Vara's Confession Sparks New Life in Theater World
Vara Vadne, dying on stage, confesses a past wrong to Devona and Dale. She receives a life changing offer from George Barnard to star in a repertory company, ending her deathbed drama. Meanwhile Devona and Dale face a future with Talbot Brasher as plans for a quiet wedding unfold.
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Vara Vadne
George Barnard
Barnard
George
Vara
Dale
Devona
Darling
Deevna
Daughter of Destiny Love Triangle in Stage Show
Tal greets Dale and Devona amid a crowd as he introduces Dale to Miss Gay Dorset the star of their show. Devona teases Tal about their arrangements while Tal defends his fianc e and praises the actress’s dialogue and charm.
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Tal
Dale
Miss Gay Dorset
Devona
Miss Devona Raebourne
Shell
Ancient Greek Pebble Voting Method Described
The Greeks used a system with an urn for each candidate. Voters threw a white pebble to support a candidate and a black pebble to oppose them, a practice lasting about 2,500 years.
Floating Foundries Britain Keeps Med Fleet Ships Ready
British floating foundries supply the Mediterranean fleet with repair parts from bread to bolts. A 10,000 ton depot ship operates under a rear admiral with hundreds of sailors repairing spares and forging new parts in a live foundry. The shipwrights, coppersmiths, and welders maintain destroyers and smaller craft while the ship bakery feeds many vessels. Nearly 1,000 sailors and 50 officers perform this essential support work.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Alexandria
Gems of Thought: Peaceful Living and Inner Strength
A collection of aphorisms from Cobbe Chamfort Eddy Leacock and Fenelon praising peace, inner virtue, and nonviolence. The quotes urge charity, prejudice destruction, nonretaliation, and power of ideas over force as guiding principles for humane conduct.
Compulsory National Registration Praised in Canada
Hon. J. T. Thorson lauded Canada’s response to compulsory National Registration for sixteen year olds. Bureau data show 222,000 reached sixteen in the past year, about 112,000 males and 110,000 females, with Ottawa forms returning favorable figures. Post offices supply forms and postmasters explain registration and replacement cards.
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J. T. Thorson
National War Services
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
National Registration Bureau
Ottawa
Mr. Thorson
Dominion
Rising Costs In Bakeries Amid Nickel Rolls Story
A brief anecdote recalls a girl asking for a nickel worth of rolls at a neighborhood bakery and receiving seven cents as the price. The note also mentions Barrow Alaska as the northernmost U S town on the continent.
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New Yorker
Barrow
Alaska
Kellogg’s All-Bran Boosts Health Claims From Ontario Reader
Mrs. E. Goodale of Hamilton Ontario reports five months of steady use with Kellogg’s All-Bran. She says previous pills and powders caused discomfort but All-Bran has done her much good. She vows to keep it in the house and endorses its better way.
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Mrs. E. Goodale
Hamilton
Ontario
Kellogg’s
London
Canada
Hitler faces supply crunch on 2000 mile Russian front
The author argues that deploying 2,000,000 German troops along a 2,000 mile front in a Russian winter is impractical. He notes strained German logistics, limited rail capacity, timber for huts, heating needs, and the necessity to secure towns like Moscow and Leningrad. Conclusion reads that wintering plans require either redeploying troops or risking counter-attacks by Voroshilov or Timofanovich.
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Hitler
Germany
Poland
France
Russia
Moscow
Leningrad
North
Africa
Voroshilov
Timoshenko
Bride Price by Instalment in Kei Islands
The Field Museum in Chicago reports that brides in the Kei Islands of the Netherlands East Indies are bought on an installment plan. The groom and bride’s father set a price, sometimes around $5,000. Payments arrive as silver money, gold ornaments, or pigs, with the father recording payments on a carved board that serves as a title certificate.
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Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Kei Islands
Netherlands East Indies
Rural Iceland Embraces Modern Fashion Over National Dress
In Iceland, younger women largely abandon the traditional costume for European and American styles. Natives note the elaborate attire with a long skirt and velvet headdress is cumbersome, now mainly worn on holidays. The passage also claims that machinery manufacturing is the largest U.S. industry.
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Iceland
Europe
America
Babies Smile Amid Looming Debt Mountain
A reflective note on how future generations may bear the burden of current financial choices as debts accumulate. The statement connects infant happiness with the weight of long term fiscal obligations.
First Airline Stewardess Miss Elfen Church Recalled
Elfen Church the world first airline stewardess and now nursing supervisor at a Louisville hospital helped celebrate the 21st anniversary of the nations original coast to coast airway. She flew from San Francisco to Cheyenne on May 15 1930 for Boeing Air Transport and organized the first group of stewardesses. She led as chief stewardess for more than two years before returning to nursing. Her flight philosophy centered on comfort and hot meals to popularize air travel.
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Elfen Church
Louisville
Miss Church
San Francisco
Cheyenne
Boeing Air Transport
United Air Lines
Beekeepers urged to boost honey for postwar victory
Allan T. Brown of Peterborough told the Ontario Beekeepers Association at Niagara Falls that food shortages will rise as men join war industries. He urged Canadians to produce for victory now and after the war, tapping machinery for honey and improved management to raise output despite rising prices.
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Allan T. Brown
Peterborough
Ontario Beekeepers’ Association
Niagara Falls
Canada
Mr. Brown
Beaverbrook Seizes Railings and Fences at Cherkley
Contributing Metal Lord Beaverbrook says his own railings and fences at Cherkley have been seized by the Ministry of Supply. The action accompanies a communique from the minister outlining the seizure as part of wartime scrap metal drives.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Cherkley
Ministry of Supply
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