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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1946
Page
2
Ten trivia items cover topics from history religion geography and literature. Questions include Copts origins which country and answers about apocrypha the Star Spangled Banner and Lincoln s age at death with prompts on tele dial letters and historical mottos.
A list mixing trivia prompts and answers including Egypt, Samuel Coleridge, a doubtful author claim, a creature that stays afloat running on hind legs, the Yucatan channel, a shake, the fourth verse, the numbers fifty six and twenty five, a note about Q not on the dial, and Mussolini.
An earthquake sends vibrations through water as strongly as through ground, allowing crew on a ship to feel tremors as clearly as people in a city building.
In a humorous column the author describes buying homes inside a department store with elevators delivering cottages and villas to shoppers. The piece lampoons bargain decor and the frenzied Christmas rush as buyers snatch up kitchenettes, porches, and gardens amid artificial trees and display homes.
In wartime Germany a death by own action squadron was proposed to destroy invasion fleets. Hanna Reitsch pressed Hitler to approve a manned glider bomb carrying a 2000 pound torpedo timed to explode on water impact. Hitler stalled, though researchers found feasibility and volunteers pledged to die for Germany.
Reitsch recounts testing of altered V-1 buzz bombs from April 1944, including pilotless landings, water entry angles, and an intricate aiming device. She notes high pilot fatalities, Goering’s leadership as a fatal flaw, and the project’s abandonment before production.
The German test pilot Hanna Reitsch described herself as a 33 year old 5 ft 4 in 109 pound blonde with blue eyes and a scar on her nose. She led Luftwaffe efforts from the Reichskancellerei bunker and was ordered to depart with Lt General Ritter von Greim to seek Luftwaffe aid and to block Hitler successor Heinrich Himmler from assuming power.
Colonel von Buelow testifies that Heinrich Himmler and SS leaders in the Reich Chancellery bunker plotted to murder Adolf Hitler and trade his body to the Allies for personal safety. He says evidence appeared April 28 and Hitler suspected Fegelein's involvement, with an SS search and removal of Fegelein ordered by Hitler.
A collection of aphorisms and sayings highlighting themes of wisdom water and happiness from George es Thomas N Talfourd Sydney Smith and Montesquieu. The quotes reflect on the value of small kindnesses and the long term uplift of happiness and moderation in rule setting.
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