Female Ham Operates Chicago's Highest Radio Station
Grace Ryden, president of the Young Ladies Radio League and head of RACES in Chicago, runs the city's highest ham station with a 140 foot antenna at the President Hotel. She helps lead a new joint station at Gompers Park Fieldhouse capable of 100 mile transmissions, aiming for coast to coast. Ryden just earned a $300 radio repair scholarship and stresses preparedness for any disaster.
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Chicago
Grace Ryden
Ryden
Young Ladies Radio League
Midwest
Radio Amateur
President Hotel
Gompers Park Fieldhouse
Twisted Root Antidote in India Gains Global Interest
For 3000 years the twisted root rauwolfia serpentina from India has been used as an antidote and sedative. Dr. Rustom Jal Vakil cites 3000 hypertension treatments over 14 years and doctors worldwide test its hypotensive alkaloids. The root is said to calm the nervous system and improve sleep and appetite.
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Washington
India
Rauwolfia
Bombay
Rustom Jal Vakil
American Heart Association
Piano Remains Core Instrument in American Music Education
Chicago report from the American Music Conference finds piano still the basic starting instrument for students. A poll of 1,000 instrumental directors shows 7,500,000 children learning to play, with brass strings reeds and percussion rising in popularity.
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Chicago
American Music Conference
Air Force tests smaller drag parachutes for B 47 landings
Washington reports the Air Force is equipping B 47 bombers with 16 inch drag parachutes to shorten landing approach, complementing the existing braking chutes. The new parachutes were developed at the Wright Air Development Center in Dayton Ohio.
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Washington
Air Force
Wright Air Development Center
Air Research and Development Command
Dayton
Ohio
Local clubs hold social events and meetings in Martinsville area
The Christian Service Guild met at Clarence Hawker's home with Rosamond Coldren presiding. Ruth Miller lectured on India Pakistan and Ceylon. Numerous residents attended weekly gatherings and dinners hosted by Mr and Mrs Smitley and other families. The Women's Christian Temperance Union announced a January luncheon at the Christian Church. Several social visits and canasta parties occurred among local families. An electric deicer for stock tanks was noted as a future aid.
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Christian Service Guild _of Zion Emmanuel church
Clarence Hawker
Rosamond Coldren
Ruth Miller
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Lucille Ziegler
Violet Beard
Mildred Hirschman
Louise Tingley
Maxine Davidson
Una Boyer
Evelyn Smitley
Mary Spires
Vernice Tingley
Jean Miller
Wanda Finkbiner
Helen Finkbiner
Verna Finkbiner
Wilma Gelsert
Prudy Payne
Carol Davidson
Alice Finkbiner
Rosemary Pellum
Violet Miller
Norma Murphy
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Christian Church
Vera Hight
Clarence Tingley
Uneirhome
Ralph Tingley
Edgar Tingley
Terre Haute
Wayne Tingley
Casey
Kenneth “Tingley
Virginia
Judy
Went Terre Haute
Ralph Hawker
Raymond Hills
of Marshall
Guy Tingley
Charles Tingley
Walter Magill
Fred Tingley
Jake Miller
Larry
Janette
Allot Marshall
Raymond Tingley
Ernest Tingley
Robert Stout
West Union Route
E Whittier
California
Freedom and responsibility in a world of choice
From behind the Iron Curtain a definition of freedom is offered showing the Communist concept as freedom from having to choose. The piece contrasts this with Western freedom as the right to choose and the duty to use that right wisely, honoring those who died for peace.
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Frew
Bassett and
Henry County Journal
Bassett
Virginia
Nerberne
Democrat
Miexerri
Advanced tools cannot avert world chaos say experts
A Catskill Mountain Star article argues that despite rapid communication and transport advances, mankind still faces global instability. It notes early mailing and careful shopping reduce rush, improve service, and spread Christmas spirit, urging calm and deliberate action.
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Catskill Mountain Star
Saugerties
New York
The Big Train Ride
Ten year old George eagerly follows a freight train robbery sighting near Wilson's Creek. He helps restrain a crew and later aids an injured brakeman named Monty who recovers, earning George a free express train pass.
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George
Wilson's Creek
Wilson’s Creek
Shelbyville
Cossion
Monty
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Joe Macey
Harold Stover
Oscar Kirchner
Elmer ‘Renner
Ed Parker
Burton Cline
Charles Bush
Joe Smitley
Robert Smitley
Dorothy Altmeyer
Charles White
Wayne Turner
Gene Clark
Don Smitley
John Athey
Wm. Smitley
George Butcher
Isons
Dennis A. Cooper
Jeff Payne
Marshall
Don &. Carpenter
Charleston
George Payne
Jim Lowry
Claudia
Mike and
Kay
Effie Blankenbeker
Floyd Bullard
Martinsville
Harold Miller
Mra
Don Rhoades
Windgate, Pennsylvania
Leland Stanley
Janet
Jill
James Rheem
David Lowry
Leroy McNary
Chester Kurts
C. L. Cunningham
Joe Thiel
Paris
John Wieland
Wm. Lackey
Paul Arney
Frank Saiter
Felicia Lowry
Grendel Bennett
Irene Cline
Louise Cork
Ray Burkybile
Mae Shade
Harry Burkybile
Carolyn
Dale
Max
Mary Ann
Hobart Burkybile
Lois
Carl
Walter
Earl
Orval Lindley
Leon
Potomac, Ill
Kenneth Tingley
Toby Woods
Eugene Schmalhausen
Robinson
John McCauley
Arch Davidson
Donnie
Jackie
Fred Davidson
Douglas
Tim
Fred
Ben Salter
Lola Ann
Herman Cork
O. L. Gurley
James Drummond
Timothy
Woman's Club
Walter Fawley
Lena Hirsch
Ralph Jackson
Danny
John Adams
Frank Adams
John Newberry
Mrs
Fred Strohm
Laura Dill
Charles Dill
Harold Noyes
Woodrow Hendrix
Tim Bennett
Gertie Nickles
Norma Graves
Nick Veach
Elizabeth Austin
Emery Bloodworth
Dennis Cooper
Glen Stroud
Jean Harris
Ed Zimmerly
John Rademaker
Frank Gunder
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Martin Tarble
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Stella Clem
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Fred Davidson and Sons
Herald
Sterne Lane
Omaren
House
Senate
Select Committee
Congress
United States
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Prince
Sen [A
Bo Bey
Auswee
Cetela
Jay
Scorch
Belcre
Blair Miaicis
Seaport
Pau
the Baffles
Mahoney
F. L. Rowley
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