War rewires schools to teach global citizenship and economy
Washington April 29 educators outline new war era curricula focusing on global economics geography and citizenship. leaders like W Studebaker and John Guy Fowlkes push regear lessons to cover international relations and contemporary problems beyond traditional capitals and texts.
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Jane Eads
Washington
John Guy Fowlkes
University of Wisconsin
Direcor
Committee On
Studebaker
Bess Goodykoontz
Eee
Esa
Mine Caverns Imperil Lives Of Thousands
NE Pennsylvania residents live in daily fear as abandoned coal mine tunnels beneath towns like Pittston Scranton St Clair and Jessup threaten to collapse. Citizens urge state funding for filling shafts and tunnels and seek criminal prosecutions of coal firms for negligence.
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Raymond Wilcove
International News Service
Harrisburg
INS
Pittston
Scranton
St. Clair
Jessup
Pennsylvania
Jam coming up in June in New York
The War Food Administration announces 416 million pounds of jam will be in retail outlets by June. Most will be grape jelly plum preserves citrus marmalades and berry jams. Strawberry jam will be scarce due to a poor harvest.
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New York
War Food Administration
Vera Mae escapes raid after low flight over Brunswick
Fort Vera Mae, returning from a raid on Brunswick, Germany, flew at 50 feet to shake off fighters. German anti aircraft fire knocked out two engines and damaged the nose while stones were hurled at the aircraft from the ground. Crew members describe farmers leaping from wagons as the plane skimmed over Dutch territory en route home.
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England
Ins
Brunswick
Germany
Lee A. Bevers
Henry
S. D
Bru
Bevers
Tech
Joseph J. Miskel
Sugar Notch
Guy E. Kennedy
Evans City
Holland
Brooklyn youth shaved by magistrate shocks London edition
The famous Brooklyn youth forced to shave his scraggly mustache by Magistrate John DeAndrea has drawn Atlantic attention. The London Daily Mail editorially ponders if Schickelgruber might have been shaped differently under J. D. DeAndrea.
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New York
Brooklyn
John DeAndrea
Atlantic
London Daily Mail
Schickelgruber
J. D
Monkey Devours Mosquitoes Instead Of Monkeys
ATLANTIC CITY N J INS Science faced a tough problem when trying to use mosquitoes to infect monkeys. Des Plaines Valley Ill sanitary engineer J Lyell Clarke told the 31st annual New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association convention that in screened cages with about 5000 mosquitoes the monkeys ate the insects before any disease could pass. He hopes to reveal a better approach but will not disclose details.
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Atlantic City
N. J
INS
J. Lyell Clarke
Des Plaines Valley
Ill
Clarke
New Jersey
Chicago
Synod Names Officers at Greenville Meeting
The general synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church met in Greenville South Carolina on April 28 4 P M electing Dr R A Lummus of Edgemore as Moderator and designating Due West as the 1945 meeting site Dr Lummus succeeds B G Pressly The session adjourns tomorrow morning.
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SYNOD
Greenville
S. C
General Synod of Thesociate Reformed Presbyterian Church
R. A. Lummus
Edgemore
Due West
Dr. Lummus
B. G. Pressly
How Do I Look Boys Headquaters Panama Canal
Coast artillery bar racks halted an impromptu fashion review when Sergt Warren D Munro of Geneva Indiana modeled a pin striped blue worsted civilian suit for fellow soldiers. The scene drew laughs as many tried it on before the incident was stopped by inspecting authorities. The piece notes a prewar statistic about U S imports of the world's car output.
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Panama Canal
INS
Taps
Coast Artillery Command
Sergt
Warren D. Munro
Geneva
Ind
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