Sands of Hazard Chapter IX Rescue Amid Desert Pursuit
Jack Storey and Annette Fournier escape a desert ambush after a tense knife fight and gunfire. Abdullah Ismeddin arrives with the Kahiri to escort the group toward safety as Andre Ribott and Muhammad ibn Mulai regroup at a Bedouin camp under dawn light.
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Storey
Ibn Zeid
Annette
Mohammed
Torey
Zeid
Sheik Ismeddin
Mohammed Ibn Mulai
Quici
Jacques
Ismeddin the Lawless
Hou
Allah
Jack Storey
Capt. Lebeau
Sidi Ribett
Infield
Monsieur Jacques
Andre Ribott
Intelligence Service
Annette Fournier
Madamoiselle
Heik Ismeddin
Monseur
Ismeddin
Kahiri
Ribott
Bir Mazoul
Sidi
Gun Girls of the ATS Stand in Anti Aircraft Roles
The Windsor Star describes the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service unit known as the gun girls detachment. A mix of female operator teams man telephones range-finders predictors and measurement gear while 12 person teams work five day tours sleeping at posts. They support anti aircraft batteries during Nazi air raids with trained efficiency.
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Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Great Britain
Pistor Street: Ancient Bakers Named for Their Mortar Trade
In ancient Rome bakers were called pistores or pounders. The term derives from pounders who used a pestle in a mortar to crush grain, shaping the profession’s name and craft.
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Rome
Crossword Puzzle Clues and Answers Mixed
A crossword style list presents horizontal and vertical clues with numbers and some garbled text. Entries include common words for scent enclosure peaceable ejected to color place hail Babylonian fod to go before preposition sleep sound tantalum symbol pillars of India sheep language point of highest peak and many more across a dense clue set.
Ruins of Stalingrad Stand as Symbol of German Destruction
Correspondent reports Stalingrad reduced to ruins after prolonged siege with no streets or parks left. Millions of shell packed bricks and metal debris replace former industries like the Dzrershinsky tractor plant, illustrating Hitler’s boast that Russians would find only debris. The destruction surpasses past Mongol and Central Asian devastation.
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Stalingrad
Dzrershinsky Tractor Plant
Serafimovich
Adolf Hitler
Genghis Khan
Central Asia
Paderewski Sends Hair Sample Reply To Admirer
A feminine admirer asked for a lock of Paderewski's hair and received a reply from the pianist's secretary stating that he could not identify the owner. The note humorously offers samples from his valet, cook, and waiter as well as a pullman mattress.
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Ignace Paderewski
Paderewski
Women of Royal Canadian Air Force begin overseas service
The first contingent of the RCAF Women's Division sails to Great Britain to relieve male personnel for more active service. Airwoman First Class Nora Botterill of Rocanville Sask answers questions at the Information Office as part of the overseas contribution and shows the varied duties undertaken by the unit.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Great Britain
RCAF
Nora Botterill
Rocanville
Sask
Number of Women in War Industries Surges in Canada
Mrs Rex Eaton, associate director of national selective Service, said in Montreal that women in war industries have risen from 68,000 thirteen months ago to 120,000 six months later and to an estimated 225,000 presently, describing the group as a great industrial army.
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Montreal
Rex Eaton
National Selective Service
Council of Women
Jokes and Epigrams from a Busy Parlor
A collection of quick wits and puns touching marriage, bills, farming, kitchen mishaps, mobility, moss utility, thieves, poetry versus prose, medical mixups, and a vocalist in an auto accident. The humor hinges on wordplay and simple setups with punchlines.
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Monsieur Storey
Spahi
Ain Saffa
Sarge
Europe
Agia
Philippine Faraga
Levi
Tosageer
Lis
Menry Shapiromer
Photo
Jesu MMi _ Times
Toronto
Royal Yeast
Seth
Canada
Grace
Edith
Marge
Bridget
Tommy
Rees
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