Thailand Faces War Fears Amid Japanese Pressure
Bangkok authorities weigh danger as Japan presses for bases and troop rights while Britain and the Indo-China situation threaten an outburst. Thai forces are reported ready to mobilize up to 600000 reservists with around 250 fighters and bombers in defense, and French observers praise Thai courage in mountain fighting.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
Malaya
Britain
Japan
Indo- China
Singapore
Bny
Guy Lombardo’s Favorite Cake Quest Ends In Joke
A gentleman orders a cake shaped like an S with no price limit. After multiple remakes and a new mold each time, the customer finally approves a final S with a curl, and declares the cake must stay where it is, prompting a punchline about its location. The piece ends with a note linking meridians to Greenwich, London.
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New York
Avenue
Bettec
Kuzma the New Michigan Hero Steps In For Harmon
Tom Kuzma, Michigan's 19 year old sophomore, rises as Harmon's successor in Ann Arbor. He lacks Harmon's speed but runs with power and has already thrown two TD passes to beat Northwestern, while recovering a fumble and downing opponents on defense. Kuzma's background includes Gary Indiana, Emerson High, and Gary playground sessions with Harmon.
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Harry Grayson
NEA
Ann Arbor
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Harmon
Tom George Kuzma
Kuzma
Smecker
Smackersville
Wolverines
Harry Kipke
Northwestern
Crislers
Wildcats
Bill de Correvonts
Bil Ohlend
deCorrevont
Otto Graham
Fritz Chrisler
Harmons
Cliff Wise
Norm Call
Dave Nelson
Wise
Jackson, Mich
Call
Nelson
Gary
Emerson High
Arthur Rolfe
Horace Mann
Doug Kerr
Kerr
Iowa
School of Business Administration
Phi Gamma Delta
Tom Kuzmas
Peggy Cannon
Eugenie Empress of a Turbulent France
Rita Wellman crafts a vivid portrait of Eugenie de Montijo, carving through the Second Empire to reveal a life of destiny, glamour, and tragedy. The book frames an era, detailing Parisian upheaval in 1871 and the empress’s enduring, dramatic arc.
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Eugenie
Rita Wellman
Scribner's
Victoria Royal
Miss Wellman
Louis-Napoleon
Spain
France
Elegenic
Jesson
Yeaders
Paris
Champs-Elysee
Stories in Stamps Honor Arana The Chilean Educator
Chile marks historian and educator Diego Barros Arana with a 1941 stamp for the 400th anniversary of Santiago's founding. Arana, famed for the History of Chile, wrote early works at 19 and faced exile at 28 in 1859, then spent years in Europe before being repatriated and named rector of the National Institute.
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Chile
Diego Barros Arana
Arana
Santiago
Europe
National
National Institute
Glee Club Organized At Okay Grade School
The first meeting of the Glee club was held on Thursday October 9 in the sixth grade room with Emin Hester as temporary chairman. Officers elected include Dale Fincher as president Eugene Stone as vice president Edwina Coley secretary Benah Sutton reporter and Miss Winnie Jo Chessir director. Members listed comprise Charlotte Blackwood Jeane Moore Martha McCay Barbara Adkins Betty Joe Holland Nina De Long Cleo Clayton Mattye Applegate Caryl Smith Elvira Hester Ella Louise Dellinger Beulah Sutton Tip Stanton Paul Griffin Leland MeJunkins Cortez McLarey Eugene Stone Byron Thompson Dale Fincher Edwin Coley and Travis Vann.
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Glee Club
Emin Hester
Dale Fincher
Eugene Stone
Edwina Coley
Benah Sutton
Winnie Jo Chessir
Charlotte Blackwood
Jeane Moore
Martha McCay
Barbara Adkins
Betty Joe Holland
Nina de Long
Favorites Triumph 19 to 6 Over Mustangs
The Memphis Central High Warriors defeated Little Rock High School Tigers 19 to 6 at the High School stadium Friday night. Central broke the stalemate with a quick opening score and sealed the win with a late TD run, ending a long rivalry drought of 26 games.
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Little Rock
Memphis Central High School Warriors
Little Rock High School Tigers
Harmony in Hope Arkansas Government Amid Local Progress
In Hope Arkansas, leaders work in utmost harmony to govern. Despite housing, traffic, and supply challenges, residents feel these inconveniences are minor. The town sees business activity, rising wages, and crime remains a distant concern as the community notes steady progress.
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Hope
Arkansas
Income (Continued From Page One) Expatriates in 1941
A quirt-fine mail prepares breakfast and cleans the apartment for four dollars a week leaving food as the main expense. They work war jobs, one at the American Eagle Club, and spend nights on air raid warden duty. They recall home while awaiting return as parties fade and friends change in wartime expatriate life.
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Jook Sil
American Eagle Club
Miss Leech Sharp Wit and War Files Quip
Miss Leech weighs in with pointed humor about the War Department files on 1862 arrests and trials. She jokes about selling Secret Service reports to the Japanese and muses on a Margaret Leech Day in Newburg, New York. At Gracie Square she keeps notes in a bath tub.
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War Department
Wic Department
Secret Service
Margaret Leech
Newburg
N. Y
Gracie Square
Defense Gardens Begin Any Place This Fall
Fall garden guidance explains which vegetables can be planted now in cold or warm regions. Perennials like asparagus and rhubarb may be set, winter onions from sets yield green onions, and fall sowing of leaf lettuce and spinach is advised with frost-safe mulching and soil preparation to ease spring planting. Rhubarb roots should go in now with red-stem varieties favored for tenderness, while spinach seeds lie through winter and sprout with spring warmth.
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Asparas
A Writer Who Lives In Two Worlds At Once
The article profiles a cosmopolitan author, Lecch, who favors short, finely crafted books and has traveled across West Africa Central America the Mediterranean and India. She eats little smokes a lot and treats past Washington luminaries as living guests, sharing curious costume details about historic figures. Cometery near Los Angeles reveals preserved Pleistocene skeletons while scientists debate gravity’s propagation.
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Miss Lecch
West Africa
Central America
Mediterranean
India
Washington
Southwestern Proving Ground payroll and bonds drive local saving
Payroll for W. E. Callahan Construction at the Southwestern Proving Ground tops 187000 as the project nears full readiness. A survey shows workers widely save via Defense Bonds and Stamps, with bonds bought by a project official and others saving dimes and bonds after paydays. Representative Talbot Field of Hope Arkansas lauds the site as central to national defense while noting smooth labor relations and substantial local employment.
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Crete
W. E. Callahan Construction Company
Southwestern Proving Ground
Southwestern /Proving Ground
Rand
KGHI
Little Rock
Arkansas
Hope
Talbot Field
Ming
City of the Dead and Faris Pride Amid Prussian Rule
The text notes a city described as the dead and marks Faris’s stance against altering her looks for the Prussians, preserving dignity under occupation. The fragment hints at themes of resistance and personal pride within a besieged or controlled city.
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Faris
Shrine transforms barren hills into St Anthony's in Oceanside
In Oceanside a 15 year, 3 million dollar project by Father Robert Barrett created St Anthony's Shrine on five acres once a garbage dump. The complex includes three chapels the Miraculous Medal Chapel, St Anthony's Shrine and Sacred Heart Chapel plus gardens and an underground altar. The site draws about 36000 visitors each June and features an extensive broadcasting system for mass and music.
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Robert Barrett Leat
Cyennside
St Anthony’s Shrine
Tlere
Walher Barrett
Ku Klux
Congressation
Tocayere
St Anthony's Blaine
Sacred Heart Chapel
St. Anthony's Chapel
Amer- Ci Jea
Chapel of the Sacred Heart
Garden of Prayer
Christ
Mather Barrett
County Kerry
Ireland
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la Brea
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Lave
J. R. Williams
Jill
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Oltside
Tra
T. M. Reg
U.S. Pat
EOPA
S.P.G
St. Anthony’s
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William Leick
Ista
Laley
Arkansas Machine Specialty CO
Tope, Arkansas
Franks & Son
W. T
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South Main
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