Swedish Minister Filp Bostrom Reaches Retirement Age Amid War
Wollmar Filip Bostrom Swedish minister to the United States reached 65 but remains in service. His career spanned Paris London Madrid and Stockholm posts, with Olympic tennis in 1908 and hockey at Upsala. Sir Owen Dixon Australian envoy reports Allied Pacific progress and the need for flexible air strategy. Lt Maj Gen Ralph Royce leads the First Air Force protecting the Atlantic with a long record from West Point to Pershing and World War II.
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Birth of the Zoot Suit and Wartime Oddities
A spoof item traces the first zoot suit to a 1940 Gainesville Georgia bus boy and recounts a carnival of wartime humor. It also lampoons honorary degrees and public figures Dudley Chiggle Sylvanius Hooksey Octavius Zippey and political references to Ickes oyster regulation and a comic oyster census.
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Applique Tulip Apron Pattern No 5400 Offered
Pattern No 5400 for Applique Tulip Apron offered by Home Needlework. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage per pattern, plus your name and address to 530 South Wells St.
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Heaven Sent Prophet Hope Prophecy Note
A brief quotation states Heaven sent a prophet named Hope, described as a messenger from heaven attributed to E. R. Sill.
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E. R. Sill
Waialeale Rainfall: One of Earth's Wettest Spots
The Hawaiian Islands receive heavy rainfall on the windward sides with Waialeale’s summit on Kauai receiving about 40 feet of rain annually, making it one of the wettest places on earth.
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