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Hydrate, son. Best way to fight it. And steer clear of any "hair of the dog" inclinations. That'll only defeat the purpose of drinking water.
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Nazi Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, in his New Years' message to the German people, blamed the present war on "international Jewry, Roosevelt's Jewish brain trust, the Jewish press of America, Jewish broadcasting systems which are nothing else but an equally Jewish framework of the leadership of the Soviet Union." Hitler further stated that "the day will come when one of the contending parties of this struggle will collapse. That it will not be Germany, we know."
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(If by chance you found your way to the Times Square Paramount on New Year's Eve, you would have witnessed the very moment when this kid ceased to be Tommy Dorsey's former boy singer and burst forth upon an unexpecting world as FRANKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE., and also you would have witnessed the precise moment when "bobby soxers" became a force to be feared by the usual "kids today" cultural critics. We'll no doubt hear much from them all in the new year ahead.)
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And in the Daily News...
There isn't enough soap in the world to clean up after Captain Edward Neinken.
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AVENGE HIM!
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You didn't bring your plane-spotting cards?
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"... they'll cover the rental fee until the repair job is done."Well, the good news is it's covered by a recall warranty - the bad news is it could take anywhere from two weeks to two months to get the part. They gave me a rental to drive home, and because it's a safety thing they'll cover the rental fee until the repair job is done. But the rental is an automatic, and I hate driving automatics because I keep stomping the brake with my clutch foot. I could drive the Plodge, but it doesn't like cold weather much. So I'm hoping for "two weeks" instead of "two months."
Sold my Civic w/ 5 speed manual before we moved in 2019 and I really miss shifting. Especially on those rare (out here) ice and snow days. I have more control with a manual when things are slippery.Well, the good news is it's covered by a recall warranty - the bad news is it could take anywhere from two weeks to two months to get the part. They gave me a rental to drive home, and because it's a safety thing they'll cover the rental fee until the repair job is done. But the rental is an automatic, and I hate driving automatics because I keep stomping the brake with my clutch foot. I could drive the Plodge, but it doesn't like cold weather much. So I'm hoping for "two weeks" instead of "two months."
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Predicting the approach of another "jazz age" far worse than the one which followed World War I, the Women's Christian Temperance Union yesterday released a report urging "intelligent planning" before peace comes, and the enforcement of new laws intended to avert recurrence of "postwar mania." Meanwhile, a letter received by the Eagle from Dr. Maxwell H. Lanes, dentist, of 100 Clark Street, blamed the current rise in juvenile delinquency on "gangster movies," and demanded the suppression of such films. Dr. Lanes declared in a statement to the Eagle that dealing with the menace of "suggestive crime" should be considered of greater importance than seeking improvement in school facilities or home environment. "It is our duty," he maintained, " to find out where these gun-toters where and when they received their initial ideas of killing and robbing. I am positive that it can be traced to the movies. We have given them social workers, settlement houses, playgrounds, and a lot of other things we didn't have in our youth. And yet we have an increase in juvenile delinquency. We have got to look further for the cause, and if we look far enough I am sure we will find it in the gangster movies."
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The Eagle Editorialist endorses the recommendation from Police Commissioner Valentine that pedestrians abroad at night should always wear something white, if only a white handkerchief tied around the arm, to enhance visibility in the dimout. "Under present conditions," the EE warns, "the hazard is multiplied."
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(The guy in Shamokin, Pa. who blew up his own house has to be my favorite crazy story of 1942, if only to prove that crazy stuff doesn't just happen in Brooklyn.)
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SHOOT HIM NOW DON'T WAIT FOR JACK TO BOTCH IT UP
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Obviously, the dope who's doing the microfilming this week is in league with these spies, trying to keep us from finding out that they're looking for Doc Zaney's secret formula which ANNIE MUST'VE HIDDEN IN THE HOUSE because, after all, what else would you do with a secret formula? Oh, and Sandy -- really? A castle? That doesn't sound SCREWY AS ALL HELL to you????
Here's a look at how the pages we're looking at were shot, using the Kodak "Recordak" microfilm system, which became extremely popular from the 1930s to the 1970s.
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Note that the platen has crank adjustments for tilting to adjust the focal plane, and a foot control for taking the exposure. Mr. Operator should be checking his focus with every exposure but he is not doing so because it's a Friday and he wants to beat the rush on the BMT.
("Whozis guy Beechwood," snorts Joe, "an' howzee get t'at way? I neveh seen HIM at Ebbets Feel!" "Maybe he's got culcheh," sniffs Sally, "but when WE get invited out ta eat, we don' tell off t'people feedin' us!" "Not most'a t'time, anyway," notes Joe. "T'at was on'y t'at one time," sighs Sally. "Anney haddit comin'. Sayin'nem t'ings about Petey! I ASK YA!")
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The girl leader of a Soviet guerilla band personally led Red Army detachments into the midst of the German stronghold of Velikie Luki on the central Moscow front, it was reported by the Moscow radio today. Tamara Sumchakova identified the location of key German positions, it was stated, and at the head of her own guerilla detachment, led the Soviet attack.
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(As John McDonald sleeps the sleep of the just, he is roused by a jingling telephone. "WHAT'S THIS NONSENSE I HEAR ABOUT YOU GOING TO MONTREAL?" roars an unmistakable bellow before he can bring the receiver to his ear. "YOU CAN'T ABANDON YOUR STATION, IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE ARTICLES OF WAR, PAGE NUMBER -- OH, I CAN'T BE BOTHERED LOOKING THINGS UP IN BOOKS, DON'T YOU KNOW THERE'S A WAR ON?" "Colonel," stammers Mr. McDonald. "I told you I don't work for..." "YOU COULD BE SHOT FOR THIS! SHOT FOR THIS!" "Colonel, it's two in the morning, and I've got a lot of packing to do tomorrow..." "I'M ARRANGING TO HAVE YOU TRANSFERRED TO MY PERSONAL STAFF! OH IT'LL MEAN PULLING SOME STRINGS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE SAY IN THE ARMY, R. H. I. P.!" "Colonel..." "EXPECT YOUR ORDERS BY WIRE IN THE MORNING! OH, AND SEND DRESSEN IN HERE, I HAVE A MISSION FOR HIM TOO! TOP SECRET! BEHIND THE LINES! THAT'S ALL! DISMISSED! " And poor John McDonald buries his head in the pillow and wonders if there'll ever be any escape.)
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And in the Daily News...
"Well known playboys" eventually get what's coming to them.
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"Smart's the name. Alec Smart. Call me 'Shadow.' Ummm, not fooling you, am I?"