Battle in Alaska patrol ends with disabled plane
Alan Baker and Buzzard attack five bandits on a flooded Thal Azzah lake. Joyce’s daring dive distracts the bandits, allowing a strafing run that mortally wounds a defender, but the plane is crippled by rifle fire and sinks to a watery ruin. Pedneault departs at dawn with a launch.
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Ped
Alan
Pedneault
Bill
Joyce
Dave
Alooska
Thal-Azzah
Buzzard
James A. Featheref
Alan AicCleod Baker
Chase Above Alooska Forks Ends In Stranded Launch
Alan and Buzzard close in on Pedneault after sighting two canoes with six fighters and a girl in the lead canoe. Pedneault’s launch strikes a muskeg mud bar and becomes stranded, leaving Alan and Buzzard to take decisive action as Bill remains distant.
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Alooska Forks
Pedneault
Alan
Thal-Azzah
Buzzard
Joyce
Alooska
Bill
Perfectly Safe Bank Visit Ends With Cautionary Twist
A woman asked for a new cheque book after losing the previous one. She claimed to have signed all checks immediately upon receipt, asserting the fraud risk was zero and that the lost cheque book would be useless to anyone else.
Divorces in England and Great Britain Revealed
The register general reports seven thousand annual divorces in Great Britain with about 30 000 divorced persons in England and Wales. One in 83 marriages ends in divorce. most divorced men remarry, often to partners with no prior marriage, while many spinster brides are under 30.
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Great Britain
England
Wales
London
Register-General
The Nesting Robin Inspires Spring Miracles
The poem speaks of a robin returning with spring breezes and new life. A farm boy plows through furrows as gold daisies rise on a green hill. Butterflies haunt the grass while the robin’s song renews magic and invites boys and girls to rejoice in rosebuds and birth.
Blind NY puzzler Stanley Wartenburg wins title
Champion jig-saw puzzler Stanley Wartenburg, 26, of New York, blind since childhood, says lack of sight aids his speed. He sorts border pieces first, then others by shape, uses left hand to feel curves and right to find matches, aided by remarkable memory. He is industrial adviser to broom and mop makers in the New York workshop of the Association of the Blind.
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Stanley Wartenburg
New York
Wartenburg
Association of the Blind
Portraits Presented to RCMP Inspector for Arctic Detachments
Five portraits of His Majesty the King were presented to Inspector Sandys Wynch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Miss M. F. Mackenzie regent of the Municipal Chapter of Montreal LO.D.E. The portraits are intended for five detachments of the Eastern Arctic sub-division of the RCMP.
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Sandys Wynch
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
M. F. Mackenzie
Montreal
Lo.d.e
Eastern Arctic
RCMP
Thy servants ready to do whatsoever my lord appoints
Fragments reflect on daily submission to divine appointment and readiness to serve. The writer urges surrender to God’s timing, accepting interruptions and simple tasks as part of His plan, citing 2 Samuel 15:15 and Frances R. Havergal.
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Samuel
Frances R. Havergal
Tradition Fen Research hunts for King John’s baggage
London based Tradition Fen Research Limited forms to locate the lost baggage and regalia of King John in the Wash using electrical divination. The Wash, a shallow North Sea bay between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, is the search site as the company bets on ancient legend over other treasure hunts.
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Fen Research Limited
London
England
John
Cocos Islands
North Sea
Lincolnshire and
Norfolk
Athens protests and mixed results from odd even car plan
Citizens protest Greece new odd even license rule while sales of gas fall under three percent in Athens. One car owners dislike half time idle. Taxpayers complain taxis scarce as the scheme takes effect.
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Greece
Athens
Honest Passengers Push Fare Boxes In Glasgow Trolleys
Glasgow officials report streetcar conductors missed many fares during rush hours. Red boxes near exits encouraged riders to drop a penny on leaving. Since the plan began more than 100 dollars a week has been collected by the boxes.
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Glasgow
Scotland
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