News Of Interest To Colored People YWCA Calendar
The YWCA calendar lists weekly events for the Colored community including Bridge, pinochle, Slimnastics with Mrs. Fannie Atkinson, and Young Adults meetings led by Mrs. Mary Blackburn. A Cherokee trip to see Unto These Hills is planned for Saturday July 27 with tickets via the Y office or 61321. A tea for Miss Fredericka Thomas at 1813 Leonard St. is noted. Summer activities wind down with sports and games at Washington St. Park.
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Fannie Atkinson
Mary Blackburn
Cherokee
YWCA
Fredericka Thomas
Leonard St
City Union
Washington St. Park
Psychiatrist Kills Self After Stabbing Wife in Hamden
In Hamden Connecticut on July 20 Dr Theodore Soler 46 a prominent psychiatrist and recent mental hospital patient stabbed his wife Dorothy 34 with an ice pick and then shot himself as police surrounded the home Mrs Soler who was a guest fled the house and warned officers of the threat She survived in poor condition at Grace New Haven Hospital The couple had no children from their current marriage and Soler previously had a son and a daughter from a prior marriage He had connections to Harvard Yale Columbia and other institutions and had worked at Connecticut Alcoholism Hospital This tragedy followed a brief stay in Hartford a month earlier
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Meriden
Oye
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Yale
Columbia
Washingtonian Hospital
Boston
Seneetane Memortal
New
Connecticut
Retriatectration Hospital
Farmers Leave Farm To Work
Summit Mississippi report shows only two of 275 farmers earn everything from farming. Frank Watkins, rural mail carrier, studied patrons and found all others supplement farm income with industrial or commercial work.
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Summit, Miss
Frank Watkins
Summit
One Year Test Shows Soil Bank Cuts Cropland Substantially
Washington reports the soil bank subsidy reduced overproduction by about 46 percent. Farmers retired 28 million acres under the program authorized last year, with payments ranging from 18 to 220 dollars per acre. Overall cropland reductions averaged 53 dollars per acre in effectiveness, while crops like corn wheat cotton rice and tobacco saw notable acreage drops.
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Washington
Soil Bank
Congress
Agriculture Department
Heart Research Boosted Across Duke UNC and Bowman Gray
Dr James V Warren at Duke studies gallop rhythm diagnostic value. Dr Robert Vann at Bowman Gray investigates rheumatic fever treatment to boost resistance to strep. Dr Dan A Martin at UNC assesses emotions impact on heart disease. Dr William Lynn at Duke aims to lower blood fat to reduce arteriosclerosis risk. American Heart Association funds 2.25 million for 12 months ending June 30 1958 via Heart Fund Drive in February.
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James V. Warren
Duke
Robert Vann
Bowman Gray
Dan A. Martin
UNC
William §. Lynn
American Heart Association
Subsidized scientist praised for early recognition of cost-saving methods
Napoleon III endorsed Henri Sainte-Cl Ville as a pioneering scientist whose work aimed at lowering production costs. The note highlights imperial support for innovative methods to reduce expenses in industrial production.
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Napoleon III
Henri Sainte-Clville
Cement Strike Halves Production Across Regions
A nationwide cement strike cuts output by about half with 70 of 140 plants shut and 16 000 of 26 000 workers on strike. Some settlements reached with 10 firms. supplies tighten in the East and South while western and Caribbean sources fill gaps. Construction slows from New Jersey to Florida as projects halt or rely on scarce cement.
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Carswell Air Force Base
Unplanned Lean Sways Pisa Tower History
The Leaning Tower of Pisa began tilting during construction and sank, eventually leaning about 16 percent off true, tipping roughly one foot more over the last century.
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Pisa
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