Boy reports school shakedown by bigger students
An eight year old pupil at St Clair School describes a protection racket in his classroom. Two larger boys demanded a nickel daily or threaten beating, prompting truancy and a police report. The father contacted authorities and Donald cooperated with the Juvenile Bureau to curb the scheme. Capt. Arthur Roth notes many similar protection racket reports in schools.
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Han Mat
Stronghan
Donald Mibtick
St. Clair School
Denios
Donald
Juvenile Bureau
Arthur Roth
Father’s Day Cake and Food Favorites From Swift Labs
A Father’s Day feature lists foods men favor such as steak roast beef and potatoes. It includes a Swift & Co cake recipe with Dad shaped icing and directions for a chocolate filled cake. Also shared are Arabian Pork Chops with Rice and Candied Dried Apricots using wine or water variants.
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Shah
Doc
Swift & Co. Home Economics Laboratories
California
Pacific Coast
Oklahoma students to take fishing course on Lake Texoma
In Norman Oklahoma AP reports students at the University of Oklahoma will earn college credits for a fishery biology course. The class will be held on a barge on Lake Texoma in southeastern Oklahoma where students will live aboard and spend most of their time fishing.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
I University
Lake Texoma
Oklahoma
Cambridge Pigeons Theft Leads to Simple Police Work
Cambridge police faced an easy case after Frederick OConnor reported 45 homing pigeons stolen from a loft atop his home. Detectives waited as the birds, returning to their loft, illustrated their routine. The piece then shifts to a cooking column detailing several potato frying methods including French-fried, country style, hash brown, Lyonnaise, and O’Brien, with step by step directions and ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Frederick O'Connor
O’brien
Difference in Earth Diameters Across Latitudes
A note states the Earth’s equatorial diameter is 796 miles larger than its polar diameter. The figures given are 79 6 miles at the equator and 7899 miles at the poles, illustrating the equatorial bulge.
The Painted Lady Butterfly Spreads From Africa to Europe
In 1879 vast swarms of painted lady butterflies flew from Africa across the Mediterranean to Europe marking the species as the world's most widely distributed butterfly. The note highlights dramatic migratory flights and historical spread.
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Africa
Europe
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