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Since 1936, the U.S. has had 41 major coal mine explosions. Coal mines are almost weatherproof, but Meteorologist Charles L. Hosier of Penn State nevertheless suspected that the explosions had some connection with the weather. Last week he had what looked like proof...
...afternoon last week, although it was a weekday, Paris looked like Kansas on Sunday. Some 75% of the city's shops and cafes were closed-the junk dealer at the Bastille, the exclusive hosier in the Rue de Rivoli, the cheap stationer in the Faubourg St. Antoine, the swank Champs Elysées barber. It was not a strike; it was a protest. Many of the indignant proprietors had gone to a mass meeting of the classes moyennes, the middle classes, at the vast and dingy Vélodrome d'Hiver. The protest was not local; throughout...
...Sheffield, Yorkshire, Mrs. Sarah Meese enfolded and kissed her new daughter-in-law-the former Fräulein Ursula Hosier of Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. Said British Mrs. Meese to German Mrs. Meese: "You are lovely. I'll look after you. Don't worry. I'll make you happy...
...Hosier's luck...