Escape and Rescue Along the Rhine During World War II
A German prisoner escapes at night with a companion and reaches the Rhine bank. After an hour wandering in the current, Maurice Muller reaches the riverbank near Schaffhouse where American Red Cross aid arrives. A friend, mil Roches, helps break from a prison camp and join the Rhine escape. German patrol fires. Muller is rescued by French officials and taken toward Evian at the French border.
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Banke of the Rhine
Divise Bn
Schen
Schaffhouse
Maurien Muller
Red Crees
Mil Ralroches
Privon
Rhine
Wut Ln
Maurice Wan
Fwlim Offlcara
Klin
Evian
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Blood Purity Remedy
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a superior spring tonic to cleanse the blood and treat fevers, debility, and rheumatic or skin troubles. It claims to revitalize the body, regulate kidneys and liver, and is endorsed as the physician approved medicine for the whole family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phywichan
Hood
Washington Officials Gouged by Rent Profiteers
A Washington columnist denounces hotel and room profits during wartime, detailing a hotel owner charging high rents and boasting large returns. The piece contrasts patriotic housing efforts led by Hoover with profiteering and notes government spending to house war workers while profiteers seek excess profits.
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Washington
Hoover
Herbert
Democrata
Denscrat Hiextinh Doen
Wakhinkion Cafe
Mickty Horned
South
Renal
Ign
District of Columbia
Nrofteer
Incomplete Text Fragment on German Air Activity Leader
Fragmentary item states Cylone Thompsen as director of all German air activity including raids on French and British towns. Limited legible details. appears to reference Tun Dany Killang and Prowian air service.
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Cylone Thompsen Bachlef
Prowian Air Service
Activitien
Wounded Army Hospital Front Near the Forge
A May 11 dispatch from United Press reports a field hospital near the front in English war zones. Wounded soldiers are cared for under canvas and wood, with clean wards, an operating room, and vigilant medical staff.
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Fred & Ferguson
United Prone
Army
Wuntient
Amy Hocter
Orderiipe
Oleh
Emengenas
Herve
Archie
First Wounded Prisoner Signals War Toll
Fragmentary OCR note mentions wounded and a prisoner, describing movement of troops and traffic routing from rear to front. References to early war casualties and transport directions imply a historical press snippet on wartime events and prisoner handling.
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America
Dioche
Econ
Camrod
Wealthy Uncle Leaves Six Million To Young Heir In St Louis
Nine year old Louis Ler inherits from his uncle Lana Cella whose estate totals about 210 million dollars. The will names the boy as sole heir and assigns the uncle’s racing and managerial interests. The widow receives her half of the estate.
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ST. Louis
Fas
Johe Cella
Lana Cella
Racing Mag-Ifie
Kaiser Planned Bold World Control Scheme, Says Hill
Oakland May 10 Dr Newell Dwight Hill testified to the chamber of commerce that a secret service man reported plans by German agents to seize world power He cited a home offender named Topp as a German consul and noted bold moves by a governor general and others with aims of control Absence of telegrams and pork echoes from the stomach were cited by the correspondent to illustrate the spy tale
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Oakland
Cal
Newell Dwight Hill
Germany
Chamber of Commerce
Secret Service
Dor
Geners
Hritthh
Columbia
Gund FE
HL van Ditaeck Wan
Tix Pojicutor
Heal Skin Diseases Offer From The E. W. Rose Co
A Cleveland based ad offers a Hitle semo treatment for 35 cents plus tax and costs to relieve sexema blotches ringworm and similar skin troubles. The E. W. Rose Co. promotes quick relief and states no further distress.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
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Crawford & Hedges
Ala Atreees
Jef
Lathhop
We Boniface
Yeatmert
Tha ’ Enul Retord
Ainele Samuel & Co
Hoye
Tun Danykillang
Col Thompsen
Kaiser
Canada
Northwestern Company
NEW World Life
Evens Hig
Portland
R. Simis
Genl. Agt
Pendleton
le Vaughan
Redwater Valley
East Court Street
Snow
Oregon
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