Farmer Builds $1000 Low Cost Home Using Own Labor
A Tuskegee Institute program helps a farmer swap a shabby shack for a four room concrete block bungalow built with native materials and free labor. The $1000 target rose to 1300 with plumbing. the family funds covered most costs while the college supplied the rest. York finished the home in ten months with help from his wife, daughter, and students.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Tuskegee Institute
Institute
F. D. Patterson
Patterson
Creek
Rush York
York
South
College
E. R. Alexander
Woman author from New York writes Arctic exploration book
Miss Jeannette Mirsky, an anthropologist from New York, wrote a praised book on polar exploration after reading private journals of great explorers. She began in 1934 while reading a daily newspaper and spent four years reading sources for the work titled To the Arctic, lauded by Vilhjalmur Stefansson as the best thing ever done on northern exploration.
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New York
Jeannette Mirsky
Buffalo
Arctic
Miss Mirsky
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Surgeon rebuilds face of mouthless baby girl
A Uniontown Pennsylvania dental surgeon at Uniontown hospital performed two delicate operations to free a four pound newborn with jaws fused at the mouth. The first surgery separated jaws and freed the tongue. the second removed excess tissue and freed the jaw. X rays show joint development and intact tooth buds. the infant may now feed normally and develop normally.
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Uniontown
Uniontown Hospital
Leeih
Special Treatment Needed Washing Summer Rayons
Guidance on rayon care notes rayons weaken when wet and require gentler washing and cooler ironing. Press on the wrong side with a cool iron, avoid stretching, and use a pressing cloth to prevent shine while collars and trims may need touch ups.
Agronomist to Collect New Grasses in South America
Dr. R. M. Love of the University of California plans a one year leave to collect new grasses in southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. He aims to find South American stipa varieties and other forage grasses to adapt to California ranges and wheat fields. The trip follows an invitation from the Brazilian government to organize a laboratory in Rio Grande do Sul and study regional farm problems.
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California
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
R. M. Love
University of California College of Agriculture Agronomist
Love
Davis
Rio Grande Do Sul
Brazilian Agriculture Department
Agronomy
Strange Dog Malady Emerges in United States
An acute contagious dog disease, likely virus in origin and distinct from canine distemper, has appeared in the United States with cases in Chicago and Boston and suspected in other cities. Symptoms include fever coughing loss of appetite weakness and death.
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Sweden
United States
American Veterinary Medical Association
Chicago
Boston
American
Electric ventilators for kitchen odor removal
Electric ventilators installed in the outer kitchen wall remove greasy moisture and cooking odors before they permeate the home. They are easy for a contractor to install in new or remodeled houses or apartments.
End of an Era as Quitting Bell Sparks Office Farewells
Jerry Clayton faces a lonely homecoming after his resignation ends a year at the office. He recalls Helen and Grace while walking home to empty rooms and a modernistic furniture set. A street-hawker scene and a moving crew anecdote finish the oddly final day.
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Jerome Clayton
Jerry
Helen
Grace
Charlie
Blind veteran brazenly steals radio then is gifted replacement
In Los Angeles a 73 year old Spanish war veteran allegedly stole a table radio from John R. Sweany while trying to rent a room. The next day Santa Monica dealer Edward A. Krause presented a radio to Sweany. The veteran worried his wife could not afford another radio and was stopped by a neighbor before harm.
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Los Angeles
John R. Sweany
Edward A. ‘Krause
Santa Monica
Sweany
Police Hold Teacher As Fagin Disciple
Dayton Ohio police hold Richard Stiver a 26 year old Conover Ohio teacher at Johnsville New Lebanon high school on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors and directing students to steal auto parts. Eight high school students were arrested for theft of auto accessories in Dayton Brookfield Germantown and Richmond Indiana. Deputies say the class featured diagrams on breaking into cars while Stiver denies the charges.
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Dayton
Ohio
Montgomery County
Richard Stiver
Conover
Johnsville-New Lebanon
Here
Herbert M. Jacobson
Stiver
Brookfield
Germantown
Richmond
Ind
Silver
Randy M. Smith
Hypnotized Autoist Drives Miles Without Mishap
New Brunswick New Jersey Rutgers University psychologist Dr. Griffith W. Williams reports a student was hypnotized and drove several miles with no mishap. Reactions were slower, trance triggered by monotony on parkways, regular traffic light cadence, lane dividers, soft radio music and scenery. A back seat driver can break the trance.
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New Bruncewick
N. J
Griffith W. Williams
Rutgers University
Williams
Rutgers
National Press Club names eight outstanding women
Washington. President Truman will award eight women with the Women’s National Press Club achievement honors for 1947. Recipients include Rebecca West for international journalism, Ingrid Bergman for theater, Helen Rogers Reid for public service, Dr Gerry T Carl for science, Dr Laura Zirbes for education, Jean Stafford for literature, Margaret Chase Smith for politics, and Dr Dorothy Brady for economics.
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Washington
Rebecca West
Truman
National Press Club
Ruth Cowan
The
Press Club
Miss West
United States
Ingrid Bergman
Hollywood
Joan of Lorraine
Helen Rogers Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Hearld-Tribune Forum
Gerry T. Carl
St. Louis
Laura’ Zirbes
Columbus
Ohio State University
Jean Stafford
New York
Margaret Chase Smith
Skowhegan
Dorothy §. Brady
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Community news and family updates in Martinsville area
Local notices recount Sunday services by Bro Weaver and visits by Mr and Mrs Chester Linton of Marshall. Freda Burkett and Carl Morgan wed at Martinsville on September 11. Community events include a Jeff Davis school meeting, shed work at the Fiscus home, and a Stanley party at Ruby Bardin's.
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Bro! Weaver
Chester. Iuinton
Lon Linton
Marshall
Oklahoma
Freda’ Burkett
Carl
Morgan
Martinsville
Chas. Morgan
Lloyd -Hendrix
Carrol Kammacher
Pleasant Vicinity
Jeff Davis
Bert Fiscus
Newt ‘Brosman
Glen Wilhoit
Sylvan Morgan
Lester Claypool
Norman Macke
Wm, McKee
Veach
Wm. Brosman
Roy Myers
Ormal Higginbotham
Harlan Hutchens
Clarence Wright
Fiscus
Agro
Rex’ Wilhoit
Glenn Wilhoit
Albert Jones
Olen Jones
Forrest Baker
Walter Morgan
Billy
Ruby Bardin
Community Notes From Clarksville Church Visits
A crowded Clarksville church gathering preceded a day of family visits as Evert Clapp and relatives and the Walsh and Spires families traveled from Kansas Station to spend time with Hattie Spires and kin. Aunt Eliza Nicholson shared a Thursday visit with Goldia Harbor, and a birthday club meeting with Mrs. Rose Clapp occurred. Mrs. Laura Fanchier visited Goldia Harbor, a doctor visited Mrs. Cletus Baker, who is recovering, and Harry Harbor of Paris and his mother shared a family visit. Mrs. Lorene Harbor and Karen Sue joined Harbor visitors, while Mrs. Walker and children with Mr. and Mrs. Junior Morgan visited relatives in Indiana. Shortage noted: qualified elementary teachers.
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Evert Clapp
Charles, Walsh
Ernest Spires
Wanda
Patty
Kansas Station
Hattie Spires
Harry Harbor
Donnie
Eliza” Nicholson
Goldia Harbor
Rose Clapp
Laura Fanchier
Cletus Baker
Harry
Harbor of Paris
Lorene ‘Harbor
Karen’.Sue
Harbor
Walker
Campus talks on teacher shortage and housing crisis
President R G Buzzard spoke to editors on campus about a shrinking female student body from 1600 peak to 1414 this fall and a pre war enrollment of 1152. He urged expanding teacher education for more women and building dormitories to house 360 women and equal men now in temporary barracks.
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R. G
Buzzard
Oh Nels
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Eastern Illinois Teacher’s College
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Marshall, Il
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Ritter & Behner
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Chester Claypool
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