Education device assists Joan Higgins in Evanston
In Evanston Illinois a year old blind and nearly deaf girl named Joan Higgins learns to speak with a phonofactor device. Dr Robert H Gault and the Audio Visual Research Foundation support an education program using touch and singing to teach new vocabulary and daily skills. Joan develops speaking vocabulary of 700 to 800 words and enjoys songs, dancing, and self feeding while instructors use rhythm to evoke word formation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Rawlings
Evanston
Joan Higgins
Helen Keller
Joan
Chicago
Pauline Smith
Robert H. Gault
Audio-Visual Research Foundation
Illinois Department of Public Welfare
Pr. Gault
Preachers Hold Successful Methodist Meeting Near Cullman
A very successful Methodist preachers meeting was held Tuesday at Mt. Zion near Cullman. Addresses on the general theme of fism were delivered by Dr. H. M. Stephenson of Florence Dr. B. T. Waites of Athens and Rev. C. P. Hamby of Somerville.
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Mt. Zion
Cullman
Fism
H. M. Stephenson
Florence
B. T. Waites
Athens
C. P. Hamby
Somerville
Gly-Cas Merit Praised by Georgia Man in Health Ad
Mr J A Stone of La Grange Georgia credits Gly-Cas with relief from chronic bowel irregularities and intestinal impurities. He reports reduced gas pains and better digestion, claiming regular bowel action, improved sleep and renewed vigor after using Gly-Cas.
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J. A. Stone
Johnson St
la Grange
Georgia
Mr. Stone
Berlin press hurls back at Roosevelt on Congress address
German press plans a sharp rebuttal to President Roosevelt's Congress message calling it arrogant and risky. It vows no official reaction while predicting late aid to Britain may be insufficient and urges Germany to stay calm amid perceived provocation from the American leader.
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Louis P. Lochner
Berlin
Toonevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
Hitler
Germany
Italy
Japan
Russia
Lions Club Plans Yearly Activities and Exhibition Game
The Lions Club held its first year meeting at the Lyons Hotel with committee reports and proposed activities for the year. President Knox McMasters formed committees including one to stage an exhibition baseball game between two major league teams. Asbury L. Marone joined as a new member and Ed Manning attended as guest.
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Lions Lab
Lyons Hotel
Knox McMasters
Asbury L. Marone
Ed Manning
Decatur
Hall to receive third blood transfusion
Judge Grover C. Hall editor of the Montgomery Advertiser was to get a third blood transfusion today after no improvement from a second hemorrhage caused by stomach ulcers. He had transfusions on Monday and Tuesday and was critically ill since Sunday night.
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Montgomery
Ala
Grover Co. Hall
Montgomery Advertiser
General to ride horse with 86th Division in training
Brownwood Texas January reports that the 86th Division has ordered a mount for Maj. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead and his chief of staff Col. George Sears 86 to accompany training in difficult terrain. The official announcement notes private mounts were purchased for the leaders to follow training activities.
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Brownwood
Tex
86Th
Claude V. Birkhead
George Sears
Beans on the House Spark Offs Tight Night Shuffle
A Bristol restaurant scene turned odd when a stranger asked for beans but was served soup after the chef, absent, left the counterperson to improvise. The man protested and left into the cold night.
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Bristol
Conn
James Parsons
Delivery option for Saturday in Decatur
J W Harpe of Route 3 Danville D 28 offers delivery on Saturdays in Decatur for local customers and nearby areas.
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G. G. White
Decatur
W. O. Lipscomb
Tanner
J. W. Harpe
Danville
D-28
Budget Facts in Nutshell
The summary outlines President Roosevelt's total defense budget details across fiscal years. It lists spending and defense allocations by category, including army and navy totals, non defense costs, revenues, and projected deficits. It notes public debt growth and the administration's tax stance and revenue expectations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Britain
Army
Navy
National Youth Administration
Anne Adams Pattern Promises Yearround Frocks for Home and Outdoors
A vintage Anne Adams pattern advertisement promotes Pattern 4507 for at home wear and spring summer outings. It highlights a long front panel and back skirt panel with slenderizing side seams and a wide collar, with options for long or short sleeves and colorful ric rac embellishment. It lists sizes 14 to 42, fabric requirements, price, and ordering details through The Decatur Daily Pattern Department in New York.
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Anne Adams
Decatur Daily
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Budget highlights in Roosevelt defense plan message
President Roosevelt outlines a defense oriented budget totaling about 25 billion dollars over three years. He emphasizes continued social programs at lower costs, broad tax needs, and parity and self conservation, urging faster defense payments from current tax receipts and inclusion of more workers in Social Security and unemployment systems. He warns against abnormal profits from national defense and notes debt charges as a key fiscal concern.
Scout founder Baden-Powell dies in Kenya at 83
Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement and a veteran soldier, died at his Nyeri home in Kenya Colony. He had suffered a series of heart attacks since last November and had spent the last 30 years promoting peace.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Colony
Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Nyeri
Fashion Futures Show Opens in New York Tonight
The largest cooperative American fashion display since New York surpassed Paris opens in New York with 200 mannequins and 500 garments priced 10 to 400 dollars. Mrs. Roosevelt invited. LaGuardia to broadcast in Spanish to South America. 1,800 tickets sold to trade. aims to guide Easter wear.
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New York
Paris
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
F. H. LaGuardia
South America
Edna Woolman Chase
Carmel Snow
Dorothy Shaver
John Coburn
Eleanor le Maire
Sara Pennoyer
Virginia Pope
Lad Explores City Sewers in Four Mile River Tour
Thirteen year old Bruce Jenkins crawled into a storm sewer outlet near Prior and University avenues in St. Paul. He wandered through darkness and corridors, became frightened, and after hours of searching followed a stairlike shaft to a manhole and climbed into daylight, a remarkable return he called wonderful.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Bruce Jenkins
Prior
University Avenues
Bruce
Mississippi River
They Called Him Smith hero novelized by Andrews
Hollywood reports screenwriter Robert Andrews adapts the life of Henry Justin Smith late Chicago Daily News managing editor. Andrews says Smith differed from violent film editors, being a poet musician philosopher and humanitarian.
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Hollywood
Robert Andrews
Smith
Andrews
Henry Justin
Chicago Daily News
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