New England Tour In Ancient Cars Revives Past
Boston AP The Glidden Tour returns this fall with a six day sweep of New England by 100 antique cars. W Nelson Bump, VP of American Airlines and Veteran Motor Car Club of America, sees the trip as reviving the spirit of early motoring. The 32 year old vehicles will travel from New York to Manchester via Concord, amid old hazards and speed traps once faced by the original pioneers.
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New England
W. Nelson Bump
American Airlines
Veteran
Motor Car Club of America
Bump
New York City
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Horse
Manchester
N. H
Concord
Horseless Car Era Sparks Public Outcry on Roads
A fragmented excerpt describes mobs and a public uproar over the arrival of horseless carriages in 1947, condemning certain figures as mountebanks and decrying the disruption to roads and daily life. The text hints at a pushback against new transportation, framing it as an outrage and a threat to established order.
Army Post Opens School System From Nursery To Junior College
At Schofield Barracks the army pilots a full education system from nursery to junior college open to civilians for tuition. The first junior college, approved by the Veterans Administration, expects Associate degrees and fast accreditation with preregistration already drawing students from many states and abroad.
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Army Post
Nonolulu
T. H
Schofly Barracks
Schofield
Veterans Administration
G. I
Wayne C. Smith
Honolulu
Midget Plane Carrier Enroute To Alaska
SEATTLE. Bearl Sprott, Pasadena businessman, touts his yacht The Breezin Through as the world's smallest aircraft carrier. The vessel carries a four place amphibian aircraft on the afterdeck and includes the latest navigational instruments. Sprott plans hunting and fishing trips into remote regions and returns to the yacht at night. He has sailed toward Alaska to test the method in remote territorial areas.
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Seattle
Bearl Sprott
Pasadena
Cal
Sprott
Alaska
Businessman Heeds Call Of Sea At 60
Charles S. Smith a former banker and mayor from Manitowish Wisconsin left a 30 year business career to join the merchant marine at 60. Now 65 he pursues master’s papers to captain ships and set a old age record after earlier earning ordinary seaman papers. He ran a Chicago lumber yard and a Wisconsin sawmill and once led the State Bank of Woodruff and served as Berwyn Illinois mayor.
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Manitowish
Wis
Cup
Charles S. Smith
Smith
Chicago
Wisconsin
State Bank of
Woodruff
Berwyn
Professor Advocates Freer Education
Chicago education professor Newton Edwards of the University of Chicago argues Americans must be better educated to uphold democracy and meet tech demands. He notes over 16.5 percent of a state's population has completed two or more years of college and calls for wider freer access beyond high school.
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Chicago
Newton Edwards
University of Chicago
Edwards
Edwards Calls for Broader College Access and Scholarships
Edwards told delegates at the Institute for Higher Education that America fails to provide college training to half of its most competent youths due to cost. He urged a national policy to open higher education, with scholarships covering tuition and most living costs, and advocated community and junior colleges development.
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Edwards
Institute For Higher Education
America
Pre marital customs in Sicily and Calabria
A historical note describes pre marriage practices in Sicily and Calabria where a girl is closely guarded before marriage. She is not publicly seen with her fiancé and a chaperone is always present during fiancé calls.
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Sicily
Calabria
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