Quick Quiz: Arlington VA Burials and Historical Terms
Answers: 1) Two presidents buryed at Arlington National Cemetery are William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy. 2) A sophist is a philosopher or thinker who uses clever but misleading argument. 3) Shaw set Arms and the Man to music titled The Man and the Arm. 4) Thomas Woodrow Wilson’s “other self” was his wife Ellen Axson Wilson. 5) Badinage means light playful banter or witty chatter. 6) The Rock is a nickname for the Institute of Technology at MIT. 7) No the barrel is not the only transit. you can use a trolley or elevator for Niagara Falls tours. 8) The largest bay in the United States is the Chesapeake Bay.
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United States
Arlington National Cemetery
George Bernard Shaw
Woodrow Wilson
Niagara Falls
Quiz Answers and Historical Figures Mentioned
The list references Answers 1 through 8 including One William Howard Taft and Col Edward M House. It notes a fallacious reasoner and the Chocolate Soldier, plus playful raillery and Alcatraz Island. A rubber ball was also used in a claim, with Chesapeake Bay as a geographic reference.
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William Howard Taft
Col
Edward M. House
Alcatraz Island
Chesapeake Bay
Coyote Fight Draws Crowd Near Gallup New Mexico
Ted Fair fought a wounded coyote in an open space near Gallup New Mexico. After the animal was killed, 29 automobiles stopped as onlookers watched the five minute encounter and the crowd dispersed.
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Gallup
N. M
Ted Fair
Fair
Yanks Hide Ten Hours in German-Occupied Belgian Cellar
Eleven American soldiers trapped in a town as German armor swept through hid for ten hours in a house cellar occupied by enemy troops. German tanks ransacked the home and ate the Americans breakfast while the men remained hidden. They eventually split into two groups and reached American lines at dusk and dawn, with the town reportedly burned by retreating Germans.
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Belgium
Jack McClure
Sherman
Texas
Tuffy
Train wreck near Trenton yields two deaths
Rescue workers labored through ankle-deep snow and near zero temperatures to recover Ray Harmon 36 of Toledo Ohio from the wreckage of a Toledo Detroit New York Central passenger train. Engineer O F Hayward 58 of Toledo was killed as the seven car train struck an automobile.
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Trenton
Mich
Ray Harmon
Toledo
Ohio
New York Central
Harmon
O. F. Hayward
Lee Ridenour
Dundee
Missing for Six Years Police Officer Located
New York reports that fingerprints solved the six year disappearance of Patrolman Jacob C. Shaver of Brooklyn. Shaver vanished July 29, 1938, five months after his shield was found in a subway. His wife sought to have him declared dead and Mayor La Guardia had the case reopened. Shaver later joined the merchant marine and is now at sea.
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New York
N. Y
Brooklyn
Jacob C. Shaver
Vivian
F. H. LaGuardia
Joseph Lammey
Missing Persons Bureau
Shaver
Armed Services
Merchant Marine
Inefficient Collector Fails to Find Himself
An executive told the fourth regional war labor board he should pay a new bill collector more than his predecessor. The prior collector was discharged for unsatisfactory work, and the executive said he spent days trying to locate the man only to realize it was himself.
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Atlanta
Fourth Regional War Labor Board
Scared Deer Tales From A World War II Front
In Germany, Pfc. Jerry Silverstein from Los Angeles races a frightened deer during shelling as a tale of the war. The 407th regiment recalls Sgt. Carrol Corbley rescuing a colt amid a minefield, while Pvt. Michael Chism chases a cow for milk and Capt. Raymond Latvamaki’s unit collects five cows and chickens after Welt’s capture.
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Germany
Pfc
Jerry Silverstein
Los Angeles
407Th
Jerry
Associated Press
Carrol Corbley
Des Moines
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Carrol
Iowa
Pfe
Michael Chism
Louisville
Kentucky
Bossy
Chism
Soo
Mike
No Man’s Land
Gordon L. Benn
Hyde Park
Mass
Armored Infantry Regiment
Gordon
Raymond Latvamaki
Ironwood
Mich
T771st
Welt
Satvamaki
Fliers Die to Save Pal on France Recon Plane
Two crewmen sacrificed their lives by steering a flak damaged night photo recon plane to a crash landing believing a wounded gunner remained aboard. Pilot Lieut Gordon Hulse of Needham Massachusetts and navigator Lieut William Leavenworth of Crawfordsville Indiana died. Gunner Sgt Claude White Man of Plymouth Indiana parachuted to safety as the aircraft crashed in France.
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Pal
U. S
France
Gordon Hulse
Needham
Mass
William Leavenworth
Crawfordsville
Ind
Claude H. Whiteman
Plymouth
Individual share of public debt tops $2,000
In Washington the per capita public debt is set to rise to $2,118.12 on June 30, 1946, up $293.47 from the previous year. The new wartime carrying cost is $606.20 per person for the year starting July 1, with the current year at $722.38.
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Washington, D. C
Lesson for March 11 from International Council of Religious Education
Lesson topics and Scripture passages selected and copyrighted by the International Council of Religious Education and used by permission.
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International Council of Religious Education
Discipleship Costs and Rewards in Marked Faith
The lesson stresses that life and possessions are God’s to steward, not owned by the believer. It highlights the rich young man’s failure to commit fully, Jesus’ correction about divinity and wealth, and the message that true discipleship requires heart alignment toward God and others, with divine reward beyond this life.
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Christ
God
Jesus
Israel
Lord
Pineapple Doily Pattern from Mrs Reynolds Akron Ohio
Sewing circle pattern note describes a 23 inch diameter pineapple doily with four inch motifs. It offers complete crocheting instructions Pattern No 5824 for 16 cents plus name and address.
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Charles Reynolds
Akron
Ohio
Students of 20 Lands Live At University City in Paris
Paris based University City houses nearly 30 dormitories built by foundations in about 20 countries to host students from those lands. The Maison Internationale offers a library gym pool theater restaurant ballroom post office and bank. the ad invites musical instrument donations and lists Ludwig Music House in St. Louis as contact.
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University City
Paris
Collier’s
Maison Internationale
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Monroe College OF Optometry
Wacker Drive
Chicago
Illinois
St. Louis
Coyote
Foe
Iret
Commonsense
Vais
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Scared Yank
Harold L. Lundquist
The
UN Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago 7
Dept. A
Ludwig Music House
Pine St
Bfgoodrich
Co!pany
Terre Haute
Indiana
Dr. C. M. Coe, Inc
Ben-Gay
Ben-Gay Er
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