Wealth conscription and the march to war finance
A historical critique questions a proposed wealth conscription bill that would compel citizens to buy government bonds at one percent interest during war, replacing Liberty Loans. It argues war entry isn't solely driven by big business propaganda and notes the moral and economic complexities of lending to the state.
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Fire at East Hunter street barn and sheds
In East Hunter street the fire department battled a blaze that consumed a large barn and adjacent sheds behind Charles Adcock's residence. A nearby hydrant was knocked out of service by a faulty plug or mud. Origin remains unknown. Also reported, a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Frank Yaw at Cherrington Hospital on May 25.
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Surprising Communist Party Rally In New York
An account describes a past convention in New York where self-styled representatives of the Communist Party opened with the Star Spangled Banner amid American flags and red white and blue decorations. Leaders warned of rocky paths ahead while invoking Jefferson Paine and Lincoln and urged unity to defend the Constitution. The piece ends with a quip on predicting the next surprise from that camp.
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Kurt Lewin Child Psychology Experiment on Tension
The psychologist Kurt Lewin studied groups of schoolchildren forming miniature governments. He observed that autocracies breed social tension from lack of freedom, while anarchy generates tension from absence of long-range planning and time perspective.
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Kurt Lewin
Opossum 16. One of My Few Living I" Foglls" On Earth
Fragmentary text presents a quirky line about an opossum and a charmed life, noting the creature has scarcely altered in form, character, or habits since its origin. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable events or entities.
Noise and Health Effects on the Nervous System
A discussion of how noise reduces saliva and gastric juice, increases mental fatigue, and requires more effort to concentrate. High frequency sounds cause more annoyance than high volume, with air conditioning and earplugs suggested as mitigations.
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Colgate University
England
English Public Health Service
Dr Clendening Answers Public Health Questions Column Style
Dr Clendening will answer questions of general interest only and then only through his column. The note outlines the format for reader inquiries and the physician’s responses, emphasizing accessible health guidance in a regular feature.
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Dr. Clendening
Clendening
What Are Taste Buds and Are They Cancerous
Readers ask if taste buds on the tongue could be cancerous. The answer: taste buds are normal tongue structures, rounded reddish areas with nerve endings that sense taste. They are not cancerous, though they can resemble a growth to the untrained eye.
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Shortening the Foe Possession in Bridge Strategy
Barclay explains that reducing the foe's length in a non trump suit can aid leads and finesses and increases the chance a suit will split favorably. Longer holdings in partner's suit shorten the opponents’ run and force them to exhaust their cards at the right moment for your purposes.
Seven tricks in clubs top draw in a bridge hand
Trump was Souths bid six spades by North and seven no trump by South East doubled West opened diamond lead South won A Declarer found seven club tricks and two in other suits He lamented one more small club would have let him finesse and win Wests nine Instead he settled for a single extra spade trick.
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Bridge bidding oddity sparks surprise from partner
In a rare deal with South dealer and North-South vulnerable, the opener in South bids 1 Spade and, after North responds 3 Clubs, South continues with 3 Spades. North then leaps to 5 Clubs and Five No Trump.
Bidding the Deal West Dealer Question
The prompt presents a bridge bidding problem from a deal with West as the dealer and no vulnerability for either side. It asks for the correct bidding sequence/contract for the given hand, but provides only partial details. The best interpretive approach is to propose a standard, practical response based on common bridge conventions to reach a descriptive contract and explain rationale.
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West
Wild Bill Baron Sees Sid Bromberg In Hollywood Farce
In sunny Arizona, Ellen Dale adopts a theatrical plan to lure actor Billy Baron into Hollywood. Bill poses as a tough gunman, impresses Sid Bromberg, then joins Ellen for a wild cross country drive into show business and danger as Buckshot Brown mails a warning.
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South Bloomingville Community Notes
Ruth Johnson reports the Girls Sewing Club met at Emma Shaw's home, first 4 H meeting, summer project chosen. Also updates on Beatrice Oldfield finishing Ohio University term, Frank Melcher returning from Alabama University, and Michigan visitor Lorn Huffman. Local socials list many Logan Lancaster and Columbus visits, Grange meeting planned June 23 with degree work and a Grange Quiz. New York mayor La Guardia orders police to arrest autograph seekers at Broadway first nights.
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Ruth Johnson
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Evelyn
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Thomas Ameline
Lincoln Rickets
Haynes
Elmer Nihiser
Helen
Pred Fetheroff
Iringtown
New York
Fiorello la Guardia
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