Czech town Lidice annihilated in Nazi reprisal near Prague
The Czech government called the Lidice massacre the most dastardly German act since the dark ages. Every male in the town was shot, women sent to concentration camps, and children placed in private educational institutions. Lidice, near Kladno, with 1500 to 2000 residents, was leveled and erased.
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London
Prague
Reinhard Heydrich
Lidcice
Druna
Kladno
Adolf Hitler
British Broadcasting Company
Rapp Files For renomination in Pima District Five
John H. Rapp, local attorney and current legislator, filed his petition for renomination to the Arizona House from Pima County District No. 5. He has served in the 10th through 12th legislatures, and District five remains his current seat after boundary changes. Apples shipped from Auckland to Otorohanga for free school distribution were reportedly picked in Otorohanga before shipment.
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John H. Rapp
Legislatre
Pima County
Rapp
Auckland
Otorohanga
New Zealand
Otoorohanga
16 Newsmen to Study at Harvard for Nieman Fellowship
A record 16 newspaper men from 13 states will attend Harvard for a year of study through the Nieman Fellowships. Funded by Mrs Agnes Wahl Nieman, widow of Milwaukee Journal founder, the program offers unrestricted study for experienced journalists. Named fellows include Millard C Browne of the Sacramento Union Robert C Elliott of the San Francisco News and Thomas H Griffith Jr of the Seattle Times.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Nieman
Agnes Wahl Nieman
The
Milwaukee Journal
Millard C. Browne
Sacramento
Cal
Union
Robert C. Elliott
San Francisco News
Thomas H. Griffith, Jr
Seattle (Wash
Times
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