Ohio Real Estate Plan Gives Scholarships For Realtors
The Ohio Real Estate Association funds a new four year real estate course at Ohio State University to begin in October. Scholarships will be awarded to future realtors with a bachelor of science in business administration majoring in real estate. A fundraising drive will seek support from individual realtors and companies.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Real Estate Association
Ohio State University
Chancey C. Howell
Akron
Association
Uoon
Ohio State College of Commerce
Department of Business Administration
Blind Typist Is Valuable Radioman
Kenneth Dudman, 35, blind since scarlet fever at four, works as a typist for Radio Reports Inc. He copies radio programs on celluloid discs using earphones and a foot pedal to control speed. Dudman handles a full shift, travels to work by bus, and learned typing at the Illinois school for the Blind. He previously spent 13 years as a telephone operator at Dixon state hospital.
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Rockford, Tr
Kenneth Dudman
Radio Reports, Inc
Dudman
Illinois School For the Blind
Jacksonville
Dixon State Hospital
Police Replace Stolen Crutches in Cincinnati
Willard Bruce a 34 year old one legged man from Spartansburg slept in a Cincinnati park to rest from his crutches. He awoke to find them missing but police quickly supplied replacements since he had no funds to buy new ones.
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Cincinnati
Willard Bruce
Spartansburg
Bruce
Ale and art bring paintings to London pubs
British brewers join the Central Institute of Art and Design to install over 100 paintings in London inns and taverns. Augustus John applauds the move calling artists stalwart supporters of brewing and foresees a vibrant, art filled pub scene featuring more than 30 artists.
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AP News
London
Britain
Central Institute of Art and Design
Augustus John
Fleet St
Australians Move Mountain to Denver for Soil Test
Australian authorities shipped 2,865 pounds of snoil from the proposed damside to Denver in insulated crates to test suitability for a reservoir site. Bureau of Reclamation scientists examined the earth sample, effectively bringing the mountain to the lab for analysis.
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Denver
Mahomet
Bureau of Reclimation
Radford Leaves Coaching for VA Rehab Work in Dothan
James S. Radford, former college athlete and coach, has joined the Dothan VA office as training officer over rehabilitation services. Born in Hartford and educated at Geneva County High and the University of Alabama, he played football and other sports, coached in Tuscaloosa Elba and Mobile, served as a Navy physical instructor and gunnery officer in the South Pacific, then moved to Birmingham before coming to Dothan. He says the VA program helps disabled veterans by placing them in suitable on the job or institutional training and expanding the local office. He is married to Mary Winton of Tuscaloosa.
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James S. Radford
Dothan
Veterans Administration
Radford
Navy
Hartford
Geneva County High School
University of Alabama
The
University
Dixie’ Howeel
Joe Riley
Young Boozer
Bridder
Frank Thomas
Tuscaloosa
Elba
Murphy High School
Mobile
Ensan
South Pacific
Birmingham
Dotaan
H. O. Davis
Thomas
Radford O
Mary Winton
Eagle
Dothan VA
Crimson Tide
Car-Hungry Buyers Line Up For New Models
In Henderson North Carolina a line formed overnight at an auto sales firm as 34 applicants waited for new models. By morning about 100 were in line and by midday around 150 had applied, with a $200 deposit per application and sitters hired to hold spots.
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Henderson
N.C. Cap
Two Navy Veterans Build Diaper Laundering Biz
Rock e Dry Baby in Salt Lake City thrives as brothers in law Paul Howells and Lorin Moench run diaper laundering tours as their slogan. They left past jobs to be their own bosses, saying they did not want to take orders from others.
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Paul Howells
Lorin Moench
Children In Poland Struggle To Learn
Warsaw AP reports about 3,000 to 3,600 children attending elementary schools this year to catch up after Nazi destruction. Severe shortages of buildings, teachers, and textbooks hinder learning as classrooms run in shifts. Teaching hours are limited to four or fewer per day and teachers earn about £7 monthly.
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Warsaw
Poland
Painter on Simcoe St. posts quirky sign in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg's west end a painter working on Simcoe Street displays a humorous sign that reads: "Weitest danm spalat yen ever Saw: test on edge please." The odd wording hints at a playful approach to his craft and a nod to human nature.
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Winnipeg
Simcoe St
West End
Tle
Birds Of A Feather Now Room Together
Denver AP report describes a pigeon blocking the roof vent being sealed with bricks trapping twenty eight birds inside. Humane Officer William B Wheeler freed them and owner Gertrude Hamm pledged to turn the attic over to the pigeons.
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Denver
Humane
Ficer
William B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Gertrude Hamm
Grand Coulee Dam bids seek 6000 hp motors for Basin Project
Officials in Washington state call for bids on motors for the Grand Coulee hydro project. The 6,000 horsepower units will pump water from Lake Roosevelt into a feeder canal feeding a 270 mile reservoir system. Each pump aims to move 1,350 cubic feet per second to provide water for 400,000 acres by 1951. Interior Secretary Julius plans schedule.
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Coulee
Wash
Bix
Grand Dam
Columbia Basin
Washington
Lake Roosevelt
Grand Coulee
of ‘the Interior
Julius
Tea line tickets resold. half-pound tea limited
In Johannesburg an AP report says a large chain store found Africans queuing for a tea quota were selling places in the line for 50 cents each. To curb this, the store issued as many tickets as there were half-pound tea packets. Some tickets were sold to others, so the shop halted the ticket system and customers now queue until goods run out.
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Johannesburg
War era exhibit dummies trimmed for relief display
Fragmentary report describes wartime exhibits and a department official noting changes in displays and a foreman responding to questions about a dummy adjusted as part of a relief effort. The text references soldiers, loans, and measures during the war and mentions quantities and visual adjustments of dummies.
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