Submarines Big Bet of Japan Navy
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan plans a wide submarine base expansion across southern islands and Pacific outposts Saipan the Carolines and Marshalls to strengthen defense and threaten Allied shipping. A wartime mobilization conference noted rapid basing and cooperation between naval and military departments.
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Japan
Henry W. Kinney
Tokyo
Bonin Islands
Mil
England
Saipan
Carolines
Marshalls
Unclear family ties shift in Elizabethtown
In Elizabethtown on November 26 the report describes a tangle among the Ray family. Charles Ray and Abel Ray’s children are involved with Lacy Overton, 27, and her marriage ties blur lines of parent and in law among Mrs. Ray and her daughter.
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Elizabethtown
Charles Ray
Abel Ray
Lacy Overton
Overton
Goa
Ray
Hazed Youth May Die but He’s Game in Pneumonia Case
Raymond Free Wehman, a high school student in Washington C H, is treated for pneumonia after being hazed with a coat of grease and whipping in the rain. Officials seek the identities of those responsible while noting his insistence on not naming his attackers.
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Swashington C. H
Raymond Free
Wehman
Hang Up Their in the Barn Esthenia Money Stolen
Nov 26 report from Esthenia describes peasants stocking money in barns and rafters amid unrest. Red officers note authorities see varied paper currencies as leverage during power struggles. A separate Ohio incident mentions Emmett Coyle’s stolen money recovered but misfit when returned.
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Esthenia
Barna
Ohio
Emmett Coyle
Leaking alarm prompts cops to investigate possible suicide
Police on night patrol investigate a suspected gas suicide at the Albion hotel. They later learn it was a false alarm after N R Anderson reveals bug killer used to mask odor. The officers remark they would have acted faster if they knew the event was more serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George F. Reynokla
H. A. Holmes
Albion Hotel
Weatlake Ave. N
Margue
Holmes
Reynolds
N. R. Anderson
Anderson
Lantern on horse patrol urged by Cincinnati club
The Cincinnati Automobile club urged the city to outfit mounted patrolmen with lamps to light their horses at night. They argued every moving thing should be protected and noted riders often ride on the wrong side and are hard to see in rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyner
Good
Joyner Drug Co
Spokane
Waah
Prica
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Swift & Company Refrigeration System Keeps Meat Fresh
The article explains a rapid climate controlled chain from dispatch to consumer. Meat is hung at near freezing within an hour of dispatch, then travels through plants, refrigerated cars, and brandy houses to the dealer and home, maintaining the same cool temperature throughout.
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Swift & Company
Club Names Cocktails At Reunion Bar For Veterans
The Reunion club in London offers drinks with names like Club Morning After Old Times and Slings to former officers who served in the war. The club, formed a year ago, provides a comfortable rendezvous for veterans.
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London
Reunion Club
Laborer Earns $148 a Week in 10 Days at Plant
Chicago November 26 The recruit in the proletariat plutocracy is Charles Grant colored of Carbondale Illinois who earned $148 in ten days at the plant.
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Chicago
Ill
Charles Grant
Carbondaken
Tle
Postage Up-Love Postcards Routinely Decline in City
A London suburban postmaster reports a slump in love letters due to rising postage. He says postcards carry many love messages that would have stayed hidden in sealed scented letters, as higher rates raise the cost of romance.
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London
Blind alderman elected Swindom mayor in England
Bwindon reports Edwin Jones a blind alderman of Swindom is chosen as new mayor. He has been blind for 44 years and served the town in public work for nearly 40 years.
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Bwindon
England
Edwin Jones
Swindom
Trees Shed Tears in Memphis
In Memphis Tenn old trees weep loudly as residents call the weather bureau. Weatherman J H Boott explains it is not rain but a heavy dew. Owners lament the odd phenomenon and joke about their trees.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mempiub
Old Oake
Memphis Folke
Weather Bureau
J. H. Boott
Beattie Leads DK in Strong Health Guarantee Claim
A garbled ad-like fragment touts leading health guarantees from DK and Beattie, promising value and trust for consumers. The text emphasizes unbeatable deals and slogans aimed at securing customer confidence in products or services.
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Yoncalla
Oregon
Watk
Bernice Wilson
Jessie S. Lasawell
Mary Burt
Nettie Hannan
Edith Thompson
Burt
Pacific University
France
Reynolds and Holm
Musterole
Victrolas
Edison
Ampico
Artemis
Marshall Wendell
Kimball
Pike
Union
Chickering
Mehlin
Dobbin
Cincinnati
U.S. A
Seattle
Jackson St
L. Yocum
Manger
Swift ° Companys
Howin & Mnrown
Beattic
Hoyt’s
Benton
Hoyt
Pike St
Bartell Drug Stores
A Home Concern
Bey
Shade Holder
Bartell
Tvory Pyralin
Ave
Second Ave
Alaska
Ridg
First Ave
Ballard Ave
Union St
Westlake Ave
Pine St
Fifth Ave
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