Watch Out for a Triple Play
Washington reports focus on Britain's battle as Axis powers plan a triple play targeting Gibraltar Suez and the British Isles to sever Western Europe’s supply routes. Mussolini and Hitler seek openings from Africa to Alexandria while weather and Allied defenses shape the Mediterranean struggle.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Venture Service
Washington
Britain
Axis
British Isley
Europe
Gibraltar
South America
Central
Suez
Balkans
British Isles
Hitler
Mussolini
Baines
Gibralter
Palestine
Nas Wal
Mediterranean
Africa
Russia
Rumania
Atlantic
Italy
Andronco
Mussolni
Alexandria
Somaliland
Khartoum
Egypt
Food to Ammunition in Liberia Creates Unusual Practice
A Liberia tale notes that a favored dish once made so hard it could be used as ammunition. Locals reportedly used leftover portions for their muzzle landing guns, illustrating a striking colonial era quirk in food and weapon practices.
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Liberia
Africa
Love on the Line continues amid frontier tensions
Mark Deuel courts Carrie Lane at Rock Creek and contends with rival land agent Ashton Oaks. Carrie worries over a hotel incident while Mark resolves not to pursue trouble. A shooting at the livery stable ends with Oaks firing as readers await the story’s next chapter.
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Newt
Mark
Oaks
Rock Creek
Carrie
Taylors
Big Ed Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Taylor
Miss Lane
Mark Devel
Devel
Ma Parmley’s
Rie
Mr. Deuel
Mark Deuel
Carrie Lane
Pike County
Marl
Sallie
Carrie Lance
Newt Gale
Ashton Oaks
Deuel
Catton Highlights Senate Fight Over Peacetime Draft Bill
Bruce Catton notes the Senate debates a pivotal peacetime conscription measure stirring strong pro and con sentiment. He covers Holt’s critique of a caste mindset, the unreality of Senate delays, and Pepper's proposal to draft wealth and repurpose war industries under government control with fair compensation.
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Milton Bronneir
NEA Service
Washington
Senate
Congress
Holt
Andy
Rush Holt
West Virginia
Poral
Europe
America
Seanan
Lee
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Clark
Missouri
Washington's Offer- 60 a Year in Gold
In Baker Oregon a yellowed placard found in an old barn urged young men to join General Washington’s troops. It offered $60 a year in gold and called for men healthy and able bodied to defend the United States against foreign enemies. The notice closed with God Save the United States.
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Baker, Ore
Lee Wright
George Washington
Washington
United States
God Save the
Unclear historical ballot excerpt mentions candidates
Fragments show names Mitchell Ward Vandiyer Deewoody Baker Bryson Edward Bryson Foley and others as voters or office seekers for sheriff state senator and related roles. The text is garbled and lacks clear positions, dates, or jurisdictions.
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Itallowe
Dy Ward
B. L. Vandiyer
Cleris
Brad
Déewoody Deste W. Baker
Mitchell Edward B
Bryson
Axis to Hold and Balkan Crisis Deepens Across Europe
Reports from Paris Rome and Budapest detail British inspired unrest in French colonies and raids on British bases in Palestine. Vienna summoned axis ministers to press for a Balkan settlement as Soviet Romanian clashes escalate, with German Italian envoys flying from Bucharest carrying accounts of casualties.
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Holy
Rome
Italy
High Command
Heiss
Palestine
Axis
Budapest
Hungary
Bucharest
Vienna
Roumania
Transylvania
Adolf Hitler
Benito
Mussolini
Britain
Crisia
Ciano
Geryman
von Ribbentrop
Frontier Polities Challenge Pulitzer Driven Frontiers
Fragmentary report mentions journalists, Thede, and a frontier context tied to the Pulitzer prize. Unclear details on people, places, or dates due to damaged text.
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Bruce Catton
NEA
Earth
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the Pulitzer
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Amariveloue Bibl
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