Tiger trainer capt. Proske keeps wild tigers from eating him
North Miami’s Capt. Roman Proske runs America’s only tiger farm training tigers without guns or fear devices. He has survived a dozen tiger bites over 34 years, understanding their mindset to stay alive. He believes tigers plan their strikes and that taming them is impossible, though he respects their power and spares them after maulings.
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Miami
Fla
Capt
Roman Proske
Proske
America
North Miami Zoo
Association For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Havana
Pittsburgh native leads cabinet pattern course at Dothan trade school
Harry E. Davis, Pennsylvania born cabinet and pattern making instructor at the State Vocational Trade School in Dothan, moved south after World War I. A veteran of overseas service, he has held multiple education and war production roles before starting the new program in Dothan. He notes equipment delays while investing in fine woods for student projects and plans a full curriculum in woodworking, upholstery, finishing, design, blueprint reading, and mechanical drawing.
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Henry E. Davis
State Vocational Trade School
Napier Field
Davis
Hagle
Pittsburgh
State Trade
Harry E. Davis
Pennsylvania
State
Waster Field
Dothan
Alabama
South
Augusta
Birmingham
Paul Haynes School
Andalusia
Gadsden School of Trades
Mobile
France Seen as Weak Link in Atomic Secrecy
Washington reports warn France may be the vulnerable point in keeping atomic bomb secrets. Auriol defense of Curie contrasts with Thorez revealing the Politburo cleared Curie’s patriotic statements. Analysts say Soviet pressure aims to sway Europe toward neutrality or fear of war and acceptance of U.S. aid.
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Washington
NBA
France
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Moscow
Curie
Communist Party
Maurice Thorez
Anglo-American Press Association
Paris
Vincent Auriol
Red
de Soir
Thorez
Soviet Union
Politburo
Russia
Europe
United States
Quail Hunt Spoiled by Sign and Warns
Memphis correspondent reports Roy B. Guthrie stalking a quail for a mile before spotting a "No hunting" sign. A gun, two hound dogs, and a 16 gauge shot are referenced in a quirky aside about enforcement to the fullest extent. The text then digresses into a note on skull bones, stating youth has more bones than old age.
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Memphis, Tenn
Roy B. Guthrie
Three Men Plan World Peace Yacht Circumnavigation
An American ex naval lieutenant a Paris ethnography professor and a German law student envision sailing a 40 foot yacht around the globe to promote world peace. They hope to build the League at Havighorst Bremen with a 100 hp diesel and two way radio, selling art to fund the voyage but lack funds to begin.
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Idelberg
Anseriogal Naval
Roney
Holts Wyman
Auburn
Mass
Pacific
Society of Friends
Freiburg
Germany
Michele Perrin
Paris
International Orphans Organization
Liotard Expedition Society
Hans Joachim Trumpher
Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
Worth Sea
Havighorst
Bremen
League
Trumpler
Slocum
Boston
Trumpler Prefers Permits Over Funds for Yacht Plan
Trumpler says obtaining military government permission to start punting the yacht and secure an exit permit would be easier than raising the money for the plan. If funds fail, they may buy a second-hand boat or charter. The yacht would stop at Dover Le Havre Lisbon Tangiers Naples Cairo Aden Colombo Batavia Sydney Santiasy Panama New York Boston Glasgow Bergen Copenhagen.
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Charity Sands
Trumpler
Germany
Dover
le Havre
Lisbon
Tangiers
Naples
Cairo
Aden
Ceylon
Batavia
Sidney
Santiasy
Panama
New York
Boston
Glas- Lons Bergen
Copenhagen
Pen Pal Visits Perry Englishman Stays To Work
Bernard Murphy, 24, of Manchester England, came to visit his Perry pen pal Lilly and has remained. He was given three months by immigration officials to find work and become self sufficient, with the goal of staying in the United States.
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Perry, Okla
Perry
Bernard Murphy
Manchester
England
Immigration Service
Murphy
Lilly
Court orders transfer of funds amid unincorporated Legion issue
Judge Walter B. y issued a court order directing Alabama authorities to handle a transfer involving 35,000 native accounts amid questions over the unincorporated Legion department’s ownership. Officials were advised the transfer could proceed only with proper signatures and legal authorization.
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Montgomery
Alabama
Deer befriends flock on Holswade farm in Spencer
In Spencer West Virginia a peculiar scene unfolds as a small deer tames a flock of sheep at Holswade farm. Eyays Lort reports the animal has formed an unlikely companionship with the sheep over several months, a curious case influenced by a shared model airplane hobby.
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Spencer
W. Va
Holswade Farm
Eyays
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