Millard Caldwell Takes Lead in U.S. Civil Defense
Washington officials describe Millard F. Caldwell, former Florida governor, installed to organize a civilian defense effort involving about 20 million volunteers and 3,000 paid staff. He urges nationwide citizen education, local committees, and state action to prepare for atomic, biological, and other modern warfare threats.
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Washington, D.C
White House
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Washington
Caldwell
Russia
Civilian Defense Administration
Nagasaki
Hiroshima
Public Health Service
American Red Cross
Bureau of Animal Husbands
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
George
Crossword Puzzle Answers Seeks Help From Readers
Puzzle lists across and down clues for a traditional crossword with clues ranging from Claw to Short stocking. Readers are invited to supply solutions matching the historical puzzle format and word lengths.
Radio pione er John Lair restores Renfro Valley folk shrine
John Lair a radio pioneer returns to Renfro Valley Kentucky to rebuild the settlement and stage folk music programs based on reality. He produces emcees and recruits locals for all broadcasts and keeps a large music library. Harold Lloyd and Jimmy Connlin filmed three weeks of a sequence in Mad Wednesday showing a 400 pound lion chase across a skyscraper set.
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Ohn Lair
Renfro Valley
Eman
Lair
United States
Harold Lloyd
Jimmy Conlin
The Home Workshop Shelves Pattern Sale
A Home Workshop pattern offers wall shelves with interlocking joints cut from tracing designs. Pattern 209 yields a dozen shelf types in various shapes and sizes with quick easy assembly. Price is 25 cents from WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 16 Bedford Hills New York.
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Andere
Bedford Hills
New York
Grassroots World Rallies Against Peace Leagues
Wright A. Patterson argues over several decades that the League of Nations, the Atlantic Charter, and the United Nations failed to prevent wars. He contends these bodies proved ineffective, serving only talk and protecting national self interests while ignoring strong action against aggression.
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League of Nations
Woodrow Wilson
U.S. Senate
World Organization
People of the World
League
Italy
Ethiopia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Atlantic
Churchill
Roosevelt
Yalta
Stalin
Russia
United States
United Nations
South Korea
Truman
MacArthur
Red China
Big Paul Bunyan Among Tall Tales In American Folklore
Big Paul Bunyan joins a lineup of American folklore giants. The lumberjack hero is described as so enormous that as a baby his mother used the wheels off a wheelbarrow as buttons for his jacket.
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Superman
Big Paul Bunyan
Bunyan
Suez Canal Built to Speed Wheat Route to England
The Suez Canal owes its construction to wheat and was built to shorten the journey of wheat from India to England, according to the American Bakers Association report.
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Suez Canal
India
England
American Bakers Association
Barefoot Poet Whittier Worked as Shoemaker Apprentice
Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier, famed for The Barefoot Boy, trained as a shoemaker apprentice and earned money crafting shoes and slippers for New England ladies to fund schooling.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
New England
Bakery Workers Employment Reach Over Four Hundred Thousand
The bakery industry employs more than 450 000 people directly, the largest workforce within the food sector. This figure highlights the industry's significant employment impact and its role in the economy.
Bread kneaded in Greek village engagement ritual
In rural Greece, communities bake bread publicly for engagement celebrations. Friends and relatives toss coins into the dough to help the engaged couple fund a large wedding.
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Greece
Cereal's Share in American Diet Stirs Discussion
The article notes that Americans derive about 28 to 30 percent of their dietary energy and protein directly from cereals. It highlights cereals as a major staple shaping daily intake and nutrition.
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Joe
Bill Owen
Porterhouse
Bill
Kathy
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