Nighttime raids and air battles over Britain and Europe
German bombers struck southeast English airports and attacked coastal targets while British defenses claimed torpedoing losses as RAF fliers engaged. Reports note bomb drops near Welsh ports, raids on Swiss soil, and ongoing air-raid alarms across multiple regions with no immediate damage confirmed in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thames Es
Air Ministry
Hman
Erlin
Bri
Eng
Forth Sea
Werpool
Swansea
Bristol
English
Bern
Switzerland
Hempstead County youths urged to gain NYA certification
A fragment describes Hempstead County youths seeking NYA certification at the Welfare Office for enrollment at Village. Enrollees must be between 17 and 24 years old and be members of a relief family to qualify for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead County
NYA
Woodard Family Hospitalized After Tonsil Operation Claim
Denver clinicians tell how five members of the Woodard family were admitted to hospital after a single tonsil operation. The surgeon warns timing is key and health must be built before procedures.
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Denver
Colo
Oliver Woodard, Sr
Woodard
Second Chorus musical film advances in Hollywood buzz
Hollywood reports detail Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard working with Boris Morros on the musical film Second Chorus. Artie Shaw writes the score and triển plans emphasize cooperative filmmaking under $500,000. The cast and crew push for fast, high quality takes and a modern swingy tempo.
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Hollywood
Fred Astaire
Boris Morros
Paulette Goddard
Robert Stillman
Henry Potter
Morres
Artie Shaw
Aaieh
Bernie Hanighen
RKO
Astaire
Joan Fontaine
Miss Goddard
Morros
Para- Mount
Movietown
Deems Taylor
Shaw
A Stay-at-Home For 79 Years
SANTA BARBARA Calif Delphina de la Guarra a living link with the romantic days of Spanish rule in California has spent all 79 years in the same adobe house and sleeps in a room adjoining the one of her birth Her father was a prominent California official her home now sits in the heart of the business district.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Delphina de la Guarra
California
Senorita de la Guarra
Sunday School Pride Sparks Family Laughs
A playful exchange has a mother and son trading lines about appearance and ambition. The boy claims he is the best looking in Sunday school, and the mother jokes that with a million dollars he’d be on their honeymoon, highlighting lighthearted domestic humor.
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Tommy
Oscar Fenwick Declares Honest Title Change In Hope
In Hope the man known as Lying Oscar confesses to relinquishing his county championship. He hands over the title to John Griffith while recounting tall tales and a shifting honor. A local joke tale about a giant melon ends with a cucumber quip. The piece closes noting a recommissioning frigate and a nod to John Paul Jones.
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Oscar Fenwick
Hope
Oscar
Star
Uar
John Griffith
Anynee
Americans Turn To Solitary Lifestyles Across California
In a wartorn era many Americans seek away from modern life by living alone in sea, desert and hills. The piece profiles William Prester on stilts, Bhikhu Silawansa in Woodland, a bearded hermit called The Gopher, and others from Fort Bragg to Santa Cruz.
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Sam Jackson
San Francisco
India
William Prester
John Silva
Ceylon
Khu Silawansa
Woodland
the Gopher
Henry Shaw
Rocky Coast
Fort Bragg
Oxford
Santa Cruz Mountains
Ernst Benninghoven
Willis R. Willey
Back to School Edition to Appear September 3
The annual Back to School edition of Hope Star will appear Tuesday September 3. It will feature pictures of local college and high school students news of opening plans for Hope schools and feature and picture stories about fall activities.
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Hope Star
Hope
Fall Asnions
Love on the Line in a Prairie soddy home
Mark Deuel and Carrie begin life together as they help Carrie build a soddy with Ed and Mrs. Taylor in Rock Creek. An unstable evening erupts when Oaks, drunk, challenges Carrie, prompting a hurried exit. After a meal and shared plans for a future, Mark confesses love and Carrie responds, setting events for the next chapter.
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Mark
Carrie
Taylors
Oaks
Nack Creek
Deuel
Oake
Rock Creek
Ed Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Taylor
Prairie
Bether
Weilli
Iowa
Mark Deuel
Wandering figures and colonies span a country seeking escape
A collage of notes on diamond production, a reclusive bachelor and his litigation, wandering brothers in California, Peter Weiss the photographer, and a San Jose dentist shootout. The piece mentions Theosophist and Rosicrucian centers, wealthy seekers in grand religious colonies, and a Holy City retreat, with island fantasies and South Seas getaways.
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Coyote
Washington
Johns
California
Peter Weiss
San Jose
Weiss
San Diego
Octanside
William E. Riker
Holy City
South Seas
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RAF
SIMMS
Foster Agency
Arkansas Bank
Mutual Insurance
Harrison
Paul Harrison
NEA Service
Fred
Fred Luck
Fenwick
Griffith
Pater
Flaming Youth
Constitution
U. S. Navy
John Paul Jones
J. R. Williams
Tim
Nila
Coast Guard
Rack Creek
Mark Rose
Carerie
Big Ed
Seth
New York
Jewjelers
Chewlah Leas
Oei
Sale
Ladies Specialty Shop
Ania
America
John Dos Passos
Margaret Culkin Banning
Mary Roberts
Sherwood Anderson
Fannie Hurst
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
James Truslow Adams
Faith Baldwin
Carl Carmer
Stuart Chase
James Boyd
Taylor Caldwell
Louise Adamic
Stewart Edward White
John Steinbeck
Stephen Vincent Benet
Sophie Kerr
Edna Ferber
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Philip. Wylie
Rex Beach
Katharine Brush
Jonathan Daniels
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