Marcel Cerdan aboard Air France Constellation crash
New York reporting that an Air France Constellation with 48 aboard including former boxing champion Marcel Cerdan, manager Ginette Neveu, and 11 Americans crashed on Peak Algarvia near Santa Maria in the Azores. Wreckage found on San Miguel Island. a heavy death toll is feared.
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New York
Air France
Marcel Cerdan
Ginette Neveu
Azores
Santa Maria
Algarvia
San Miguel
International
Mystery Spy Named From WWI Era
The column recalls a Dutch born woman, claimed spy in World War I, using a Parisian disguise. Born August 7, 1876 in Leeuwarden, she married, danced in Paris, and informed allies through coded letters. Executed by firing squad on October 15, 1917. What was her name?
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Siva
Leeuwarden
Netherlands
Paris
France
Innocent
Holland
Mexican leader rise sparks a presidential path
The column recalls a Mexican official who rose from justice to governor and senator, becoming president in 1946 and the first Mexican leader to visit the U.S. White House. It lists contemporaries born or died, from Miles Standish to Eleanora Duse, and ends with a quiz question.
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Sayula
Vera Cruz
Mexico
National University
Supreme Court of
United States
White House
James
Ste. Therese of
Lisieux
Miles Standish
Jeader
Plymouth
William Crawford
Army
Eleanora Duse
Adowa
Ethiopia
Fragmented Odds and Ends From Unreadable OCR
A compilation of dubious statements and garbled phrases about elephants weather places and politics. It mashes names and events with inconsistent spelling, referencing Africa Asia and Europe in a surreal collage with no clear news thread.
Across clues and cryptogram puzzle snippet
Puzzle fill list mixes dictionary style clues and a Daily Cryptogram. It includes numbered across hints with multiple language references and a long cryptogram quotation using a substitution cipher. the page also shows a prior day cryptogram solution and a note on how to decode using a mapping.
Onions sprout in spring and Oklahoma mistletoe noted
In a brief oddities feature, onions left in winter ground sprout in spring, even before snow clears, yielding early greens. The piece also notes Oklahoma's state flower as mistletoe and that automotive inventions comprise one sixth of U.S. yearly patents.
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United States
Government Encourages Backyard Pond Fish Farming
The government promotes pond fish culture to boost food supply. It notes ponds on farms near urban areas can yield 500 to 600 pounds per acre after fertilizer, with fish growing to pan size in a year. The aim is one million producing fresh water ponds nationwide, stocked with sunfish and bass, requiring little ongoing maintenance.
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Byshington
PRN SE Owery
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Orient
France
Poland
Philippines
United States
Fish and Wildlife Service
Department
of Agriculture
ae _ sui Service
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Kins Features Syndicate
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Leros
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Oklahoma
Eller
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California
Barbara Nickols
New Castle County
Wilmington
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Atlantic Fleet
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