Exhibition of Aerial Might at Amarillo Air Field
An Air Forces Day event at Amarillo Army Air Field marks the Army Air Forces thirty ninth anniversary. The program features formation flying and low altitude maneuvers by Army fighters and bombers, civilian Piper Cubs Ercoupe Bellanca Cessna and Stinson Voyager displays, plus GI flying schools demonstrations and on site instructor explanations.
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Amarillo Army Air Field
Army Air Forces
Piper Cubs
Ercoupe
Bellance
Cessna
Stinson Voyager
Fear Foul Play in Lowe Disappearance
Amarillo police investigated possible foul play in the disappearance of Everett Lowe age 40. Fred Lowe of Plainview reported the case, with Everett last seen in Clayton New Mexico driving a 1936 Ford pickup. He carried a $3000 endorsed check and is described as 5 feet 11 inches, about 160 pounds, gray eyes, fair complexion, and a slight limp.
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Amarillo
Everett Lowe
Fred Lowe
Plainview
Clayton
N. M
Florida Using New Teachers' Ratings
Florida moves toward a merit pay plan rating teachers by fitness and quality of instruction rather than years of experience. Larger communities accept that college hours and tenure do not alone determine effectiveness. Ratings consider health appearance cultural background imagination speech judgment poise accuracy leadership punctuality cooperation resourcefulness and sympathetic handling of children.
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Tallahassef
Fila
U.P
Florida
Book Booked in Rockland Larceny Case
Murray Book, a New York book man, was booked in Rockland on larceny charges. Police said he entered a store to take an order and took a watch as well.
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Rockland, Me
U.P
Murray Book
New York
Expert Says Food Rationing Made Swedes Healthier
Stockholm reports Prof. Gunnar Nystrom of Uppsala University says Sweden's wartime rationing improved public health. Deaths fell from 12 to 9.9 per 1000 in 1942 as rations tightened, with declines in hemorrhage and arteriosclerosis linked to diet changes.
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Swedes
Stockholm
Sweden
Gunnar Nystrom
Uppsala University
Nystrom
Utility Costs Rising in Rio de Janeiro
The cost of living in Rio de Janeiro climbs to an all time high as a presidential decree raises salaries of the light and power company employees by 20 percent and allows higher charges for electricity gas telephones and trolley fares.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Light and Power Company
Karl Marx Letters Found in Bohemian Museum Files
Thirty six letters by Karl Marx, unknown to historians, were found in Karovy Vary Bohemia in the municipal museum files. They date from a spa visit and are addressed to Friedrich Engels. Some letters touch on Austria while others are personal. An oil portrait of Marx signed by him was found in a German woman’s flat.
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Karlovy Vary
Carlsbad
Bohemia
Karl Marx
Spa
Friedrich Engels
Austria
Marx
Uranium Energy Could Back a New Monetary Standard
Prof Far rington Daniels of the University of Chicago says atomic energy could form a monetary basis tied to uranium or plutonium, with energy value matching prices. He notes limited high grade uranium but possible new deposits, and cautions no rapid shift away from current power units. He suggests early use in remote locales where fuels are scarce.
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Chicago
U.P
Farrington Daniels
University of Chicago
Daniels
University
Metallurgical Laboratory
University of Wisconsin Chemistry Department
Canada
Belgian Congo
Africa
Colorado
Czechoslovakia
South Pole
Vets own housing project breaks ground in Maumee
A group of former servicemen with FHA aid and two ex Army pilots turned housing woes into a self built project. Ground for 15 homes is under way in Maumee, costing about 150000 dollars and drawing FHA interest as a regional first.
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Toledo
Ohio
U.P
Federal Housing Authority
Maumee
FHA
J. L. Wadsworth
Cleveland
Howard Schneider
Lee Shrewsbury
Army
Veterans group breaks ground for fiberglass project
A veteran group united in February to address financing materials and priorities for a new fiberglass project. Groundbreaking was led by Harold Boeschenstein, president of Ownesseohange 2 Fiberglass Corp., which employs the veterans.
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Harold Boeschenstein
Ownesseohange 2 Fiberglass Corp
Synthetic production replaces violet odor oil
The article notes that historically nearly 25 tons of violets yielded one ounce of perfume oil. It reports that violet odor is now produced synthetically, changing the supply and process for fragrance manufacture.
Emergency Message for J. H. Elder in San Angelo
Police deliver an emergency message to J. H. Elder of San Angelo. One of his brothers is critically ill and he is asked to call his family in San Angelo.
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J. H. Elder
San Angelo
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Marie
Earle
Herbert Drug
Rio
Globe-News
Kidwell's Model Shop
East
Bohemian
Angelo
Sid
Prof
Montgomery Uae
Thomas
North Fillmore
Montgomery Ward
Norwich
Amarillo Auto Laundry
Jackson Tom Farmer
V. F. W. Meeting
John B. Golding
Amos E. Badertscher
McCormick & Company, Inc
Baltimore 2
Riversides
America
Ness
Montgomery
Montgomery Wa
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