Expect Rise in Air Accidents
The War Department says lower average pilot experience among Army Air Corps trainees will lift accident rates due to more trainees and training risks. Officials stress that success relies on morale at home and in uniform, warn of further accidents as flying hours rise, and cite expansion of experienced commanders as a contributing factor.
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Army Air Corps
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Air Corps
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Henry L. Stimson
Robert C. Richardson Jr
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Hollywood aids capture of German POW in film style
London reports an escaped German prisoner of war was captured with help from Hollywood inspired imagery. Conductor Colin Spittle alerted authorities after a driver paused near a policeman, as the scene unfolded with a man in gray flannel trousers and a check cap mimicking a German officer.
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London
Hollywood
Conducwr
Colin Spittle
Smallest Negotiable Check Pays Wager in Fort Wayne
A postage-stamp sized check measuring 1 7 8 by 3 4 inches paid a wager in Fort Wayne. The green stamp like instrument was a photostatic reduced copy of a regular check. The loser was Richard B Alleman of Hanover Pa.
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Richard B. Alleman
Hanover
What's Wrong With Man Of 497 Asks Unemployed
A long fragment depicts a 40-year-old man facing unemployment and the brink of suicide. The piece contrasts a miner’s cave-in scene with the man’s despair as his family’s decline looms, while his courageous wife and children offer fragile hope amid social judgment and inner torment.
Foot-Control Radio Hailed as Safety Factor
A new foot-controlled radio trol lets drivers choose six pre tuned stations by pressing the pedal without removing hands from the wheel. Experts say foot operation reduces driver distraction while maintaining normal front seat control. The device holds six stations at correct wave strength and can be tuned with light presses for in car conversation.
Meat's vitamin role highlighted in new research
New research spotlights meat as a source of essential B complex vitamins including B1 B2 and pellagra preventing nicotinic acid. It notes meat provides minerals phosphorus and iron supporting bones and blood. Meat's value spans diets for hepatic disease nephritis nephrosis and early childhood nutrition.
Cat Intelligence Proved by Timed Behaviors
A newspaper notes that cats are clever, showing timing skills by daily routines. Stories recount cats that wait at a master’s door for return from work and one cat that wakes its master at five each morning by scratching under the covers.
Curiosity Kills Bull in Bucket Incident
In Blythedale Missouri a farmer named Jerry Roche loses a prize Red Po bull after the animal noses into a gallon-strop bucket. The more the bull struggles the tighter the bucket fits, resulting in fatal suffocation.
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Blythedale
Jerry Roche
Roche
Giant Catfish and Sheep in Struggle Tale From Arizona
In Lake Mead near Boulder Dam Arizona, a deputy game warden found white bone remains of a bighorn sheep with a huge catfish jaws clamped over the skull. He estimates the catfish four to five feet long, and says the pair died in a struggle at the edge of the impounded body of water.
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Boulder Dam
Ariz
John Edwards
Lake Mead
Edwards
Man Bitten by Bookends in Cleveland Office Stunt
John Donnelly, chief clerk of the municipal court, says his nose was bruised when a pair of bookends toppled while he moved them and books. He attempted to push the contents back between the bookends with his chin as books slipped, causing the bizarre injury.
Man Dies By Self Inflicted Knife Wound Amid Medical Struggle
In Denver Colorado a 48 year old man named Calvin Campbell used a pocket knife at his bed to stab himself after a nurse left the room. He died about two hours later. Campbell had a history of chronic stomach ulcers pneumonia heart attack and nine major operations in recent years.
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Denver
Colo
Calvin Campbell
Campbell
Elected as Joke Woman Becomes New England Police Chief
In Warren New Hampshire Mrs Dorothy Clark who was elected last year as a joke won re election on the first ballot by a wide margin at today's town meeting She was also chosen overseer of the poor reinforcing the townspeople's admiration for her for her unexpected service as chief of police and town leadership.
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Warren
N. H
Dorothy Clark
New England
Not Guilty Plea Precedes Stolen Watch Evidence
In Baton Rouge Judge J D Womack questions Charlie Williams a Negro about a charge of misappropriating a woman's wrist watch valued at $25. Williams answers not guilty and produces the watch in court as proof. The exchange highlights the courtroom drama surrounding the embezzlement allegation.
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Baton Rouge
J. D. Womack
Charlie Williams
Williams
Strong Cigars for Husband Sparks Bold Exchange
A woman enters a tobacco shop seeking the strongest cigars for her husband. She explains the cigars must resist breaking in his pocket and the shopkeeper asks about preferred strength, while she insists on the very strongest available.
Bert and Bess Swap Witty Jabs Over Triumph Meaning
In a humorous exchange Bert accuses Bess of making him look foolish. Bess clarifies that a triumph implies a difficult achievement rather than a simple mockery. The light dialogue captures their banter and differing takes on triumph.
Doctor's Doctor Dilemma Explored in Child’s Question
A boy asks whether a doctor must treat another doctor exactly as the patient desires or if the treating doctor uses their own approach. The child’s curious wording reframes medical autonomy and professional care.
One Stay's Enough Says Wife Should Stick To One Rule
A fragment quotes advice about home life urging a husband to tell his wife one thing and stick to it. The remark emphasizes concise communication and consistent guidance in domestic matters.
Sad Regrets and Whimsical Farmyard Vignette
A fragmented child centered scene features a mother, Billie, and a little sister with a store clerk and a dad. Banter about lawyers and property mixes with a horseback ride. The dialogue includes a clerk offering oil and a girl pleading about money in a can.
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Billie
Daddfe
Modern Verities Count Before You Lend When Angry
A proverb from Modern Verities counsels patience before lending resources in anger. It urges restraint to avoid giving impulsive or regrettable loans and promotes prudent, calm decision making.
Air Conditioned Pay Horner Jasper
A quirky dialogue reveals a mix up between a report card grade and the room temperature as Jasper suggests the number reflects the climate, prompting a humorous exchange about the meaning of the 60.
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Horner
Jasper
Big Family Exchange About Debts and Illness
A brief dialogue features a family scene with lines about a wife ill with quinsy and counting children. Mutual comments critique spending on a costly car and paying honest debts, ending with a light exchange about a Katrimn song and a joke.
Fragmented Civic Echoes at The New Mariam-Mabel
Reading fragments describe a quirky scene where a local character, The New Mariam-Mabel, declares love for a pew car. The text hints at a broader theme of technological displacement as Christy faces a case of workers replaced by machinery.
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Mabel
Christy
This Was the End
The fragmentary text presents a terse line about demand for money and resistance, lacking clear context, participants, or outcome to establish a complete incident.
Fall Planting of Roses Assures Best Results
Fall planting is recommended to ensure strong, early blooms. Prepare beds in advance with rubble bottom, peat moss, and manure layers to promote deep root growth and minimize later settling. Ensure ground is ready for immediate planting upon arrival to avoid delays from spring weather.
Gigantic Cyclotron Under Construction at UC Led by Dr Lawrence
Dr Ernest Lawrence at the University of California is building a vast cyclotron touted as the world’s most powerful atom smasher. The project aims to reveal cosmic mysteries by lab creation and to boost practical atomic power and element transmutation once finished in about three years.
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence
University of California
Lawrence
Dr. Lawrence
Taj Mahal
Grooming Habits for a Well Trained 12 Year Old Girl
The text advocates that by age 12 a girl should adopt natural daily grooming routines. A well trained girl needs reminders to wash hands, brushes hair regularly, and uses lip cream and hand lotion to maintain cleanliness and hygiene as part of daily life.
Rivadavia Remembered as Argentinian Statesman
The article notes Bernardino Rivadavia as a key founder of Argentina despite being titled not the father of the nation. Political rivalries ruined his presidency and forced exile, yet his stature as a major statesman endures in Argentine history.
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Bernardino Rivadavia
Republic of
Argentina
Rivadavia
Work of Generator Increases For Modern Automobiles
Shorter days raise demand for electricity as generators must supply higher output. Major electrical loads include lights and ignition at 18.5 amperes, car radio 7.5 amperes, heater 6 amperes, and defroster 3.5 amperes.
World War II turmoil and political clashes headline week
The week reports a Soviet invasion halting, hostile talks with Japan, and fear of Axis advances. Roosevelt aims to end China affairs, mobilize resources, and pledge power to crush Hitlerism. Gasoline shortages, oil battles, and labor disputes frame a tense global picture with warnings from Berlin to Moscow.
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Lerdo Air Base Work and Kern County Projects
War reports note Lerdo air base telephone work and army aid donations totaling 20 721 dollars. County funds support Kern County fire and road improvements 5452 dollars for Bakersfield. Two Lerdo soldiers escape guardhouse as warbirds drive doves from eastern Kern county. Frontier Days in Bakersfield scheduled September 16 to 21 with an expected 75 000 spectators and a Taft Lerdo work completion update.
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Kern Cities
Bakersfield
Kern
Randall
Ceaietts
Wheat Plains
Loustalot
Kern County
Taft
Albert Annis Resigns as Acting Police Chief
Former Acting Chief Albert Annis resigns from the city police force. Ivan Stone moves to day duty and Jake Johnson to night duty as interim arrangements. Constable John Reily was named city chief of police two weeks ago and will take full command October 1.
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Albert Annis
Ivan Stone
Jake Johnson
Glenn O. Nay
John Reily
Art Craig to Be Married in Bakersfield Ceremony
Art Craig of Shafter and Miss Genevieve Siptomize Seeger of Dakes will wed at Stanley Idebeier Piedbyce Ian church in Bakersfield. The engagement was announced to friends this week.
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Shafter
Genevieve Siptomize Seeger
Dakes
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Idebeie Pes Piedbyceian Church
Bakersfield
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