House Committee Leaders Average 17 Years of Service
Washington report surveys the five member House committees led by Republicans under the reorganization act. Harold Knutson tops with 30 years, while Fred Bradley has eight. Clifford Hope heads Agriculture, Clare Hoffman Expenditures, Charles Eaton Foreign Affairs, Edith Nourse Rogers Veterans Affairs, detailing each chairmanship and district traits.
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House Committee
Walter A. Shead
Washington
G.O.P. Representatives
Congress
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Cong
Fred Bradley
Michigan
House
Clifford R. Hope
Kas
Agriculture Committee
Hope
Iowa
Finney County
Garden City
Kansas
Clare E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Pennsylvania
Northwestern University
Allegan
CIO
Edith Nourse Rogers
Mass
Committee On Veterans’ Affairs
Rogers
Europe
Red Cross
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Massachusetts
Essex
Middlesex
Boston
Lowell
Polio Victim Runs House Alone at 78
Peters burg Virginia March 11 Miss Della Sermons a 78yearold polio victim who lost most use of her legs as an infant manages to run her own two story gray house. She moves by arms from a sitting position loading coal from a downstairs bin into upstairs rooms using ropes and pulleys. She hauls buckets up, braces on crutches, and gets her feather bed ready.
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Petersburg
Miss Della Sermons
Miss Sermons
Ex-GIs Enlist For Peacetime Hair Styling Invasion
Chicago report notes World War II veterans using G I Bill to join William Willdall's Post-Graduate Hair Styling School. The four week course focuses on wet and dry shaping and curling with live models, diverging from military practice as ex servicemen pivot to beauty design.
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William
Chicago
G.I
Willdall
Nawulaly
Kiww
America
William’s School
Blind People Ask To Be Considered As Human Beings
Washington reports Herbert Yanraes promotes treating blind people as equals in his booklet What Do You Know About Blindness. He offers 10 rules for aiding sightless individuals focusing on respectful, direct communication and practical, nonpatronizing help.
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Washington
Herbert Yanraes
WNY Service
Eye Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Korea
France
New England
California
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Tall corn grows taller at California Polytechnic
California Polytechnic college students report corn stalks reaching 17 feet in height at their campus field tests in San Luis Obispo California. The remarkable growth challenges Iowa stereotypes and showcases local agricultural research achievements.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
Iowa
California Polytechnic College
Honest Man Returns Lost Money In Sports
In Jackson Michigan Curtis Roe found his lost billfold at a hotel desk. It originally contained $70 but later retrieved only $11. He then received two envelopes from an unidentified finder containing $25 and $32 respectively, totaling $57. Roe hopes to locate the generous stranger.
Aviation notes report airport funding and air tours across states
Minnesota senators and representatives took a goodwill flight on two navy R4Ds visiting Duluth Bemidji and flying over the Iron Range to show northern Minnesota. The committee approved 2 500 000 for airport development in the next biennium. Denver ski patrol seeks funds for rescue facilities with 68 trained members aiding Red Cross and Lowry field. Arizona Airtours promote all expense tours to scenic sites. Denver grandmother Lavada Sneed parachuted from 4000 feet at Stapleton field to test parachutes noting thrill of the ride.
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Minnesota State Senate
House
Duluth
Bemidji
Iron Range
Minnesota
A. R. Johnason
Senate
Denver Ski Patrol
Colorado
Patrol
Red Cross
Army
Lowry Field
Michigan
G.I
Arizona
Arizona Airways, Inc
Arizona Wonderland
Oak Creek Canyon
San Francisco Peaks
Painted Desert
Grand Canyon
Marble Canyon
Lake Mead
Las Vegas
Boulder Dam
Navajo Indian Reserve
Brahma Temple
New Silvaire 8 E Goes Into Production in Dallas Texas
The de luxe Silvaire 8 E cruises at 112 mph and tops 125 mph in production at Luscombe plant Dallas. The two seat high wing all metal monoplane joins Aircraft Industries show set for November with Col. Ted Bates named to head the show force as eastern cities consider hosts.
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Luscombe
Dallas
Tex
Aircraft Industries Association
Cleveland
Ted Bates
Lakefield
Phoenix
Ariz
Korea dividing lines between U S and Russia discussed
Washington columnist recalls Korea's division and the Moscow decisions. He notes Russia's use of Koreans in its zone, the need for a unified provisional government, and the cost of building democracy amid broken promises to Koreans. He ends with reflections on education and pay in America.
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Roosevelt
Stalin
Hodge
America
Japan
Moscow
Korea
U. S
U.S.S.R
Washington Teen a Finalist in Science Talent Search
Sixteen year old David Shappirio of Washington DC, one of forty finalists in the Westinghouse science talent search, cleared up an entomological triangle by mating Mrs Wasp with her proper spouse. He maintains a large collection of wasps, captures many in Rock Creek Park, and rarely gets stung.
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David Shappirio
Washington, D. C
Westinghouse Science
David
Rock Creek Park
Cold in Moscow Reporters Warn for Long Session
Reporters in Moscow warned foreign ministers to bring long underwear for a lengthy session. A towel marked 1910 was returned to the Pullman company. The speaker hopes to recover a laundry shirt sent during military enlistment in 1918.
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Moscow
Pullman
Secret Census Move Exposes County Exodus
Between V J Day and October last year a 10 percent migration reshaped a county per a Business Week census. The question arises where the migrants moved into and which areas gained residents.
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Business Week
Crochet Doily Motif of Cross and Crown
Exquisite 22 inch crochet doily named the Cross and Crown suitable as a dining table centerpiece. Pattern No 5221 offers complete instructions. mail 20 cents plus name and address to receive the pattern.
Ask Me Another Quiz Questions
Shortest air mail route in the United States is not specified. Mendacity has no difference from itself. A letter C before a date often indicates calendar year or a case designation. The smallest postage stamps are 1 cent British, 1 penny black not American. Carlsbad Caverns formed over millions of years since geological origins. A sea drum is a drum-like water-filled instrument used in marine acoustics.
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United States
Carlsbad Caverns
Route No 2001 and regional notes from historical list
The item lists six historical items: Route No 2001 between Camden and Philadelphia at six miles. mendacity defined as lying and deceitful begging. the term circa meaning about. 1863 issues by Bollivar now part of Colombia measuring one fifth of a square inch. an estimated age of around 60 million years. and a fish species noted for a drumming noise.
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Camden
Philadelphia
Bollivar
Colombia
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