Churchill Among Writers Shapes His Endless Phrases
New York story notes Winston Churchill as a Renaissance man of letters and war correspondent. It highlights his four volume World War II history Marlborough biography and other works, his public image, and references the prose style he admires from Johnson and Addison. The piece previews his enduring literary legacy.
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New York
Nana
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Duke of Marlborough
Masborough
House of Commons
Churchill
Samuel Johnson
Grobon
Aze
New Gold Strike Lifts Sutter Creek to Prominence
A mining strike near Sutter Creek in the Central Eureka mine yields $400 to $700 a ton, reviving the California town once brushed by the gold rush. The discovery, in the Sierra Nevada mother lode district southeast of Sacramento, marks a dramatic postwar boon for the historic mining center as national attention recalls its rich rush era and namesake founder.
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Washington
California
Sutter Creek
Mother Lode District
Sierra Nevadas
Sacramento
Corenth
Greece
Xana
Alvinza Hayward
Leland Stanford
John A. Sutter
Mexico
Renzy
Califoria
Thi Nia
Surte
Ancient Asiatic deity statue found in Oklahoma
A hand carved eight inch statue of Sho Sin Lao, a Chinese god of longevity, was unearthed from a Lincoln County farm well by Mrs A K Eckers. Initially misread as Moses or a saint, Chinese students at Benedictine Heights College confirmed the figure as an ancient deity still linked to happiness. Researchers note the piece, dated to the Ch Inn dynasty, was cut from heartwood and held a ram and staff.
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Guthrie
Okla
Chinst
A. K. Eckers. Guthrie
Lincoln County
Moses
Abraham
Life in Liechtenstein a paradise for British housewife
Baroness Falz-Fern, five months after leaving London, calls Vaduz paradise as she orders large steaks and notes easy access to butcher. Her family arrived from London. jars of Sophia Keferli tomatoes soon to be canned for winter. The scene hints at American aid programs in Greece boosting home economics for rural women and Greek farming practices.
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Fred Manor
Liechtenstein
Falz-Fern
Curtis-Bennett
London
Vaduz
Lon ‘Don
Greece
Britain Faces X Ray Film Shortage Slowing Surgeries
Britain’s hospitals report delays in operations due to export restrictions on X ray film. The Ministry of Health warns that urgent cases risk longer waiting times as hospitals ration supplies and rely on emergency restocks.
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Britain
Vaduz
Liechtenstein
Europe
Ministry of Health
Tme
Bramton Hospital
Joe
Less Food For Britain
Sydney report notes Australia will send less food to Britain due to drought and rising domestic demand. Prime Minister Robert Menzies denies Australia will soon need to import food for its own population. Surpluses of wheat, mutton, butter and rye shrink as British shipping faces empty holds.
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Sydney
Nana
Australia
Britain
Robert & Menzie
South Australia
Dominion
Nealian
Queensland
Japan
United States
South Africa plans vast Orange River irrigation project
Capetown dispatch reports South Africa intends divert the Orange River to irrigate about 220000 acres of desert and bloom dry valleys of the Fish and Sunday Rivers. The scheme would cost 4000000 acre feet of water and include a Smile underground tunnel linking the Orange and Fish rivers.
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New York
CXANA
South Africa
Capetown
Ottawa
South Atlantic
Fish
Love and Human Kindness Bring Joy to War Waifs
George Sydney reports a tale from Sydney University where Torey, blinded in a factory accident, and Riina, an Estonian student, face separation and medical crisis. Riina stays by Torey's side as hospital radiography staff struggle with shortages and mounting delays in care across an era of war and upheaval.
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George Sydney
Australia
Sydney
Riina
America
South ‘Pacific
Torey
Glossary of Rodeo Slang From Autry Era
A reader notes slang terms used in rodeo lore and cowboy talk from Autry era, explaining scratching, crow hops, bronco, eating gravel, grabbing the apple, sunasher, and roll your bed. The piece hints these phrases migrated from old Western days to modern rodeos and promises more on page 2.
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Bosson
Naxa
Autry
Coy
Champion
Editor Reveals Polish Spy Shipments in Frankfurt
A former Polish Foreign Ministry official recounts serving as an editor at the Polish consulate in Frankfurt under diplomatic immunity. He describes how Communist regimes use diplomats and journalists as spies, detailing three main tasks: building a pro Soviet column in West Germany, gathering intelligence on American troops, and weakening Western Allied positions through propaganda.
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U. S
Germany
Poland
Russia
Aer
Frankfurt
Keng
Josef Gora
West Germany
Berlin
Jiai~son
Moscow
Western World
Wiadomoeci Polskie
Polish Red Cross
Foreign Ministry
Labroad
Communist Party Central Committee
Warsaw
Ministry of Internal Security
Kaerybone
Espion
Em:ves
Contra
Tass reporters in galleries may be barred by Congress
The fight over Tass access to congressional press galleries continues as lawmakers, editors, and the Society of Newspaper Editors weigh action. A Tass ban could prompt rules changes while concerns about intelligence links to Tass persist. The stand ing committee and congressional leadership face pressure amid debates on national security and press freedom.
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Congress
Capital
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Capitol
Russia
T Rj
THF
Theo
Senate Rules Committee
jHouse
Standing Committee
Howe Rules Committee
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ECA Mission
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Leslie Honig
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McCaduen
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