Churchill Broadcast Rehearsal On Air During Air Raids
French actor Michel Saint-Denis recalls rehearsing Churchill for a wartime broadcast at 10 Downing Street during a German air raid. Churchill, after the lunch, delivered the speech in English and French from a defense room, urging resilience and claiming Britain and its scientists will prevail.
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London
Winston Churchill
Adolf Hitler
France
Britain
Churchill
Michel Saint-Denis
British Broadcasting Corp
Saint Denis
Saint-Denis
BBC
Churchil
Berlin
Downing’ Street
Downing Street
Foreign Office
Defense Headquarters
Saint- Denis
Winnie
United States
Canada
Farm Fire at Funkstown Destroys Barn and Damages House
A large dairy farm barn near Funkstown in Washington County burned Sunday with the blaze starting near the top of the barn. About 159 dairy cattle and 40 hogs were saved. several pigs calves and a sheep died. The barn valued about 56 000 and farm equipment nearly 100 000. house damage minor. Owner Norman E Walters and tenant Allen J Beard were present. fire teams from Boonsboro Williamsport and Funkstown aided with water from a creek. State Police assisted.
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Hagerstown
Funkstown
Washingston County
Norman E. Walters
J. I. Case Co
Baltimore
Allen J. Beard
Maryland
Boonsboro
Williamsport
Beard
Notable Birthdays From Know America Series
Know America lists prominent figures with birthdays and origins. Notables include John C. Doerfer, Joan D. Randall, Millicent C. McIntosh, Walter G. Whitman, Jacques Barzun, Daniel A. Poling, and Angier Biddle Duke, noting birthplaces and ages. The History section recalls pencil manufacturing in Salem in 1830 and Jefferson Davis’s 1861 election as Confederate president along with a 1918 note on a neutral commission regarding Germany.
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John C. Doerfer
Federal Communications Commission
Milwaukee
Joan D. Randall
Cedar Rapids
Towa
American ‘Bar Association
Lisbon
Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard College
New York
Baltimore
Walter G. Whitman
iMass. Institute of Technology
Charman
T Id
Winthrop
Mass
Jacques Barzun
Columbia
University
Facultes
Provost
France
Daniel A. Poling
Philadelphia
Portland
Oregon
Angier Biddle Duke
International Rescue Mission
Joseph Dixon
Salem
Jefferson Davis
Germany
Warns Against Use Of Gas Space Heater in trailers
Maryland State Police issue a warning bulletin against using a 13by16 inch Thurm space heater in trailers. Officials fear such heaters, in about 2,000 units across 82 trailer models from 10 to 18 feet, linked to eight deaths in Michigan as hunting season starts.
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Maryland
Frederick Barracks
Michigan
Michigan health bulletin links small heaters to carbon monoxide deaths
A health bulletin ties a compact 18 000 BTU heater marked SM or SMINS to three September deaths. It notes a larger 22 009 BTU model exists but hasn’t been tied to incidents and states smaller heaters were not installed in mobile trailers. Investigation by the Michigan Department of Health followed the fatalities.
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Statte
Michigan
Sacie
Learning Bulletin
Michigan Department of Health
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Thomas H. Osborne
West Patrick
Paul B.smith Jr
Knoxville
Paul E. Carroll
Gaithersburg
Zeant
Denver
Charles K. Caskour Jr
J. Frank Main Jr
Assateagle
Beach
Edwin D. Ned Lynch
Worcester County
Worcester
India
Nehru
China
Macmillan
Harold Macmillan
Canberra
Australia
John Mee
St. Laurence
Iican
Oditional Geographic Society
Zenith
Motorola
Philco
Melvin M. Engle
North Carroll Street
Orelco
Norelco Electric
Norelco
North-American Philips Company,Inc
TOE
42Nd Street
Moreice Semonstrated
Abc-Tv
Cbs-Ivasiwork
America
Wilson
Soviet
Russia
Indiana
Solomons
Eisenhower
Korea
U.S
Samuel Seabury
Connecticut
Groton
Conn
Perth Amboy
N. J
Cyrus Field
Atlantic Cable
Strockbridge
Mary H. G. Pike
Ida May
Eastport
Maine
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
Orist
Flora
Redding
Frank O'Malley
Pittston
Mister
Molde
General Electric
Hiltner-Roelke
Patrick ST. MO
GOP
North Market St
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