Act of God Unites Feuding Kentucky Families at Flood
Jeff Parsons prays over a land dispute with the Cheathams in rural Kentucky. A spring flood remarries Deborah and Tobe Cheatham, as the washed away boundary ends decades of enmity and brings a union blessed by faith.
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Jeff Parsons
Kentucky
Deborah
Cheatham
Parsons
Jeff
Anna
Tobe Cheatham
Cheathamsa
Tobe
Young Cheatham
Hon
Cheathams
Abe Cheatham
Debby
Pap
Old
Abe
Hat on Desk Becomes Silent Classroom Visitor
College students arrive to a desk with a lone hat as mute proof of a mentor. After waiting ten minutes they depart, only to meet the instructor who says hat on his desk signals presence. Next day the professor finds a hat on every seat with no students present.
Ten-Year Recovery Hopes For Belgium After Occupation
Rehabilitation experts estimate it will take at least a decade to restore Belgium to prewar levels. Starvation under German rule devastated families with weight loss of 20 to 40 pounds for women and stunting in children. Rations were meager seven and a half ounces of bread and tiny shares of flour butter sugar meat and potatoes. Brussels residents report no pork or fish since occupation and bread so poor dogs would not eat it. Black market activity limited deaths, but exact starving numbers are unknown.
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Belgium
Brussels
Pattern 4685 jumper frock in larger sizes
Anne Adams pattern 4685 offers a jumper and blouses for busy women. Available sizes include 3% to 46 with yardage for 54 inch and 30 inch fabrics. Send 20 cents in coins to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept with size name address and style number. mail service may delay delivery.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Looking Ahead: Willis Receives Pay Raise at Buffalo Goodwill
James A. Willis of Buffalo, age 100, was honored at a luncheon as Buffalo Goodwill Industries granted him a 10 percent pay raise. Willis, an upholsterer, has missed only six days in eight years, reflecting his long service and reliability amid the ongoing Gate-1964 era.
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James A. Willis
Buffalo
Buffalo Goodwill Industries
Mr. Willis
Goodwill Industries
The King’s Cock-Crower Crown Officer Title Explained
The phrase refers to a British crown official once known as the cock crower position. This brief note outlines a historic office tied to royal service and ceremonial duties, reflecting how such titles once occupied a defined niche within medieval and early modern governance.
Tea Drinker Triumph Amid War Time Tea Shortage
Canadians drank five billion fewer cups of tea due to rationing between August 1942 and last month lowering consumption by 26 million pounds. The loss stemmed from shipping issues and the Dutch East Indies shortage. The big tea pool supplied Allied forces with tea from India and Ceylon, aiding troops from Dunkirk to the Rhine. Generals Montgomery and MacArthur featured in dispatches consuming tea as soldiers adapted to rationing. War reporters note tea use spread across Allied forces, with American troops adopting the habit and even Ernie Pyle praising tea breaks. Canadians now expect to return to prewar tea enjoyment as fears of supply fade.
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Dutch East Indies
British Ministry of Food
India
Ceylon
United Nations
Dunkirk
Britain
Africa
Italy
France
Rhine
Southwest
Pacific
Eighth Army
Western
Desert
Auxiliary Services
Normandy
Ministry of Food
Montgomery
Campsigna
Middle East
United States
Ernie Pyle
America
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Eichelberger
Beaverbrook Secrecy Marked Midnight Visit to Old Paper
Lord Beaverbrook, famed publisher and British minister, joined a late night return visit to his Newcastle Weekly Advocate office in New Brunswick. The gathering discussed postwar aviation ties among the United States, Canada, and Britain with A. A. Berle, R. K. London, and C. D. Howe present.
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Lord Beaverbrook
New Brunswick
Newcastle
N.B
Advocate
U.S
Canadia
Britain
New's Castle
A. A. Berle
Washington
R. K. London
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
New Chemical Treatment Aims at Run-Proof Silk Stockings
Developed for war use, a new fibre treatment has reached a level of perfection promising run-proof silk stockings. Submicroscopic silica grains keep fibres in place, preventing runs. For men, suits would resist wrinkling and shining while keeping creases.
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Boston
Hearty Economical Lamb Stew and Rice Cereal Bake
A century old recipe shows lamb stew using modest cuts simmered two hours mixed with vegetables and a flour paste thickener. Finished with melted butter coated rice cereal, baked in individual casseroles and topped with paprika for serving. Biscuits and crackers noted as healthful energy foods. Temperature note on Carlsbad caverns adds quirky non sequitur.
Trained Not To Think Wickham Steed Broadcast
Wickham Steed reports on a young German prisoner in France who says he does not think about Nazi ideas. The prisoner notes Nazis are brutal and obey orders, and cautions that Allied force may drive surrender thoughts into German soldiers and people.
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Wickham Steed
B.B.C
France
Not Like The Germans Capt Barnett Freedman Civil War Artist
Admiralty war artist Captain Barnett Freedman on leave from Normandy gathers material for a 10 ft panoramic scene of Royal Navy actions on the invasion coast. He bought a Louis XVI clock in Bayeux for his wife, paying more than the clock's value, prompting a French observer to remark on British restraint. The Mayans smoked pipes about 2000 years ago.
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Barnett Freedman
Admiralty
Normandy
Royal Navy
London Daily Sketch
Peaches Reach England From Persia in 1562
England first received peaches via Persia in 1562 marking early botanical exchange. The note highlights the introduction of the fruit to English gardens and orchards during the Elizabethan era.
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England
Persia
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New Mexico
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