Courses Added, Things Are Better for School Ma'am
Washington reports that teacher employment is improving after a depression era downturn. Utah notes a scarcity of elementary teachers due to better times and marriage, while the NEA confirms restoration of courses such as domestic science manual training and physical education, expanding teaching opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bess Furman
Washington
Ma‘am
Utah
National Education Association
Belmont Farley
NEA
Camps Hold Half a Million Kids This Summer in Nationwide Report
New York reports 25 000 private and semi private summer camps will care for about 500 000 youths this season. Programs range from bronco busting on dude ranches to sea camp sailing with organization camps expanding. Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and YWCA note rising registrations. Health officials credit camps with improving child health and fitness, especially for underprivileged city children. Charles Atlas warns against early muscle building and stresses flexible growth.
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New York
U.P
America
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Charles Atlas
Air service links camps with cities on weekend flights
New York families now reach White Mountains camps by weekend air routes. Hamptain Air Service operates from New York at 4 PM Fridays to North Conway New Hampshire, returning Monday by 11 AM. Pilots Quentin Cudney and Richard Gately enjoy the mountain season, while Southampton business travel continues daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
White Mountains
Boston
Hamptain Air Service
North Conway
N. H
Quentin Cudney
Richard Gately
Holmes Airport
Southampton
S. A
Strict Cleaning Urged On Drouth Parched Farms
Brookins, S. D. A. M. Eberle of the State College extension service urges South Dakota farmers to implement a rigid feed conservation program this year. He calls for cutting all available roughage in fields and along highways, conserving burned corn, and protecting straw piles to maximize forage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookins, &S. D
South Dakota
A. M. Eberle
State College Agricultural Extension Service
Beans Sound Fire Alarm at Trimbies’ Home
In Emporia Kansas Dr and Mrs Paul Trimbie were awakened by cans of lima beans exploding during a fire that damaged little of the house. The beans were a total loss and firefighters subdued the blaze. Meanwhile Utah highway officials report a 17 percent rise in automobile deaths in the first five months of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia, Kas
Paul Trimbie
Salt Lake City
Utah Highway Department
America’s Model Girls How to enter and earn in fashion
John Robert Powers outlines modeling entry in America’s Model Girls. Demand outstrips supply with many scouts seeking new faces including natural redheads. A model’s career is short, earnings vary from five to fifty dollars an hour with ten percent to agents, a wardrobe is essential, and many move to film or fashion after peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robert Powers
America
NEA Service
The
Globe
New York
Landon Heads Toward Maine on Campaign Train
Governor Alf M. Landon speeds east toward Maine on his second presidential campaign swing. He expresses confidence Maine will vote for a Republican victory and help topple the current national administration.
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Landon
Maine
Alf M. Landon
Illinois
Washington
Portland
Marguerita Sylva Seeks Opera Drama Shift After Accident
Marguerita Sylva, famed soprano of forty years and recent automobile accident survivor, returns to New York and aims to redefine her career as an actress in opera drama rather than grand opera. Once starred in Princess Chic and The French Maid, she notes her Carmen is her signature role and highlights a broad repertoire including Salome Tosca Samson and Delilah.
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Marguerita Sylva
New York
Carmen
Marguerits
Cleveland
Marguerita
United States
Beerbohm Tree
Lola Sylva
Mme.Awkins
Princess Chic
Erminie
Francis Wilson
Opera Comique
Paris
Salome
Strauss
Tosca
Faust
Manhattan
French Comique
Berlin
Chicago
Brussels
Jim Harkins
Floating Isle Plan Junked
Washington reports that a government led scheme to create floating islands as stepping stones for transoceanic flights has been abandoned. Plans for 500 mile spaced platforms across the Atlantic, developed two years ago by the bureau of air commerce and the Public Works Administration, yielded no action. Current transoceanic service plans proceed without the floating island idea, which airlines have not seriously considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Bureau of Air Commerce
Bureau
Public Works Administration
Air Commerce
Australia Aims to Compete for Californias Place in Sun
An official announcement outlines Australia’s pursuit to challenge California for a favored position in sunny prospects. The report notes the nation’s effort to boost presence and recognition in the competitive sunlit arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Sydney
Australian law credited with world's lowest death rate
The statement notes a death rate of 9 per 1000, lower than 12 in Great Britain and 11 in the United States. It cites benefits of Australian law and mentions a grand total of scholarships: 59745 dollars for undergraduate awards and 44872 dollars for graduate scholarships and fellowships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Emic
UC receives $104,617 in graduate scholarships
Berkeley donors award 104617 dollars in graduate scholarships and fellowships for the upcoming academic year to support University of California students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley, Cal
ULP
University of California
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