Army to Demonstrate Jump at Fort Benning
The United States Army plans a public demonstration of airborne operations at Fort Benning Georgia with a mass jump by about 15 of 40 trainees and two officers from an Army transport. The display follows an earlier drill by more than 25 000 troops at the post. The event showcases experimental training results before a wider deployment.
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Benning
Tates Army
North Amer
Lawson
Army Fort’s
Cattle Rustling Still A Crime In West, McCoy Says
In the Tim McCoy Western Code of the Cactus a Hollywood pre show note on cattle rustling argues rustling remains a serious crime. McCoy cites machine guns and high powered trucks as tools used by raiders and notes government inspectors have tightened prosecutions while many cattle are still moved in large lots. He observes many brands are government registered and misbranding leads to failed shipments from stockyards.
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Tim McCoy
Otis Albert Jones
Hollywood
Anne
Flea Market Struggles as Gasoline Shortage Hits Paris
The Paris flea market, once a favorite for American bargain seekers, suffers from gasoline scarcity. Cars and taxis are scarce, leaving large pieces unsold and many shops closed. Merchants note only modest sales of small wares like brooches and miniatures amid the downturn.
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Paris
Directoire
Tax hikes push Britain and allies to peak income rates
Britain raises basic income tax to an all time high as Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa also lift rates. Canada combines income tax with a new defense levy. Australia sees about a 50% rise. New Zealand and South Africa increase rates across brackets. Normal and supertax amounts vary by country and family status.
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London
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
British American destroyer names revealed for over-age ships
The Admiralty announced 50 aging destroyers transferred from the United States will bear names shared with Britain and the United States. The leader will be Churchill, with others named Belmont Beverly Bradford Broadwater Broadway Burnham Burwell Buxton Caldwell Cameron Castleton Chelsea Chesterfield Clare Cambertown Lancaster Leamington Leeds Lewes Lincoln Lidlow Mansfield Montgomery Newark Newaacket Newport Ramsey Reading Richmond Ripley Rockingham Salisbury Sherwood Stanley Wells St Albans and St Marys. Six ships given to Canada carry Annapolis Columbia Niagara St Clair St Croix and St Francis.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
United States
Beverley
Bradford
Broadwater
Broadway
Burnham
Burwell
Buxton
Caldwell
Cameron
Castleton
Chelsea
Chesterfield
Clare
Cambertown
Lancaster
Leamington
Leeds
Lewes
Lincoln
Lidlow
Mansfield
Montgomery
Newark
Newaacket
Newport
Ramsey
Reading
Richmond
Ripley
Rockingham
Salisbury
Sherwood
Stanley
Wells
Newfoundland
United Kingdom
St. Albans
St. Marys
Canada
Annapolis
Columbia
Niagara
St. Clair
St. Croix
St. Francis
Radio Schedule Fragment Promises 1940s Music Marathon
Frantic daily log lists WDLP 1200 programs with news hits, weather, and live performances. It features Panama Billard Priiar and Ellis wins segments, Frankie Carle orchestra, and Loyd Carroll staff.
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M. E.du- AP
Four Squires
WLS
WBSP
Dorothy Ellis
Magic Ishinds
Panama
Billard Priiar
Wester Galloway
Ellis
Frankie Carle
WBS
Wes
WSS -Diast
Loy
PepsieColy
Don McClellan
Lee Porrept
WHS
Nowsumna
Herb Brown
Leon Brdedy
Balon
Ross Norman
Eat
Frankie Masters
Fred Raheil
World Beries Batipaine Browder
Pando Ditard Purfur
Stray State Ol Co
Child’s Cut State Drug Co
Rhythm & Romance
Rodrigo
America
WBB
Bastern
Panama Hilliard Parlor
Curtig
WRB
Cave In Traps Dogs In Fox Den For 53 Hours
ABBEVILLE S C Capt J L Perrin and John Boyd called off their dogs when the fox sought refuge in a den. The two most valuable hounds went missing and were later found by barks and howls answering a hunting horn near the den mouth. The hounds had been in the den 53 hours before extraction.
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Abbeville
S. C
J. L. Perrin
John Boyd
Mind Your Manners for Dinner Guests and Baby Etiquette
A quirky column offers house rules for guests and a baby at breakfast or dinner. It advises against seating a guest beside a baby in a highchair, says visitors should not be shown children unless requested, and recommends that children not interrupt meals. It notes avoid overpraising one’s child and suggests handling a sleeping baby by not waking him unless invited, with best solutions being option B or E.
Three Pontiac youths plead guilty in Willkie egging case
In Pontiac Michigan three of five boys aged 16 and 15 pleaded guilty in juvenile court to throwing eggs at the Willkie campaign caravan. They were sentenced to a good old fashioned whipping and ordered to write statements of attitude to be read at Pontiac High School. Parents chose to administer the whippings at home.
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Pontiac, Mich
Wendell L. ‘Willkie
Arthur Moore
Pontiac High School
Scout Notes Troop 45 Plans Scout House Work
Scout Notes from Troop 45 report regular meeting at Mrs Harding home with plans to finish their Scout house in a couple of weeks. Irving Sage opened with Scout laws Herbert Prescott led Second Class test discussion. Scout Oath closed by Joe Harding with Raynor Hubbard serving as scribe.
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Joe Harding
Raynor Hubbard
Scout Troop 38 meeting at St Andrews Scout House
Troop 38 met Tuesday night at its Scout house in St Andrews. Senior Patrol Leader Joe Wallace Jr opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. A game of Capture the Flag followed by a parol meeting. Roll showed two absent. dues collected. The treasurer noted small funds. Second Class Benny Beck and Tenderfoot Arthur York passed tests. James Rubash, a Second Class Scout, was expected to lead but was absent. We sang Taps and were dismissed by Scoutmaster Bruno Leto with the Scoutmaster's Benediction. Court of Review next Monday night.
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St. Andrews
Joe Wallace, Jr
Leto
Benny Beck
Tenderfoot
Arthur York
James Rubash
Bruno Leto
Court of Review
Trooy
Berlin Boys Hunt Bomb Splinters
Berlin youths pursue war souvenirs as splinters from anti aircraft shells rise in demand after raids. They slip past police around bombed houses near collapse, seeking English origin fragments amid wreckage and secrecy.
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Berlin
Fisherman-toreador Gored by Bull Near Gloucester
Brooks a 55-year-old fisherman and farmer who wrestled a bull to the ground after it gored him. He seized the animal by the nose, roped it to its horns, and tied it to a stake before collapsing and being taken to a hospital.
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Gloucester
Vernon
Brooks
Willkie Criticizes Preparedness Policy On Campaign Train
Aboard the Willkie train bound for Pittsburgh, Wendell L. Willkie expanded his Ohio tour and attacked the Roosevelt administration for politicizing preparedness. In Cleveland he urged that the nation is exposed to aggressors because of political theories and ambitions, addressing 28,000 in Public Auditorium with flags and rally energy.
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Willkie
Pittsburgh
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Cleveland
QUICK WITH THE DEAD KANSAS CITY
A southeastern Kansas merchant is linked with a grim tale as a dealer who first sold an Eskimo a refrigerator after selling an undertaker two pairs of pants with salt for a corpse.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Lehua Island Lighthouse, Hawaii Stands Tallest in U S
The Lehua Island lighthouse in Hawaii is the highest maintained by the United States, sitting 707 feet above sea level.
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United States
Lehua Island
Hawaii
Loud Car Horn Complaints Hear Dense Oddity in Tulsa
In Tulsa a man complains to Desk Sergeant Jack Billingsley that two youths are violating the noise ordinance by tooting a car horn. The sergeant notes the complainant is hard of hearing.
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Tulsa
Okla
Jack Billingsley
Sergeant Billingsley
British warships defend in Mediterranean mock raid
Alexandria Egypt AP dispatch says British ships failed to lure the Italian Navy into action during an 1800 mile Mediterranean and Aegean sweep but downed four Italian planes. The fleet practiced air cover and gunnery with a mock raid, sighting a strong Italian force about 100 miles off Italy before continuing at high speed to base.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Itallan Navy
Mediterranean
Aegean
Avis
Britain
Fieet
Italy
Capital confusion during college football exam
Ray Wolf, UNC Asheville football coach, recalls an unnamed college star who failed scholastic work. A special exam posed one question: What is the capital of North Carolina. The player answered Apex, prompting the coach to remark Apex is 15 miles from Raleigh.
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Asheville
North Carolina University
Ray Wolf
North Carolina
Apex
Raleigh
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