Why Johnny flunked out and what to do about it
Roane county study by L D Moore investigates why West Virginia pupils fail in school. The plan analyzes state records showing 50.3 percent of graded pupils in 1939 40 linked one or more classes and aims to cut failures and save county costs by extending research into remedial measures across one room and adequate schools with understanding teachers and those at wit's end.
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Spencer
Johnny
L. D. Moore
Roane County
State Department of Education
West Virginia
Roane
Moore
Commonwealth
Logan Youth Sees Bull Fight
In Logan Aug 28 a soldier Orville Barker serving at Fort MacArthur San Pedro Calif writes to his mother that bull fights seem silly to him. He recalls ten friends traveling out of the U S for the event and describes the arena routine with a red cloth tiring the bull and performers.
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Logan
Mom
Orville Barker
Fort MacArthur
San Pedro
Calif
Ernest Hemingway
Barker
U.S. A
Fragmented reminiscence of bullfighting and ethnic tensions
The speaker recalls brutal bullfighting practices with a sense of shock and disapproval. He questions why such violence is allowed, contrasts it with a generally good time, and notes witnessing five bulls killed, expressing surprise at differing cultural norms.
Miner Dies in Old Scranton Mine After Warning
In Scranton Pennsylvania on August 27 55 year old John Pernot warned about danger of an old mine before losing his life in the collapse or accident that followed. The incident underscores peril faced by workers amid aging shafts and limited employment options. Pernot’s death highlights safety concerns for miners in older sites and the human cost of unemployment.
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Scranton
John Pernot
Iranian minister says invasion was strategic, not German plot
Confers with Welles Mohammed Schteh, the Iranian minister to the United States, speaks to reporters before a Washington conference with Undersecretary of State Welles. He asserts the Anglo Russian invasion of Iran was driven by military strategy rather than any German subversive activity.
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Mohammed Schteh
U. S
Svwer Welles
Washington
Iran
Miner killed in cave in old strip mine noted by WPA surveyors
WPA surveyors warned it was dangerous to continue digging in an old coal strip operation. Rescue workers pulled Pernot's body from the hole after a cave in suffocated him. Passenger cars worldwide on January 1 totaled 36,343,260 per Commerce. Summer recessions in many industries have been absent this year per Commerce.
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WPA
Pernot
Department of Commerce
American shoes dominate Newfoundland market says Commerce
The Department of Commerce reports that American manufacturers supply about 80 to 90 percent of the men’s and women’s shoes sold in Newfoundland. The line notes the entry of “Mrs. America” in relation to this topic.
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Newfoundland
Department of Commerce
Mrs America Contest Names Jersey City Wife
A contestant in Palisades Park New Jersey is Mrs Blanche McLeod of Jersey City. The fourth annual Mrs America beauty contest aims to prove that married women are as beautiful as single girls.
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Palisades Park
N. J
Blanche McLeod
Jersey City
North Meets South ties Wheeler to Sayler marriage
Frances Lufi Wheeler daughter of Senator Burton K Wheeler wed Allen Sayler an investigator for the Federal Communications Commission at Sandy Springs Maryland on August 15 according to an informal Washington announcement. Neither the senator nor Mrs Wheeler attended the ceremony.
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Frances Lufi Wheeler
Burton K. Wheeler
Allen Sayler
Federal Communications Commission
Sandy Springs
Washington
New Zealand Prime Minister Arrives for White House Talks
New Zealand Prime Minister Peter Fraser arrives at the White House for a conference with the President. He declares New Zealand will stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain as it did in the war effort, pledging strong allied support.
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Peter Fraser
New Zealand
White House
Britain
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Texas
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Supreme Court
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