Anniversaries and births from historic figures list
Anniversaries highlight notable births and deaths such as Louis Jolliet explorer born in Canada died about 1700, James Jackson born in England died 1800s, Carter L Stevenson born near Fredericksburg Virginia died 1888, Henry Armsby born Northbridge Massachusetts died 1921, Samuel Rea born Holidaysburg Pennsylvania died 1929, Clark Howell born Barnwell County South Carolina died 1936, Herman Bernstein born Russia died 1935, plus events like Paoli massacre 1777 and first daily Philadelphia newspaper shift 1784, 1909 North Pole claim by Dr Frederick A Cook, and various 20th century dates. Also today’s birthdays include Mrs James Roosevelt, Henry L Stimson, Francis A Foster, Frank T Bell, Harold T Webster, Rev Fred F Goodsell, and H G Wells.
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Louis Jolliet
Great Lakes
Missassippi Valley
Canada
James Jackson
Georgia
Yazoo
England
Carter L Stevenson
Fredericksburg
Henry P Armsby
Northbridge
Mass
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania Railway
Holidaysburg
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Wayne
Paoli
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Packet
General Advertiser
Daly Advertiser
Frederick A Cook
North Pole
New York
Hoover
US Department of State
New England
James Roosevelt
Henry L Stimson
Newark
Francis A Foster
Society of the Cincinnat
Cambridge
Frank T Bell
Seattle
Wash. E
US Bureau of Fisheries
Joplin Wie
Harold T Webster
Stamford
Conn
Parkersburg
War irony in the Saar as France advances
The Saar, added to Germany by Hitler through a legal plebiscite under League of Nations oversight, voted to return to Germany. The French honor that decision, making this the first peaceful example of German expansion reversed by French action, a stark irony in war.
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Saar
Third Reich
Fuehrer
Hitler
Versailles
Germany
France
League of Nations
Education Alone Protects American Liberty Says Editorial
A public interest editorial argues against subversive influence on American institutions and urges schools to teach the Constitution as the safeguard of liberty. It emphasizes patriotic civic education in public schools to fortify democracy, warns of unrest, and credits the document with shaping the nation.
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America
Test Pilot Corkille Dies In Fortresses Crash
Major John D Corkille, veteran Army air service flyer since 1917, survived 13 test flights of the 16 ton YB-17 Flying Fortress with no incidents. Five days after his last test, a Fortress crashed with another pilot aboard. Corkille had earlier faced hazards including a burning DH-9 and a post landing explosion.
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John D Corkille
Army Air Service
Wright Field Davior Ohio
Floyd
Corkille
New England Hurricane Survivors Recount Aftermath
New York theater lawyer Dennis F. O Brien and his family endured the 1938 hurricane aftermath with a dramatic escape from wrecked homes and floodtide peril. Denise O Brien and companions trudged through darkness to safety, aided by strangers near Stonington, while other relatives faced fallen trees and a perilous roadside rescue.
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Chas. Driscoll
Dennis Francia O Brien
New York
Watch Hill
O Briens
Stor
O Brien
Denise
Endowed with Generous Disposition and Industrious Habits
A dated excerpt notes a person’s rich generosity and good intellect with industrious habits. It predicts a reserved nature and an inner mind seldom exposed. It mentions Mary as a probable indicator of trends and suggests a large family depending on hour of birth.
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Mary
Housewife Turns Steeplejack In Canada
AGINCOURT Onl Mrs Charles Miner a comely petite blonde left housewifery a year ago to become Canadas only woman steeplejack She has painted some of the highest steeples flag poles and water towers in the Dominion and says she prefers the high work to washing dishes as she readies to scale a church steeple.
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Agincourt
Charles Miner
Unprofitable Servants in Faithful Service
Bible readings discuss Luke 17 7 19 on servant duty and humility. The reflection urges that no amount of service earns special favors from God and cautions against self praise, stressing honesty and mercy in religious living.
The Georgia Girl and the Hat Box Mystery
A penniless Georgia woman saved by a purse in a leather hat box tossed into floodwaters. The purse survived hidden in the hat box, recovered intact the next day by a local resident. The tale is told as an incredible but true event with no variance among witnesses. Copyright 1939 by The McNaught Syndicate. Wellington tax mention noted.
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the McNaught Syndicate
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Sead
Ana
Cank
Carouscie-Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
Libbie Booth
Lodemta Wessell
Dames . Scott and Family
Allen Bernard
Woolworths
E H Weingarten
Broad St
Muirs
West
Directc
Building — Modernisis
General Electric
Ohio
Electhicabu
Elxria Superior Electric
Sninddle &Ve Phore
Manhattan
Lee
Free & Fler Ce
Art Furniture
Braid St
Ave
Gerber
Elisi
Elyria
Broad
ALTOS
Hove Mirray
Waah
Hooton
Harvard
New York Gateacee Golf Association
Burlington
Liars Club
John Bir
John
Rightkife
Gs Ind
C.l.otes
Sobb
Aracrog
Charles B. Driscoll
Wnd
O Biien
Stonington
North Cape
Lorain County
West Bridge and Water Streets
Bible
Wellington
New Zealand
Murragh
Coal & Supply Co
W. Bridge St., Ph
Foster-Fitch
LS Gee Eent
MCA
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Smiths, Johnsons and Browns
Hart Schaffner & Marx
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