Inside Job Logic in Dormitory Robbery Case
Detective Stokes solves a campus house burglary by noting an inside job. He uses elevator radio static to detect the missing sixth floor resident Mr. Trumbell, while a student is found wounded during a raid on the house. The investigation reveals the robbery occurred while residents slept.
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Captain Stokes
Mr. Trumbell
Trumbell
C. K. Trumbell
University
Haynes
Stokes
Safe Biking Rules Summary
A compact guide listing ten safety rules for cyclists. Includes obeying signs and signals, walking through heavy traffic, riding single file, watching railroad crossings, avoiding tracks, not hitching or carrying passengers, stopping off roadway, riding with traffic on the right, and using white clothing with a bike light at night.
Poles Execute Nazi Tyrants as Underground Nets Grow
In Warsaw a German official was executed after a note declared his death sentence. The Polish underground, now with nearly 300 newspapers, guides justice through courts in the field. London-backed authorities foresee a postwar administration led by underground leaders.
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New York
Bruno Kurtz
Poland
Warsaw
Directorate of Civilian Resistance
Gestapo
London
O.k
Rockefeller Center
Roman
Moczulski
England
Tiny Hypodermic Syringe From Salvaged Cans
In Chicago a new military medicine device called the syrette is made from salvaged tin. Households contribute tin to manufacture these miniature syringes. Chicago salvage director William L. McFetridge notes the device contains a sedative dose and a soft plastic tip for quick first aid until medical units arrive.
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Chicago
William L. McFetridge
Chicago Metropolitan Area
Home Guard of Britain Now a Real Army
Britain's home guard is described as a real army with regular discipline and parade procedure. A Home Guardsman, Albert Dalland of Devonport, faces a court martial for insubordination after telling a sergeant part-time soldiers were treated like Boy Scouts.
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Home Guard of
Britain
London
Home Guard
Home
Albert Dalland
Devonport
French Bootleggers Hide Food in Grand Piano
Report from Paris says police stopped a delivery of a grand piano and found inside two hams 20 pounds of butter eight pounds of coffee many bars of chocolate 10 dozen eggs and several pounds of tea. Arrests followed.
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Bern
Switzerland
Paris
Ihe
Best Soil for Strawberries in Ohio Horticulture Advice
An Ohio horticulturist recommends friable soil for strawberries and advises planting in hills about 15 inches apart, mulching between rows to prevent weeds and keep dirt off fruit. Set plants in rows to encourage runners, form new plants early in summer, and protect beds with straw mulch 3 to 4 inches thick in winter.
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Ohio
S.ate
Spokane Pioneer Mrs Dodd Originated Father's Day
Mrs John Bruce Dodd of Spokane Washington started the Father's Day idea inspired by her Civil War veteran father who raised six children on a farm. The Spokane Ministers alliance and YMCA helped move the plan, making Spokane the first city to honor fathers in 1910. Prominent figures sent congratulations.
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John Bruce“ Dodd
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Dodd
Spokane Ministers Alliance
The
Ministers Alliance
Intion
William” Jennings
Bryan
James Whitcomb Riley
Important Decision for Dairymen on Hay Cutting Time
Research in Missouri shows timothy cut at bloom yields 135 pounds of total protein per acre versus 92 pounds when cut in the dough stage. Early cutting also improves alfalfa and clover value, flavor, and leaf content, reducing waste and promoting vigorous renewal growth for late summer.
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Missouri
Electric Eye Photocell Converts Light to Current
The electric eye or photocell uses a glass bulb with a potassium coated film that emits electrons when illuminated. A wire contacts the film and a second wire to an insulated electrode, forming a current proportional to light intensity.
Most Famous Timepiece at Strasburg Clock Evolves
The 14th century brings the famed Astronomical Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral to life with sun moon and planetary motions. Completed in 1354 the clock showed celestial movements around a fixed Earth reflecting medieval beliefs.
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Cathedral of Strasburg
Strasburg
Anxiety replaces shell shock in battlefield care
In World War I era terminology called shell shock now labeled anxiety soldiers suffer from battle stress. Army doctors report 20 percent of Tunisian campaign casualties are anxiety cases and three day forward area treatment keeps 60 to 70 percent at units.
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Africa
Army Medical Corps
Hundreds Take Oath as Citizens Outside U. S.
Hundreds of armed forces members become American citizens through naturalization ceremonies aboard ship in wind swept Iceland and on the shores of the Mediterranean. A Justice Department interim report by Henry B Hazard cites distant battle stations and the Caribbean ceremonies earlier this year.
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Washington
Iceland
Mediterranean
Justice Department
Interiny
Henry B. Hazard
Uni Spring
Riley
Cutaide
Caribbean
Sthis
Soldiers Dream of Marble Halls in Sicily Billet
An army paper recounts American soldiers stationed near Palermo Sicily who slept in a billet inside a marble floor chamber with seventeenth century paintings and gilded furniture. The residence belonged to Prince Lanzo di Scalea and the dream became a surprising wake up to reality.
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Africa
Army
Stars and ‘Stripes
Palermo
Sicily
Lanzo di Scalea
Commandos Use Bows and Arrows in War Operations
The Sunday Dispatch reports British Commandos likely used bows and arrows on enemy shores. A current film, probably used for instruction, shows sentries falling silently as commandos raid. Authorities would not confirm bows in real raids, but the paper says they have been used at some time during the war.
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London
The
Sunday Dispatch
Mandos
Allied Prisoners Taken by Japanese Total 370000
London sources disclose that about 370000 Allied prisoners were captured by Japan. The total includes 100000 British Canadian and Australian soldiers and 70000 to 80000 Indian troops with 100000 Dutch soldiers and civilians and about 50000 British civilians, excluding Chinese captives.
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London
Girdled for War in Geneseo Wartime Fixes
Ira Wert, filling station attendant, crafts a wartime make it do device to girdle a customer. The improvised gadget aims to satisfy a wartime demand for practical improvisation.
Cooked Fish Signal Near Colima Volcano Activity
Dispatches from Colima report rumblings at the Colima volcano and reports that hot waters appear in El Jabali lake. Cooked fish on the lake shore alarm residents 150 miles from Paricutin, fearing eruption.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Colima
el Jabali Lake
Paricutin
Indians Develop Sign Language Across Vast Western Frontier
The spread of free arm signaling among tribes from the Missouri to the Rockies and Fraser to Rio Grande created a universal inter-tribal communication. Sioux Go manche Kiowas Cheyennes Crows used one or two hand signs evolving from picture ideas to fixed symbols for treaties myths and hunting tales.
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Missouri River
Rockies
Fraser River
Rio Grande
War Spurs So American Drug Industry Expansion
War boosts drug and medicine manufacturing in South America as imports drop. Brazil builds shark liver oil and vitamin A plants. Bolivia and Peru produce quinine from cinchona bark for malaria. Chile opens a digitalis drying plant. most nations south of the region develop local factories, with Brazil's Sao Paulo mill starting in 1943 to improve quality and supply.
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Americas
Europe
United States
Brazil
Norway
Bolivia
Peru
Chile
Sao Paulo
Coat Care Tips From Practical Advice
General guidance on keeping coats in good shape including unbuttoning before sitting, avoiding sitting with wet coats, folding and placing on laps, hanging properly, vented closet care, brushing after wear, avoiding brushing when wet, zipping zippers, and using a soft brush with a whisk broom for collars and pockets.
Latin America reaches record shoe production in 1942
Latin American shoe makers expanded output for domestic use as war orders limited imports. Argentina and Mexico led trade, but meat of growth occurred locally. 1942 production reached about 73.3 million pairs, up from 62.5 million in 1941 and 58.5 million in 1940.
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Americas
United States
Latin America
Argentina
Mexico
United States Department of Commerce
Sulphur Mining in Sicily Drives Italian Output
Sulphur centers around Mount Etna and Sicily powered Italy to second place in world production. About 64 percent of Italy's sulphur came from Sicilian mines. A hundred mines operated in a triangle of Porto Empedocle, Licata, and Enna, where brimstone was blasted from subterranean galleries and refined into solid blocks.
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Etna
Sicily
Texas
Louisiana
Italy
Porto Empedocle
Licata
Enna
Lesson on Honoring Parents In Modern Life
A faith lesson argues that civil peace and national well being rely on children honoring and obeying parents as commanded by God. It cites Luke 2 48 51 John 19 25 27 and Mark 7 8 13 to show obedience in youth and care for aged parents, warning againstCorban evasion and careless neglect.
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Ephesians
Paul
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Christ
God
Jerusalem
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Ria
U. S
Uniform International
Unis
Eta Voic
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