North Carolina English Teachers Meet at UNC in May
More than 100 high school English teachers from Asheville to Wilmington and college representatives will attend the High School English Teachers Conference at the University of North Carolina May 1 and 2. Dr George R Coffman will chair with Prof Earl Hartsell as secretary. Committees on composition grammar reading literature and electives include Marguerite Herr Celeste Penny Frances Ledbetter and Cathleen Pike. The conference aims to shape recommendations for the Twelve Year Study Group curriculum revision. Registration begins Friday at 3 pm at the Carolina Inn with sessions at the Inn Peabody Hall and Graham Memorial.
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Chapel Hill
Asheville
Wilmington
University of North Carolina
George R. Coffman
University English
Earl Hartsell
North Carolina Education Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Marguerite Herr
Durham
Celeste Penny
Raleigh
Frances Ledbetter
Rocky Mount
Cathleen Pike
Greensboro
Carolina Inn
the Inn
Peabody Hall
Graham Memorial
Gerrard Hall
Graham Memorial Grill
Lenoir Hall
R. B. House
Saunders Hall
Lessons In English And Language Notes By Gordon
A fragment from a newspaper column outlines English usage tips and vocabulary notes. It includes guidance on pronouncing and spelling misused words and a quoted line about gaining vocabulary through practice. The piece then shifts to a short local item from Indianapolis about Seaman Daniel J. O'Neil, 19.
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Macaulay
Ndianapolis
Daniel J. O'Neil
Mexican Masquerade Ends in Explosive Island Fallout
Allan, Kay, and Escobar foil Nazi plans on a Caribbean island. De Fontanelle sacrifices himself to thwart a German attack, while Asia is captured and Dr. Sargent is rescued. Allan frees Kay and the old scientist, then ventures to secure Asia’s prison shed as the island erupts.
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Allan
Escobar
Kay
Estobar
Asia
Germany
Watanabe
Senor
Pierre
de Fontanelle
Daricn
France
Senorita
Paris
Rurales
Big Island
Jad
Dr. Sargent
Poona
Peninsula
Ahan
Sir Veto and the Fateful Fountain Fall at Monument
In Indianapolis, a man treated for head and shoulder bruises claimed he fell from a railing into the soldiers and sailors monument fountain, which was dry, after going to sleep. The otherwise unrelated note references “Sir Veto” Andrew Jackson as a nickname for vetoing many congressional bills.
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Indianapolis Naval Armory
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument
Andrew Jackson
United States
Wilkie Mahoney a gag man in Hollywood spotlight
In Hollywood Wilkie Mahoney the lone gag specialist keeps a low profile yet shapes mov ie scripts for MGM and Warner Brothers He adapts George Washington Slept Here into movement and humor while bantering with director William Keighley and stars Ann Sheridan and Jack Benny Mahoney eschews clipping and piracy, valuing ideas from psychology and semantics over pasted jokes. He rose from vaudeville via Santa Clara University to Hollywood writing jokes and selling them for five dollars each.
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Hollywood
Wilkie Mahoney
Mahoney
M-G-M
Warner Brothers
George Washington
George Saufman
Moss Hart
Butt
Wilkie
William Keighley
Ann Sheridan
Jack Benny
Benny
Miss Sheridan
United States
Rans
Santa Clara University
Summerville
Captain Billy
Look and Learn by A. Gordon and Farm vignette
Read questions on geography word usage and U S House records with answers. Includes a 1942 farm item from Clay Center about Perrill agitating hens with a horn to lure them to bed, and a 1939 tuberculosis death rate for Mississippi compared to 1938.
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A. D. Clay Center
Eas
Harlan Perrill
Mississippi
How Can I Renew an Old Man After Washing
A reader asks how to revive an old mop after washing. Answer: coat a tin box with paraffin oil or a mix of linseed oil and turpentine, then place the mop inside and seal for 48 hours.
Egypt Tomb Finds Powdered Root Ore Extracts
Archaeologists uncover a fragmentary report noting 2 ounces of powdered orris root and 4- ounce cassia extract along with 4¢ ounce jas mines ice discovered in an ancient Egyptian tomb. The find is described without speculation on its purpose or origin.
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Kay Sargent
Copreictr
Then
MEA Service. Inc
Doc Bond
Versailles
Ké Hogg
Elf-St
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Harrison
New York
Kings County District Attorney's
John Doe
Tie
Val
Royal Crown
Carolinas
Gordon
U. S
House of Representatives
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Quebec
Joseph G. Cannon
Anne Ashley
White House Coffee
Peo
Home Service Stores
LD Duto Cleanser
Brillo
Lipton’s
Raesin
Torsch’s Fresh
Staley
OLEO
Mary Lex Taylor
Franks Ib
Bologna
Chuck
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Duz
Ivory Snow
Crisco
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