The City of Light Darkened by Nazi Occupation
The piece laments Paris under Nazi occupation while preserving iconic sites like Notre Dame and Sacre Coeur. It contrast stark darkness with the City of Light and urges citizens to keep lamps lit and wicks trimmed until day returns. It links national spirit to moral resolve and personal action against tyranny.
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Paris
Notre Dame
Seine
Etienne de Mont
St. Genevieve
Sacre Coeur
la Ville Lumiere
City of Light
Germany
Europe
Parachute Fire Service Proposed For Forest Firefighting
The U S forest service plans a summer program using 16 parachute planes to drop parachutists with radios and ropes into fires in inaccessible coast regions. Relief planes will deliver firefighting gear as tests show safe descent at 12 feet per second in rugged terrain.
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Russia
Finland
Germany
Holland
Belgium
France
United States
Pacific
United States Forest Service
Honeymoon Bridge Symbol Returns With Rainbow Span
Work continues on a new Rainbow bridge across the Niagara gorge to replace the 1938 Honeymoon bridge that collapsed in an ice jam. Foundations rise on both sides as the bridge converges in the middle, reviving a 19th century border link and a shared symbol of friendship.
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Niagara River
Niagara Gorge
Canada
United States
Falls View
Stalin the Horrible and the elimination of rivals
The text condemns Stalin as uniquely brutal, claiming he systematically exterminates potential successors and opposition. It alleges millions murdered or exiled, including about thirty thousand officers in the army, and portrays his regime as a reign of fear worse than Ivan the Terrible.
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Stalin
Russia
Ivan the Terrible
Stalin the Horrible
Russa
Meeting of Hitler and Wilhelm in HollandGossiping cameo dialogue
A fragmentary talk shows Hitler dropping by Holland to greet Wilhelm with mutual boasts of past and present prowess. Wilhelm questions promises to neutrality and predicts trouble ahead while recalling their wartime paths. The scene blends wartime bravado with the era’s tense undercurrents.
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Wilhelm
Holland
Hitler
Belgium
Our Children By Angelo Patri
A discussion on summer tutoring for struggling students. Some should not be tutored, others may need indirect methods like health, rest, and enriching experiences. Illness and fatigue demand caution, while a few may benefit from camp or supervised summer work. Mr Patri offers guidance and contact for inquiries.
Washington Daybook Hears Major Fullerton’s Aerial War Vision
Washington Daybook recounts Major J. D. Fullerton’s 1893 speech predicting aerial warfare, rapid mobilization, naval dependences, and the rise of air power, noting similarities with later events. It also covers Atchison editors proposing a subsidiary national capital and war talk suppression in government offices.
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Washington
Carl Hisshaw
Pasadena
Calif
J. D. Fullerton
British Royal Engineers
War Department
Major Fullerton
International Congress of Engineers
Wright Boys
Kitty Hawk
Ritzy
Mr. Hinshaw
A. Hitler
Louis Johnson
Teeth Restored After Lake Pontchartrain Swim
William Bitterwolf of New Orleans recovered an upper plate lost while swimming in Lake Pontchartrain 10 days earlier. Harold Ahlers, 18, found them yesterday in 12 feet of water and Bitterwolf said he recognized them immediately.
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New Orleans
William Bitterwolf
Lake Pontchartrain
Harold Ahlers
Bitterwolf
Wales
Parish Tax Heads to Sell Property Here on Saturday
Ouachita parish tax officials announced an open sale to auction all real estate with unpaid 1939 taxes, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday in front of the courthouse door. Collections through May 31 totaled 96.75 percent. mortgage creditors are advised to protect their interests before the sale.
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Ouachita Parish
Extension Sought for Highway 63 to Mississippi Coast
Julian James of Jonesboro Ark president of the Highway 63 Association announced plans to extend the southern terminus from Turrell Arkansas to the Mississippi coast. The 1 044 mile road runs from Ashland Wisconsin to Turrell through Wisconsin Iowa Missouri Minnesota and Arkansas and the proposal would add nearly 600 miles.
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Biloxi
Miss
Julian James
Jonesboro
Ark
Highway 63 Association
Turrell
Mississippi Coast
Ashland
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota
Arkansas
Jobs for June Graduates
Robinson offers guidance from Max B. Robinson of Fenn College Y M C A Cleveland on securing jobs after graduation. Emphasizes using abilities beyond degrees, seeking concrete positions, gaining work experience, and cooperative programs linking education with business needs.
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Max B. Robinson
Fenn College
Cleveland
Woman Reports Suspected Spy Ring Ties
A St Louis police tip line received a report that a woman suspects her husband is connected with a foreign government spy ring, describing it as a new high in fifth column tips.
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ST. Louis
Jimmie Fidler In Hollywood Protest Checks Propaganda View
Hollywood, June 19. Jimmie Fidler clarifies anti Nazi picture protests and insists he is pro American not pro Nazi. He argues movies should avoid propaganda and not incite war fever while trusting elected leaders to guide national policy. He urges letting filmmakers make films without state department embarrassment.
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Hollywood
United States
Washington
United States of America
World Fair wing experts mix pigeon range and gun galleries
George Tucker profiles Clare Maxwell and Charles Babb at the New York World’s Fair midway. They showcase miniature pigeon ranges and air gun galleries using compressed air guns. Babb, who operates from Glendale and LaGuardia, has built a career in old plane trades while Maxwell plans a Arkansas duck season return. The piece notes warlike themes on the midway with BB machine guns and declares various New Deal businesses in Manhattan alongside a GOP rival eatery near the Harlem River.
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New York
Clare Maxwell
Life Magazine
Charles H. Babb
Maxwell
Babb
Glendale
Calif
LaGuardia
South America
Arkansas
Charles Rochester
Hotel
Coney Island
Manhattan
New Deal
New Deal Export Company
New Deal Steam and
Ledger
G.O.P
Harlem River
Bank teller lands dream bridge hand in high-stakes play
Montgomery banker Woodford Parks calmly bid a seven spade contract after a two spade opening and take-out response, securing 2240 points with partner. The tall tale notes his daily cash handling as context while recalling Temanny the Delaware chief as a contrasting ideal.
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Montgomery
Ala
Woodford Parks
Parks
Radio Schedule Highlights Evening Programs and News Lines
Radio WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 schedule details programs by time across networks. Entries list show titles hosts and segments from 4:45 to 11 PM with changes in daylight time and minute-by-minute program names including The O Neills Little Orphan Annie Captain Heary Burns and Allen Shepards etc. The list emphasizes network corrections and time zone shifts for EST CST MT.
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the O'Neills
Nbe
Bud Barton
Nbe-Wiz-East
Scattergood
Wjs
Cbs-Waba
Cbs-Midwest News
Edwin C
Cbs
Heary Stamps
Red-Chain Dancing’ Music Orchestra
Paul Sullivan
Cbs-Wabe
Cbs-West Novelty Orchestra
Mbs
Paul Douglas
Rocky Gordon
Red
Lowell Thomas
Nbo-Weat
Mr. Keen
Nbe-W
Lanny Ross
Cbs-Wabe-Basie
Cbbs-West
Mbs-Net
Weal-Kyw
Whz
Wmal Dancing Music Orch
Wjz Burns and Allen
Wet
H. V. Kaltenborn
Nbc
Weaf
Sam Baker
Wiw
Wgn
Hollywood Playhouse
Ben Bernie
Lew Lehr
Cba
Wabe
Sheep and Goats Club
Mbe
Chain
Maj. Nason
Wor
Roy Shield
Wis
Canada
Kay Kyser
College
Nbe-Weat
Frank Blackard
Glenn Miller & Orchestra
Chs
Raymond G
Swing
Wjz News
Cbs-Wabe-East
Amos and Andy
Cbs-West Dance Music Orchestra
Mba-Chaing
A. Michell
Mbs-West
Ed Hill
cbs-Diz
Nbe-Weat Dances
Cbs & Mbs
Cbs-West
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