Shopping Goes On Amid London Bombings in Wartime
A reporter describes Christmas shopping in bombed London showing resilient crowds in Oxford Street Regent Street and Knightsbridge. Stores still display luxury goods and functional wares with war rationing evident in fabrics while knitters and shelter makers stay active as ARP workers search rubble.
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Shopping Goes On Amid London Blitz Store Rules
London shoppers continued trading from opening to closing as stores kept doors open during air raid alerts. Staff received shelter duty while others monitored entrances, with signals and loudspeakers guiding shoppers to safety as needed. Basements offered refuge and daytime danger proved rare, allowing continued commerce on main floors.
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Former Tucsonian Dies at Florence
Florence, Dec. 25 Pete Avenenti born near Tucson 69 years ago died after a heart attack. He lived in Tucson and Willcox until 1902 then settled in Florence where he spent 15 years as janitor of the Pinal county courthouse and later worked as a guard at Yuma Territorial Prison. Survivors include his widow two daughters Mrs. Tom Calles of Oracle and Mrs. Antonio Samoza of Florence and a son Albert Avenenti of Superior.
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Timber wolves trained to pull sleds in man-made teams
Report notes that timber wolves have been broken and trained to draw sleds, forming working teams for transport or hauling tasks in controlled settings.
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