Kenosha Welcomes Hudson Assembly With Push for Diversified Industry
Residents celebrate American Motors Corporation adding Nash vehicle assembly here while urging continued attraction of small plants to stabilize employment. City leaders praised harmony over conflict at a recent dinner meeting, promoting peaceful cooperation to lure industry and boost the local economy. Home improvement do it yourself ads rise, and households seek practical fixes as they pursue new ideas to aid family life.
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Hudson
Kenosha
American Motors Corporation
Nash
Dual Valedictorians at Kenosha High School
In 1939 Kenosha High School names Marion Witt and Helen Overholt as co valedictorians for the second straight year. Also noted are senior class activities, a picnic for Administrative Women in Education, and local births and civic events.
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Kenosha High School
Marion Witt
Helen Overholt
Women In Education
Petrifying Springs
Marie Keating
Elizabeth Hood
Racine
Margaret Telfar
Signe Corneliusen
Richard Mikkelson
Rt. 2
St. Catherine’s Hospital
United Workers’ Class of the Christian Church
Charles Evans
Elks Club
Frisco Weighs Cable Car Future Amid Protests
San Francisco faces a Public Utilities Commission plan to abandon about half the cable lines leaving only 5 percent of track. Citizens protest as the city weighs the fate of its iconic hill railroad founded by Hallidie in 1869 and the 1873 cable car system.
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Washington
San Francisco
Public Utilities Commission
Golden Gate
National Geographic Society
Yerba Buena
California
Gold Coast
United Nations
Andrew Smith Hallidie
London
Hallidie
Clay Street Hill
Kearny Street
San Cisco
Truckers See Sea and Sky Transport Shift Under ICC
The ICC studies would permit the McLean trucking firm to buy the S. C. Loveland steamship line to form a Sea-Land service moving loaded trailers coast to coast. A $50 million plan includes four Bethlehem Steel ships, carrying 286 trailers at near 30 mph, with Army Transportation Corps backing as a defense measure.
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Douglas Larsen
NEA
Washington
U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Atlantic
McLean Trucking Firm
S. C. Loveland Steamship Line
McLean
Bethlehem Steel
Army Transportation Corps
Army
U. S
Fairchild Aircraft Corp
Understanding nervous breakdowns and mental illness
The doctor explains differences among nervous breakdown, nerve tension, and nervous exhaustion, stressing that causes vary and help comes from psychotherapy, rest, physical therapy, and support. He urges sympathy over criticism, noting many recover to normal life and return to loved ones.
Quotations on Freedom and Equality from 20th Century Officials
Statements from Eisenhower Dulles Wright and Warren address freedom unity and equality. They touch on negotiating with Russia over Germany Austria Korea Indo China and atomic energy while condemning urban ugliness and upholding "separate but equal" denunciation.
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Russia
Germany
Austria
Korea
Indo-China
Atomic Energy
Dulles
Frank Lloyd Wright
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Robot word origin and U.S. political trivia quiz
The Q and A cover origins of the term robot by Karel Capek and trivia on U S statehood, burial sites, presidential service in the House, and Civil War ironclads. It notes Capek used robot for soulless mechanical characters and recalls Westminster Abbey, the Monitor victory, and counts of states and presidents with House service.
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Karel Capek
Mary, Queen of Scots
Westminster Abbey
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Monitor
Australia Depends On Fabulous Dogs
Henry McLemore reports on Australian sheep dogs the Border Collie and Kelpie, noting their crucial role in the wool industry. He describes the dogs’ work, training, and brutal conditions, including long hours, harsh discipline, and limited rewards, as well as the dogs’ devotion and rare moments of human kindness.
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Sydney
Australia
Jimmy Bennett
Vancouver
Jimmy
Bessie
McNaught Syndicate, Incorporated
Mirror Reflection Echoes Social Pressure in Vacation Yearning
A reflective remark on how people judge appearances in social circles and the tedium of idle status as the speaker notes the ongoing curiosity about when the next vacation arrives. The dialogue frames a social critique using a shy child’s question about breaks.
We the Women Act Differently When Men Aren’t Around
A critical look at how women behave in all female gatherings. The piece argues women become prissy and competitive without men present, gossip increases, and intellectual openness drops. It suggests bravado and social signaling peak in all female company, with fear of intelligence and judgment from other women.
Indian Mothers Carried Babies in Papoose Cases
Explorers note that many North American tribes used papoose boards or cases to carry infants. Methods varied by region, including bark, buffalo skin, basketwork, and hanging cradles. baskets served as seats in California and Oregon.
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North America
New England
Roger Williams
Williams
Narragansett
Alaska
Mackenzie River
Canada
Plains
British Columbia
California
Oregon
Color blindness and neighborliness surveys cited in brief
Psychologist Alphonse Chapanis notes one in fifteen men are color blind affecting red and green perception. The Gutman Scale tests neighborliness through daily interaction questions. Life expectancy gains for women since 1900 shift widowhood odds. by age sixty, three times as many widows as widowers.
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Alphonse Chapanis
South Holds To Three No Trump In Spade Stopper Play
Bridge notes detail South with 21 points failing to bid two no trump, North supporting with spade stopper. South reaches three no trump but East misreads, allowing declarer to secure 10 tricks with clubs, diamonds, spades, and heart. Strategic misplays and misreadings show instinct over science.
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South
North
East
West
Declarer
Manners to Handle Nosey Questions and Shifting Life Expectancies
An advice column urges brief polite responses to nosy inquiries and notes a doctor’s claim that average life expectancy for women has risen. It adds that as pedestrians, women also have longer lifespans.
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Otto Bernacchi
Paul LeMay
Joseph Navorchick
Helmuth Sturm
Myrtle Krueger
Barbara Copler
Florence Wadsworth
Jeanette Peters
Velma Bruner
Margaret Madison
Dorothy Dietz
Ruth Moehrke
Armeda Graziani
Fern Perry
Johanna Frederickson
Ruth Schneider
Mary Nicolai
Sylvia Johnson
Gladys Kalozinski
Josephine Jacoby
Rhode Opera House
P. S. Zimmers
Berlin, Wis
Board of Education
W. H. Hammill
R. E. Mailer
Frisco
Juan Bautista de Anza
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York Central
New Haven
the Doctor
Edwin P. Jordan, M.D
NEA Service
Eisenhower
Henry McLemore
Brown
George
Annette
Albert Edward Wiggam, D. Se
Science
Oswald Jacoby
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