Reading Device Aids Disabled Veterans In Portland Hospital
A ceiling projection reading machine donated by Portland Camp Fire Girls helps bedridden veterans read by projecting book pages on the ceiling. Eddie Hall, a navy veteran from Medford, tests the device, whose 9 pound design uses a hand held gadget to turn pages with chin pressure. The machine cost 100 dollars and films cost from 1.50 to 3 dollars per book.
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Veterans’ Hospital
Portland
Ore
Mse Preeweey Oy
Vernon
Eddie Hall
Navy
Medford
Hall
Camp Fire
The
Blue Birds
Camp Fire Girls
Horizon Clubbers
USO
Red Cross
Trenton
N. J
Good Samaritans
Chichester Sells Historic Hearse From Shed
In response to a car shortage, Chichester officials offered for sale an 1883 hearse with interchangeable wheels and sled runners. The vehicle had been stored in a shed for years.
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Chichester
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Oregonians Seek Hidden Indian Blood
In Portland Oregon residents speculate on whether they have Indian ancestry after a Supreme Court ruling awarding about 15 million dollars to four Oregon tribes for land taken from Native people. Officials say a quarter-blood threshold may classify many as Indian with each recipient averaging ten thousand dollars.
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Portland, Obe
Morgan Pryse
Portland
Home hazards prompt new safety drive and devices
The safety council warns home accidents kill one person every 15 minutes and injure others every 6.5 seconds with 4.8 million injuries annually. Public education continues as manufacturers introduce safer appliances and designs such as cordless irons, light switch plates, wall knife racks, non radiant space heaters, vacuum grip bath mats, and hinged step stools to reduce falls and burns.
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National Safety Council
Rural youths to raise dogs for Army K Nine corps
The Army Dog Association announces a program inviting farm area youths in the New York metropolitan region to raise German shepherd dogs for the K 9 corps. Participants may be teens or younger. Scouts and 4 H members are encouraged to join. The project requires area proximity for regular puppy care and inspections.
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Army
Army Dog Association, Inc
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Hudson Valley
Long Island
Boy Scouts
Four-H Clubs
Arizona Cowboys Oppose High Toned Fox Hunt
In Phoenix, Arizona Old-Time Cow Hands form an anti high toned fox hunting group. President John Edward Dalton condemns the English style hunt plans near Tucson as ridiculous and against western cattleman traditions.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Arizona Old-Time
Tucson
John Edward Dalton
Psychologist Gives Break to Dull Boy in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb. Dr D A Worcester director of the University of Nebraska educational psychology clinic says many children labeled dull in public schools are hampered by remediable defects such as speech, hearing and sight issues and mental blocks. He has tested over 6000 children in the last decade and notes some may be brighter than peers who taunt them.
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Lincoln
Neb
D. A. Worcester
University of Nebraska Educational Psychology Clinic
Friends of Labor
White House
Congress
Harry Truman
John Lewis
Senate
House
Taft
Ball
Mirror Trap Traps Monkeys at Brookfield Zoo
In Chicago the Brookfield zoo staff used a two compartment mirror box with a banana to lure the monkeys into winter quarters. The monkeys entered the mirrored box and were trapped, amusing onlookers as they collided with their reflections.
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Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Eighty nine planes bring Elks to Milwaukee for breakfast flight
Eighty nine airplanes and 260 Elks members from across Wisconsin arrived in Milwaukee for a breakfast flight series. Despite gusty cross winds all landings were successful and departures occurred in 28 minutes. A larger breakfast flight is planned for next summer.
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Elks Lodges
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Washington State
Walla Walla
Seattle
Kennewick
Inland Airways, Inc
Perry Cole
Iowa
American Association of Airport Executives
Des Moines
Walter Betsworth
Sioux City
Virgil B. Day Jr
Kearney
N. J
Day
State of Washington
Washington Labor Voices Fear Autocratic Leaders
Washington observers note labor leaders fear the impact of autocratic top brass as Congress opens amid labor unrest from the coal strike. Voters, including many union members, press for change while studies urge consumer interests and cautious reform.
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Washington
Congress
Barbs by Bankhage Political Note on Presidencies and History
The piece jokes about new potential presidents and a high March 1918 war birth rate while critiquing public education and leadership. It notes Spanish colonists shipped wild turkeys to Europe before 1550 and their later return to the western world, and ends with a quip about Chiang Kai-shek wanting to resign as real dictators rarely get a chance.
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Turkey
Europe
Gracias
Senores
Chiang Kai-shek
Dyeing Printed Fabrics Produces Two Tone Color Effects
Dyeing printed fabrics is feasible and often yields desirable color effects. The print design cannot be removed and will show through the dye. The final look depends on fabric type and dye strength, frequently creating a striking two tone result. A darker dye color is suggested for prints.
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Horizon Club
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Ohio
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Loretta
Crookston
Minn
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Atlanta
Shutins
Ruth McConnell
Philadelphia
JCAL
Safety Council
Army Corps
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Victor G. Carlson
Cherokee
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Carlson
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Helen
Jack
TWA
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Detroit
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Paris
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Antarctic
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Washington, D. C
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Walter Hamilton
New Republic
20Th Century Fund
Bankhage
St.Joseph
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Kohler Electric
Kohler
Farm Light & Service
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Billings, Mont
Texas
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