Originators of cross word puzzles and early history
D P A notes that authorities see the oldest cross word puzzle on a 2000 year old Cretan Phaestus disk now in Johns Hopkins museum. The first modern puzzle was by Arthur Winn in the New York Evening World December 21 1913. The World’s puzzle series paused during World War I and resumed in 1916.
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Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum
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Ford unveils 1958 styling and engines at dealers
Ford announces the 1958 line with major styling changes and new engines including 332 and 352 cubic inch V eight options. The lineup covers Fairlane, Fairlane 500, Custom, Custom 300 and station wagon on two wheelbases.
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Clarke Agent Schedules Meetings and Tasks for Mrs Hockman
Clarke County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Phyllis Hockman releases a weekly schedule with leave days and club meetings. Activities include 4 H Club sessions with Douglas Robinson and the Mountain Climbers with the George Bells, plus a demonstration on Wise Buying of Foods at Page Brook Home Demonstration Club. The piece also notes estimates of women’s wealth control in the U S, including defense bonds, housing, stocks, and life insurance.
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Long sealed Russian police files studied at Hoover
Scholars at the Hoover Institution on the Stanford campus opened long sealed files from the Paris office of the Czlist Russian secret police. Gathered secretly in 1926 by Basil Maklakoff, last pre-Communist ambassador to France, the 16 lead sealed cases weigh 500 pounds.
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Stalin
Paris Okhrana to inventory refugee material for research
Sworakowski said the Paris office of the Okhrana will collect information on political refugees. Stanford scholars may need a year and a half to inventory the material before research use. The Okhrana, founded in 1883 and closed in 1917, was sealed under Maklakoff.
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Imperial Secret Police
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Okhrana
Sworakowski
Stanford
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