U S Guard at Heligoland and Submarine Defense
Roosevelt cites U S naval aid to Britain at Heligoland, detailing new depth charges, 10 foot patrol boats, and increased destroyer production. He notes the struggle to patrol vast seas, bottle up German subs, and the need to arm merchant ships while coordinating with British and French surface forces.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Alamos Association
Muervard
Franklin D. Hoosevelt
United States
English Channel
Irish Channel
Belgian
Fron Wilhelmshaven
North Sea
Canal
Riel
Paltic
England
Rat Hole
Americans Build Docks and Rail Links in France
The port base has expanded since June when American troops landed. Docks storage warehouses and dredging raise capacity, with a vast back land rail system and basins for unloading. Negro troops and German POWs handle unloading and train making as civilians work in ports and hotels thrive.
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France
la Ing
Elther
Neers
Quartermaster’s Department
New York
Millions of Lady Bugs Harvested in California Foothills
Grass Valley Calif Feb 23 One of the world’s most peculiar harvests is under way in the foothills below town as the state through its insectary department gathers a crop of lady bugs. The estimated total ranges from 66 000 000 to 75 000 000 insects found under hens.
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Grass Valley
Cal
State of California
Ladybugs stored in Nevada Placer counties for crops
The article describes gathering ladybugs in sunny Nevada and Placer counties in cases holding a quart each, about 33,000 insects, sent to Sacramento for winter storage. They will be used next summer by the state to protect cantaloupes, beans, and other crops from pests. In autumn, insectary agents monitor the hibernating bugs.
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Nevada
Sacramento
Insectary Department
Pittsfield Drugstore Refuses Cough Drops Sale
An early winter notice reports a Pittsfield Massachusetts druggist declining to sell cough drops to a woman on a Monday, unsure if they are drugs or candy and fearing legal violation. The item appears in an advertisement by Wang and Miller Shoe.
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North Sea
Atuhan
Ber- Hin
OT Abay
Pittsfield
Mass
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U.S
Heligoland
F. DD. Roosevelt
Ametica
Roosevelt
Wang & Miller Shop Co
Athens
Paxos
Greece
Baker's
Walter Baker & Co, Ltd
Dorchester
Autographic Kodak
Kodak
Koda
Kodaks
Hamilton
Waterlon
Bridge Street
Frange
Sammiiecs
Sibert
Columbia Records
Cal J. Miller
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
D. B. Phelps Optometrist and Opticiam
Jefferson
Waterloo
Vows
Palace Art
Palace Theatre
Sycamore Street
Shuttleworth
Eling Sale
Ata Special Discount
ONE Big Lot Boys
Seconn
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