Anything Can Happen and Sudden City Notes Carve Brief Reel
A collage of brief clippings: a British aviation cartoon in Aeroplane mocks Fortresses shooting down fighters while Paz Thunderbolt planes drop bombs. Aubie Pruitt’s rooster sale near Harrison Arkansas after a dawn 100 mile trip. Bond votes pass for sewer work in Pelham Georgia. Corpus Christi faces housing shortages with ten vacant apartments lacking refrigerators and ice. A Houston salesman dodges laundry woes by trading bonds for washing service, and Mazatlan merchants tear one-peso notes after metal recalls prompt a cash-saving move.
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London Avp
Aeroplane
Aviation Weekly
Paz Thunderbolt
Government Increases Mexican Workers Pay
In Mexico City President Avila Camacho signed a decree raising wages for all Mexican workers earning under 10 pesos a day. Urban workers receive 5 to 30 percent increases, while farm workers gain 40 to 50 percent. The move aims to close the gap between wages and prices after recent freezes.
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Mexico City
Avila Camacho
Crossword Clues Mixed With Creator Puns and Nonsense
A garbled crossword style list mixes clues and partial terms such as 4 Lump of dirt 12 Eyes 13 Brave man 1¢ Refined 1$ Corn container 11 Poker bet 18 Mass of cast metal and more. The readable fragments hint at a puzzle page with scattered, ill-formed entries and stray letters or numbers.
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Arabia
Japan
Nazis Claim British Sub Raid on Norway Failed
London reports the Oslo radio stated British midget submarines tried to penetrate Norwegian fjords Wednesday but were intercepted and destroyed with some crews captured. The message did not specify fjords attacked. German warships, including the Tirpitz, are believed near Trondheim or farther north, while fjords serve as bases for attacks on Allied convoys to Russia.
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London
Oslo
Norwegian
Trondheim
Tirpitz
Russia
Death of Herriot Reported by Finns
The Finnish radio said Edouard Herriot former French premier and foreign minister died in a sanatorium in southern France. The broadcast cited a Berlin dispatch to Svenska Dagbladet. Herriot aged 71 had earlier been reported in German custody.
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Herriot
United Press
Edouard Herriot
France
Berlin
Svenska Dagbladet
Report Shows Cost of Living Drops Slightly Across Nation
The National Industrial Conference report states U S living costs declined 63 percent in August from July yet remained 48 percent higher than August 1942 and 19.5 percent above January 1941. In August costs fell for wage earners and lower paid clerical workers in 48 of 69 cities, rose in 18, and were unchanged in three.
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New York
United States
National Industrial Conference
Family loses 12 of 13 in Belfast war
In 1941 an air raid killed the father mother six brothers a sister and her husband and child leaving 12 of 13 family members dead. Yesterday one surviving brother Able Seaman Henry Clarke was reported missing and presumed at sea while the other sibling remains a war worker.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Henry Clarke
Knickerbocker Junior High to Host PTA Meeting Speaker
Lansingburg principal Allen Hawkins will discuss The iChild Your and Our Responsibility at the first PTA meeting of the season. Mrs. John Church presides, parents urged to attend to meet the teaching staff, with Mrs. William Fulton hosting the social hour and refreshments.
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Allen Hawkins
Thomas A. Knickerbocker
John Church
William Fulton
Election inspectors to receive voting machine training in Troy
County election commissioners Edward Nehill and Harry Werger will lead four schools of instruction for election inspectors across Rensselaer County. The sessions cover new state election law amendments and inspector duties. Specific ward groups and town meetings are listed for Monday through Thursday at various municipal buildings and halls.
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Troy
Rensselaer County Court House
Edward T. Nehill
Harry C. Werger
County Commissioners of Election
Jareh Barry
City of
Coplen and
David
Court House
Lansingburg
Hoosick Falls
Hoosick
Schaghticoke
Pittstown
Berlin
Grafton
Petersburg
Stephentown
Wynantsskill
Brunswick
North Greenbush
Poestenkill
Sand Lake
Castleton
Schodack
Nassau
East Ea
Women Named to Aid Senator Hanley
New York PA campaign committee of Ave women was drawn yesterday to aid the campaign of State Senator Joe R. Hanley Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. The committee announced by Mrs. Ruth Pratt president of the Women’s National Republican Club includes Mrs. Percy B. Scott chairman Mrs. Roger W Straus and Mrs. Lee L. Cornell vice chairmen Mrs. Ogden Mills secretary and Mrs. Walter Hoving treasurer.
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New York
Ave Women
Joe R. Hanley
Ruth Pratt
Women's National Republican Club
Percy B. Scott
Roger W Straus
Lee L. Cornell
Ogden Mills
Walter Hoving
Visitation Teams Named for World Wide Communion Service
East Side six teams are appointed at Third Presbyterian Church for World Wide Communion visitation. Teams begin calling on members starting tomorrow. A preparatory service is set for Wednesday at 7 45 p m in the church. Captains include Mrs William E Baylis Gordon H Brand Mrs Charles Mealy Miss Helen Kall Mrs Robert MacFarlane and Charles Miler.
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East Side
Third Presbyterian Church
William E. Baylis
Gordon H. Brand
Charles Mealy
Helen Kall
Robert MacFarlane
Charles Miler
Survivors recount Roma explosion during Italian surrender
Survivors of the Roma report 1400 killed and about 500 burned as the battleship exploded like a bomb after a German plane hit amid the Italian capitulation. Rescue ships saved roughly 700 crew, with some landed at Mahon and others from the Balearics. An Italian cruiser and four gun boats are interned nearby. a U-boat shadowed waters to prevent escapes. A separate Oswego obituary notes Helen C. Lyman died at 102.
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Mahon
Balearic Islands
Italy
Algiers
Balearics
Johnsonville Visit Highlights From Local Abbott Family
Mrs. Emily Abbott has been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs Ernest Abbott. Mrs. Della Ralston stayed with Mrs. Clarence Bennett and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Speanburg hosted friends and relatives for their son Earl who leaves for the armed services. Games were played and refreshments served.
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Emily Abbott
Ernest Abbott
Della Ralston
Clarence
Bennett
Earl Speanburg
Earl
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Apostle of Christ
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