Anxious wife’s plea uncovers elusive rascal Browne
London. An anxious wife’s request to publish a photo of her missing husband leads to his capture. Lieut Charles Reginald Browne, 48, of the Royal Havy Volunteer Reserve, born in Cape Town, with a long check fraud history, was identified by Detective Ralph Roots from a newspaper image. Browne, previously a minister, clerk, and deserter, was tried at Winchester quarter sessions and sentenced to 20 months for fraud after a jury found him guilty.
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London
Charles Reginald Browne
Royal Havy Volunteer Reserve
Cape Town
South Africa
Rondebosch
Durban
England
Oxford
French Foreign Legion
Natal Parlment
Kenya
Mozambique
Hackney
Salisbury
Roots
Browne
Lyndhurst
Falmouth
Winchester
G. R. F. Morris
Miriam Agnes Browne
Waltham Abbey
G. W. Willett
Chute
Irish Know All Drinking Terms Admitted in Court
Thomas Russell a 56 year old Irish former policeman faced charges for operating a tippling house. The exchange over the term tippling drew laughs as Assistant District Attorney Leo McHale cited a Norwegian origin and the judge questioned the Irish familiarity with drinking vocabulary.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thomas Russell
Tippling House
Earl Lyons
Tippla
Leo McHale
McHale
Soldier’s marriage plea on KSAL record sparks speculation
Romance at KSAL in Salina Kansas centers on a soldier who asked to record a proposal to the California sweetheart. The manager left him to improvise while the station wonders how the romance ends and recalls a joke about unfinished love serials.
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Salina
Kans
KSAL
California
Women Enter Heavy Industry Through New Molding Machine
Cleveland reports women overcoming barriers in heavy industry as foundries mills and shops adapt. A special molding machine for women reduces required manual effort from a 75 pound pull to a lighter operation enabling broader participation in factory work.
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Cleveland
Dig Storage Pits For Winter Root Crops
Families without a cellar can store vegetables in small outdoor pits. Dig several three to four foot diameter pits two to three bushels each, with straw at the bottom and layered dirt to insulate. Ventilate, water drain, and cover with boards and stones for winter protection.
Strive to Create Standard Products in South America
Scientists and engineers across the Americas work to set inter American standards for machinery electrical products and more. War spurs effort to harmonize gauges grading and metering to boost inter American trade and industry.
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South America
Americas
United States
United States Army Hospital Converts North Queensland Street
Former residents buried valuables along a street in a North Queensland town to keep them safe during evacuation. Four inches of concrete now covers the site where cutlery, crystal, silver and paintings lie hidden. Army authorities laid the concrete while converting the area into a hospital and recreation complex with ramps linking houses for patient transport.
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Queensland
Australia
United States Army
Handshaking Origin of Mutual Trust in Early Man
The article explains that self-preservation bred distrust, arming people in ancient times. A non-armed man proved trust by extending his open right hand, while the other showed his own non concealed weapons with a fighting arm. The handshake thus signified mutual understanding and ban on weapons.
Paint Authority Urges Harmony in Property Repainting
A paint authority reminds property owners that choosing harmonious and pleasing colors costs no more than using dark or unattractive tints. Better lighting and morale may be gained, and the loss from unattractive colors is real with no compensating benefits.
Gradual Gray Walls Light Up Indiana Industrial Plant
In a large Indiana plant walls are painted in graduated gray tones from dark at the base to light toward the ceiling to intensify overhead illumination. End walls feature different colors, with some blue and others pale yellow.
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Indiana
Over feeding causes scours in newborn calves says Illinois study
A University of Illinois department of animal pathology and hygiene panel warns overfeeding calves after birth leads to scours. It recommends limiting nursing to five minutes, separating from the cow, feeding every five to six hours for three to five days, then bucket feeding. If scours occur, withhold milk 24 hours and use syrups, eggs, and oils under veterinary advice.
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Department of Animal Pathology
University
Illinois
Native Drivers Submerge for Pearl Catches Off Venezuela
Hundreds of small boats in the pearl fishing fleet near Margarita island Venezuela are reporting a record catch since the season opened by signal gun in mid January after a two year closed period. Pearling has alternated bans and limited seasons. Divers using stone sinkers descend to 85 feet to work oyster beds as the trade recovers from past declines and market shifts.
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Venezuela
Margarita Island
Paris
France
Pocket Guide to India for American Troops Drawn Up
The War Department releases Advise Troops in India, a booklet for U S armed forces abroad. It urges using real Indians instead of natives and stresses respect for Indian customs. It notes sacred cows and other animals and the sacred turban and cautions on dress.
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India
War Department
United States
Harvesting oats for grain or hay debated by farmers
Experts say harvesting oats for hay yields slightly higher profits when conditions are favorable, but cows harvesting oats eliminates labor and harvest expenses. Saving feed losses in bad weather favors pasture with ample permanent pasture and labor, though lack of pasture may justify resting and letting cows harvest.
Hollywood names versus army speed in training
The text contrasts Hollywood glamour with military efficiency, noting that it took years to discover stars like Lana Turner and Hedy Lamarr, while a Keesler Field B24 Liberator Bomber school produced many names such as Chaplin, Joe E. Brown, and Rob ert Taylor in one week including multiple Ronald Cole mans and William Powells among airplane mechanics students.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
Hedy Lamarr
Ronald Coleman
Robert Taylor
Keesler Field
Charlie Chaplin
Joe E. Brown
Charlie McCarthy
Bob Burns
Ronald Colemans
Robert Taylors
William Powells
Charles Boyers
Victory claim of pilots must check
New York report explains military aviation scoring rules for enemy aircraft. A plane counts as destroyed only if it descends flaming, disintegrates in air, and in single seater the pilot bailed out.
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New York
Army
U. S
Flying Magazine
4000 Centenarians claim sparks Census doubt
Washington report says 1940 census lists 3679 people aged 100 plus but census bureau doubts the figure. Officials note elderly may misstate age. draft age 18 population about 1,000,000, with expected declines then gradual rise. Gender ratios vary by age groups.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Estimane
Vichy Magazine Photo Exposes Fake War Image
A Vichy publication seven days ago printed a photo claiming five oil-covered sailors from an Allied tanker sinking in the Atlantic. The image shows Noel Coward and John Mills and is actually a still from the film In Which We Serve.
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Vichy
London
Atlantics
Noel Coward
John Mills
Soldier Writes From Overseas Describing Tax Evasion
Sheriff G W Wier reports a letter from former State Highway Patrolman J W Hammond now overseas. The letter says the recipient owes $3 for 1941 taxes and asks to be pursued by a posse. He promises to surrender without a fight and would settle for two meals a day in a jail near Laurens.
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Laurens
G .W. ‘Wier
J. W. Hammond
Planks Down 1313 For Bit Pieces to Buy War Bonds
Burlington North Carolina report notes Roy J Stanley new employee at Fairchild Aircraft, visiting a bank with W D Rudd to purchase war bonds. Stanley hands over 1313 half-dollar pieces totaling 875 dollars, explaining he started saving them a while back.
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Burlington
N. C
W. D. Rudd
Roy
J. Stanley
Rudd
Stanley
Abandon Ship Returned As Vessel Resumes Engines
In the West Indies the crew fled lifeboats after a torpedo strike but reboarded the vessel when the ship still appeared lost after an hour. The diesel engines were left running as the crew regained control.
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New York
West Indies
Mobile Eye Clinic Serves Mexico Through Rural Ambulance
The Mexican Association for Prevention of Blindness operates the Blind Car an ambulance with two doctors and a nurse that travels to remote communities for eye care. Led by Adela Formoso de Santelicia Obregon the program treats cataracts splinters and thorn injuries and directs complex cases to Mexico City hospitals.
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Mexico City
Mexican Association For the Prevention
Adela Formoso de Santalicia Obregon
Mexico
Dana
Adela
Association
Association’s Hospital
Legislatures Step With Standing Committees nationwide
The Council of State Governments reports growing reliance on standing committees to monitor government activity. Committees operate year round on diverse topics from agriculture to elections, with new civilian defense aviation groups added in recent years. There are 3,365 standing committees across 48 legislatures including 1,445 senate, 1,785 house, and 135 joint panels.
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Council of State
Dust mixtures for arsenate control in garden crops
Dusts with calcium arsenate and copper compounds protect cucumbers melons squash and other transplants from beetles and diseases. Higher arsenate content dusts with copper sulphate lime treat potatoes for potato bugs and blight but avoid arsenical dusts on leafy greens and cabbage when outer leaves are eaten.
Retinal Optograms Promised In Murder Theories
The piece notes that identifying killers from retinal images is highly unlikely but describes optograms as experimentally produced silhouettes on a retina. It cites Better Vision Institute and an example using a rabbit head in darkness then light to form window pane patterns on the retina.
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Better Vision Institute
States adopt pre marriage health tests to curb syphilis
Misouri Nebraska Idaho and Wyoming pass pre marriage health examinations extending statutory protection against syphilis to brides and grooms. About 30 states now require such tests covering more than ten percent of the population. Four states Georgia Idaho Kansas Nebraska require prenatal venereal disease exams to protect unborn children.
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Missouri
Nebraska
Idaho
Wyoming
Council of Statetate
Georgia
Kansas
Proper Care for White Shoes to Prolong Life
Guidance on cleaning and maintaining white leather shoes to prevent cracking and wear. Emphasizes regular light cleaning, using minimal water, avoiding heavy cleaners or grease solvents, and keeping interiors clean with shoe trees to preserve the leather.
Keep Fabrics Aired to Prevent Mildew Attacks
Advice on preventing mildew in fabrics during summer. Keep items dry and well aired, use heat from a light bulb or an electric fan, or a jar of calcium chloride to absorb moisture. Mildew is countered by washing, sunning, and bleaching if stains persist, with lemon juice and salt as a traditional method.
Early science and engineering fade from history
The text traces humanity's earliest rational inquiries to astronomy and medicine, noting primitive engineering origins in Stone Age work. It argues that ancient engineering achievements became fossils, with knowledge of how they learned and why early science did not persist lost to time as the human race survives.
Weathered Wood Care And Preservation Tips
Dry heat in summer and damp heat in winter can loosen joints detach veneer and cause wood to warp or crack. Occasional oil or polish seals pores and preserves the surface if immaculate. Dust furniture frequently wash with soap and water using clean cloths to avoid smears and scratches. Kitchen furniture and painted pieces need only damp soapy mops for longevity.
Fingerprint File Totals From FBI Identification Division
On June 30 1943 The FBI identification division held the fingerprint cards on file with 26 776 184 cards received during the years The average daily cards received 93 540 up 41 070 from the prior year 64 68 percent of criminal fingerprint cards were searched Personal identification file listed 4 943 645 cards ending the year This file includes fingerprints of law abiding citizens who want them on file for amnesia accidental death or personal injury.
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FBI
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