Principles and steps for local taxpayers associations
New England Council outlines non partisan aims to study municipal finances, educate the public, and push for economy. It describes organizing as an independent group or within a chamber, with steps to gather facts, convene meetings, form a committee, draft by laws, and hire staff while staying nonpartisan and factual.
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New England Council
Committee On
New England
Taxpayers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
New Bedford Taxpayers’ Association
Axemen Capture Bowling Title in 2-1 Victory
The Axemen clinched the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company League bowling title by defeating the Hydrantmen 2-1 at State Street Alleys. Frank J Rinaldi rolled a 300 for the winners, while Capt John Veria led the losers. The 1933-34 totals will be honored at a forthcoming banquet.
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Axemen
Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company
Hydrantmen
Frank J Rinaldi
John Veria
Freezing Point for Water Speeds Up in Freezing Experiments
A National Academy of Sciences report states that water from melted ice freezes three times faster than water from condensed steam when both are placed at five degrees below zero. No difference is observed at ten degrees below zero.
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National Academy of Sciences
St Petersburg Renamed Petrograd Then Leningrad
The article notes the Russian city known as St Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on September 1 1914 and later became Leningrad on January 24 1924 reflecting revolutionary era name changes.
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St Petersburg
St Petershiurg
Russia
Petrograd
Leningrad
Noisiest Owl in the Owl Family Described
The barrel owl is noted as one of the noisiest owls and earned the nickname hoot owl. It can be found in all seasons but is more common in spring and fall in some regions.
Olympians Rally to Clinch Bristol Hoop Half Title
The Olympian Club basketball team of the local YMCA seized the turning point in the fourth quarter as Pete Magee scored on a dramatic left-shoulder jumper after Larney Bisbane fouled out. Coach Ed Fitzgerald prepares Colt Memorial high school for a ten game Class B schedule plus playoffs, opening April 17 against Barrington.
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Bristol Train of Artillery
Bristol
National India Rubber Company Quintet
Pete Magee
Larney Bisbane
Pete
Ed Fitzgerald
Colt Memorial High School
Bristol Common
Barrington High
Mr. Fitzgerald
Billy Bull
Newport
City-by the-Sea
Colt
Barrington
Cumberland
Central Falls
Burrillville
South Kingstown
Certral Falls
Rotary Club Frolic and Bridge Party Notices
April 2 Monday marks the Annual Rotary Club Frolic at Bristol Casino. April 18 Wednesday evening features a Bridge party hosted by the Girl Scout Council at Mrs Henry Wood's residence.
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Bristol Casino
Girl Scout Council
Henry Wood
China Grows Much Rice Exceeds Other Nations
An article notes global rice production with China producing about 68.5 million tons annually and India supplying over 65 percent of the total. Japan, French Indo China, Java and Madura, and Siam follow, while the United States exports far more rice than it imports, chiefly from Louisiana Georgia and the Carolinas.
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China
India
Japan
Asia
Africa
Europe
United States
Italy
P’o
Louisiana
Georgia
Carolinas
Monarch and Viceroy Butterflies Show Protective Mimicry
Do Not Taste Alike notes that monarchs and viceroys resemble each other in tawny orange brown with black markings. The viceroy gains advantage from the monarchs unpalatability to birds, while both share similar field coloration that makes them hard to distinguish in flight. The best example of protective mimicry among United States insects is cited.
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United States
Polar Regions Have Least Earthquakes Says Museum Study
A representative of the American Museum of Natural History reports a 25 year study finds polar zones have the fewest earthquakes. Only 10 quakes north of the Arctic circle and 5 within the Antarctic circle. Pacific coast regions show the highest activity with about 4,000 quakes annually and 2 percent causing damage. Europe and Atlantic areas are comparatively quiet.
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American Museum of Natural History
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Pacific
Kamchatka
New Zealand
United States
Atlantic
Latin America
Carribbean Sea
South America
Italy
Balkans
Europe
Mediterranean
China
Copyright Law Provides Means of Registration
The United States government offers no protection against theft or unauthorized use but provides a registration mechanism and a path to court. Courts determine likeness and potential plagiarism, not the copyright office, and will assess damages if suit is filed.
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United States
Copyright Office
Burrowing Sheldrake Nests Hidden Deep Underground
The sheldrake or Old World galt water duck nests in sand dunes with holes dug by birds or rabbits. Nests go three feet deep and can have up to twenty served from a single entrance. Humans lift the sod to raid eggs over six and steal the eiderdown lining.
Jefferson Did Not Coin Entangling Alliances Hint
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes that the phrase entangling alliances is attributed to Washington but actually appears in Thomas Jeffersons 1801 inaugural address and contrasts it with Washingtons farewell reflection on European involvement and national peace and prosperity.
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George Washington
Jefferson
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Europe
Uses for Bread Fruit Tree in Pacific Islands
The bread fruit tree yields a globular fruit about melon size used as vegetable and dessert with seasonings. Dried slices make bread flour. Its fibrous bark provides cloth fiber. Wood furnishes canoes and furniture. Milky sap produces glue and calking material.
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Pacific Ocean
Driving out the Demon ceremony in Tibetan races
Colliers Weekly notes a religious mock game in Tibet called Driving out the Demon. Two men compete in a dice throw with one dressed as the Grand Lama and the other as the Demon. A win by the Demon signals disaster, while the Grand Lama uses loaded dice to avoid misfortune.
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Tibet
Collier's Weekly
Fresco Moved From Wall in Naples Church
A historic fresco over 90 yards square was moved for the first time in modern art history. The wall it decorates, dating back 800 years, was shifted three yards to clear the Church of Donna Regina’s fourth century apse in Naples Italy, removing baroque additions.
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Donna Regina
Naples
Italy
Word Pioneers of Electricity and Early Tools
William Gilbert, Elizabeth I’s physician, coined electricity and invented the first electroscope. He distinguished electricity from magnetism and died in 1608. The first electrotherapy handbook appeared in Paris in 1749.
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Queen Elizabeth
William Gilbert
Gilbert
Paris
Slave Coins and the Underground Railroad Token
Describes a slave coin used as a pasa in escapes by the Underground Railroad. Obverse shows a kneeling enslaved person with upraised shackled hands and the inscription Am I not a woman and a sister or Am I not a man and a brother. Reverse depicts Liberty and the date 1838.
Clockwork bird cage chimes entice singing birds
German craftsmen of the Black Forest forge a metal bird cage with a clock at its base. It is claimed the birds become accustomed to the chimes and sing when the clock marks the hour.
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Black Forest
Nudism Practices Highlight Global Variations
The article notes widespread nudism with examples in Moscow where men women and children bathe without swimsuits in the Moshana river and mentions France where semi nude cults calling themselves naturists have government approval.
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Moscow
Moshana
France
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