Blind and Deaf Student on Dean's List at St John’s University
Robert J. Smithdas, a 21 year old freshman at St. John’s, earns dean’s list with 87.6 average and 52nd place among 700 in arts and sciences. He wrestles, swims, rides horseback, writes fiction, and works at a blind school. 17 year old John J. Spanner helps ensure his bachelor of arts degree.
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New York
Robert J. Smithdas
St. John’s University
St. John’s
Smithdas
United States
College of Arts and Science
University
Industrial School For the
Smithdas’ College
John J. Spanner
Four H Boy Retires To Give Others Chance
Ida Grove Iowa reports Jack Hoffman a 15 year old 4 H exhibitor retires from showing baby beeves in 4 H club events to allow others a chance. His grand champion stock sold for 43026 at the American Royal and he will enter open classes under Partners of America. He plans to show at the National Western in Denver in January. His father Karl Hoffman is a renowned cattle feeder with multiple grand champion entries at major livestock shows.
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Ida Grove
Jack Hoffman
Jack
Kansas City
Young Hoffman
Future Partners of America
Denver
Karl Hoffman
Chicago
Radio Schools Help Reeducate German Youth in Occupied Areas
American military government promotes Schulfunks on Radio Stuttgart Frankfurt and Munich to backfill schooling in Prussia Hesse and Bavaria. Lesson material is prepared by German staff under supervision of the Office of Information Radio Control led by Charles Lewis. No student totals are available yet.
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Berlin
Schulfunks
Radio Stuttgart
Radio Frankfurt
Pruerttembere-Saaem
Hesse
Radio
Radio Stuttgart Schulfunk Draws Large Audience
Radio Stuttgart reports an audience of about 60 000 for its Schulfunk program extending to schools and communities, highlighting strong reach and engagement across the region.
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Radio Stuttgart
Schulfunk
Fireworks Ban Enforced After Youths Use In Charleston
Charleston police chief Harold B. Cornwell orders arrests for sale possession or use of fireworks after a boy was nabbed for setting off firecrackers. He cites state law and local ordinances banning fireworks as dangerous and indefensible.
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Charleston
W. Va
Harold B. Cornwell
Cornwell
Fatal WV highway toll reaches new yearly high
Charleston dispatch reports Ace Browning a 10 year old pedestrian was killed on Dempsey Branch Road in Logan county marking the 340th highway fatality in West Virginia for the year. The toll has surpassed 1945 figures and trails the 1942 record by six.
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Charleston
W. Va
Ace Browning
Dempsey Branch
Logan County
West Virginia
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
West Virginia Moose Convention Set for Clarksburg
The West Virginia Moose association announced its 1947 convention will be held in Clarksburg from December 18 to 21 with T. Leuliette as general chairman.
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MOOSE
Clarksburg
W. Va
West Virginia Moose Association
T. Leuliette
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