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The Diary

Ten Years Ago- 1957

United Nations experts
said the Suez Canal, blocked
during the Anglo-French-
Israeli attack, had been
cleared sufficiently to allow
small ships to pass.

Robert Kruger, 32, of
2718 Titus Avenue, Greyhound
bus driver, flagged
a Union Pacific freight a
mile east of Elkhorn to save
the driver and two children
in a stalled car.

Twenty-five Years Ago- 1942

The Japanese conquered
Bali.

Prime Minister Churchill
dropped five ministers from
the War Cabinet there. There
were few objections.

Dr. William Temple,
Archbishop of York, was
named Archbishop of Canterbury,
succeeding Dr.
Cosmo Gordon Lang.

Fifty Years Ago--1917

Thousands of women in
South Philadelphia, protesting
high food prices, upset
food displays, overturned
pushcarts and entered
stores.

Capt. C. D. F. Chandler,
trying out a new balloon
from Fort Omaha, landed
near Persia, Ia.

An Iowa painter estimated
for Police Judge Fitzgerald
he had consumed one
hundred barrels of whisky
in 38 years. "Every time I
come to Omaha, I figure on
being robbed," he said. The
judge dismissed charges.

Seventy-five Years Ago--1892

Sara Bernhardt starred in
"La Tosca" at the Boyd
Theater. The World-Herald
devoted a column to the
play and another to a list
of those who attended. But
Elia Peattie wrote: "Art is
always at its best when it
idealized... and Bernhardt,
who does not idealize,
is, therefore, in the rare
sense, not among the great
artists."

Capt. A. D. Yocum shot
and killed Myron Van Fleet
in Hastings, Neb.Mr. Van
Fleet was said to have been
the author of Vanity Fair
letters traducing Captain
Yocum's daughter.

Historical Highlight.
On the February 22, 1732,
George Washington was born.

Today's Birthdays
Former labor leader David
Dubinsky is 75. Actor
Robert Young is 60.

COMPLETE SETS of encyclopedias,
bicycles, and swing sets
can all be found at bargain
prices in The World-Herald
"Miscellaneous for Sale" Want
Ads.--Adv.

Peanuts

"You've been
telling everyone
I lied to my
teacher, haven't
you?

Don't you know that psychologists
say children don't always know
that they're lying?! To an innocent
child like me, if a lie works, it isn't
a lie! What do you think of that?!"

"GEORGE
WASHINGTON!!"

"You're right!
WHAA!
I'll never lie
again!"

I hated to do it,
but some problems
call for drastic
action...