Potato bugs as war joke and farm memory
A humorous wartime column blends German claims of potato bug attacks with a memoir of growing up on a Rocky Mountain farm. The narrator recalls battling Leptinotarsa decemlineata, noting its stubborn presence since 1874 and the dubiousness of wartime pest tales while praising American resilience.
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A.P. Dispatch
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Rocky Mountain
Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Hope
United States
England
Cartier
Rocky Mountains
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Rockies
Last Day for Hempstead County Fair Featured Homecoming
The Hempstead County Fair declares Saturday as the final day of a successful run with Dee Long Shows returning for the 1941 Fair. Homecoming events precede a week of school day livestock and poultry events, judging, prizes totaling over 600 dollars, and a patriotic pageant America on Parade.
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Hempstead
Oren Hargis
Harris
Jr. Kahne Sas Chyini
America
Givin B. Rogers
One Day in Bali Surprises in a Compact Stopover
In Bali a single day reveals a crowded island where KNILM traffic moves swiftly through busy streets. Houses crowd roads as brown residents and many children fill the scene. Compounds with walls harbor gods temples and idols, forming a village ethos amid daily commerce and energy. Continued on page four.
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Peter Edson
NEA
Bali
Netherlands
KNILM
Sydney
Australia
Singapore
A Thought Egypt high thou sauwest upon thee
The fragment cites Deuteronomy 7 15 about Egypt and those who hate thee, phrased in archaic religious diction. It presents a lone quotation fragment without a broader news context or identifiable people, places, or organizations.
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Egypt
Stowaway Now a Naval Cadet
A New York Customs House crew sees Bobby Stap, once Stowaway No. 1, enter a navy cadet uniform to obtain seamen papers via tests on his birthday. French born, he has cruised from France to the Caribbean and along the U S coast as a free-loader, now pursuing a ship job.
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Steven Williams
New York
Customs House Shipping Bureau
America
Bobby Stap
Hobby
Oficer
Robert L. Slap
Seamen's Church Institute
Marine
Bobby
Secera
France
England
United States
Caribbean
Bobcats Fall to Haynesville in Openers 44 to 0
Haynesville torpedoed Hope High with a 44 to 0 season opener victory. Bob Pearce dazzled on the kickoff return, while Haynesville’s Crump and Heard powered the attack. Hope showed fight in the third quarter but failed to dent the Tornado defense as preparations for Smackover began.
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Hope Bobcats
Haynesville
Colden Tornado
Bob Pearces
Bobcat
Bobcats
Pearce
Crump
Heard
W. H. Cotton
Hope May
Spyker
Breeding
Bradshaw
Simms
Martindale
Oliver
Jewell
Stanford
Bill Routon
Husky
Hope
Stackle
Foy Hammons
Bill Brasher
U S Navy Declares World’s Largest Fleet After Inspection
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced after inspecting the fleet that the United States has the closest, most powerful and most effective fleet on the high seas anywhere in the world. He spoke in Honolulu and praised the fleet’s readiness and reach.
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Honolulu
Navy
Frank Knox
U. S
United States
High Seas
Explosion Kills 48 at Hereles Powder Plant
Senator Barbour accuses foreign agent sabotage after the Hereles Powder Company explosion killed at least 48 and damaged over 20 buildings on the 2000 acre site. State police review German American Bund rolls as investigators assess sabotage leads.
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Kenbil
Barbour
Rep. N. J
Hereles Powder Company
Bund
Emsployes
Washington
Roosevelt Wilkie Campaign Forgotten at Warren County Old Men Reunion
In Bowling Green Kentucky the Roosevelt-Wilkie presidential campaign faded from focus as 150 men gathered for the Warren County Old Men's Reunion. Rather than modern politics they recalled the fiery Hayes-Tilden race of 1876. The report notes peculiar tidbits about wrens and their northern reach, hinting at a scattershot, memory-soaked event.
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Bowling Green
Warren County
America
Greenland
Caribbean trusteeship debate names five islands
In the Caribbean European conflict has sparked talk of a pan American trusteeship over European possessions in the Caribbean Sea. The list includes Curacao Jamaica Martinique Aruba and the Lesser Antilles. Identify each island's country at the outbreak of the wave. Answers on Page Two.
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Caribbean Sea
Curacao
Jamaica
Martinique
Aruba
Lesser Antilles
Our Country Sixth We 24 Articles by Sherwood Anderson
NEA Service presents a fragment from SHERWOOD ANDERSON and PHILIP WYLIE in a series condemning totalitarianism. The excerpt argues that surrendering individuality to state power destroys freedom, speech, and human dignity, urging America to reclaim independent thought and renewal.
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NEA
Sherwood Anderson
Midwest
America
Evan
London History of Triumph Through Trials and Fire
Milton Bronner surveys London from its ancient roots to modern resilience. From 1666 fire to Magna Carta and battles with Spanish Armada and Cromwell, the city’s steadfast spirit and strategic value shaped a nation’s liberty and future.
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London
John Evelyn
The
Thames
England
Alfred
William the Conqueror
John
Elizabeth
Britain
Parliament
Cromwell
Charles 1
London Bridge
Industry Runs Own Self Best
Col Willard Chevalier of New York and Business Week urged that conscription of industry is doomed and emphasized utmost cooperation between business and government to achieve peak production at low cost. He argued professional industrialists, not military officers, should run industry under incentives, warning against exploitation of the emergency.
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Little Rock
Willard Chevalier
New York
Business Week
Mc Graw-Hil Publishing Company
Chamber
Envhynda
Next 48 Hours Danger Period Threat to Britain
The Associated Press notes predicted 42 to 48 hours of intensified German air attacks on London with claims Hitler will set the invasion timing. Berlin says London will be bombed relentlessly unless Britain surrenders as German raids shift against the capital while other regions remain vulnerable.
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Associated Press
Britain
London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Berlin
England
Cotton New York Opens and Closes at 9.26 and 9.81
December cotton in New York opened at 9.26 and closed at 9.81 in Middling spot market. Trading details show modest movement with no broader market note available.
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New York
Legislation Advances on Conscription Draft Measure
Washington reports the Senate approved a compromise version of a time conscription bill. It would draft about 16,500,000 men aged 21 to 35 for immediate training and possible service, sending the measure to the House for final action with the president expected to sign early next week.
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Tegson
Jobe
New House
Senate
Washington
House
Budget Problem r Is Knocked by D A Reed
Washington column by Daniel A Reed criticizes New Deal fiscal policy. He highlights chronic deficits from 1933 to 1940, a ballooning national debt, and rising federal payrolls. He argues for spending restraint and defense funding within solvable taxation, noting peacetime bureaucracy and inflation of costs. Continued on Page Four.
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A. Reed
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