Rhode Island Youth Wins Edison Scholarship
Arthur Williams Jr. of East Providence Rhode Island won the Edison scholarship, earning a four year education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The 17 year old, descendant of Roger Williams and a diligent student, beat out peers in Edison’s rigorous state and district wide exam. Williams will study physics with plans to become a physicist, while his family and fellow contestants applauded his achievement.
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West Orange
Arthur
Williams, Jr
East Providence
Edison
America
Roger Williams
Colony
Rhode Island
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Williams
Providence Gas Company
Vat Gandt
Owas
MO. T
Artur
Tirewn c
Providence
I’ M.lt
Wilbur Huston
Sevtlles
Congregational Services Delayed at The Churches
Congregational notice states morning services are suspended and will resume on the third Sunday in August after continuing Sunday School through August 10. Rev. E. F. Prior leads as pastor.
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Congregational
E. Prior
Lutheran Pastor A A Holbeck Announces August Cessation
Rev. A. A. Holbeck reports no church services for the first two weeks of August.
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A. A. Holbeck
St. Mark's Episcoal to Close Summer Services
The St. Mark's Episcopal Church announces its last service before a summer recess led by Rev. Frank Durant with the sermon titled The Perils of Defeat.
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ST. Mark’s Episcopal
Frank Durant
Church of Cod Announces Sunday Schedule
Clayton Martin pastor leads service with M L Lowe as overseer. Sunday School begins at 10 a m and preaching follows.
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Church OF Cod
Clayton Martin
M. L. Lowe
Saint Josephs Catholic Mass Schedule
The church lists Mass times for the month’s Sundays and First Friday. Second Sunday Mass at 6:00 a m. Fourth Sunday Mass at 11:00 a m. First Friday Mass at 6:00 a m.
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ST. Joseph'’S
Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath School and church services
Sabbath School at 2 p.m. daily notices for Seventh Day Adventists and Evangelical Churches. Andrew Roekema and Timber Church hold Sunday School at 10 o'clock with morning service. ELC and C. E. at 7 15 p.m. Evening sermon at 7 p.m. Ladies' Aid meets Wednesday afternoon at the church. Bible study and prayer Thursday evening. Glaeston Church Sunday School at 2 p.m. Services at 3 p.m. ELC and prayer service at 3 p.m.
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Andrew Roekema
Timber Church
Fion
Om. E. 1
Ladies’ Aid
Glaeston Church
Lungs Save Four In Submarine Accident
Lieutenant Charles B. Monsen and three film crew members were saved from chlorine gas in a submerged S-4 compartment by the new artificial lungs. They were trapped for 15 minutes as water rose to their waists and a tilt flooded the battery area before the gas was cleared and the submarine surfaced. The rescued were Glaude Ji. Collins director, John Backhorst cameraman, Arthur Fernandesz sound chief. Fernandez recovered with no lasting effects.
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New London
Conn
Charles B. Monsen
United States Navy
Monsen
Lieut
Glaude Ji. Collins
John Backhorst
Arthur Fernandesz
Fernandez
West Leads Population Rise in the West Region
The western region defined by the census bureau gained 2,911,200 people in the past decade, a 327 percent increase led by California and coastal areas. Washington Oregon and California posted a 46.4 percent rise from 1920, while Montana slipped 2.8 percent. Colorado exceeded one million residents for the first time with 1.033 million in 1940.
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Wastington
Duds
West
Census Bureau
Pacific
Rocky Mountain States
South
California
Rocks Mountain States
Washington
Oregon
Montana
Coloado
Farms Near Forsyth Have Good Prospects
In the Pease Bolton country near Myers on the Yellowstone irrigation district crops are ahead of normal with alfalfa at cutting stage and beans forming a green ground cover. The Great Western Sugar company hired Forsyth photographer W. B. Dean to photograph fields for company literature, capturing the flourishing conditions.
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Forsyth
Pease Bolton
Myers
Yellowstone
Guy Bradbrooke
Derman
Great Western Sugar Company
W. B. Dean
Montana Wool Clip Reaches High Point in 1980
Montana's 1980 wool clip is estimated at 32,464,000 pounds the largest since 1911 and far above 1929 levels. The report credits a decade of expansion in the sheep industry with Montana surpassing Texas in lamb production and exceeding state and national averages for fleece weight. Prices fell this season from 25 to 21 cents, while Montana wool remains heavily shipped abroad.
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Welena.s
Montana
Federal Crop Reporting Service
Texas
California
Washington
Idaho
Fortune of eccentric Wendel family to charity after Ella Swope
New York August 3 A vast real estate fortune once built by the Wendel family valued at over 100 million is to be given to fourteen charities after Miss Ella Wendel dies. The will of Mrs Rebecca Wendel Swope filed today directs the distribution of the estate and all personal property to relatives, servants, and charities.
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New York
Rebecca Wendel Swope
Ella
Miss Ela
Wendel
Fifth Avenue
38Th Street
John Wendel
Astors
John
Europe
Antil
Miss Ella
Ron
Need More Officers To Enforce Dry Law
Washington reports that prohibition field directors urged Congress to bolster enforcement. Amos W. Woodcock seeks a 25 percent rise in about 2 000 agents while James M. Dor an plans to add 120 workers, 98 alcohol inspectors, to the 1 700 in the treasury bureau. The regional supervisors backed stronger staffing to improve efficiency.
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Washington
Congressiay
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Prohibition
James M. Doran
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Treasury Department
Bureau
Woodcock
Deran
Foreigners Flee as Chinese Rebels Rampage in Changsha
Rev W T Lingle, a nearly seventy year old American missionary with the Northern Presbyterian mission, reports the burning of Changsha and the terror of foreigners under communist rule. He left with the British gunboat for Hankow saying he was the last foreigner to depart, carrying only the clothes he wore.
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Shanghl
Ghangsha
W. T. Lingle
Hankow
Ching
American Northern Presbyterian Mission
Lingle
Changsha
Presbyterian
Mission Boys’ School
New China
Looting and burning of mission properties amid chaotic advance
A refugee account describes organized looting and later burning of the American Episcopal mission in Changsha. Communists breached premises, looting continued until forced departure. Refugees fled to gunboats Palos and Alphis, then Hankow, as transport collapsed and government dissolved.
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Vhien
American Episcopal Mission
Ford’s factory reforms cut costs and boosts mass production
The Ford Motor Company reshaped manufacturing through endless chain casting, new crankcase cutting, belt reduction, electric welding, and a four mile conveyor at Rouge. These innovations lowered costs, increased output to 330000 parts daily, and aimed to deliver affordable, reliable transportation to the public.
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Rouge
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Findlay
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Washington, D.C
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Lansdowne
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Haverhill
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Wichita
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Henry Ford
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Pr. Perry
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