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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1932
Page
5
A frog catcher traps market frogs by night along Louisiana streams using an electric flashlight to stun and blind them briefly, aiding in capture near the water banks.
A 17th century proverb urging mercy through generous giving. It advises sharing wealth whether abundant or modest and frames generosity as building a good reward in times of need. The language reflects ethic of duty and selflessness cited from an exchange.
Miss Harriet Halverstadt American missionary to the Orient arrives in New York aboard the liner Europa after eight years away from Wilmington Kansas. She was captured by Chinese bandits last December and held ten days in a room with thirteen other captives before her release.
This is America's first peek at Anna Sten, the Soviet actress, arriving in New York aboard the I. S. Europa. She is under contract and expected to star in a film once she improves her English, aged 22 with golden hair and blue eyes.
Prince Michael Romanoff known as Harry Gerguson departs the United States on the liner De Grasse bound for France amid deportation. He faces possible imprisonment if admitted in France, following a past escape from Ellis Island and a notorious divorce case in New York where he allegedly drugged his wife.
Lincoln Ellsworth plans a September flight across Antarctica from Framheim on the Bay of Whales to cover 1,450 miles from Ross Sea to Weddell Sea. Bernt Balchen will pilot the non stop 2,900 mile round trip with support from Shackleton era explorers and Byrd/Amundsen links.
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