Calves Liver Theft Sparks Vermont Breakfast Commotion
In a Vermont country inn breakfast scene, Mrs. Hoops battles a long time nemesis appetite and her husband Mr. Hoops who devours most of his calves liver, leaving one morsel for a running joke that has long irritated her. She schemes to steal a bite while claiming to spot the Nesbits.
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Mr. Hoops
Mrs. Hoops
Herbert
Rapallo
Riviera
Hoopses
California
Parker House
Bosson
Blackstone
Chicago
Vermont
Europe
Home Fixes and Quick Repairs for Household Problems
A reader asks about restoring red brick foundations with mineral salt efflorescence and white coatings. Advice covers acid washes, frame gilding, copper pipe clogs, chipped porcelain shelf replacement, wallpaper removal, safe book storage, and reducing door slamming with door checks.
The Giraffe and the Hyena Vertebrae Fact Highlight
A giraffe with a ten foot neck and a laughing hyena with a short neck each have exactly seven neck vertebrae. The note contrasts neck length with spinal structure in two species.
American Inch Stability for Half a Century
Washington reports that the American inch has remained within measurement limits for fifty years. Dr. Lyman J. Briggs explains the meter standard uses a platinum iridium bar kept at the US Bureau of Standards and checked against a cadmium light wavelength to verify no drift in length.
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Washington, D. C
Lyman J. Briggs
United States Bureau of ‘Standards
Smithsonian Instra
International Bureau of “Weights and Measures
Paris
Briggs
Faithful Retain Jobs Under Will of Employer
Lancaster furniture maker John P. Horn wills the business to continue employing his 60 workers. The will divides equal shares among his three Lancaster brothers Joseph August and Jacob and two longtime executives Othman Kirchner and Charles L Zerbe, and the plant’s operations were read to staff by Attorney H. Clay Buckholder. Horn was buried earlier the same day.
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Lancaster
John P. Horn
Lancaster Furniture Manufactuer
First Citizen Is Also Last in Oklahoma Town
Lockridge Oklahoma faded as residents departed after 1903 founding and 1910 crop year ruin. J J Lenhart, its first merchant, stayed until his store building was razed, leaving the village with its last mark gone.
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Oklahoma
Lockridge
Okla
J. J. Lenhart
Lenhart
That Ol' Rocking Chair Hasn't Got Mrs. Alwes
Mrs George Alwes age 71 prefers bowling to sitting in a rocking chair. She says hair turning white is no reason to quit bowling and she aims to stay young at heart by playing in public lanes. Alwes bowls about 180.
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Mrs. Alwes
Kansas City
George Alwes
Sirree
University of Washington Drug Store Teaches Pharmacy Practice
Forty managers and no cash run the University of Washington pharmacy store in a student lab. It features a full prescription and pharmaceutical supply stock, a neon sign, and a window display yet makes no sales. A large refrigerator holds over $300 in serum and toxins for training.
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Seattle
Wash
School of Pharmacy
University of Washington
One Should Smile When Callin Jailer Hitler
Earl Swizer of Rock Island Illinois used the insult Hitler toward his jailer. He was in jail on a minor charge when a policeman came to free him. Swizer remains jailed with a new charge filed against him.
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Hitler
Lewistown
Iil
Earl Swizer
Rock Island
Lil
Swizer
Lesson for February Actions and Pee Texts
International rights trends emerge as religious groups face new constraints in February. Authorities weigh limits on expression and access while communities seek clarity on protections and responsibilities amid evolving policy debates.
Busy Sabbath in Capernaum Sermon on Rest and Worship
A sermon on Mark 1 21 34 and Revelation 1 10 contrasts Jewish Sabbath rest with the Christian Lord's Day. It notes Jesus teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum and performing a miracle, urging believers to attend church, worship sincerely, and serve. Sunday activities reveal spiritual condition and potential fruit for eternity.
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Capernaum
Guide Electrocuted As He Warns of Wire
Santa Barbara California Thayer J Allen keeper of Point Arguello lighthouse died instantly after touching an electric transformer while warning a visitor about a high voltage wire. The incident occurred at the grave yards of the Pacific. He was 26 hundred volts.
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Santa. Barbara
Calif
Thayer J. Allen
Point Arguello
Pacific
Rise in Violent Crime Noted in FBI Nine Month Report
The FBI bulletin for the first nine months of 1941 shows increases in murders 7.9 percent rapes 7.2 percent and felonious assaults 5.5 percent versus 1940. Robberies and burglaries fell while larcenies rose modestly. Larcenies dominated crimes at 59 percent with burglaries 21 percent. The study covers 479 701 fingerprint arrests with a 15 percent rise in female arrests.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
From Church to Home and City in Jesus Healing Power
A sermon excerpt underscores bringing church worship into the home and extending Christ’s healing reach to the city. It notes Jesus healing Peter’s mother in law and the broader act of healing the sick in the surrounding region as a model for faith expressed at home and in community life.
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Jesus
Peter
Influence of Christian duty on schools business and politics
The text argues Christians should extend influence into education welfare business and political life. It cites D. L. Moody changing a barber shop conversation and claims a united voting based on professed convictions could end saloons in one election.
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D. L. Moody
America
Ris
Census Bureau Reports Growth of Drug Store Fountains
The census bureau declares medicine is a distinct sideline of modern fountain drug stores which also sell cigars alarm clocks and more. Stores with fountains grew from 34344 in 1929 to 39452 in 1939 with sales rising from 1 149 260 000 to 1 205 241 000 while 42 000 volume was to be or and tobacco and only 23 percent in prescriptions. Drug stores without fountains declined from 23414 to 18451 and sales fell from 541 139 000 to 357 261 000. Medicine accounted for 34 percent of sales with tobacco and liquor for 22 percent.
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Washington
Fountain Drug Store
Ius Bureau
Eole
Tim
Tobaco
Coast Guard Academy to Accelerate 1942 and 1943 Graduations
The Navy announces early graduation for the Coast Guard Academy classes. The 1942 class of 30 cadets will receive Bachelors of Science diplomas and be commissioned as ensigns in the Coast Guard, then assigned to ships. The academy will operate a three year course during the emergency.
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Washington
Navy
Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard
New London
Conn
Homing Pigeons to Aid Bombers at MacDill Field
TAMPA The army may deploy homing pigeons with bombing crews at MacDill Field as emergency messengers. Seventy birds were delivered from rescue plane crews and trained by Lieut. Thomas J. Fulton who notes pigeons reliability. He cites a 96 percent return rate in the last war.
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Tampa
MacDill Field
Reful Fe
Thomas J. Fulton
Man Loses False Teeth After Leaning From Train Window
Camp Funston, Kan. Frank Case of Headquarters Troop 14th Cavalry leaned from a train window and dropped his false teeth. He asked his wife to send all available plates. she replied with a box containing six dinner plates.
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Camp Funston
Kan
Frank Case
14Th Cavalry
Saint Peter offers free piloting gear and gym at Minter Maulers club
A satirical wartime note advertises a fully equipped pugilistic playroom at Minter Maulers Dempsey's. It details punching bags weights and a 18 by 18 foot portable ring with an instructor to train soldiers and host monthly bouts. The piece blends jokes with aviation and boxing themes.
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Dempsey’s
Tunney
Louis
Minter
Post
Men of
Local Communities Aid Cadet Morale
A survey by the West Coast Air Corps Training Center reports high cadet morale with better meals, stronger work ethic, and active social life. It notes the schools meet a key goal by training many of the 30 000 pilots annually and shaping men who will carry forward training into civilian life.
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Uncle Sam
U.S. Army
Air Corps
Noted Fathers Send Sons to Air Corps Training at Minter
The article lists cadets from the 42 E class with distinguished family military backgrounds. Robert G. McNary, son of Major McNary, is at Ft. Lewis. Eugene Holderman, son of Colonel Nelson Holderman, leads the Napa Veterans Home unit. Robert L. Ayles has two British Army uncles. Paul W. Kielman has a brother in the U S Air Corps. Edward McCumber is son of F A McCumber, a former British pilot.
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Robert G. McNary
Army Reception Center
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Eugene Holderman
Nelson Holderman
Veterans Home
Napa
California
Holderman
Robert L. Ayles
Paul W. Kielman
U. S. Air Corps
Edward McCumber
F. A. McCumber
Yount in Wachinatan Cousins to WCACTC
Headquarters of the West Coast Air Corps Training Center announces Brigadier General Ralph P. Cousins will take command of the Western Pilot Training bases. He succeeds Major General Barton K. Yount who moves to Washington to assume new duties.
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West Coast Air Corps Training Center
Ralph P. Cousins
H. H Arnold
Cousins
Barton K. Yount
Washington
Memory Lane items from Shafter residents
Memory Lane notes list local residents visiting, returning, or traveling. Earl Terry and family spend several days in Shafter after arriving Tuesday with their son Emanuel H. Mettler and family return to Shafter from Hollywood. Edith Sly recovers from illness after road trip. Sol Camp Lawson Lowe and Harry West travel to Los Angeles on business and return to Shafter. William Mullen, once of Shafter now in Los Angeles, visits with his son Everett and family.
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Earl Terry
Shafter
Emanuel H. Mettler
Hollywood
Edith Sly
Sol Camp
Lawson Lowe
Harry West
Los Angeles
Willian Mullen
Everett
Former Rose Bowlight Seeman Arrives at Post
2nd Lt. George M. Seeman, former Rose Bowlight and Nebraska quarterback, has arrived at his post to begin duty. He played for Nebraska when the team was defeated by Stanford in the Rose Bowl.
California Unemployment Insurance Fund Surpasses $200 Million
California's unemployment insurance fund has passed the record breaking total of more than 200 million dollars. State officials note the growth reflects ongoing labor market shifts and larger employer contributions this year.
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California
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