Administration abandons Reynolds bid for Senate chair
Washington May 5 Administrations supporters largely abandoned a bid to block Senator Reynolds D NC from chairing the Senate Military Affairs Committee amid protests over his criticism of Britain aid. Reynolds warned he would appeal, while steering committee hints favored seniority and Reynolds held backing from some Democrats wary of removing him.
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Explosion Echoes Through City After Hale Shipment
Carolyn Trembles as a distant explosion rattles her laboratory world. She searches for Robert Hale to learn if the blast ties to the X-999 shipment, while fear and indecision bite at her and her mother in their quiet home.
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Explosion sights in the industrial district devastate city
Carolyn travels with a taxi driver after a massive explosion rocks the Schoenfeld Laboratory area. They reach a southwest industrial zone to witness twisted girders, brick piles, and smoke as crowds surge. She resolves to search for someone amid the chaos.
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Carolyn
Europe
Senate to decide seating of West Virginia contenders
The committee will likely take up the advancement within two weeks after the Senate decides which of two West Virginia contenders shall be seated for committee assignments. The chamber agreed to consider next Thursday seating Joseph Hosier or Clarence E. Martin as governor appointments, with Neely the alternative.
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West Virginia
Joseph Hosier
M. M. Neely
Clarence E. Martin
Homer A. Holt
Incontrovertible Word Of The Day Lesson
Today's word is incontrovertible meaning in disputable. His speech contained incontrovertible points which not even the most skeptical could doubt.
Volunteer effort sends over 100000 articles to merchant navy
The Seamen's Mission reports that more than 100,000 articles limited by women volunteers have been sent to the British Merchant Navy in the last year, highlighting wartime support and volunteer contributions to seafarers.
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Seamen’s
Cranium Crackers War Mathematics Quiz
Wartime logic puzzles ask to compute average flight speed of a Wellington bomber between London and Berlin with a five hour total including 36 minutes on targets and bombs. It also asks distance and duration for the Orion cruiser from Alexandria to the Ionian Sea and back, given 30 knot average, plus a pursuit from Dire dawa to Addis Ababa with plans to meet Saturday morning.
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Egypt
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Etiquette Q and A for Engaged Sons and Manners
A reader asks if parents should call the girls’ parents within a week after engagement. The reply: call by the next day. Also, if no one presides at a punch bowl a man should serve his escort first, then herself. Finally, when a servant opens the door it is not required to say thank you but it is courteous to do so.
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Arolyn
Schoenfeld Laboratory
LOOK and LEARN By A C Gordon Answers
A quiz listing five questions and answers on metals geography ancient peoples and silos. Answers include tin as the untapped metal, Longfellow’s arrow poem line, Luzon as the largest US-associated island, the Spartans for stoicism, and silo use for storing grain fodder or other food to ferment.
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U. S
Longfellow
Luzon
Philippines
How to make liquid glue and cooking tips
A reader asks how to make a liquid glue by melting broken glue in acetic acid or vinegar and heating in hot water. Other tips explain preventing broken yolks by proper butter quantity and moderate heat, plus a foot soak for swollen feet with Epsom salts. A note mentions a loud bursting of seed pods in a New Guinea rubber plantation and Menico's Education Ministry organizing a Mexican ballet.
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Fascists Annex Ljubljana District in Yugoslavia War Gain
Rome May 5 Reports say Fascist Italy annexed the Ljubljana district of Slovenia from conquered Yugoslavia as the first territorial spoils of the war. A decree proclaims the territory part of Italy with semi autonomous administration and militia exemption for inhabitants. Germany expected to claim the adjoining slice. further Yugoslav claims may follow. Virginio Gajda indicated borders and administration.
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Ljubljana
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Germany
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Conquering Lion of Judah? Ethiopia wars stir fears
The article notes Haile Selassie’s image gaining heft amid wars, suggests Fascist aims to seize Ethiopian territories, and mentions two doctors in England and the U.S. who have played chess by mail for four years. It adds that Finsbury now claims a bar about every 130 yards.
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Judah
Ethiopia
Nottingham
England
United States
Finsbury
Vernon Von Drehle Elected President Of College Debate Group
Vernon Von Drehle of High Point a Catholic University of America arts and sciences senior has been elected president of the Shahai Debating Society entering its 26th year. He has been a mainstay in intramural sports and is a Glee Club and Harlequins member, a leader in Shahan debates.
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Washington, D. C
Montlieu Avenue
High Point
Coulese of Arts and Sciences
Catholic University of America
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Shahan Society
Adlerika Digestive Aid Ad From Mann Drug Stores
An Iowa ad advises a large family to take Adlerika when needed to aid digestion after partially digested foods form gas and sour stomach or bloating. The promotion urges readers to get Adlerika today at Mann Drug Stores.
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