Nonskeds Gain Recognition by Bruce Biossat
The Civil Aeronautics Board allows nonscheduled carriers to operate up to 10 regular flights a month between any two domestic points, with no limit on routes. The move regularizes a postwar experiment seen as boosting competition and lowering fares, though North American Airlines is excluded and scheduled carriers oppose the change. The CAB treats the policy as still experimental while aiming to preserve profitability and growth for established airlines.
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Bruce Biossat
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Congress
North American Airlines
Air traffic shift sparks call for carrier consolidation
Officials weigh whether encouraging more carriers to absorb a larger share of the nation's civilian air traffic could improve efficiency and safety. The debate centers on competition, service coverage, and potential impacts on consumers as reforms consider market concentration.
Intellectual Smog Alert Sparks Calls for Study
A Miami University historian argues college freshmen show major gaps in American history knowledge. Findings include misdating the Civil War, confusing World War I timing, and uncertain presidents. He questions whether schools, or other sources, supply accurate information to citizens.
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Preston Albright
Miami (Ohio
School and Society
Grover Cleveland
George Washington
President Eisenhower
Oil Discovery and Production Patters in Western North Dakota
Oil wells are popping up in western North Dakota with producers pro rating only certain crude quantities. The No 1 producing well sits three miles north of the Texas companies area, yielding 244 barrels of oil and 17 barrels of water from perforations at 9 229 feet. A wildcat well earlier produced 850 feet of free oil around 8 955 feet. International Petroleum Corp. has completed a successful wildcat discovery between the Blue Buttes and Keen fields in McKenzie County. Oil, the liquid gold of nations, will continue to be produced in rising amounts amid strong demand.
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North Dakota
Texas
International Petroleum Corp
Blue Buttes
Keen Fields
McKenzie County
United Fruit launches employee child education endowment
The United Fruit Company expands its welfare program by offering $1000 per child under 19 to employees whose children attend English language secondary schools in the United States or Canada for three to four years. About 100 students from Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Cuba are expected to participate this school year with free ship transportation. The program aims to boost loyalty and future skilled hires while aiding housing and educational efforts across Latin America.
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United States
Latin America
United Fruit Co
UFC
Canada
Guatemala
Honduras
Panama
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Cuba
United Fruit
ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Peace of Mind And Heart Amid Loss And Death
George E. Sokolsky reflects after requiem services for Julie Pegter and notes the strain of modern life. He contrasts Peggy’s humane compassion with public cynicism and recalls Ray Vir Den and Hallett Abend, praising conscience and lasting understanding in journalism. The piece ends urging peace of mind as the remedy for hearts under tension.
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George E. Sokolsky
Juli Pegter
Westbrook Pegter
Ansiere
Julie Pegler
Westbrook
Peg
Julie Peter
Ray Vir den
Ray
Indiana
Oklahoma
Dutch Treat Club
Clarence Budington Kelland
Ray Vir Ben
New York
Hallett Abend
New York Times
China
Abend
King Features, Inc
Record of winter severity and gas usage patterns
The Austin Utilities Department reports November 1934 degree days totaling 1127 the highest for any November in two years indicating heavier heating demand and higher anticipated gas bills in January. It compares this to 806 degree days last year and recalls 1951 as a closer recent peak.
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Austin Utilities Department
Everyone's a Good Guy in This Military Drama
Washington reports show confusion over Middle East fighting with Egypt's Ambassador Ahmed Hussein and Israel's Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett presenting peace minded portrayals. Both sides deny aggression while accusing the other of breaking the 1349 armistice amid Western power assurances.
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Washington
NEA
Middle East
Gaza
Washington Strip
Washington Press Corps
Egypt
Ahmed Hussein
Israel
Moshe Sharett
Sharett
Hussein
Gaza Strip
Reading Is Not Calling Words Says School Leader
A Mason City principal argues that reading means gaining meaning from printed material and not just calling words. He notes sight vocabulary and phonics, with 220 words forming 75 percent of reading, and cites grade benchmarks. Practices like reading workshops aim to develop reading for meaning. The piece then shifts to Middle East war claims where Egyptian and Israeli officials blame each other, urging U.S. arms and guarantees to break stalemate, while both sides accuse the United States of indifference to Arab welfare.
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Jefferson
Johnny
F. M Maxwell
Jefferson School
Mason City
Johnnys
Janes
Jane
United States
Israel
Sharett
Egypt
Hussein
Electrically Speaking Across and Down Puzzle Clues
A compiled list of crossword style clues covering electrical units, tools, and assorted terms. Includes across and down entries such as unit of electromotive force, practical resistance unit, and various object and concept hints.
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Nevada
Benedictines Helped Found Minnesota Mission and Press
This piece recounts the Benedictines arrival in Minnesota in 1856, the first ordination in St. Paul, and the establishment of St. John's College. It also profiles early Minnesota journalism pioneers like W. H. Mitchell, and recalls hunting expeditions led by H. H. Sibley, with notes on Fond du Lac and early farming near Minnesota Point and Duluth.
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Atlantic
Minnesota
Cretin
Pennsylvania
Demetrius Morogna
Cornelius Wittman
Bruno Riss
St. Paul
Stearns County
Mississippi
Germany
Austria
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Sauk Rapids
St. John’s College
St. Cloud
Stearns
Benton
H. H. Sibley
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Jack Frazer
John C. Fremont
M. Nicollet
Des Moines
Fremont
Sibley
Faribault
Frazer
Prairie du Chien
Fond DU Lac
Lake Superior
Minnesota Point
West Bay
London
Jonathan Carver
Duluth
Boston
Bostonnois
American Fur Co
St. Louis River
Henry R. Schoolcraft
Upper Mississippi
Lt. Camp
Fort Snelling
The Call to Aiming High From Reading Heroes
George Matthew Adams writes about goals as essential for success and happiness. He recalls Carlyle’s Heroes and Hero Worship and cites Lincoln as a lifelong hero whose noble character and ambition served mankind. A guided life with purpose fuels progress and spirit.
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Carlyle
Lincoln
George Matthew Adams
Sink Stolen From House Prep by Movers in Jacksonville
The Earl Bryson Co. reported a theft at a house they were preparing to move in Jacksonville. A kitchen sink was taken while other items remained untouched.
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Jacksonville
Fla. UN
Earl Bryson Co
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