Patterson and Royce Lead War Era ICC and Oil Talks
In a Century-Long career Patterson, an ICC member since 1939, rose from railroad call boy to safety chief and now helps steer wartime transport policy. Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, American commander in the Middle East, discusses oil rights and weather as he works with Arab rulers, while soldiers adapt to new armor including steel vests and helmets for air crews.
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York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Patter
ICC Transportation System
Patterson
ICC
Commission
Bureau of Safety
Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Roosevelt
Neenah
Wis
Htler
Hitler
Ralph Royce
Allied Military Commission
Ibn Saud
Arabia
Royce
Middle East
Egypt
Farouk
France
Philippines
Germany
West Point
Eighth Air Force
Milton
Lancelot
Leonard Barratt
Wilkinson Sword Company
Malcolm Grow
Scotland Yard
Barratt
Ade Anecdote of London Greeting Gone Wrong
George Ade, visiting London, mistook a stranger for an old friend and gave a hearty back slap. The glasses flew, hats toppled, and bundles spilled into the street before the error was realized. The Englishman quips about whether Ade’s friend would approve of such greeting.
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George Ade
London
So Called Ice Plant Describes Glittering Beads Effect
An article explains the so called ice plant of California whose surface beads give a glittering, icy appearance. It notes the plant’s distinctive look and evergreen bloom as observed by observers.
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California
Lemon Wake Up Drink For Gentle Digestion
A health tip promotes avoiding harsh laxatives by drinking juice from one Sunkist lemon in water every morning. The blend is said to stimulate normal bowel action, boost vitamin C intake, and refresh the mouth. It touts lemons as rich in vitamins C B and P, boosts appetite, alkalinizes, aids digestion, and provides a tangy wake up.
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Sunkist
California
Sunkist Mons
Plus size jumper costume pattern lands for larger women
New button front jumper costume Pattern No. 8552 offers sizes 34 through 48 with a waist defining belt. The 36 size requires 344 yards of 39 inch material for the jumper and 244 yards for the long sleeve blouse.
Quiz questions from a general knowledge page
A list of eight trivia prompts including military police insignia a gavotte Capri sea presidential age loupgarou Swiss Latin name and why bombardiers can hit camouflaged targets plus draft registration total from October 16 1940.
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U. S. Army
Isle of Capri
United States
Switzerland
Army
Navy
Answers to a Quiz on Thematic Elements
The list gives eight items matching a riddle style: crossed pistols, a dance, the Tyrrhenian sea, the number thirty five, a shapeshifter, Helvetia, infrared film can spot camouflaged structures for target selection, and a figure of sixteen million.
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Tyrrhenian Sea
Helvetia
States Change Methods of Capital Punishment
Collier's notes shifts in methods since 1928 show fewer states impose life sentences, with executions by hanging, electrocution, and gas changing counts. Hanging down from 19 to 10, electrocution up from 20 to 24, gas up from 1 to 8, and life sentences down from 8 to 6. Utah allows a choice between hanging or shooting.
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Collier’s
Utah
Barbara Bell Pattern 1917 Weskit Size 14 32
Barbara Bell pattern number 1917 for sizes 12 through 42 with busts 30 to 42. Size 14 (32) weskit requires 1 1/2 yards of 39 inch material and 1/4 yard for a handbag. Send your order to the indicated address.
Household tips for lemon juice and home fixes
Warm lemons before squeezing for more juice and let fruit stand in warm water. Insulate boards for neat table pads and sections for large tables. Secure props on wire lines with clothespins. Use half coffee half milk to enhance chocolate pie flavor. Dampen seams with a medicine dropper filled with water. Reuse butter cartons to store cookie dough in the fridge and slice easily. Restore draft by lighting newspaper in the chimney. Crochet motifs repair holes in tablecloths. Slip rubber hose over faucet end to prevent glassware chipping.
Pink Flower Hat and Mitten Set Pattern No 5644
Crochet pattern notice asks readers to send 16 cents plus name and address to receive complete instructions. Includes pattern number and city cue Chicago. © 1940s era craft vendor solicitation.
Unique Bugle Call Recording From Balaklava Battle
A rare phonograph record captures the bugle call used at Balaklava on October 25 1854 during the Crimean War. The original bugler made a London recording 53 years ago and Yale University holds one of the few copies.
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Balaklava
Russia
London
Narrowest house in New York City on Bedford Street
The oddity at 75 Bedford Street, Manhattan, is built in a driveway between two buildings and measures only 9 percent feet wide from front to back.
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New York City
Bedford Street
Manhattan
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Chicago
South Wells
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