London Prepares for Gayety Round During Coronation
London, May 4 London readies for coronation gaiety with 250000 extra beer barrels and heavy stocks of champagne wine and liquor. Hotels expect American chorus girls and two nights of extreme revelry. River parties and night clubs promise a festive London as crowds celebrate the king's coronation.
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London
South Sea Islands
Samuel Pepys
Charis I
West End
Thames
Pepys
Mitchell wins Pulitzer Prize for Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell in Atlanta receives the Pulitzer Prize for her Civil War novel Gone With the Wind. The award includes $1,000 cash and places her among a distinguished group of winners since 1918.
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New York
Margaret Mitchell
Atlanta
Georgia
Miss Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Trustees
Columbia University
Moss Hart
George S. Kaufman
Burns Mantle
New York Daily News
St. Louis
Post-Dis
Journalism awards and new Columbia advisory board members
The piece lists journalism award recipients including a New York Times correspondent and others for reporting on Harvard’s centenary and various works. It notes five winners sharing a $1000 prize and announces new Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism advisory board members replacing the late Mar Hen Pew and Rollin Ogden.
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St. Louis
Anne O'Hare McCormick
New York Times
J. John W. Owens
Baltimore Sun
John O'Neill
New York Herald-Tribune
William J. Laurence
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Gobind Behari Lal
Universal Service
David Dietz
Serious-Howard
Harvard University
D. Batchelor
New York Daily News
United States
New England
van Wyck Brooks
Hamilton Fish
Allan Nevins
Robert Frost
William Allen White
The
Emporia Gazette
Walter Lippman
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
Mar- Hen Pew
Rolln Ogden
Californian collects historic pigskin indentures museum style
San Francisco dealer P Fred Darvill owns a vast bank of ancient indentures and pigskin mortgages. The hand written collection, dating back to 1852, fills a law book store and is believed to be the only one of its kind. India’s death toll rose to 6.3 million last year with fevers and dysentery among leading causes.
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San Francisco
Fred Darvill
Law Book
Darvill
Folk Dancing Needs to Be Revived Teachers Say
Denver based report notes Central District Physical Education convention speakers from 11 states urge revival of folk dancing. Frank Evans calls for participation boosts and few knockdowns to spark interest. Elizabeth Dunkel says schools should teach modern dance rhythm. Alfred Anderson supports co-physical education and cites gender attitudes in youth sports.
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Denver,p
Central District Physical Education Association
Frank Evans
Cheyenne Mountain
Colorado Springs
Elizabeth Dunkel
University of Kansas Physical Education Department
Alfred ©. Anderson
St. Louis
Association
Doomed Man Health Back After Dog Powered Trek
Karl Lindauer saved his life with a caninobile a dog drawn home on wheels traveled in the southwest after Asheville doctors predicted a year to live in 1931. Now at 45 he commands a four wheeled vehicle powered by 20 dogs and travels up to 18 miles daily in Arizona New Mexico forests.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Karl Lindauer
Asheville
N.C
Lindauer
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma City Whipping Tied to Student's Death
Oklahoma City officials plan an investigation into school punishment methods after 12 year old Wilson Oliver, who had recently been whipped for truancy, shot himself with his father's shotgun. The boy's father earlier whipped him, and a note on the body mentioned the act. The case involves teachers and a school principal who witnessed the spanking as part of truancy discipline.
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Oklahoma City
Wilson Oliver
Evert Crismore
O. O. Oliver
Risom
Oliver
Tam
Otto Rose
Wilbur Wilcox
Leo B. Dolan
Nina N. Oliver
Noliceman
Franklin School
Wilcox
Hot Bricks Aid Alimony Sit-Downers Insulation
Longmont Colorado May 4 a 29 year old woman Genevieve Johnson known as the alimony sit downer with bricks hot cream and a tarpaulin for warmth sheltered under a rocking chair at her father in law’s home. Neighbors and patrolmen checked on her through the night while she insisted on $6.70 weekly separate maintenance from her estranged husband Ralph.
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Longmont
Colo
Genevieve Johnson
Gus Johnson
Costs for RA rural homes cut in half in south and north
The Resettlement Administration plans to pare average rural home costs on federal resettlement projects to 1200 dollars in the south and 2100 dollars in the north. Officials say the move to use skilled labor outside relief rolls will reduce expenses, as unskilled relief labor had driven up building costs.
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Washington
South
Resettlement Administration
New Federal Judge Finds Time for Play Oklahoma City
Alfred P. Murrah, sworn in as the nation's youngest federal judge at 33, balances duties with family time. Born near Tishomingo, he rode freight trains, worked odd jobs, and supported himself through high school and law school, earning the nickname "Gold Fish" for his hair before it shortened to "Fish." He now presides in Oklahoma City's fourth federal district, earning ten thousand dollars a year and focusing on briefs and decisions while enjoying home life.
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Murrah
United States
Alfred FP
Oklahoma
Tishomingo
Okla
Odd Ibs
Half Moon
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotas
Tuttle
University of Oklahoma
Alfred P. Murrah
Paul
Ann
Secretary Wallace Seeks Big Cut in Housing Costs
Secretary Wallace says the department plans drastic cuts in housing and farmstead unit costs. He states it may allow providing for twice as many needy farm families at the same total cost.
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Wallace
Old men find haven at Tulips Camp near Aberdeen
Twenty seven elderly men, each aged 63 and over, live at Camp Tulips on the Washington coast. Operated by the welfare department and self-supporting, they pay under 15 dollars monthly with voluntary work and few rules. The site uses former federal transient camp quarters and residents subsist on pensions slightly above twenty dollars a month.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Camp Tulips
Washington State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
U.S. Pays Many $1000 Low Salaries Across Government
Budget bureau figures show roughly three workers earning under $1,000 for every one earning above $5,000. For each $10,000+ salary, 259 fall below $1,000. January 31 1957 lists cover about half of federal workers with average annual pay $1,860. most common bracket shows $1,440. Among 396,518 employees reported, 23,087 earned under $1,000, 6201 earned $5,000+, and 189 earned $10,000 or more.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Tovernment
Hula Pioneer Honored in San Jose California
Mrs. A Teidlermann claims to have introduced the hula to the United States and recently marked her 93rd birthday in San Jose California. In the 1880s she traveled to Hawaii learned the dance and performed it at a party in San Jose.
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San Jose
Calif
A. Teidlermann
United States
Hermann
Hawaii
Young Artist Eunice Norton Performs in University Recital
Eunice Norton a piano prodigy from New York City gave a University Music Week Young American Artists program recital in Lawrence. She displayed reverence for composers and a rich piano tone, especially in Brahms Op 76 pieces and Stravinsky Petrouchka Suite. Encore included Chopin Mazurka and Liszt Concert Etude. Norton and her mother traveled from Minneapolis to attend before Norton plans a brief stay in Newark. School Progress Slowed by Boundary Changes and Funding for Education Survey findings from ten states outline federal education bureau cost-efficiency efforts.
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University
Eunice Norton
New York City
Mozart
Chopin
Brahms
Miss Norton
Stravinsky
Minneapolis
Lawrence
Heme
Newark
Washington
Federal Bureau of Education
Cheyenne Seeds Pioneering Hybrid Tomatoes
Researchers in Cheyenne focus on cross breeding tomatoes from Germany and South America to produce an early maturing, superior variety aimed at increasing school organization efficiency through improved crop performance.
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Germany
South America
Cheyenne
Tucker Isms marks Music Week feature in Lawrence
Dean Swarthout of the University of Kansas Fine Arts department leads the annual Music Week events in Lawrence as forty bands from Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Colorado join a Friday parade at 4 30 pm. The conventions committee of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce coordinates youth band care and local firms underwrite expenses as the city cheers for a greater than ever Music Week.
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Dean Swartkh
University of Kansas Fine Arts Department
Lawrence
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Colorado
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce
Dean Swarthout
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