Giant prehistoric snake bone found in Belvedere Beach fossil
A single vertebra of a colossal North American snake, dating to the Eocene Aquia formation, was deposited at the Smithsonian by Dr. W. Gordon Hopkins. The bone suggests a creature about 25 feet long with a thick body, distantly related to modern pythons. Fossils from New Jersey and Alabama hint at contemporaries of similar size.
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Bernente
North America
Smith Unit Institution
W. Grrdoer
Jona Hopkins University
Belvedere Beach
Aquia
Pis Wets
Goring
W. Gilmore
Smithsonian
New Jersey
Alabama
Smithsonian Institution
Wyoming
New German Autopilot Demonstrated by Siemens Experts
German experts from Siemens demonstrated a new autopilot for airliners to newspaper men. The self guiding system maintains altitude and speed on long flights and Lufthansa routes without human input, and can glide the plane if the engine fails. It uses electric and hydraulic operation converting compass and instrument inputs into control actions, and is described as exceptionally reliable.
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Berlin
Siemens
Lufthansa
Vitamin A Deficiency Tied to Blind Pig Litters at Texas Station
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers warn that Vitamin A deficiency may cause eye defects in newborn pigs. In a deficiency study two litters resulted in all blind piglets, while a second sow treated with Vitamin A showed varied eye outcomes, highlighting nutrient impact on eye formation.
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College Station
Texas
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
School for Umpires Is Planned at Hot Springs Ark
A new umpire training school is planned for Hot Springs Arkansas next spring. promoter Ray L. Doan of Muscatine Iowa brings the program back after two prior sessions. About 400 boys from the United States and Canada are expected. Training runs February 18 to April 1 with a faculty including Dizzy Dean Paul Dean Lon Warneke Rogers Hornsby and Earl Smith.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Ray L. Doan
Muscatine Iown
Doan
United States
Canada
Dizay
Paul Dean
Lon Warneke
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Smith
Prize Winning Canary Sings Yankee Doodle at Richmond Bird Show
Danreith Indiana winner Miss Lillan Hayes leads a canary display at the Richmond bird show. Nickie a 1984 champion canary whistles Yankee Doodle and practices My Old Kentucky Home. Hayes entertains visitors with a canary choir and acrobatic tricks.
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Canary
Danreith
Ind
Lillan
Hayes
Richmond
Nickie
Iss Hayes
Canaries
Kentucky
20 Month Old Climber Near Delaware Water Gap Rescue
A twenty month old girl scaled toward the top of a six foot observation tower in the Delaware Water Gap area. Vic Kern noted her ascent while father Francis Kern, unconscious from smoke exposure, stood nearby on the wooded slopes. Titler rescued her.
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Delaware Water Gap
Bankers Plan Regional Conferences To Explain The New Law
The American Bankers Association outlines efforts to demystify banking under the Banking Act of 1935. It will hold regional conferences to explain new laws, broadened services, and banker public relations strategies to improve public understanding and cooperation nationwide.
Public Attitude Boosts Bank Confidence and Reform
The American Bankers Association says public confidence has restored banking to full vigor, aided by the Banking Act of 1935 which stabilizes the system and allows bankers to focus on normal operations and community welfare. It urges retirement of government from credit activities and emphasizes privately owned banks meeting public needs with sound credit cooperation.
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American Bankers Association
Federal Reserve Board
Supreme Court of Finance
Accurate records key to successful farming
Accurate record keeping is essential for successful business management in manufacturing, merchandising, and farming, say Hullett of the American Bankers Association Agricultural Commission. The statement emphasizes that good record keeping is crucial for farming operations and overall business success.
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the Hullett
American Bankera Association Agricultural Commission
World traveler Emil Nivala seeks 45000 miles with one cent
Emil Richards Nivala of Astoria Oregon 25 travels around the world with only one cent in his pocket aiming to complete 45000 miles of his itinerary. He became engaged to Miss Aino Ver ron in Finland after adventures on freight trains and tramp ships. He carries a briefcase luggage diary map and a few keepsakes and holds an American passport a mayoral letter and a Finnish consul note.
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Paris
Emil Richards Nivala
Astoria
Ore
Finland
Nivala
Rautlo
Aino Verron
Oregon
The
Rolling Stone
Portland
States of the Union
Mexico
United States
New York
Remarkable date seed yields seedless date palm in New Orleans
New Orleans horticultural leader PB A Chopin reports a date seed discarded by him grew into a mighty palm producing 300 pounds of seedless dates yearly. He says it is the world’s only seedless date palm and that grafting or propagation is impossible except by root suckers, which, if successful, could revolutionize the date industry.
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New Orleans
PB. A. Chopin
Chopin
Lighted Green Cross Reappears as Cleveland Landmark
The green cross atop St. Malachi's church on Cleveland's West Side shines again lighting the neighborhood. It once guided Lake Erie sailors and burned gas lit until 20 years ago, now powered by electricity and serving traffic along the boulevard.
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Cleveland
St. Malachi's
Lake Erie
Lake Erie Moss Mystery Draws Attention to Peat Source
In Sandusky Ohio locals note peat moss washing from Lake Erie in large recent quantities. The moss source remains unknown though new supplies are arriving. When bleached and processed it can beautify rock gardens and fetch high prices.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Lake Erie
UJ Students Unclear On Who Is Vice President
Philadelphia seniors at the University of Pennsylvania were asked in an exam who was vice president. None could answer. One guessed a man named Robinson while another said it wasn’t Hoover. The prompt came from Beta Gamma Sigma, an honorary scholastic society.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
John Nance Garner
Beta Gamma Sigma
Honorary Scholastic Society
Robinson
Hoosevelt
Dog Guards Dead Master in Park Fatal Fall
An eleven year old Drindle bulldog refused to abandon its master George Bruce who died after slipping from a ten foot cliff in a Elyria Ohio park. The dog fought five firemen and two policemen for over an hour to protect Bruce’s body.
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Elyria
Ohio
George Bruce
Bruce
Policeman Carries Radio in His Hat
Tulare California merchant patrolman Ralph Barlow wears a hat fitted with a radio receiving set to receive all Tulare police bulletins. The unit includes a triblature radio receiving set antenna crystal and earphone. The system keeps police bulletins confidential and accessible in real time.
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Tulare
Calif
Ralph Barlow
Barlow
Thlare
Garden of Gethsemane Trial and Betrayal Interwoven
A sermon-like account recounts Jesus praying in the garden with disciples nearby and an angel strengthening him, then the arrest at Gethsemane as Judas betrays with a kiss. Peter’s sword wound on Malchus prompts Jesus to rebuke and heal. Roman guards, temple police, and Jewish leaders arrive under darkness leading to the capture.
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Son
Calvary
Jesus
Bethlehem
Bethsemane
Jerusalem
Palestine
Judas
Temple
Gethsemane
Garden Gate
Peter
Malchus
Rivers Makes Highway Plea in Georgia Speech
Cairo Ga May 30 Speaker RE D Rivers of the Georgia house urged that people smoke out the state administration to gain more and faster roads or cut the gasoline tax. He spoke to second district rural letter carriers stressing placing routes in the state road system to secure federal post road funds and ease local tax burdens. He criticized past legislative blocks on highway mileage and other measures to cooperate with President Roosevelt for more federal aid.
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Cairo
Re, D. Rivers
Georgia House of Representatives
Rivers
United States Post Roads
Roosevelt
Georgia
Canning Budget Contest For Local 4-H Boys And Girls 1936
The 1936 Canning Budget Contest invites 4-H Club members to show canned food preservation for rural families. A $100 scholarship to the University of Georgia is awarded to the winner, with entries due by December 1 and final judging the week before December 14. Willie Leggitt, HDA, invites interested youths to enter at once.
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College of Agriculture
School of Home Economics
University of Georgia
Tripliade
Athens
School of Home Economies
Willie Leggitt
Fragmentary devotional reflection on Jesus’ trial
The text envisions angels ready to aid Jesus and describes him yielding to captors. It alludes to the last day of life and the Father’s will, urging acceptance with the phrase thy will be done.
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Raedy
Jesus
Veterans Bonus Bonds Delivery Instructions For Rural Routes
Instructions detail payment process for adjusted compensation bonds to World War veterans. Rural route deliveries occur June 16 with required positive ID, two witnesses, and no doorstep delivery at post office. Bonds not received by June 16 will be mailed gradually from Atlanta. checks issued by Treasury.
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Atlanta
Butler Post Office
Veterans Administration
Veterana Administration
Treasury
U. S
United States
Bank
Daughters Keep Mother Stepping Fast This Week
Americus Georgia records a family milestone week for Mrs J S Poole as her three daughters pursue major life steps Lucy Poole to wed Helen Poole to graduate from Georgia Southwestern College and Eilene Poole to advance from Furlow grammar school toward Rees Park High School, highlighting a proud mother’s busy days.
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Americus
J. S. Poole
Poole
Lucy Poole
Helen Poole
Georgia Southwestern College
Eilene Poole
Furlow Grammar School
Rees Park High School
Bridegroom Kills Himself After Quarrel With Wife
Atlanta May 28 The body of Frank M Holder 20 was found today a few hours after a quarrel with his bride Mrs Holder said she and her mother left the apartment after an argument returning to find the body in bed She said they were married a few ee
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Atlanta
Frank M. Holder
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Scientis
Robert W. Fleming
the Public and Banking
R. V. Fleming
Bankers Convention
Seta
Saga
Judag
Jon Jeaus
Highes
Canning
Dixie Canner Co
Athens, Ga
Continental Can Company, Inc
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