North Randall Opposes City School Bond in Amarillo Vote
The North Randall Civic Club votes to oppose a three million dollar school bond for Amarillo, linking opposition to high school improvements while pledging support after a defeat for junior high and elementary plans. Debate covers high school safety, location, growth, and potential shifts to vocational options.
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North Randall
Lane McAfee
McAfee
F. S. Finch
North Randall Club
North Amarillo
Forest Hill
Randall County Club
Elizabeth Nixson
al Reville
North Amarillo Club
Reville
Amar
Clarence Giles
North
New Gadget Can Wreck Your Dreams
Washington columnist Harman W. Nichols reports on a publicity stunt promoting a sleep learning service that offers wire recordings to teach French while a young woman, Mary Jane Hayes, rests in a store window. The piece questions the gimmick and its educational claims.
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Harman W. Nichols Washington
Mary Jane Hayes
Miss Washington
Sleep learning: foreign phrases whispered under pillow
A demonstration showed Mary Jane sleeping with a red speaker under her pillow delivering primer French. Experts claim sleep learning can be 20 percent more effective than awake study, citing UNC and Penn State research and stories of multilingual and calculus learning through audio.
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Mary Jane
Herman Weinstein
Educational Services
Richard Darnell
Washington
Darnell
University of North Carolina
Penn State
Alexander de Seversky
Weinstein
Mississippi lawmaker seeks higher petty larceny threshold
In Jackson, Zelma Price proposed raising the petty larceny limit from 50 to 100 dollars as inflation bites. She argued stealing under 100 dollars feels misclassified as grand larceny. A separate note warns against using badly stained lumber due to potential wood rot in early stages.
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Jackson
Miss
U.P
Mississippi
Zelma Price
State House of Representatives
Exiled Belgian King Leopold III in Referendum Fallout
Dissension in Belgium heightens uncertainty over Leopold III's return as Sunday plebiscite yields 576 percent support for his return, triggering coalition factions to seek guidance in Switzerland. Leopold warned he would abdicate if results fall below 55 percent.
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Leopold III
The
Deee
Wore
Switzerland
Leopold
Palestine
Israel
Jordan Kingdom
Jordan
Cairo
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
English Lass Must Pay for Her Ring
In Lincoln England a 21 year old English girl Thomasina Townsley Mullen faces a cash payment to reclaim her engagement ring from the British customs service. They demand 4 pounds 10 shillings plus 13 pounds purchase tax and a shilling, totaling about 36 dollars, with a 14 cent ring holding until payment is made. The ring was sent by Air Force Corporal Emil Paquette of the 28th Bomb Group in Rapid City South Carolina.
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Lincoln
England
G. I
Thomasina Townsley Mullen
Air Force
Emil Paquette
Rapid City Air Force Base
Weaver
S. C
Thomasina
Bravery Insignia Adopted By Motapa Mine Workers
Native workers at the Motapa Mine near Bulawayo Southern Rhodesia now wear a red beret as a bravery insignia signaling recognized valor among the workforce and highlighting a new symbol of merit within the mining community.
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Motapa
Bulawayo
Southern Rhodesia
Baby Promises Prove Empty
London reports recalled the first birthday of Prince Charles as a reporter notes a little girl named Elizabeth Philip who rose to fame by being born in a Nissen hut. The item frames royal memories against wartime housing hardship and public interest in famous births.
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Unites States
London
Prince Charles
Princess Elizabeth
Elizabeth Philip
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