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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1941
Page
3
Hero of S. S. Nerissa Strickland hailed for saving 84 lives
New York resident Arthur Strickland, acting as steward aboard the torpedoed British ship Nerissa, manipulated a lifeboat light that drew a bombing plane’s attention and prompted a British destroyer to rush to the scene, saving 84 survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Strickland
New York
Nerissa
Dastroyer
Mass Production of Guns Serious Problem to U S Says Phone 28
The report notes Russia holds over 2,000,000 semi automatic rifles and is producing 5,000 daily while the U S Army aims to mass produce an automatic Garand rifle designed by John C. Garand at Springfield. It highlights mass production challenges and compares firepower and cost with J D Pedersen’s 30 rounds per minute design, urging rapid scaling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Great Skoda
Czechoslovakia
Germany
United States Army Department
John C. Garand
Montreal
United States Arsenal
Springfield
Mass
United States
General Motors
Defense Council
J. D. Pedersen
Remington Arms
New York City
Walsh revival aims to find 13 baby stars in Hollywood
Director Raoul Walsh plans to revive the old "wam pus baby stars" tradition to address a female star shortage. He notes many talented girls come to Hollywood but lack opportunities, citing past discoveries like Clara Bow and Joan Crawford as proof the program can launch careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Raoul Walsh
Walsh
Clara Bow
Mary Astor
Joan Crawford
Dolores del Rio
Janet Gaynor
Jean Arthur
Lupe Velez
Loretta Young
The Waldorf Astoria of hoosegows opens in Danbury
A vivid critique notes Europe sinking into barbarism while America grows humane. It describes the new Danbury federal prison as a white collar penal institution costing 4 million dollars, with named inmates, custodians instead of guards, and no high walls. The piece laments prisoners learning trades but not safe-combination skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walderi-Astoria
Europe
America
Delaware
Danbury
Conn
Federal Correctional Instiution
Waldorf- Astoria
Hoosegows
Calaboose
Sandwich fillings from olives to liverwurst list
A catalog of hearty sandwich fillings is offered, emphasizing tastiness, nutrition, and variety. Options include chopped olives with seafood, boiled egg, cheese, baked beans, liver and bacon with celery, lamb with mint, frankfurts with mustard, devilled ham with cheese, crisp bacon and peanut butter, ham with currant jelly, beef and pork with sweet pickle and paprika, tongue with Swiss cheese, baked beans and bacon on bread, corned beef with pickle and mustard, roast beef with horseradish, liverwurst with relish, bacon cheese and pickle with mayonnaise, chopped ham with eggs and cucumber, meat loaf with mustard and horseradish, veal with salt and lemon, tomato ketchup on pork, and more.
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Busch Box
Amd
Strict Feeding Schedule May Build Resentment
Dr. J. W. Hunt of Brown University reports in the American Psychological Association that strict feeding in infancy shapes later personality. In rat trials two weeks of limited food led to adult misers who hoard food, with earlier dieting showing stronger effects than later dieting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Hunt
Brown University
American Psychological Association
Hunt
First Balloon Ascension By Blanchard In Philadelphia
Francois Blanchard the French balloonist achieved the first successful ascent in the United States on January 9 1793 from Walnut Street Prison yard Philadelphia with President Washington among spectators A salute and band marked the ascent and Blanchard landed at Coopers Ferry New Jersey about 45 minutes later before returning to Philadelphia to pay respects to the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francois Blanchard
Philadelphia
Blanchard
English Channel
America
Walnut Street
Washington
Coopers Ferry
New Jersey
Electric muff keeps Rachmaninoff warm on tour
During his transcontinental tour the renowned Sergei Rachmaninoff uses an electric muff to keep his hands warm in cold cities. The wool muff contains inner wiring that generates heat when powered, ensuring his fingers stay supple for playing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
Plane Drops Live Fish Above Northern Maine Ponds
Plane drops 6000 baby fish per trip to stock ponds in northern Maine. Pilot William Turgeon from Lewiston distributes trout togue and salmon from Birch river pools at Winterville to area lakes. Fish are placed in 10 gallon cans aboard the plane with wing air intake feeding each can. plane also plants wild rice and surveys beaver dams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
William Turgeon
Lewiston
Birch River
Winterville
Louis and Conn Fight Promises Historic Heavyweight Clash
Betting odds favored Louis at 4 to 1 as promoters expected a record crowd at the Giants ballpark for the Louis Conn title bout. The May 60s era showdown drew attention from governors and fighters’ camps with promoters projecting a gate of 375000 to 400000 and more than 700 sports writers covering the event.
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Louis
Detroit
Greenwood Lake
Conn
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Arthur H. James
New York
Lehman
Billy-the-Kid
Jack Dempsey
Jim Corbett
Bob Fitzsimmons
Bomber Joe
Boxer Earnings Pass Milestone Claimed by Champion
The fighter has surpassed 1.931 million in earnings, closing in on two million and exceeding Gene Tunney's total while remaining well behind Dempsey's overall career take.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ming
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
Battle Fought On The Desert Continues In Egypt
Desert fighting continues as British forces under General Wavell conduct a cautious advance toward Tobruk and consider a longer stalemate. Cairo reports show heavy enemy punishment but no decisive result as Berlin and Rome claim victory and both sides prepare for a prolonged campaign to defend Egypt.
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Derna
Benghaz
Tripoli
Wavell
Tobruk
Cairo
London
Berlin
Rome
Egypt
Britain
DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS WITH CLUES FROM A TO Z
A compact set of crossword clues listing numerous definitions across both directions with entries for music, objects, verbs, and places, including terms like musician, dwarf, and verve. It includes references to birth place, national terms, and common crossword elements across many numbered entries.
Suez Canal and aerial power shape empire’s fate
A wartime column notes the Suez Canal’s strategic importance and Britain’s sea supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean, with axis forces ferried across from Sicily and Crete. It argues air power can offset Hitler’s dominance. Also cited: a Forbes study of 170 NYSE corporations shows only 2 percent send quarterly statements and 18 percent send semiannual reports to shareholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suez Canal
Mediterranean
Near East
Red Sea
North Africa
Ly al
Sicily
Crete
Bntain
New York Stock Exchange
Forbes
Minerals Mine in North Carolina Echoes Ancient Indian Work
One of the first minerals mined in the region is mica in North Carolina. The site reveals ancient dumps of debris that testify to extensive operations by Indigenous peoples, with ages inferred from the tonnage and material evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Minerals
North Carolina
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