War News Roundup From Global Fronts and Home Front
Axis pressure shifts Romanian land area to Hungary as Germany and Britain wage air war. Italian planes strike in Egypt while U S missionaries killed in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Roosevelt’s defense drive expands with 20 000 airplane motors deal and CCC training plan. Four hundred die in holiday weekend as storms, strikes, and funerals marshal state headlines across the nation.
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Rumania
Hungary
England
Sudan
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Britain
Harry Bridges
Egypt
Romania
Anthony Eden
Philippe Petain
War Department
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
CCC
Ense
Kansas City
Frank C. Walker
New York
Democratic National Committee
Roosevelt
Kentucky
Burke-Wadsworth
House
New Jersey
Atlantic
Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Reclamation Plans $45.7 Million Spread Across Five Western States
The U S Bureau of Reclamation will spend 45.7 million dollars on projects in California Oregon Washington Arizona and Nevada.
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U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Strategic South Tyrol Links Italy to Europe
The article describes South Tyrol as a strategic Alpine region on the Italian frontier with Austria. It notes the 1919 treaty shifted control, the Brenner Pass route to central Europe, and the Italianization drive including language, signage, and name changes in Bolzano and Tren to. The piece references German-speaking populations facing choices of allegiance and historic battles along the frontier.
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South Tyrol
Italy
Europe
Austria
St. Germain
Brenner Pass
Trento
Bolzano
Tyrolean
Air-Minded Spiders Soar Long Distances
Researchers in Louisiana used insect-trap equipped aircraft to study how wingless spiders ride air currents for long flights. Federal entomologist P A Glick notes spiders outnumber winged insects and that spiderlings launch flights from tall vegetation, with winds aiding seasonal migrations.
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Louisiana
P. A. Glick
Federal
Exterior house colors shift from dulls to bright palettes
American homes move away from traditional gray brown and beige exteriors to vibrant colors developed in the last decade. Roofs show rose red or blue green shingles. walls feature white blue red coral beige chocolate and hunter green. A model displays lemon yellow clapboard with blue roof and light yellow trim.
Doe Babe the tame deer at Kellogg ranch near Yakima
A doe named Babe, raised by the A. H. Kellogg family on their Yakima valley ranch, became extremely tame and even entered the Kellogg home. Found as a starving fawn three years ago, she nursed on cow milk before being released to the hills, yet still craves fresh milk.
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A. H. Kellogg
Yakima
Wash
Kellogg House
Babe
Kellogg
Kelloggs
August Carloadings Increase For Santa Fe System
Santa Fe system carloadings for the week ending August 31, 1940, were 20,018 versus 19,759 in the same week a year earlier. Received from connections 5,895 compared with 5,580. Total cars moved 25,913, up from 25,339. Santa Fe handled 23,932 cars in the preceding week this year.
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Santa Fe
Kiwanis Social Event Tonight at Wasco Home
Members of the Shafter Kiwanis club and their wives will attend a barbecue dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wilkinson in Wasco. Assisting are Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, J. W. Frizzell, Jack C. Siemens, and Al Anderson. Eugene Ford and President Herb Schirmer are arranging an informal program.
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Shafter, Kiwanis Club
Harry Wilkinson
Wasco
Mrs. Wilkinson
J. W. Frizzell
Jack C. Siemens
al Anderson
Eugene Ford
Herb Schirmer
Kern Comments Returns on KMPC Monday Evenings
Tom W. McManus of Bakersfield resumes his weekly broadcast Kern Comments at 7:15 each Monday night on KMPC. The program covers local and state interest topics in an educational vein and drew wide county interest in the prior series.
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Tom W.mcmanus
Bakersfield
Kern
KMPC
McManus
Chinese education endures amid wartime disruption
Tens of thousands of examinees attempt entrance tests for nineteen Chinese colleges and higher technical schools. Many institutions operate from temporary quarters far from their pre war campuses in Japanese occupied cities, yet the enduring belief in education remains strong.
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China
Flashlight Powers Self-contained Dynamo Torch
A new electric flashlight uses a spring driven generator to supply current for several minutes after a few twists. The device is mounted in a light weight aluminum case and including the torch and dynamo weighs two and a quarter pounds.
Navy High Hats of Bombing Squadron No 3
The High Hats are members of the U S Navy Bombing Plane squadron No 3 attached to the Saratoga. An unofficial name derives from the planes bearing a high hat insignia on their sides.
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Navy
U. S. Navy
Kansas Preparedness Evacuate in Under Four Hours
A historical note argues Kansas could evacuate all citizens in less than four hours using only cars. It compares population to cars, suggesting three passengers per car, and jokes that even a statewide bath would require many to queue, highlighting impracticality of mass evacuation.
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Kansas
Recreation to Continue at Shafter and Richland Schools
The local recreation commission voted to extend the program at Shafter high school and Richland school after hours with adult evenings at the high school. WPA director Eldon Sprayberry reported average daily attendance at Richland of 127 youths, total daily 351 including spectators, and weekly 1,288. Over 13 weeks the program drew 26,026 participants and nonparticipants, with 9,282 actual participants. activities included nightball, small boys softball, crafts, and arts programs aided by four to five workers. Additional sessions ran at Mexican Colony and Shafter High School evenings, with about 20 adults per night. Eugene Ford supervised at Shafter, with support from Rich County Union High School district and WPA.
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Shafter
Shafter High School
Richland School
Richland
Eldon Sprayberry
WPA
Richland Center
Sprayberry
Japanese Women Authors Dominate Historical Literature
The article claims Japan is the sole nation where the best writers are women. It notes Collier's assessment that for over a thousand years Japanese literature has contained few, if any, works of lasting merit written by men.
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Japan
Collier's
Bermuda Attack Historic 1620 Spanish Landing Attempt
The sole Bermuda attack on record occurred around 1620 when two Spanish ships attempted a landing in search of treasure. British residents fired two cannon shots, said to be aided by divine providence, that deterred the invaders.
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Bermuda
Boy, 15, Crashes Car Into Church After Chase
A Pasadena youth borrowing the family car without permission is pursued by his furious father in a truck. The chase ends when the boy loses control, crashing into a church and knocking out the corner stone. The juvenile court and others convene to review the incident.
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Pasadena
Oriental Rugs Suit Rich and Modest Homes Alike
Oriental rugs in Persian and Chinese designs complement mahogany suites such as Chippendale Hepplewhite Sheraton and Duncan Phyfe. American loom reproductions suit simpler Eighteenth century furniture in modest homes.
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Chippendale
Hepplewhite
Sheraton
Duncan Phyfe
Cuba's Son Declared National Dance Over Rumba
The article states the native Son is Cuba’s national dance, while the rhumba is an African import. It notes the rhumba is popular but difficult to learn quickly, unlike the Son, which is portrayed as the traditional form.
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Cuba
Havana
Cork industry may take root in California valleys
Woodbridge Metcalf, UC forestry specialist, says warm California valleys could host a cork industry as Spain and Portugal struggle to ship cork during war. Trials show cork yields from 25 to 100 pounds per tree, with one Napa tree yielding 8090 pounds. takes 15 to 20 years to enter production and future harvests could occur every decade thereafter.
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California
Woodbridge Metcalf
University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Metcalf
United States
Spain
Portugal
Chico
Napa
Sacramento
Biggs
Davis
Los Angeles
Reward Offered for Corn Salve That Fails
A $25 reward from the manufacturer for any corn or callous GREAT CHRISTOPHER POSITIVE CORN SALVE that cannot be removed. Offered at E. B. Stringham Drug.
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Christopher
E. B. Stringham Drug
Great Smoky Mountains Stretch Above Clouds
A high section of the Great Smoky mountains in North Carolina reaches above 5,000 feet in altitude, creating a lofty stretch over the landscape. The range runs across the region, with peaks extending high above the tree line and cloud cover.
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Great Smoky Mountain Range
North Carolina
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