Raider Victims Tell Sea Saga Near Atlantic Rescue
New York reports William MacVicar third officer of the Britannica survived a sinking after a German raider attacked about 600 miles off Dakar. He and 25 others were ferried 1500 miles to Brazil in an open lifeboat. 82 survived on Cayru with 10 Hindu and 15 Mahomedan crew members providing details.
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New York
William MacVicar
Atlantic
Brazil
Trinidad
England
MacVicar
Liverpool
Bombay
Dakar
Britannica
Mac. Vicar
Sao
Apio
Morntive
Sao Luiz
Cadiz
Montevideo
Uruguay
Reranga
Army Captain Yields Doughnut Recipe To Topeka Housewives
TOPEKA KAN An army mobile kitchen unit on a practice march from Fort Riley distributed free doughnuts. Captain E H Spackman in charge was pressed for the recipe by Topeka housewives and eventually handed it over along with details of ingredients including 800 pounds of flour 300 pounds of sugar 980 eggs and 15 gallons of cooking oil.
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Topeka
Kan
Fort Riley
E. H. Spackman
More Walking Advised To Avoid Early Death
Des Moines report quotes Coroner J W Bailey urging more walking and less riding to extend life. He notes most die young from inactivity as people eat heavily then drive around the block.
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Des Moines
Iowa
J. W. Bailey
Bailey
Girl 8 Dies Trying to Take Gun From Brother
Eight year old Lorraine Zavadil was killed in Alexandria Minnesota when she attempted to take a gun from her 11 year old brother in their home. The boy Arnold said he did not know the gun was loaded and fired it as Lorraine tried to take it from him.
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Alexandria
Minn
Lorraine Zavadil
Here
Arnold
Lorraine
Himehe
Navahos and Apaches Step Into War Watch
Santa Fe report notes Navahos and Apaches join the draft in large numbers with Duga-Chee-Bekis among volunteers. The Navaho tribe, numbering over 50 000 in western New Mexico and northeastern Arizona, shows strong enlistment with 4500 signing up. The Jicarilla and Mescalero Apaches also respond 100 percent, with no rejections due to physical handicaps.
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Santa FE
Southwest
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Hitler
Mussolini
Duga-Chee- Bekis
Navaho
Air Corps
New Mexico
Arizona
Navaho Agency
Window
Rock
Ariz
Jicarilla
Everyday Items Added to Defense Critical List
Washington reports the government may compel civilian sectors to yield supplies for defense. A monthly list from the Office of Production Management’s priorities division marks about forty items as critical, including mattresses cameras woolen underwear and fire extinguishers. The total now classified as critical rises to about 300 items.
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Washington
Office of Production Managment
Lake Skipper Leaves Bequest to Last Sweetie
Captain Elias Andreas of Gre Lakes dies at 66 on October 24 1940 leaving a 500 bequest to the girl friend he was with before death. Executor Ernest Woolley and attorney Arthur J Leher say more than a dozen women have claimed the same designation and offered supporting evidence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Elias Andreas
Shane Bakes
Oerwaukee
Ernest Woolley
Arthur J. Leher
Engineers Dig Lengthy Ditch Using Explosions
Reading PA engineers from Pennsylvania State College demonstrated a large scale ditch dig using nitroglycerin dynamite sticks. They created 825 feet of trenches 7 feet wide and 3½ feet deep with blasts 18 inches apart and deep, needing only one cap to trigger the sequence. The method promises cheaper faster drainage for damp meadow lands and culvert ditching.
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Reading
Agricultural Extension
Pennsylvania State College
Come Back for the Poles Pastor Tells Tent Thief
The Rev. Ernest E. Grosse appeals through newspapers for help locating a missing gospel tent. He asks the thief to return the 40 feet wide khaki tent and poles, saying they are essential for the church’s mission.
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Washington
Ernest E. Grosse
Om. Grosse
New York Matrimonial Agencies and Wedding Shops
New York offers a quick wedding industry with firms advertising complete weddings for about $100. Services include engraved invitations and breakfast, with outfits rented for brides and grooms. Photographers fill society pages, and agencies even employ press agents to boost profiles.
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Society
New York
Unwanted hotel guest photos and a school flag salute shock
The piece describes a scam where out of town guests are pressured into buying prints of photos taken under the pretense of press requests. Hotels counsel guests to report such calls to management. A vivid anecdote follows about a dark haired girl reacting to a school salute unrelated to Europe, and a British car retrieving a hat amid a busy Fifth Avenue chase ending with a quip about navigating New York traffic and the Italian navy.
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M. A
Europe
Fifth Avenue
New York
Trafic
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Four Perfect Bridge Hands End the Game in Dallas
Four Dallas women each received a perfect bridge hand in a single evening. The hands all followed the correct sequence with the dealer holding the low suit and other players receiving progressively higher cards. The string of perfect hands ended the game for the night.
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Dallas
Claims He Knows Of Rich Gold Mine
Florence Arizona reports a life prison inmate, 65, convicted of murder, claims to know the location of the Lost Dutchman gold mine. He says the mine lies not in Superstition Mountain but toward the direction of the mountain under a black cone rock and would reveal it to a man of reputable character.
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Florence
Ariz
Arizona State Prison
Jacob Walz
The
Walt
Foresight Helps Seekers Find Jobs in Quincy Clinic
In Quincy Massachusetts a nine-member team formed a job clinic to aid over 100 job-seekers. A banker philanthropist led the effort with a board including a newspaper editor a power company official and chamber of commerce secretary along with two vocational directors. The group meets weekly to interview applicants guiding them to define desired future roles and prepare a targeted campaign to market their services.
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Quincy
Mass
Quincey
Chamber of Commerce
Shepherd Uses Knife to Kill Mountain Lion
Santa Rosa New Mexico Felipe Sisneros, 63, a lifelong shepherd, fought off a mountain lion attacking his flock at Milagro ranch. The lion leaped at him, but he wrestled it, forced its jaws shut, drew a knife, and killed the animal, then sought treatment for his injuries and showed the lion’s carcass to authorities.
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Santa Rosa
N. M
Felipe Sisneros
Milagro
Jean
Sisneros
This Motorist Solves Problem of Hitch-Hikers
Tuscaloosa resident Tom Norris avoids hitch hikers by warning that his mind is unbalanced and may go nuts at any moment. He offers rides but declines responsibility for any outcome. A recent applicant replied with a joke and walked away.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Tom Norris
Norris
British Cities Find New Jobs
New York report surveys 21 months of wartime disruption in British municipalities. Air raids forced welfare, housing, utilities, police and medical services to aid evacuees and rebuild, while tax bases dwindled and grants in aid from national government rose. The air raid precautions controller centralized authority as departments were nationalized, with mass evacuation and housing repairs dominating municipal efforts.
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New York
Yok P Aministration Clearing House
American—Municipal —Association
Association
Sana
French Marketing Habits Curbed in Food Shortage
In Vichy and Lyon France authorities crackdown on food para markets amid shortages. Mayors ban housewives from near market vehicles and police target racketeering and price gouging. Lyon raid cites a luncheon price and extras as symptoms of a broader black market.
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Vichy
France
Lyon
United States
Old Cincinnati Firm Makes Bells for Navy
The Cincinnati firm, a century old, manufactures bells for the U S fleet, ranging from lightweight to 175 pound belts for aircraft crafts. The company, already known for church bells in Europe, South America, the Orient, and the United States, has joined national defense production efforts.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U. S
Europe
South ‘America
Orient
United States
Air Cadets Stage Humorous King’s English Slang
A military aviation cadets article explores the slang used in training for the Army Air Corps. It details terms like raunchy six and twenty tootsie and back to your holes, explains penalties known as gigs, and notes phrases such as mice rats jeep pea shooter and gun the waiter.
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Army Air Corps
Noah Webster
Hengar
Americas
United States Air Corps
Cartoon characters often have three fingers per hand
The article notes that many animated figures are drawn with three fingers and a thumb on each hand to save time and labor. It cites Coltier as a source noting this practice.
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Coltier
The first cable car climbs San Francisco hills in 1873
A fragment notes San Francisco introduced the first cable car in 1873 and contrasts road lifespans with concrete lasting about 90 years in Missouri while oil or macadam roads endure roughly 10 years.
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San Francisco’s
Hills
Missouri
Bulletin Head 90 Days Before Victim Knew It
West Hazleton Pennsylvania report states Andrew J. Kupinewicz was shot in the head three months earlier while in his yard. He only learned of the wound after a physician examined him for severe headaches, with Kupinewicz indicating the ailment began long before discovery.
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West Hazelton
Andrew J. Kupinewicz
Kupinewicz
Peg. Porm
Twin Sisters Share Births On Same Day In Iowa
Identical twins Alvena and Anna Reding from Stacyville Iowa each had a child by Caesarean section within days of each other last week. Alvena became mother to a son with husband Adrian Brown and Anna to a daughter with husband Ruben Kramer, following their double wedding three and a half years earlier.
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Mason City
Iowa
Alvena
Anna Reding
Stacyville
Adrian Brown
Anna
Ruben Kramer
Students' Ism Flag Displays Controversial Symbols
In Seattle at a university, a flagpole display showed three designs: a hammer and sickle, a swastika, and a beer mug. The hammer and sickle and the swastika were crossed out and underlined with no. Under the beer mug appeared the word yi pao.
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Seattle
Wash
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