Ruby Learns To Speak And Read Lips At Cedar Springs
A Columbia Record feature profiles Ruby, a deaf student at Cedar Springs who learned to communicate through finger spelling and lip reading. Under Miss Banks and later Miss Isabel Boyd, she built a vocabulary of 200 words, then learned to spell sentences and read lips. Guided by Prof. Laurens Whiker, Ruby progressed to speaking simple words and solving algebra, desires studying French, going abroad, and meeting Helen Keller, while dreaming of aviation with Lindbergh.
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Barto
South’ Carolina
Cedar
J Young
Ruby
Ashe
Cedar Springs
Ruby Firet
Miss Ayers
Alec
Sara Banka
Miss Banks
Laurens Whiker
Institute
Isabel Boyd
Bull Street
Edith
Columbia
Ike
Lindbergh
Columbia Re_cord
Another Airplane Jewel Earhart Shuns Credit
Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly solo across the ocean, parades in London with Col Lindbergh likeness. She insists the success rests with pilot Wilmer Stultz and mechanic Louis Gordon, as harsh weather and fog nearly grounded the perilous crossing. The event marks modern youth’s courage and endurance in aviation.
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Amelia Earhart
Ocean
Col. Lindbergh
London
Wilmer Stultz
Louis Gordon
Political realignments loom after drys and wets clash
The article discusses looming party defections and possible third party momentum as dry Republicans and wet Democrats struggle for farm relief support. It notes early signs from Houston and Kansas City that the conventions were tame, with bitterness mounting within and between parties. It suggests farm relief could realign factions, but a decisive third party is unlikely this year.
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Kateas City
Houston
Kansas City
Mid-West
South
American highways mostly unpaved in survey
The report notes that despite calls for better roads, about 97 percent of American highways remain unpaved. Tourists and travelers are mentioned in relation to highway conditions and transportation concerns.
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