discusses Hitler’s autobahnen aiding retreat, while warning against public optimism and highlighting strategic logistics and supply risks.
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Central Press
Washington
Rhine
Berlin
Black Forest
Freiburg
Baden
Heidelburg
Vienna
Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Crisser
Western Front
Hitler
Aachen
Cologne
Bischwellerstaal
SS ST
Hittler
Ene Pg S
Reich
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Low Countries
France
Ike’s Coat Secrets Spark Cafe Laughter
In Springfield a humorous cafe moment unfolds as Ike reveals his own coat pocket containing an unopened cigarette pack. Onlookers mock the scene, noting the easy access and unintended prank. The incident highlights casual bravado and social curiosity in a small town setting.
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Springfield
Heimlich
Ike
Rag Doll Marathon Staged In Hospital
Mrs H F Seay of Norfolk Virginia has made 325 rag dolls as a hospital hobby during two months of treatment at Watts hospital in Durham North Carolina Most dolls go to child patients including babies born in the maternity section Some comic dolls are sent overseas as mascots to armed forces men.
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Durham
N. C
H. F. Seay
Norfolk
Watts Hospital
Watts
Christmas savings clubs grow as year rises
A report notes many working women favor Christmas savings clubs as the surest way to build holiday funds with some members converting deposits to savings accounts. Banks report record club totals this year, with plans to turn savings into war bonds and more durable investments.
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Frank
Risk Watney
Charlesston Clearing House
War Bonds Drive Boosts Savings and Checks Issued
Officials report higher savings due to increased powder purchases and announce checks totaling 503 352 will be sent by four Charleston banks to 7 639 persons. Last year the total was 893 834. About 295 000 will be steel plat engraving. Fairmont National Bank issued 49 000 in checks to 4 000 recipients, doubling last year. Fans have been in China. Three county eastern Panhandle area noted.
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Charleston
China
Panhandle
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Nick
the Literary Guidepost
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Ithe Eine
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Bruce M. Randall
Carl E. Morrison
E. Paulson Smith, Jr
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