The Devil Thumbs an Ride reviewed by Bruce Catton
Bruce Catton discusses Robert Du Soe's The Devil Thumbs a Ride a crime thriller about a California salesman who unknowingly helps a fugitive gunman. The plot follows the salesman from San Diego to Los Angeles as he picks up hitchhikers and is drawn into a deadly chase. The narrative tracks the salesman’s gradual realization of his cowardice and his doomed entanglement with crime.
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San Diego
Los Angles
California
du Loe
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Wether
Good Sense and a Century of Peace at Put-in-Bay
The Perry Memorial observance in 1938 marks more than a celebration of the Lake Erie battle. It highlights how the Rush-Bagot disarmament spirit between the United States and Canada has endured for over a century, proving that prudent restraint and mutual good sense can foster lasting peace rather than retribution. Strong, named entities include Perry, Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, Rush-Bagot, United States, Canada, and the era’s peace and disarmament ideals.
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Perry
Put-in-Bay
Lake Erie
Northwest
United States
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Great Lakes
Canada
Republic
Undisturbed Swappers Preserve Museum Piece Trade
A critical note on international swap in museum pieces continuing despite global turmoil. While nations clash over trade barriers, curators keep passing items like cakes, untroubled by wider conflict. The piece laments curator tranquility amid world unrest and hints at personal insignificance in such times.
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Brooks
Face Pimples and Boils: Dangers of Picking
An old medical warning notes infections on the face from picking pimples or boils. It cites 1852 deaths linked to such practices, explains facial skin’s vulnerability, and advises avoiding squeezing or cutting. It recommends hospital care, possible X rays, and following a doctor’s instructions to prevent fatal spread.
Raising a Family and Jealousy When a New Baby Arrives
The piece discusses how older siblings react to a new baby, noting potential jealousy and changes in attention. It emphasizes the need for medical care for infections and encourages involving the older child to ease the transition, while acknowledging the emotional impact on the first child who feels displaced.
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Cnadnihaeioen
Hit Run Love in Courtroom Drift and Secrets
In a spring courtroom town Pat frets over fixing a speeding ticket for her brothers while Tom, the relentless prosecutor, pursues a dramatic hit run case. Their Sunday-night bond deepens as reporters, judges, and a new car blend romance with legal tension over a high profile crash.
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Larry
Pat
Tom
Caring for a New Baby in the Family
The text argues that a new baby should be introduced with careful handling to avoid harming the elder child. It recommends early preparation, gentle status preservation, and ongoing patience to build acceptance and even affection for the newcomer.
Sugar cane yields may rise with deeper land prep in Louisiana
Louisiana sugar cane production could increase from 100 to 800 pounds per acre as deeper and more thorough land preparation is reported by the state university experiment station.
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Louisiana
State University Experiment Station
Cincinnati Reds Ball Ledger Chronicle
Red coach Hank Growdy carries a ledger in his duffel bag recording every baseball used since spring training began. Cincinnati already has more than a dozen balls, not counting those supplied by visiting teams while the Reds were on the road.
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Cincinnati
Hank Growdy
Reds
Hollywood on the Lot and On Location Stories
A Hollywood slipstream piece blends a starlet's fear of failing her parents with on set antics. Tony Cicero in San Fernando Valley hosts a farm harvest for 20th Fox film crews for a "Down on the Farm" sequence. The Dawn Patrol set features English actors led by Edmund Goulding and David Niven. Niven's odd career pivot to wine expert and a tale of a costly Christmas gift appear alongside production mishaps and a window gag involving Miss Dickson and John Garfield.
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Ater
San Fernando Valley
Tony Cicer
Tony
AAA
Cicero
20Th Fox
Jed Prouty
Joe
Dawn Patrol
Edmund Goulding
Goulding
David Niven
Brasil Rathbone
Donald Crisp
Peter Wills
MelviMe Cooper
Michael Brooke
the Earl of Warwick
Errol Flynn
Prim
Niven
Flynn
David
Weshmore
John Garfield
Gloria Dickson
Sormer
Dead End Kids
Pete Westmore
Wetress
Miss Nickson
Garfield
Westmore
Last Tee Ane Warps Through Time Amid Glacial Growth
A fragment suggests the Earth remains enveloped in a planetary ice layer about 120 feet thick as glaciation persists. The text notes an ancient Tee Ane starting over 30 000 years ago and continuing into Aptaretien with ice massing around the globe.
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