Second Educational Series of Radio Lectures Starts
Authorities on economics psychology and other subjects inaugurated the second series of Listen and Learn Lectures under the National Advisory Council on Radio in Education. Dr Robert M Hutchins opened the spring program in January with twenty weeks of talks ending in May. Speakers include James Harvey Rogers Ernest M Patterson F W Taussig George Henry Soule Jr Walton H Hamilton and Fred A Moss among others. Public response showed reach from home schools neighborhoods and even fishermen in Nova Scotia.
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National Advisory Council On Radio In Education
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
James Harvey
Rogers
Yale
Ernest M. Patterson
Pennsylvania
F. W. Taussig
Harvard
George Henry Soule, Jr
The
New Republic
Walton H. Hamilton
Fred A. Moss
George
Washington University
Henry W. Nissen
Frank. N. Freeman
Chicago
Nova Scotia
Patriotic Songs to Be Featured on National Farm and Home Hour
The United States Marine Band will perform patriotic selections in the February National 4-H club program of the National Farm and Home Hour. The concert will include The Star-Spangled Banner America Dixie Yankee Doodle America the Beautiful Columbia the Gem of the Ocean Hail Columbia and Over There. The 850000 4 H members nationwide will be introduced to American music as the Marine Band streams coast to coast with monthly concerts.
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National Farm and Home Hour
United States Marine Band
Marine Band
America
Columbia
United States
Radio cast heads for NBC features with forest ranger and adventurer roles
Harvey Hays plays a forest ranger with Wise in forest use humor alongside a zealous assistant in NBC studio sketches. Alfred Corn as Sammy nears sixteenth birthday in The Goldbergs daily feature. Carveth Wells launches Conoco Adventurers next month on NBC. Irma Glen narrates Organ Melodies with piano and stopwatch in tandem.
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Harvey Hays
Alfred Corn
Sammy
NBC Daily Feature
Art Students’ League
Carveth Wells
NBC
Texas
Panama Canal
Plan Conquest of Big Inland Tract
Washington leaders push a Columbia River basin irrigation plan to create 24 000 farms of 80 acres and a 1 000 000 population, with seven dams and a barge canal. The $800 million project aims to generate 40 billion kilowatts yearly and repay costs via power sales and irrigation water charges. Officials estimate farm income near 79 million and urban growth in Portland Tacoma and Seattle, with land values averaging under 15 dollars an acre. The Reclamation Bureau weighs immediate large scale start versus multi decade rollout.
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Washington
America
Congress
Columbia River
Washington State
Army
Columbia
Snake
Pacific Coast
Interior , Department
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Prison Warden Uses Goldfish Weather Bureau
Columbus Ohio reports that Warden P E Thomas at the Ohio Penitentiary studies a goldfish bowl in the yard to forecast weather. He notes fish at the top signal good weather and fishing. dispersed fish mid pool warn of rain. fish below top and scattered predict cold. fish deep and huddled indicate a blizzard.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
Goldfish Weather ‘Bureau
Hawk Pheasant Battle Witnessed Near Milwaukee
Ray Schroeder of Nashotah Wisconsin reports sighting a dramatic encounter on Mooselake where a pheasant rooster attacked a chicken hawk. He claims to have netted the hawk alive after the two clashed near the lake, presenting the event as it occurred.
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Milwaukee
Ray Schroeder
Nashotah
Wis
Mooselake
Oil-Well Waste Kills Pennsylvania Deer
Officials from the state game commission say waste from an oil well in Leetonia has poisoned multiple deer. The animals reportedly died after licking the contaminated material near the well, prompting an investigation.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Leetonia
State Game Commission
Twins Wed Twins in Memphis Barrett Couples Tie Nuptials
Martha and Mary Edwards of Barrett Tennessee wed Leo and Cleo Taylor of Memphis. All four twins will live under one roof in Memphis after the ceremony.
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Memphis
Tenn
Martha and
Mary Edwards
Barrett
Leo and
Cleo Taylor
50 Pound Rattlesnake Captured Near here
James Webb captured a rattlesnake weighing about 50 pounds near this location. The event highlights a notable wildlife encounter reported in the area.
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Delca
N. C
James Webb
Here
Woman's Wild Shot Ends Cat Raids at Farm
In Enterprise Oregon Mrs Charles McAlister fired a shotgun at stray cats raiding her farm. She tripped on the porch and discharged the gun striking the ground. Two cats died, a dog was wounded and fled the scene.
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Enterprise
Ore
Charles McAlister
McAlister
Dead letter office handles millions of undeliverable mails
The postmaster general notes that in the year ended June 30 1929 only 29,079,619 undeliverable letters reached all dead letter offices. Considering billions of letters handled yearly the New York office alone ships 17,000,000 letters daily, making the dead letter totals seem small by comparison.
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New York Post
Mrs. Smith Praises California Fig Syrup for Son
Mrs. H. M. Smith of Topeka Kansas extols California Fig Syrup as the cure for her five year old son’s colds and upset spells. She recalls using it since he was one, noting its health benefits and its endorsement by physicians for five decades. Over four million bottles are used annually.
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H.M. Smith
Topeka Ave
Topeka
Kansas
California
Traveling laboratory van for malaria work in Tayinyika Glasgow
A traveling laboratory van of the Department of Agriculture is under construction in Glasgow for malarial investigation in Tayinyika. The van interior is ten by six feet with five windows, copper glaze on inner openings to deter tsetse flies, and a special electrical plant.
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Tay@inyika
Glasgow
Name Origin of Hohenzollern From Castle Zollern
The name Hohenzollern derives from Castle Zollern, ancestral home of the family. It literally means High Zollern.
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Hohenzollern
Zollern
High Zollern
Fisherman Truths and Hidden Secrets Across Quotes
A collection of quips about honesty and secrecy from various sources. It juxtaposes a fisherman’s claim, a law and tyranny motto, and a wry remark on the futility of overthinking secrets.
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