Teaching the three R's in modern schools debated
The Llano News questions expanding the curriculum beyond reading writing and arithmetic arguing that basics lose share of classroom time. It urges restraint on new subjects including cooperative marketing and notes a Taylor tragedy sparked by a street loafing boy, suggesting disturbing social causes behind the violence.
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Federal Bureau of Education
Department of Rural Education
National Education Association
Friends of the Children
Taylor
The
Llano News
Local Vendors Urge Support For Home Merchants
Fredericksburg residents urged to buy from home merchants to boost the community economy. The Clarksville Times is cited for the viewpoint, noting that street pedlars selling produce often send earnings back to their origins.
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Fredericksburg
Clarksville Times
Clarksville
Fire prevention push and defense calls ring through Clarksville
The piece urges residents to clean premises for fire safety during Fire Prevention Week and notes calls for a national defense department. It covers Governor Ferguson’s request, Colonel Mitchell’s Senate testimony on air power and defense needs, and critiques of military services alongside warnings about neglect and danger.
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Ferguson
Mitchell
Department of National Defense
Army Air Service
Army
Navy Air Services
Morrow
American Air Organization
Atlantic
Pacific
Great Britain
Nova Scotia
Europe
United States
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Chief
Beauty pageant head blasts women as dumb
Armand T. Nichols, director general of the Atlantic City pageant, denounces modern beauties as "beautiful but dumb." He criticizes scant clothes bobbed hair cosmetics and wild parties as defining features of today’s pretty girl.
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Nichols
Armand T. Nichols
Atlantic City
Honor Farm Abolished At Imperial State Prison
Houston reports the Pat Neff honor farm at Imperial state prison near Snegartad is abolished by the prison board. 45 escapes have occurred, with 14 in September, and 79 inmates remain as trusties with prior privileges. 117 started, 173 added, 290 placed on the honor roll, 122 discharged or paroled.
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Houston
Pat M. Neff
Imperial State Prison
Snegartad
Walter Sayles
Honor Farm
Sayles
Neff
Imperial State Farm
Pat Neff
W. J. Flanagan
Gas to Win War Says General Fries At ROA Meet
Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries warned at the Reserve Officers Association convention that future wars will hinge on chemical warfare. He urged rapid gas use to force peace and emphasized surprise, mask gaps, and the chaos a gas attack could cause in a city. He argued treaties would be scraps once modern methods prevail.
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Kansas City
Amos A. Fries
Chemical Warefare Department
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States
General Fries
Vieter
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America
Washington
William Mitchell
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France
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England
Caribbean
Japan
Asia
Alaska
Honolulu
Seattle
Wash
Quick Tire
Quick Tire Service
E. Arhelger
Schroeder Bros
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