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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
8
The article reports on Britain’s naval reserve all female crew aboard the English Rose III in Bournemouth Bay. Jill Tors, led by Commander Wollard, train cadets in navigation with First Officer Brenda Long instructing a pupil on the sextant while a Jill Tar hauls water overside. The piece notes gendered tensions and the enduring aim of women serving at sea.
Reported plan by President Truman's aides to renew efforts to repeal the Taft Hartley act after a Senate defeat. Speaker Rayburn and Truman conferred, with actions to await further labor committee talks. Leaders doubt passage this session, aiming to frame the issue for 1950 elections. President to deliver a special economic message amid unemployment and price concerns.
Two Indiana University education researchers Dr William Fox and Prof Nicholas Fatty report tests in two Indiana schools show girls outperform boys in logical reasoning, recognizing relationships, making comparisons, and delaying judgment until facts are known, despite ongoing male jokes and stereotypes.
The International City Managers Association finds property taxation growing less as a revenue source. A survey of five years 1942 to 1947 shows overall municipal income from property taxes falling 6.4 percentage points, with just over half of revenue from property taxes. larger cities report property tax growth of 5.8 percent vs total revenue up 13.2 percent.
An easy to build sand box that gladdens young children, using a barge boat as a wading pool. Simple construction with hammer and saw, complete step by step directions and full size patterns. Painting guides printed on the pattern. Lumber needed is stock size from local lumber yards. Send for Pattern No 7 to East-DBald Pleasantville.
The article notes that Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the western hemisphere, could have been the world’s tallest peak if not for a past eruption that blew its summit and erased the crater signs. It references the World Book encyclopedia for the claim.
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