Amarillo College Ranger Wins All American Honor in Press Contest
The Ranger, Amarillo College newspaper, earned All American Honor Rating Superior in the National Scholastic Press Association contest, scoring 875 of 1000 points. The paper, entered in Division II for junior colleges, was judged on news values, writing, editorials, and headlines.
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Ranger
Amarillo
National Scholastic Press Association
University of Minnesota
United States
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
B. E. Masters
The
Amarillo College
Dorothy Beeman
Joe Mason
R. S. Ward
Finis Mothershead
Megapod Hatchlings Face Harsh First Scratches
The Smithsonian reports on Megapod chicks from Nin Afooull Island in the South Seas. Mothers bury eggs in volcanic ash at 98.1 degrees, ending their duties. The hatched chick digs upward, scratching three to six feet to reach the surface.
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Washington
South Sea Islands
Smithsonian Institution
Ninafooull Island
South Seas
Rover issues first Urgent Needs auto card
London April 16 The Rover Company releases the first Urgent Needs card for drivers detailing many points including the location of emergency services and other safety information.
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London
U.P
Rover Company
Douglas Patten School Honor Rolls for 1930 31
Honor roll listings for Fred Douglas and Patten schools cover the first six weeks of the second semester 1930 31. Names include Jonnie Abbitte Flossie Brown Ollie Campbell Lewis Caldwell and others showing All A and A and B grades across students.
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Fred Douglas
Jonnie Abbitte
Flossie M. Brown
Ollie F. Campbell
Lewis Caldwell
Willie Devereaux
Ednola Harvey
Ranza Ray Harvey
Donald A. Harvey
Reba Harris
Richard Jones
Dorothy L. Johnson
Miles Stephen
Mildred Burton
Joe Burton
Eula Byrd
Theo Curry
Ina Mae Cleveland
Lee Thomas Cobb
James Dickson
L. C. Davis
Edward Grimes
Mattie Hawkins
Leroy Henderson
Willie Lee Hodge
Ruby Johnson
Gaydla Johnson
Isaac Kirkland
Adell Lowe
Annie Mae Williams
Hillard Morgan
Herman Mitchell
Jack Hollimand
Pleasant Donald
Willie Mae Smith
Warie Stephen
Ruth Vasher
Leroy Vasher
Ernestine Williams
Patten School
Rover Card Acknowledged as Brain Wave Across Britain
Fuses, where tools are kept, what the oil pressure gauge should read and how to repair punctures are among the topics Rover’s new card covers. Other companies are preparing cards similar to Rover's which has been hailed throughout Great Britain as a real brain wave.
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Rover
Great Britain
Medford's First Hit and Run Driver Tied to Oxen Incident
Medford Wisconsin reports reveal a 45 year old case linking the town’s first hit and run driver to a yoke of oxen involved in a crossing accident. A girl was knocked down near Brodowsky's store last Wednesday and the driver did not stop.
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Medford
Wis
U.P
Brodowsky
Mexican ban on corn to slash U.S. imports at Juarez
Juarez officials say Mexico's ban on foreign corn will sharply reduce imports. Distilleries there use about 3,000 carloads annually and merchants also rely on large quantities, threatening to cut U.S. shipments through the Juarez border point.
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Juarez
Mex
U.P
United States
Mexico Decrees Corn Export Ban and Wheat Quarantine
The decree forbids export of corn to Mexico with a fine ranging from 10 to 1000 pesos. A wheat quarantine was imposed in early March, several weeks before the corn prohibition. 1,488,000 bushels of corn were exported to Mexico in 1929.
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Mexico
Grandmother 74 Named Correspondent in Suit
In Seattle on April 16 Mrs. Mary Gerry sues Frank C. Gerry charging indiscretions with his stepgrandmother Mrs. Sarah Gerry. The white haired elderly witness denied the accusations while Gerry countered that his wife once knocked him.
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Seattle
O.R
Mary Gerry
Frank C. Gerry
Gerry
Sarah Gerry
Skipper Wins Silk Hat Crown For Third Time
In Toronto on April 16 the silk hat tradition crowned Captain T. G. Weston of the ship Charles Dick for the third time in four years. Aboard, he fought a perilous incident after releasing a stone and was unconscious when an assailant chewed two fingers off. Superior Judge Fred H. Witt, meanwhile, granted Gerry a divorce, calling the scene the strangest he had seen.
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Toronto
Ont
O.R
T. G. Weston
Charles Dick
Fred H. Witt
Gerry
Silk topper presented to Toronto harbor skipper again
The first boat into Toronto Harbor after winter freeze-up is honored with a silk hat for the season opening skipper. Captain Weston received the hat from the harbor-master in 1928 and 1929 and hoped another lake captain would receive it this year.
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Toronto
Weston
Salt production and high altitude railways in the United States
The United States produces about 17,500,000 tons of salt annually with 30 percent from brine evaporation. The Central Railway claims the highest altitude, reaching 15 865 feet with its top highway station at 15 665 feet.
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Uni
Central Railway
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