World News in Review Quakes Hit Turkey as Death Toll Rises
Long list of war and political items from December into 1940. Quakes in Turkey push death toll toward high totals while Allied and Axis plans intensify. Roosevelt, Hull, and Edisons politics and policy shift frame the national scene alongside international tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Germany
Hermann Goering
Hongkong
Great Britain
Russia
Red Army
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Mexican
Britain
Tacoma
Graf- Spee
Montevideo
Richland School Enrollment Jumps After Vacation
Richland School re opened after the Christmas holidays with an enrollment of 1434, up 14 from just before the break. On Wednesday morning eight more pupils registered, with about 50 new students since Christmas largely born in Oklahoma and living in the Government camp. Plans await use of newly constructed facilities as soon as available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland School
Oklahoma
Mountain Climbing Is A Dangerous US Sport
An avalanche on Mount Baker killed six of a 25 person climbing party, highlighting mountain climbing as a perilous sport in the United States. The piece notes numerous 14,000 foot plus peaks, compares US and Swiss mountains, and cites Colorado, California, Washington, and New Hampshire as key climbing regions with Mount Whitney and Mount Rainier as prominent examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Virginia
Finland
Interstate Commerce Commission
S Safety Bureau
City of
San Francisco
Washington
Charles Edison
J. J. Pelly
Association of American Railroads
United States Lines
Italy
Harry R. Bridges
Coast Cio
Communist Party
Dean James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Frances Perkins
Transcontinental Broadcasting System
Elliott Roosevelt
Middle Atlantic
New England
Middlewest
Pacific Coast
Phillipine Islands
Britain
Hull
Roosevelt
Jack Johnson
Minneapolis
Mount Baker
United States
Alps
Switzerland
Mount Whitney
National Geographic Society
California
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
Rockies
Cascade Range
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Mount Rainier
Mount Washington
Mme Chiang's Protégé Studies at Wellesley
Mollie Sah, country woman of Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, studies at Wellesley College to gain high academic recognition. Sanny Wiss Gall is a Wellesley scholar earning the college’s second highest honor after completing two years at Yenching University. She transferred to Marot junior college then Wellesley to major in art and plans to teach art to the Chinese people.
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Wellesley
Mass
Mme. Chiang, Kai-shek
Mme
Chiang
Wellesley College
Mollie Sah
Sanny Wiss Gall
Yenching University
China
Marot Junior College
Connecticut
His Luck Held as Judge Dealt Out Penalty Hand
In Dayton Ohio Arthur Chenault a 44 year old Cincinnati man faced Judge Nerritt Schlafman on promoting a game of chance. The judge rejected Chenaults three card monte explanation and added his own cards with punishments expressed on slips of paper. The penalties were costs suspended 50 and costs 25 suspended 10 days in the work house. Chenault drew the card with the first inscription and won his freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Nerritt Schlafman
Arthur Chenault
Cincinnati
Schlafman
Chenault
Monte
Special X Ray Permits More Precise Pictures
A new Tomograph X-ray device is used at Queen Marys hospital London to treat old war wounds. It can focus rays at any body depth and photograph the section, revealing bullets, shrapnel and surrounding tissue conditions. This helps determine if a foreign object is in a hidden sinus and informs surgical technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Mary’s Hospital
Walking Licenses Issued In School Safety Drive
In Malvern West school Johannesburg South Africa pupils become traffic minded after a safety examination. They earn walking licenses from a pupil jury that can impose fines or cancel licenses for unsafe acts such as crossing streets or riding on cars or bicycles.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Malvern West
Dhd
Three Men Sentenced for Buffalo Theft in Kom Hamada
In Alexandria Egypt three men received seven years penal servitude each for stealing with violence and buffalo from a field at Kom Hamada. Two accomplices drew five and two year terms while the women alleged as accessories were acquitted.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Kom Hamada
First Recorded Case of Entire Lung Removal for Lung Cancer
Six years after complete lung removal for bronchial cancer, a Pittsburgh physician remains alive and active in practice with no cancer recurrence. The operation, performed April 5 1933 at Barnes Hospital by Dr Evarts A. Graham, is described as a historically formidable procedure with current mortality around 10 to 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Weekly Bulletin
St. Louis Medical Society
M. F. Arbuckle
Barnes Hospital
Everts A. Graham
Washington University School of Medicine
Graham
Arbuckle
Checkers Duel Spans 32 Years Pitting City Organist Against Painter
Cleveland organist Edwin Arthur Kraft and painter William Edmonson began playing checkers together 32 years ago and remain evenly matched. Kraft, Trinity Cathedral’s organist, claims the lead but concedes Edmonson may regain it before they retire.
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Cleveland
Edwin Arthur Kraft
William J. Edmonson
Kraft
Edmonson
Episcopal Trinity Cathedral
Stinging Nettles Used To Keep Elephants Away
In Singapore rubber planters in Johore Malaya plant hedges of stinging nettles around estates to deter wandering elephants. The nettles irritate the elephant’s sensitive trunk, hoping the animal will dash away and not return after contact.
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Singapore
Johore
British Malaya
Losing Temper All Right Is Done at Proper Time
NEW BRITAIN CONN Mrs. Margaret Robertson a sociology lecturer advises women to avoid losing temper at husbands suggesting squabbles are acceptable if temperaments do not clash She says there is no ideal man and couples should accept imperfection for happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Britain, Conn
Margaret Robertson
Twins' Birth Recorded Seven Weeks Apart
In Hutchinson Kansas Mrs Mattie Fisher cites medical journals to note her siblings Abner and Emily Jane born seven weeks apart in 1857 Hartford City Indiana Abner born June 13 weighing three pounds Emily Jane born August 2 weighing nine pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
Mattie Fisher
Milo C. McDonnell
Kansas City
Medical Journal
Abner
Emily Jane
Hartford City
Ind
Motorist Keeps Same Auto Since 1914 in Geneva
Jesse H. Johnson of Geneva has driven the same car since 1914. The engine has never been out of the chassis, the vehicle has never been in an accident or towed, and it runs on a kerosene brass radiator. Johnson reports about 27 miles per gallon.
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Geneva
Jesse H. Johnson
Johnson
Rhodes Scholar Students Fail to Gain Prominence
A 1911 American Rhodes class report finds no member nationwide prominence in 27 years. Of 46 scholars, nine are mentioned in Who's Who. many became teachers or lawyers, with others in journalism, clergy, and business. Local influence noted but national leadership limited from Oxford training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil John Rhodes
Rhodes
United States
England
Oxford University
Alumni Association of American
Rhodes Scholars
Oxford
World's Largest Letter Shows English Australian Show Figures
A 15 ft 1% in by 1 ft 3% in letter, sent to the National Farmers Union in London from Mosman New South Wales, presents tables comparing populations and areas of Australian states and major cities. It argues England has too many agricultural shows and calls for limiting them to economize.
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National Farmers Union
London
Mosman
New South Wales
Commonwealth
England
Australia
Thun Switzerland A Picture Town Of Centuries Past
Thun in the Bernese Oberland remains a quintessential picture town with sturdy old houses bright with flowers and arcades shielding visitors from rain. A medieval quarter rises to a Twelfth century castle built by Duke Berchtold V of Zahringen, now a museum housing armor tapestries furniture and artifacts.
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Switzerland
Thun
Bernese Oberland
Berchtold V of
Zahringen
New Fish Preservative Extends Freshness of Inland Shipments
Massachusetts State College researchers Prof. C. R. Fellers and W. Harvey announce a benzoated brine dip to preserve fresh fish and crustaceans for inland sale. The solution uses 0.15 to 0.35 percent benzoate in 5 to 10 percent salt and after 30 seconds keeps roundfish and fillets fresh. Only genuinely fresh seafood responds. spoiled fish remain inedible.
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C. R. Fellers
W. Harvey
Massachusetts State College
Mystery of Steeple Cove Magnetic Coastline
On the South Devon coast the Steeple Cove inlet shows a high wreck rate for ships. The rocky shore may possess magnetic properties that disturb compass readings, similar to tales of Sinbad and a mysterious mountain causing iron to be drawn away.
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Devon
Steeple Cove
Sindbad
Petition drive seeks more sidewalks in city districts
Three petitions circulate this week seeking sidewalks along Lerdo road between Nickel street and Santa Fe way, along Marengo from its east end to Nickel street, and along Euclid street north side. A fourth petition is ready for Marengo north side.
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Lerdo Road
Nickel Street
Santa Fe Way
Marengo
Euclid Street
Lerdo
New Man on School Force at Richland District
H.S. Dahl of Shafter chosen by Richland School district board as janitor and substitute bus driver. He will care for Shafter school and grounds on Lerdo road and began work Tuesday.
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Shafter
Board of Trustees
Richland School District
Dahl
Lerdo Road
Lim bor g Castle Landscape Noted in Holland
Limburg draws attention for its historic churches and monasteries along with some of the finest old castles. The region’s landscape is highlighted for architectural heritage and scenic beauty in Dutch history writing.
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America
Limburg
Holland
Shafter Businessmen Form Housing Committee
A Shafter Business Men's Association committee to monitor rental housing in Shafter and surrounding areas was named Friday to aid oil workers and new arrivals. Members include Bill Rodgers Dr L H McGrane and H Schirmer. Housing listings may be left with H J Harder at the Business Service Credit Bureau.
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Shafter
Shafter Business Men’s Association
Reto
Bill Rodgers
L. H. McGrane
H. Schirmer
H. J. Harder
Business Service Credit Bureau
Ernest Panero
Shafter Theatre
Richland
P. V. McClure
Standard Oil Company
Church Notices and Schedule for Alfred Chandler Era
Union Congregational Church announces Sunday school at 9 50 a m with the Willing Workers guiding worship service. Morning service at 11 includes a sermon on The Church and Man s Greatest Need. Nursery for young children, Christian Youth discussion at 6 30 p m led by James Livers. Character Development class Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Mennonite Brethren Church at 400 Kern with H D Wiebe as pastor offers 9 30 a m Sunday school.
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Union Congregational Church
Alfred T. Chandler
James Livers
Mennonite Brethren Church
Kern
H. D. Wiebe
First Baptist Church Service Schedule in Bakersfield
The First Baptist Church at 289 East Lerdo Highway lists Edgar H. McAllister as pastor with Bible school at 10 a.m. and morning service at 11. Rev. Charles Burrill of Calvary Baptist Church, Bakersfield, delivers the sermon. Evening service is at 7:30 p.m. with sermon by the pastor. Midweek prayer is Wednesday at 7:30.
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First Baptist Church
East Lerdo Highway
Edgar H. McAllister
Bible
A. Schmidt
Charles H. Burrill
Calvary Baptist Church
Bakersfield
Young People’s Society
Crusaders
First Mennonite Church Calendar Sermon and Study Schedule
Pastor J P Glanzer leads Sunday service in German at 9 30 with Sunday schools 10 11 and preaching 11 12 on Walking With God Evening Junior C E 7 8 and adult Bible study same time General C E 8 9 Wednesday prayer meeting 7 30 pm Message theme a new year a new life new pur poses new power
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First Mennonite Church
J. P. Glanzer
God
C. E
St Johns Catholic Church Masses in Wasco
St Johns Catholic Church at 9th and Broadway Wasco California led by Rev Owen McMullan lists Sunday masses at 8 am and 10 am Confessions Saturday 7 pm Weekday masses at 7 am Pastoral services announced for parishioners.
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St. John's Catholic Church
9Th and Broadway Streets
Wasco
Calif
Owen McMullan
Wasco Christian Science Society Services Notice
Christian Science Society a branch of The Mother Church in Boston Massachusetts announces Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 10 a m at Corner Sixth and E streets Wasco.
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Christian Science — Christian Science Society
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Sixth and
E Streets
Wasco
Marriage Notice for Birdie Suydam and Kenneth Grose
Mr and Mrs E B Suydam of Rio Bravo announce the marriage of their daughter Birdie to Kenneth Grose of Los Angeles. The couple wed in Nevada on December 23.
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E. B. Suydam
Rio Bravo
Birdie
Kenneth Grose
Los Angeles
Nevada
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Ism
Florida
Olson
Harold Fallon
SRA
Republican County Committee
Sacramento
Los Angeles County
Harry Bridges
Jay Bruce
Porterville
San Francisco Bay
Pasadena
Hall Baker Company
Harry Quinn
Foothills
Jasmine
Susie Wells
Thomas A. Wells
Pioneer County
Louretta Adams
Edison
Fort Tejon
Tejon Ranch Corporation
California Park Commission
W. H. Jahant
Kern County Planning Commission
Dies
Warren Stockton
Ralph M. Abel
U.S
Mme. Chiang
Shipwreck Cove
Cintabatad
House
W. E. Bestwater
Christian Fellowship
Jugendverein
Church News
the Press
la Guardia Field
New New York City
North Beach
Ginza
Beoodway
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F. E. Wormser
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Chicago
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