Winkle Senses Call to Arms Sparks Domestic Turmoil
Wilbert Winkle 44, owner of The Fixit Shop in Springville, learns he is 1-A and faces draft for war. His wife Amy resists his plan, while a newspaper photographer documents the scene and a front page puff proclaims Winkle proud to fight. The piece ends with a foreshadowed continuation.
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Wilbert Winkle
Amy
Wilbert
Winkle
Goodby
Mr Winkle
Springville
Mrs. Winkle
Onward
Mr. Onward
Mr Onward
Mr. Winkle
Evening Standard
Russia
United Nations
Mediterranean
U S. Navy
South Pacific
Mrs Winkle
Penelope
Mr.Onward
Maple Avenue
Fixit
Wolverine and Gargantua Dominate Famed Boxers in Talk
The piece argues pound for pound greatness, favoring Harry Greb and a Michigan Wolverine over legends like Tunney Dempsey Gans and Louis. It cites Frank Buck on animal toughness including grizzly tiger lion gorilla and a 29 foot python, and claims Gargantua would outclass human fighters in hand to hand combat.
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Wwe
Harry Greb
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Jack Dillon
Greb
Tunney
Gibbons
Frank Buck
Stan Ketchel
Joe Gans
Buck
Michigan
Minnesota
Frank
Mr. Buck
Louis
Dempsey
Corbett
Regional strengths in football by section of the country
A reader asks which region yields stronger football teams on average. The East, Midwest, South, Southwest, and Far West are considered, with the Midwest including the Big Nine and Notre Dame. The reader guesses the Midwest may dominate.
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East
Midwest
Southwest
Big Nine
Notre Dame
Simple Furniture With Quaint Frills for the Home
A postwar design preview blends quaint period themes with modern touches for home rooms. It highlights built in furniture, custom curtains, and ruffled fabrics, with patterns and notes on skirted blanket chests and cushions. Enclose 15 cents for pattern 239.
Rats fish with tails on New Guinea atolls
Rats on uninhabited atolls off New Guinea fish by dangling their tails in the water from rocks. A crab nips the tail and the rat hauls in the catch, showing an unusual fishing method for rodents.
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New Guinea
Fancy Appetites Lure Birds With Color at London Zoo
A London zoo report notes humming birds respond to red food receptacles. The iguana shows a preference for yellow or orange items, while the Komodo dragon selects light colored prey such as white fowl over gray brown or black alternatives.
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London Zoo
This Man Just Didn’t Appreciate Her First Aid
A woman finds a man on the sidewalk and immediately provides first aid. After moments of effort the man asks her to stop tickling him, saying he is holding a lantern for a man in a manhole and the other man is furious.
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