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Newspaper
The Spectator
Location
Joliet, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1941
Page
7
The article notes Uncle Sam seeks scrap iron from rusty rails as 50 percent of steel raw material and 98 percent of traffic on 70 percent of rail mileage emphasize rails as defense assets. It describes ICC hearings where locals protest abandoning branch lines and reveal reliance on cars to attend.
A historical overview of the International Code of Flag Signals developed by the British Board of Trade, adopted in 1902, detailing its alphabet flags, three letter combinations, and message coverage. It notes two part code books and alternative signaling methods if flags are impracticable.
Elephant commentators suggest Alice the New York Zoo elephant failed to recall her giant telephone trick not from forgetfulness but from disillusionment. Circus lore recalls Jennie known as Big Bingo who slept to perform a musical act around 1910 including sawing a bass viol and banging a drum, with her role turning a hand organ crank.
An elephant trainer in Chicago awoke to music and confronted Jennie who was calmly turning a crank. He described her eyes as glassy and said she ignored his shouts as others slept.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a woman blinking, shaking herself, and being led back into a line. No clear event, names, or concrete details are readable for a fuller summary.
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