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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1941
Page
3
The wartime brief reports a U S destroyer torpedoed and sunk west of Iceland during convoy operations. In other items a strike in captive coal mines ends and two airliners crash, with 34 casualties or injuries noted.
The 53,000 coal miners organized to back defense steel operations faced a stalemate with John L. Lewis opposing President Roosevelt as tensions rose over the national labor dispute. The sequence of events highlighted a pivotal confrontation in wartime labor policy.
The destroyer Reuben James was torpedoed west of Iceland during convoy duty, becoming the first U.S. naval vessel sunk in the European conflict. The event follows airline disasters and a pivotal war report on Moscow’s defense amid German advances.
A sudden halt in the execution of Frenchmen in reprisals for attacks on German officers in the occupation army is reported. The halt follows a leaked report that two German officers were killed in the Lille sector, with Hitler ordering the pause to offer France a last chance to cooperate.
Goebbels states the Reich endures wartime hardships as civilians face shortages and long workdays. He describes wives queuing for vegetables, children sent to the country, rationing of beer and cigarettes, coal shortages, and nightly air raid shelter time.
The piece reports Japan growing restless under the Allied peace terms and seeking local governments in occupied China. It notes American aid debates for Chungking, labor unrest in the United States including Detroit wage disputes and Seattle welders, and concerns Washington faces over a volatile labor front amid wartime pressure.
A Teen size outfit features jerkin skirt and blouse in corduroy tweed plaid wool or gabardine with washable cottons and one wool jersey blouse. Pattern No 1296 B sizes 8 10 12 14 16 years requires specific yardage for each piece. Also includes a short historical note about Grace Bedell Lincoln beard gift humidor gift package for Prince Albert Tobacco.
Among the first images to reach the United States after the destroyer Kearny arrived in port following its torpedoing is a photo of Lt Commander Anthony L. Danis, commanding officer of the ship. The Army Signal Corps released the image taken aboard the Kearny.
A saying attributed to J. C. and A. W. Hare links jealousy to offspring of love. It warns that unless the parent acts, the child will continue to harm the parent, implying a fatal outcome if restraint fails.
Answers: 1 jury rigged ship is a vessel repaired with jury rigging using temporary improvised masts and sails. 2 board foot is a volume unit equal to a board one inch thick by one foot by one foot. 3 Massachusetts Bay Colony first to hold enslaved people in English America. 4 Ontario province extends along the border from New York to Minnesota. 5 Argus the hundred-eyed monster. 6 Bowdlerized novel is expurgated or sanitized to remove offensive material. 7 financier of the American War of Independence was Robert Morris. 8 The Gibson Girl was popularized by Charles Dana Gibson.
A compact listing identifies a temporary service rig and a one by one foot by one inch item. The entry mentions Jamestown Virginia Ontario Argus and notes an expurgated novel associated with Robert Morris and Charles Dana Gibson.
A New York steam company serves 2,500 large buildings and miscellaneous users such as laundries Turkish baths hat-makers and contractors who wash stone structures. Advertisers feature vapor from coffee on Broadway signs while opera-goers view it in Siegfried’s dragon.
An ad claims Adlerika blends five carminatives and three laxatives to quickly relieve gas and stimulate bowel action. It urges readers to set a daily routine of 6 to 10 minutes and asks to ask the druggist for Adleriza as a follow up.
A short whimsical piece notes a fly perched on a chariot wheel axle asking about the dust it raises. The quip mirrors a fable tone and playful self importance. The reference blends Aesop lightness with Bacon style.
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