First Assignment B
Ed Stanley follows his brother Paul's code as he tracks and corners Mark Eyssen in the Canadian Northwest. The pursuit spans days through snow and cold, ending with Eyssen snowblind and Ed delivering a final, merciful arrest.
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Ed Stanley
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police Service
Little Silver River
Paul
Northland
Eyssen
Mark Eyssen
Silver Country
Mounted
Norman Lee
The
Red Riders
First U S Paper Plant Founded in 1690 in Germantown
North America began paper manufacture in 1690 with William Rittenhouse and partners on Paper Mill Run in Germantown. The original mill destroyed by flood, rebuilt by 1702, with William Bradford as a partner before buyout in 1705. Demand for paper and rag drives colonial printers and hints at democracy.
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U. S
North America
Germantown
William Rittenhouse
Dard Hunter
Technology Review
Rittenhouse
William Bradford
Middle Atlantic
Bradford
Electric clocks from Pesaris power Italian rail hubs
In Pesaris, a mountain village in the Alps, workers produce electric clocks for the Ostia station and hundreds for the state railways. Originating in 1725 as an iron foundry, the plant shifted to clockmaking and, since 1932, to modern electric clocks including Florence station and Naples post office commissions.
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Ostia
Pesaris
Alps
Florence
Pesariis
Naples
Thomas More Beheaded After London Execution
Sir Thomas More author of Utopia was condemned at Tyburn and beheaded after the king commuted the sentence. On July 7 1535 he died in the Tower of London and his head was set on London Bridge. Tradition holds it was recovered by his daughter and buried at St Dunstan's Canterbury.
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Paul
Thomas More
Tyburn
More
Tower of London
London Bridge
St. Dunstain's
Canterbury
Buried Inca Cities Unearthed in Peru
New York reports two ancient Inca cities buried under humus and a mountain forest in the Peruvian Sierras above Cuzco. Axel Wenner-Gren sponsors the expedition led by Dr. Paul Fejos, noting white granite walls, a stairway, baths, water channels, and drainage as portions of the uncovered ruins.
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New York
South America
Peruvian
Sierras
Axel L. Wenner- Gren
Paul Fejos
Pyramids
Angkor
Highlands
Cuzco
Andes
British Forts On Southeast Coast Guard Against Invasion
British defenses along the southeast and southern coasts rely on sea fortresses modernized from Martello towers. Bases sit in the seabed near key towns, housing artillery crews and infantry as part of a continental defense network inspired by Corsican towers.
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Corsica
Cape Martella
Ontario Plans to Have War Gardens This Year
London Ontario The Ontario Horticultural association will organize and promote an extensive plan of war gardens to offset a labor shortage in farming and market gardening. The 36 000 member society led by W E Foster plans to present the proposal at the annual convention next month as leaders warn of ongoing labor shortages.
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London
Ont
Ontario Horticultural Association
British Empire
W. E. Foster
British Girls' Skirts Rise Higher in Wartime Spring
London designer predicts spring skirts will average 18 inches above the ground as wartime material shortages push fashion shorter. American observers say New York styles average 16 to 17 inches, reflecting similar wartime constraints.
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London
Milady
England
New York
Sunshine school on the beach in St Petersburg Florida
In St. Petersburg Florida a sun shine school holds classes on the beach with pupils and teachers wearing bathing suits reflecting a seaside education scene.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Sunshine School
Largest Cypress Tree Estimated at 3500 Years Old
The Senator, also called The Big Tree, is the world’s largest cypress growing between Orlando and Sanford. Water marks on its trunk indicate an age of about 3,500 years. It rises 125 feet, with a 17 foot base diameter and its first limb about 75 feet from the ground.
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Orlando, Fla
Orlando
Sanford
Phantom Frank and Pat Face Police Test in City Jail
Frank Danton alias Phantom Frank and Patricia Fahey clash with officers after a gun incident. The teen couple scheme a plan, she seeks reform, he vows to go straight for her, while fellow officers pressure him to confess and change.
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Hanney
Duggan
Pat
Frankie
Frank Danton
Sergeant Robinson
Scott Precinct
Scott
Davison
Robbie
Phantom Frank
Robinson
Frank
Bill
Sarge
Patricia
California Growing Long Staple Cotton
Fresno report credits W B Camp of Bakersfield with developing Acala cotton for California as a war preparedness effort before U S entry into World War I. Camp noted military demand for long staple fabric for uniforms and airplane material. Growers tout Acala as the pure strain under state law, with irrigated cotton seen as high quality despite rain risks.
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Fresno
Calif
California
United States
W. B. Camp
Bakersfield
Camp
United States Department of Agriculture
England
Last Homesteader Gets Title to Michigan Land
Michigan's last frontier closed as Theodore Wigren received title to 80 acres in Dickinson county near Hardwood. He started with a homestead in 1935, built a house barn well and fence, cultivated seven acres and planted alfalfa beans potatoes and an orchard. He survived losing a thumb and two fingers in the process and deemed the title worth the pain and effort.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
State Conservation Department
Theodore Wigren
Dickinson County
Wigren
Conservation Department
Women Outnumber Men In Maine Century Club
Augusta Maine. More women live to be 100 than men based on Maine Century club figures. The club limits membership to five score years or more and counts 23 women and 10 men. Sponsored by Maine Public Health association members receive a gold medal and a recruiter. The oldest member is 105 year old Capt Thomas Newman of Southwest Harbor and the youngest is Capt Colin Justin of Portland 101 on January 9 1941.
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Augusta
Maine
Century Club
The
Maine Public Health Association
Oldster
Thomas Newman
Southwest Harbor
Colin Justin
Portland
Last of the Last 10 Men Drinks Toast That Sours
In Indianapolis John Thatcher aged 79 claimed a champagne bottle kept for 55 years to toast the last survivor of the No 10 Last Man's club. Nine empty chairs signified nine members who died since the 1886 founding in Frankfort Indiana. Thatcher called the toast bittersweet and admitted the drink tasted sour.
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Indianapolis
John Thatcher
Frankfort
Ind
Thatcher
Mystery Box Reveals Faintest Fingerprints
Montgomery police unveil a glass-walled box that exposes faint fingerprint impressions by iodine crystal fumes. The device, resembling a small aquarium, helps reveal prints invisible to the naked eye and aids in investigations.
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Montgomery
Ala
Paris Struggles in Bitter Winter Under German Occupation
Paris endures a harsh winter under German occupation with scarce coal and restricted heating. Hospitals face rising hunger and cold as families ration 12% kilograms of coal monthly, while residents dodge patrols and avoid Germans. News from London draws collective sympathy for Britain.
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Paris
France
Marie Antoinette
Bismarck
Jardin Des Plantes
New York Times
Volga
India
Woman's Button Collection Worth $10,000 in Malaga
Mrs. Gertrude Patterson has built a button collection of over 40,000 pieces valued at more than $10,000. Duplicates fill her basement for swaps with other collectors. A $500 piece, a soft stone button with a heavy silver back inscribed in old Arabic, is among her prized items.
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Malaga
N. J
Gertrude Patterson
Meteorite Unearthed in Delaware Marsh Lands
In Milford Delaware a 24 pound meteor was found by Frank Jester about 300 yards from where it streaked from the western sky and struck the ground. The pyramid shaped rock, 12 inches base and nine inches high, is on display in a local store show window with a perforated bulk.
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Milford
Del
Barking Bridge
Frank Jester
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