News of the Week Cut Down for Busy Readers
A busy-week digest cites U S policy shifts on Yugoslav debt talks and a broader push to curb traffic fatalities. It notes a jump in tourist park visits and a Chicago bank robber payoff plan, plus aviation milestones, boxing results, and various political and civic appointments and losses across the United States.
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United States
Yrasury Department of
Washington
Yugoslavia
Chicago
New York
Loyalist Letter on Bunker Hill Reveals 1778 View
Worcester resident Samuel Paine, writing June 28 1778 to his brother in Worcester, describes the Battle of Bunker Hill from the Loyalist perspective. The letter, found at the American Antiquarian Society, depicts British and rebel actions, drafts of evacuation, and a foreboding future as Ticonderoga falls and Charlestown is pounded in the siege of Boston.
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Worcester
Mass
Bunker Hill
Boston
Blind Newark student earns Rutgers arts degree honors
Mary Josephine Curcio of Newark New Jersey, a blind student, graduated with high honors from the New Jersey College for Women, a Rutgers University department. She earned a bachelor of arts degree with special honors in French and Italian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
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Bliss Mary Josephine Curcio
Newark
N. J
New Jersey College For Women
Rutgers University
Miss Curcio
Phi Beta Kappa
British Assault on Charlestown Sparks Destruction and Bold Moves
An 18th century correspondent recounts the Cambridge led offensive against Charlestown. Reinforcements of about 3,000 under Lord Howe and Abercromby land as fires rase through the town. British troops push to the breastworks amid heavy artillery and small arms fire, with 24 officers killed and about 60 wounded. About 80 prisoners are taken as the rebels retreat, while the writer notes a looming summer of further fighting and calculates a bloody path ahead, ending with the British trucked to evacuate Boston after Unionist pressure and harsh winter conditions.
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Grenadien
Lord Howe
Abercromby
Long Wharf
Charlestown
Temples House
Doctor Watref
Joseyih Warren
New England
Chartestown
Clinton
Salem
Marblehead
Newburg
New York
Preston
Boston
Washington
Americans Favor Preserving Old Dutch Windmills
Amsterdam watchers note strong American interest in saving historic Dutch windmills amid reports of mills facing demolition or replacement by oil or electric machinery. The Dutch MUL society reports many sympathetic letters from U S readers and a Topeka Kansas inquiry requesting a specification to build a mill there.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Topeka
Kan
Canada Pushes North Ottawa Claim in Northwest Aid
Part of a 352600 appropriation for the northwest territories funds expeditions in Fort North. Interior Minister Charles Stewart disclosed the motive in debate, saying the move aims to establish Canada’s claim to certain territories.
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Canada
Ottawa
Northwest Territories
Fort North
Charles Stewart
Interior
Nest of dinosaur eggs sought in Mongolia expedition
The New York Museum of Natural History launches its third Asiatic expedition led by Roy Chapman Andrews to Mongolia and Chinese Turkestan. A 40 member team will set up a base 1,000 miles northwest of Kelgan to rediscover a dinosaur egg nest lost after a sandstorm. The voyage aims to expose fossil hints of prehistoric humans and includes camels, motor vehicles, and supplies for months of travel toward Kolgan by mid September.
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New York Museum of Natural History
American Asiatic Association
Mongolia
Chinese Turkestan
Kelgan
Roy Chapman Andrews
Theorth
Altai Mountains
Mir
Andrews
Kolgan
Itereture
Law Defects in Cobwebs. Ancient Metaphor on Catching Small Faults
A Solon quote likens laws to cobwebs that trap the small flaws but may break under larger force, illustrating the tension between strict rules and their reach to catch minor transgressions versus major escapes. The image contrasts precision with practical enforcement in legal thought.
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Edith Nourse
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