Scientist Banting to Survey Canadian Medical Research
Sir Frederick Banting noted insulin discoverer will survey medical research facilities across Canada under the Associate Commission on Medical Research. He recently completed the Maritime Provinces survey and will report findings early next year.
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Ont
U.P
Frederick Banting
Frederick
Commission On Medical Research
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Sir Frederick
Canadian Medical Association
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons’ of Canada
Western Canada
Feederick
University of Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
Eastern Canada
Calgary
Regina
Brandon Colege
Naional Research Council
J.cus
New U S Regular Stamps to Be Sold in Coils and Books
The Post Office announces a 1938 regular issue available first in Washington in two coil formats and in stamp books. Coil denominations include 1, 1½, 2, 3, 4, 4½, 5, 6, and 10 cents with first day cancellations. Endwise coils and book panes go on sale January 27 with cutoff orders January 22. Public demand centers on selecting the ten famous Americans to be honored in 1939.
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U. S
Post Office Department
Washington
D. C
Washington, D. C
NEA Service, Inc
Elderly man stalls tax charge over small purchase
In San Diego an old man refused a 20 cent sale with tax and walked out, leaving a dollar on the counter after arguing the clerk’s request for sales tax. The incident shows penny wise and pound foolish behavior in a local store.
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San Diego
Cal
Drugstone
Freshman Dining Habits Prompt Oberlin Budget Review
Oberlin College freshmen eat far more than last year prompting a dining hall budget revision. A matron notes that five gallons of hot breakfast cereal are now needed where one gallon previously sufficed.
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Berlin
Oberlin
Dream leads man to long lost ball in Pennsylvania field
Robert Mitten an 80 year old former Davenport produce dealer said a dream told him where to find a much lost baseball. He followed the dream during a visit with his niece Ruth Henmninger and recovered the spongy ball from a small hole near a brook in Newville Pennsylvania.
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Newville
Robert Mitten
Davenport
Here
Mitten
Ruth Henmninger
Carlisle
Parole Board Under Fire In Local Press
A noisy public debate targets the state parole board as the main public enemy. A released inmate mocks judges of human nature while a prison guard faces trial for shooting an escaping convict. Headline notes warn of Nazi spies facing prison terms.
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Parole Board
Germany
Apprenticeship Plan Endorsed By State Teachers Conference
In Terre Haute Indiana the State Teacher Training conference at Indiana State Teachers College backs apprenticeship as the best training for future teachers. Professors will teach methods while students apprentice under master teachers in a laboratory school setting during their senior year.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Indiana State Teachers College
Teachers College
Eady
Indiana
Thief Known For Stealing Trousers Sentenced
John Hasson described as a trousers thief by Crown Attorney F Malone received a two month sentence in Toronto. Malone noted the suspect’s specialty and a criminal record dating back to 1905.
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Toronto
John Hasson
F. Malone
Malone
Dean Mathews Warns of Threats to Liberty and Constitution
Dean Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago warns at a Pasadena town hall that three American contributions are threatened: religious liberty the written constitution and the written guarantees against bias among nations.
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Pasadena
Cal
Shailer Mathews
Divinity School of the Univerity of Chicago
America
Leaning Lighthouse Psa. Geil Brand Tower Rocks
In Melbourne Australia a lighthouse at Geil Brand Lighthouse suffers foundational damage from heavy seas. The keeper reports the rock’s tilting and the keeper’s wife experiences seasickness.
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Melbourne
Australia
A.P
Loyaly
Psa. Geil Brand
Hit and Run Inquiry After Mont. Collision
Joe Smith asked police to investigate whether he caused a hit and run after claiming a girl collided with his car and fled. He could not tell if he had injured her due to her rapid departure.
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Butte
Mont
U.P
Joe Smith
Peilty
William Jewell to Mark 6th Decade of English Chair
Liberty Missouri Dr John P Fruit professor of English marks 60 years in teaching with 20 years in Kentucky prior to leading the department at William Jewell College starting 40 years ago He is 83 and plans no retirement
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Liberty
William Jewell College
John P. Fruit
Fruit
Kentucky
Toronto Pastor Pitches Young Wives Club for Boredom
Rev. F. Noel Palmer of St. Anni Anglican Church in Toronto proposes a "Young Wives Fellowship" to keep newlyweds busy and socially connected. He cites lonely English precedents and notes many young wives arriving in the city lack friends and purpose, risking desolation without practical aims.
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Toronto
WPRI
F. Noel Palmer
St. Anni Anglican Church
England
Local Social Notes From Linton Area
Mrs Raymond Jones and daughter Luis Jure and Mrs Ray Goodman and daughter Porgy were in Linton Saturday on business. Leonard Ross has returned home after visiting Terre Haute. Mrs Doliie Mathey is in Milwaukee visiting relatives. Mr and Mrs Rusell Holley of Farmerburg visited here Thursday. Mr and Mrs Arthur Rechte and others were guests of Mrs Lloyd Buckalleu Saturday. Miss Kathleen Johnson of Sandborn weekend with Miss Virginia Rumple. Misses Jean Marie Ambs and Edith Purcell returned to Indianapolis after visiting. Miss Doris Rose Goodman of Terre Haute visited Sunday.
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Daugher
Luis Jure
Ray Goodman
Porgy
Linton
Leonard Ross
Terre Haute
Doliie Mathey
Milwaukee
Wis
Rusell Holley
Farmerburg
Arthur Rechte
Helen Henderson
Mary
Lloyd Buckalleu
Kathleen Johnson
Sandborn
Virginia Rumple
Jean Marie Ambs
Edith Purcell
Indianapolis
Doris Rose Goodman
Pastime Costs Lottery Seller in Akron
In Akron Ohio on December 7 James A. Dawson was fined $25 after being charged with possessing lottery slips. He claimed the slips were “just a pastime” and was told to stop selling them. The case highlighted the risk of treating illegal gambling as a hobby.
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Akron
James A. Dawson
C. V. D. Emmons
Dawson
No Statute Governs Bees in Calgary City Tale
A Calgary man asks if he can be forced to keep bees home after neighbors’ bees repeatedly drive him from his own garden. The city clerk finds no local by law addressing bee behavior, leaving a legal gap on handling roaming hives.
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Calgary
Bushrod items recount weekend visits and relatives
Mr and Mrs John Smith and family called on relatives at Marco Sunday afternoon. Lloyd visited his brother Glen Greenwy Friday. Mr and Mrs Gledis Neidigh and family visited Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs Neidighs parents Mr and Mrs Ed Rana in Bloomfield. Miss Maxine Neidigh and Miss Marjorie Campbell were overnight guests of Miss Ruth Ranard Monday.
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John Smith
Marco
Lloyd
Glen Greenwy
Gledis Neidigh
City finances warned of tax jump in 2098
Workers on the Federal Writers' Project have calculated that if the historic rate of growth continues, San Jose's city budget which was 326.60 in 1828 would rise to about 3,000,000 in 2098, highlighting long term tax implications.
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San Jose
Cal
U.P
Federal Writers’ Project
Spinsters' Spree Juices Up McGill Coeds Week
Montreal, Dec. 7. McGill University co eds staged Lade Hawkins Week better known as the Spinsters' Spree. The co eds declared an open season on male students and wooed them instead of waiting to be wooed. They arranged dates and paid for them. Even shy males admitted it was hard to maintain a cool front when escorts bought tickets and held doors at the theater.
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Montreal
Mcc-Gill University
UC scientists show Filtrate Factor changes rat fur color
In Berkeley the University of California Home Economics division reports that rats fed or deprived of Filtrate Factor, a Vitamin B complex component, can change hair color to gray and revert. No human tests have been done.
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Science
Nature Berkeley
Cal
University of California
Ex-Newsies Now Policemen Take Big Brother Role
New Orleans reports that about a quarter of the 850 policemen in the city were former newsboys. Capt. Joseph A. Cassard recalls selling papers to John L. Sullivan for a tip and says many officers once shouted Textral Extra. He adds he once “hated the cops” as a newsboy.
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New Orleans
U.P
Joseph A. Cassard
John L. Sullivan
Cassard
Island City Social Ties Highlight Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Jon Wilson joined Mr and Mrs Wes Hollis and Ellie Wilson in recent gathering. Sallie Goodman from Linton visited relatives in the area, with other guests including Hobart Frederick of White Rose and Codie Wright.
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Wes Hollis
Ellie Wilson
Sallie Goodman
Linton
Jesse Stevens
Ross Frederick
Meg
Hobart Frederick
White Ross
Codie Wright
Everett Cullisone
White Rose
Charlie Figg
Elmer
Ralph Stevens
Rex
Saniny
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