Electrical Fourth Celebrations Spread Across Nation
A New York editorial advocates a safe electric Fourth of July using colored lights and displays instead of fireworks. It notes rising city tests on Riverside Drive with 6000 lights and outlines cost estimates to illuminate parks and public buildings while warning of dangerous fireworks.
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Charles N. Lurie
Little Willie
Mary
Papa
Mamma
New York
America
Riverside Drive
West One Hundred
Sixteenth
West One Hundred and
Nikeneatea Drakches
Merman Ridder
United States
Uncle Sam Eyes Terrapin as Mass Market Food
Bruce K Gordon reports on government efforts to breed diamond back terrapins to lower prices and boost supply. The piece covers terrapin biology in Malaclemmys palustris, market prices from $4 to $6 a plate, and concerns over mislabeling in high end restaurants.
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United States Commissioner of Fisheries
George M. Bowers
Congressional
Nova Scotia
Maladlemmys Palustris
Palustris
Simon Pure
Beaufort
N. C
Turtle
Grace Strachan Emerges As Possible National Education Leader
Grace Charlotte Strachan, a New York city school official, is openly discussed as a potential president of the National Educational Association at its Chicago convention July 6 to 12. Her advocacy for equal pay for women teachers and the recent NY teachers fund drive boosted her profile, though she denies being an aspirant.
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America
Grace Charlotte Strachan
New York
National Educational Association
Miss Strachan
Women Teachers
New York City
Chicago
Carroll G. Pearse
Milwaukee
Wis
Martina
Association
Ella Flagg Young
United States
Interborough Association
Women Teachers of
Miss Strac
Board of Education of
Brooklyn
Mise Strachan
Buffalo
Pwr
Walton
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USA
John Adams
Uae
American Press Association
Uncle Sam
Roper
Ture
University Club
Fifth Avenue
Costa
North American
Cape Cod
Texas
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
North Carolina
J. P. Morgan
Bruce K Gordon
American Museum of Natural History
Migs Grace
Strachan
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