Spain Faces Ifni Crisis With Heavy Stakes In Africa
Madrid fights to hold Ifni as rebels threaten garrisons and air operations. Spain deploys reinforcements and German WW2 planes based in the Canaries, while Morocco presses for Ifni’s return. Ifni's fate could affect Ceuta Melilla and Rio de Oro, with possible oil hopes in the region.
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Madrid
Spain
Ifni
Africa
Morocco
Sidi Ifni
Canary Islands
Heinkels and Messerschmidts
Itni
Hague
Ceuta
Melilla
Rio de Oro
Eggshells Become Tree Ornaments
In South Hadley Falls Massachusetts Eleanor Reed transforms discarded eggshells into Christmas tree ornaments. She cuts openings paints adds glitter and sequin frames to hold Yuletide pictures. Gift shops have sold over 2000 ornaments as a lucrative part time business.
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South Hadley Falls
Mass
Earl Reed
Reed
Eleanor
Boy 14 Admits Setting Fire To Lathrop Building
In Fairbanks Alaska a 14 year old boy confessed to starting a fire that destroyed most of the Lathrop Building on November 23 and killed Dr Druska Schaible professor of biological sciences at the University of Alaska. He told Fire Inspector Robert Hartwell he started the blaze in a trash box on the second floor hall and later notified the building superintendent.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Lathrop
Druska Schaible
University of Alaska
Robert Hartwell
Christmas Gift Shopping Ad From Fanny Farmer Candy Shop
An advertising snippet states misery yesterday and a better today as it promotes gift wrapping and worldwide mail delivery. It urges placing Christmas mail orders and suggests visiting a shop or calling Granite 1 177 for outreach.
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Fanny Farmer
Mastodon Remains Date 11 410 Years Ago In New York
Radiocarbon tests on spruce wood found with mastodon bones in Cayuga County place the animal’s existence at 11 410 years ago with a margin of error 110 years. Yale scientists dated the specimen while the bones were unearthed on land near Ledyard. The skeleton is exhibited at the State Museum in Albany alongside a Catskills mural.
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Albany
Upstate
New York
Education Department
Cayuga County
Yale University
Geochronometric Laboratory
State Museum and Science Service
Myles L. Colgan Wille
Ledyard
State Museum
Catskills
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Boy
State Education Department
North America
Finger Lakes
New York State
Staresboro
William Jameson
Edward Costello
Jameson
U.S. Department of Commerce
Allen Weaving Co
Paramount Theater
S. Warren St
Imlers
Pat Mason
Mgr
Stewart
George Block & CO
Chevrolet Works
Chevrolet
Viking
Chevrolet Wasicporge
CTA Tas
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