France Defiance Toward Italy Shapes European Stance
The United Press dispatch notes Paris mood after Munich with mixed confidence and resignation. Daladier drives policy shift and anti Italy stance while Reynaud pushes economic revival and armament funding. France leans on London for final decisions yet seeks to isolate Italy from the Reich in potential conflict.
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France
Munich
Europe
Paris
Edouard Daladier
Danzig
Italy
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
London
Berlin
Africa
Britain
Poland
Reich
Romania
Heroine Miss Sarah Louise Ohmert Receives Medal
Sarah Louise Ohmert a 32 year old telephone operator from Mounds Illinois won a bravery medal for staying at the switchboard and calling the fire department and power company as flames forced her from a burning building.
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Sarah Louise Ohmert
Mounds
Prized Colonial Powder-Horn Traced to 1685 Duel
Jason Humiston of Jerseyville explains a powder horn once owned by his ancestor John Hitchcock dates to 1685. Carved S marks indicate the horn belonged to a white man slain by an Indian in a colonial duel. It passed to Hitchcock’s wife’s family and has been handed down since.
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Jerseyville
Til
United States
Jason Humiston
Humiston
John Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Hamiston
Blue favorite color of farm pest insects
A University of Minnesota zoology professor, Dr Alexander Granovsky, reports insects share the color blue as their favorite. After six years testing color traps, he notes insect abundance, active times, and weather conditions favorable to each species, to aid farmers in pest control.
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Minneapolis
Alexander Granovsky
University of Minnesota
Granovsky
Caveman Hans Hansen Lived Decade in Mole Like Burrow
Modesto California police removed Hans Hansen 77 from an underground burrow he had inhabited for ten years beneath a warehouse floor. Officers said he dug out a space large enough for his body and a few groceries and had eaten slept read and cooked there since 1929.
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Modesto
Cal
Hans. Hansen
Hansen
Clyde Mayor Bans Bean Shooters After Youth’s Injury
Mayor William Blair ordered confiscation and destruction of bean shooters after a youth used one to strike the back of his neck. He had previously reprimanded his marshal for selling the toys to children.
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Clyde
William Blair
LaGuardia challenges governors over federal aid at conference
New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia dismissed a Bricker call for deep government cuts and urged accepting federal aid to keep cities running. He warned governors to avoid blocking discussion and pressed that major cities depend on federal support despite calls for economy.
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New York
F. H. LaGuardia
United States Governors’ Conference
Guardia
John W. Bricker
Ohio
la Guardia
Washington
Bricker
LaGuardia
Second Alarmers raise funds for new coffee wagon HQ
Philadelphia volunteers known as the Second Alarmers have launched a $30,000 fund drive to buy a coffee wagon and an abandoned firehouse to serve as their headquarters and support for paid firemen and policemen.
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Philadelphia
Pigs Whisper Phrase Once Meant Very Low Whisper
The old expression pigs whisper revealed how a phrase once described a very soft, hushed sound. It shows how language shifts, with the idiom fading from common usage over time.
Edison J Salsbury Reflects On 35 Years At Elyria Chronicle Telegram
Edison J Salsbury, a veteran Chronicle Telegram worker, recalls 35 years of newspaper publishing in Elyria from 1904 beginnings in a small plant to today’s modern operation. He highlights merging of papers in 1919, plant moves on Broad Street, and a revamped composing room under Hudnutt with high speed presses and 11,000 copies daily.
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Edison J. Salsbury
Chronicle- Telegram
City of Elyria
Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Salsbury
Elyria Chronicle
Cleveland
Norwalk
the Chronicle
Troxel
The
Republican
Democrat
Reporter
Evening Telegram
Chronicle
Telegram
W. B. Johnston
Perry Williams
J. F. Burke
A. C. Hudnutt
Broad Street
East Avenue
Hudnutt
Nationally Known Auto Race Driver Dies In Crash
Cahokia Illinois June 30 James Snyder a famed auto race driver who set a new lap record in the 130.7 mph range for the Indianapolis Classic this year was killed at Cahokia race track. He lost control on the 12th lap of a 40 lap midget feature hitting the outer wall and overturning dying almost instantly. Snyder previously placed second at Indianapolis this year. A former Chicagoan now living in Los Angeles he was married with two children and began racing in 1932.
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Cahoria
Til
Jimmy Snyder
Indianapolis
Cahokia
Snyder
Los Angles
Auto Hits Bike Killing One Girl in Findlay Crash
In Findlay Ohio a bicycle built by two girls was struck by a car as they hurried from a wading pool to a picnic supper. Marilene Wilkins ten died and Ann Thompson seriously injured. Driver Nelson Marohn twenty seven of Upper Arlington was not detained.
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Findlay
Marilene Wilkins
Ann Thompson
Wilkins
Charles Wilkins
Pandora
Thompson
Upper Ariington
First Perfect Albino Lyre Bird Found in Australia
In East Gippsland's Combienbar district a lyre bird has been identified as the first perfect albino seen, according to local experts. The discovery marks a rare white lyre-bird in Melbourne's region wildlife notes.
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Melbourne
Australia
Walt Disney
Combienbar
East Gippsland
Sals Bury Enjoys Work Aiming for Longer Service
The article notes Sals bury’s satisfaction with his job and his plan to continue working for several years. He is originally from Elyria and has spent time in Cleveland and Pittsburgh before arriving, and he hopes to stay on for some time yet.
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Salsbury
a _pensio
Elyria
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
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