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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1937
Page
4
Alice Clarissa Richmond argues that overusing No with babies trains resistance and hinders growth. She suggests parents set initial clear prohibitions, then allow safe exploration to foster development, noting many No replies stem from reflex and that limited rules help rather than hinder learning.
An unnamed Hungarian donor willed 500000 pigeons to Győr city for their care. City officials, who planned to cull the pest birds, must hire a caretaker and build a pigeon house instead.
Mrs. Montie Beach, president of the Dancing Masters of America, predicts swing music will wane within months yet leave a lasting influence on ballroom dancing. She notes laymen, music, college youth, and films largely origin of recent steps, perfected by masters.
After a decade of work Dr. Kikuo Karauchi of Japan reports an immunizing agent for bubonic plague. He cites 100000 successful vaccinations in Manchukuo and says the vaccine currently protects for 14 months with about 80 annual treatments foreseen. He notes limited horse-serum work toward cure, still in embryonic stage.
Dr. Louise Pound of the University of Nebraska collects two centuries of death slang. She notes many phrases replace the word death with colorful imagery such as The lamp of life flickered out and They rubbed him out. Coffin termed a wooden overcoat and cemetery an underground jungle reflect the era’s colorful phrasing.
A Knoxville group of businessmen urges woodworking to calm nerves and ease jitters. In basements with lathes and jigsaws they craft items from whisk broom racks to floor lamps, boasting skills that James Hall says beat golf as a test of ability and help avoid credit risks.
Richmond patent claims a swinging draw design that prevents cars from plunging off drawbridges. Two roadway blocks rise about five feet on each approach when the span opens, obstructing vehicles and guiding traffic safely. The device aims to improve river bridge safety amid growing traffic concerns.
In Fort Worth Texas Patsy the chimpanzee helped zoo keeper Hamilton Hutson recover twenty escaped rhesus monkeys. Patsy chased them up trees along wires and across roofs but did not capture them, instead her frightening presence guided the monkeys back to Hutson.
Urbana Ohio students at St Mary's parochial school now attend classes by time clock signals funded by student contributions.
An old Fort Riley order notes strict frontier discipline with rules on parade ground buffalo shooting away from the commander's quarters. It rewards the best trained remount with rye whiskey and cautions student officers about roping and riding buffaloes.
Deaf students from De Paul Institute sat in the balcony during a Pittsburgh Symphony concert and told conductor Antonio Modarelli how the music "felt." They later hosted a school concert with a 40 piece rhythm band and a 24 piece harmonica group, before a humorous note about officer beards.
In Vienna Fraulein Grete Svoitko, noted as Austria's top shorthand typist, failed to secure work after winning two prizes in a 200 syllables per minute competition. Report mentions deaf musicians experiencing vibration from a concert, underscoring widespread interest in speed and legibility.
Mrs Earle Bryant found her Collingswood home damaged after days of feeding squirrels stopped. Police say the rodents accustomed to daily food entered the house through a chimney and damaged window sills flower pots draperies and upholstery.
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