Alabama plans resort on Dauphin Island
Alabama aims to transform 3 by 5 mile Dauphin Island at Mobile Bay into a major resort. Gov Frank M Dixon and the Alabama Bridge Commission seek a $1,000,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corp to build a bridge from Mobile mainland to the isle, with a 1939 legislature appropriation for upkeep. Plans include Fort Gaines exploitation Cadillac square shrine a casino and other resort amenities.
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Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Dauphin Island
Mobile Bay
France
Frank M. Dixon
Alabama Bridge Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mobile
Fort Gaines
Cadillac Square
Isle
Cadiac
Louisiana Territory
Proper Care Advised For 'Problem Children'
Michigan state superintendent Dr. Eugene B. Elliott argues that problem children are born not made and that maladjustment drives trouble for teachers and parents. He proposes kindergarten to junior high behavior reports as case histories to guide life work, citing a paralytic accident redirecting a boy toward airplane building to illustrate the idea.
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Eugene B. Elliott
Michigan
Elliott
Freezing Aids Popularity Of Frozen Fruits And Veggies
H C Diehl of the U S Department of Agriculture in charge of freezing studies says frozen fruit is led by strawberries, apples, and bananas with blueberries second and cherries third while vegetables place lima beans second to spinach and broccoli. He expects continued growth, better quality, and lower prices as methods improve and breeding targets foods suited to freezing. Expanded production should further reduce costs and encourage refrigeration.
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H. C. Diehl
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Chemistry and Engineering
Ah. Diehl
Diehl
Tray Service Makes Home Meals A Simple Morning
The piece promotes a self serve tray arrangement to save time in the kitchen. It describes a family breakfast setup with coffee, toast, juice, and fruit laid out for easy self service. Children enjoy quicker suppers with tea, showers, and clean clothes kept for bedtime.
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Pig Brother
Wide variation in retina parts across animal species
A Better Vision Institute report shows retina variation among animals. Fishes have roughly equal rods and cones with large cones, amphibians have more rods, snakes and lizards have scarce or absent rods, birds have many cones but still more rods than humans, and in large animals including humans rods predominate.
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Better Vision Institute
Oddball Inventions From History: Doughnut Ships and Giant Wheels
A reminiscence on quirky contraptions from the past. It recalls a doughnut shaped battleship proposed by Mr. Rutter of Sydney in 1867 with twenty edge cannons and crew in the center, and a US patent for an 1894 giant wheel bicycle by Lewis Harper. The piece notes these devices were impractical curiosities that reflect early inventive daring and progress.
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Mr. Rutter
Sydney
Australia
Ratter
U. S. Patent Office
Lewis H. Harper
Beaver Dam man plays checkers by mail across eight states
Charles Schottenkirk, 78, of Beaver Dam Wisconsin, plays checkers with opponents hundreds of miles away. He manages up to 36 games at a time with rivals in Alabama Rhode Island California Ohio Missouri Kentucky and South Dakota. Each move can take a week and is mailed to the opponent. He is also a chess expert and plays cribbage when games slow.
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Charles Schottenkirk
Beaver Dam
Wis
Alabama
Rhode Island
California
Itciena
Ohio
Missouri
Kentucky
South Dakota
Schottenkirk
Forest Highways Progress Toward Ten Year Road Plans
Forest Service reports 3, i3 miles of forest highways 2 265 miles of truck trails and about 2 000 miles of trails completed in the last year. National totals reach 8 339 miles of highways 54 762 miles of truck trails and 110 578 miles of trails. Projected 10 year needs include 1 200 miles new highways 11 000 miles rebuilt highways 30 000 miles new truck trails 32 000 miles rebuilt truck trails 18 000 miles new trails and 36 000 miles of old trail reconstructions. These improvements would provide employment.
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Forest Service
National Forests
Preventing Misfits Through Industrial Education
Professor John F. Friese of Pennsylvania State College argues that industrial education can guide youths away from misfit occupations or toward them. He says emphasizing try-out aims aids vocational guidance and that industrial arts act as a social leveller uniting boys from diverse backgrounds in productive work.
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John F. Friese
Assete
Pennsylvania State College
Friese
America
Wege
Soldier Carries Luck Toad While Renting Room
A soldier named A. H. Martin carried a horned toad for luck and forgot it when leaving a Celifornis town. The landlady and neighbors feared a poisonous reptile until Martin returned and explained the creature was his pet. He then proceeded to rent the room, and the affair was resolved.
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A. H. Martin
Celifornis
Martin
Barber Ate a Gallon of Pickles in Bet Gone Awry
Franjo Brikner, a Jugoslavian barber, accepted a hundred dinar wager to eat a gallon of pickles in one sitting. A full shop watched as he downed the first hundred cucumbers and pressed on past the second hundred, finally finishing the jar amid amazed silence.
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Franjo Brikner
Franjo
Pll
Don Juan Great Lover Because of Mixed Glands
Dr Gregorio Maranon y Posadilo a Spanish physician on glands says Don Juan was driven by mixed glands part masculine part feminine and in constant conflict. He claims this explains wandering romances and lack of contentment and suggests artificial gland injections as a cure.
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Don Juan
Gregorio Maranon Y Posadilo
Spain
New Streamlined Trains Increase Rail Traffic
A Coverdale and Colpitts report surveys five years of streamlined trains across the West, East and South. It credits modern lightweight trains with higher passenger traffic and earnings for every railroad in service and marks streamliners as a major advance since the sleeping car. The Denver Zephyr by Budd Manufacturing led gross revenue for the year ending June 30, 1939 among noted lines including Santa Fe and Union Pacific.
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Coverdale & Colpitts, Consulting Engineers
New York
Denver Zephyrs
Burlington
Budd Manufacturing Company
Santa Fe
Northwestern
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Pacific
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Tinois Central
Seaboard
Atlantic
Wasps Blamed for North Carolina Bald Mountains
Dr. W A Gates of Louisiana State University offers a new explanation for North Carolina s bald mountains attributing the denuded areas to a vast wasp population. He notes wasps attack oak trees along the edges, clearing hundreds of acres and leaving only grasses or scrub.
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North Carolina
Bald Mountains
W. A. Gates
Louisiana State University
Gates
Dr. Gates
Grant Blum’s Welcome To Wa verly After Quarantine
Grant Blum arrived in Waverly from Chicago and spent two weeks in quarantine for chicken pox before seeing the town. Carl Elsworth surrendered to Tama police and confessed to forging checks at Aberdeen.
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Lees Town
Grant Blum
Waverly
Chicago
Carl Elsworth
Tama
Aberdeen
Fragmentary note hints at unrecovered trace of ty could be found
A fragment from a historical page suggests a trace of a term or name may be missing or unreadable. The unreadable portion implies an incomplete record, with no clear identification or location provided in the readable text.
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Hard
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Clarence Anderson
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John & Jerry
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China
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