Prize for contacting planets offers 100000 francs
Paris AP report notes the Prix Pierre Guzman at the French Academy of Sciences rewards communication with a heavenly body excluding Mars. Madame Anne Guzman endowed the prize sixty years ago in her will to Pierre Guzman’s name, with strict safeguards and a committee reviewing often fantastic applications. Also included is a 1949 financial statement for The American Building & Loan Association of Middletown Ohio authenticated by officers and an auditing committee.
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Mars
French Academy of Sciences
Pierre Guzman
Anne Guzman
Havana
Cuba
France
Pierre
Mme. Guzman
Academy
Astronomy
American Building & Loan Association of
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Ohio
Butler County
James Moorman
American Building & Loan Association
A. James Moorman
A. D
C. E. Burke
State of Ohio
Harry K. Moore
Carl Nicklas
Clair Tieman
Prize funds and the evolving value of a science award
The first fund earns interest every five years for a scientist making real progress in solar system knowledge. Joseph Perrotin won in 1905 for astronomy work, and five years later a Vienna-born scientist received the award. Each received 12,000 francs. Mme Guzmann’s will left 100,000 francs, once gold worth $20,000 sixty years ago, now worth about $225. next year the five-year prize tied to the fund will be around $85.
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Joseph Perrotin
Nice
Academy
Rsearch
Mme. Guzmann
Three District Peace Speakers Chosen Sunday
Three of 17 district winners in the Prince of Peace Declamation Contest were selected Sunday. Don Crowley of Middle town will compete with six county winners at the United Brethren Church in Burkhardt Street on Sunday January 15. Semifinals are in Columbus January 22 and the finals February 1 at the 31st Ohio Pastors Convention. The state winner earns a four year college scholarship plus 200 dollars. Runner up gets two years and 100 dollars. Winners include Katie Cohan Wayne County first and Barbara Traylor Monroe County second at Newark. David Laughlin Muskingum County first and Janet Giles Morgan County second at Marietta. Forest Phaxon Harrison County first and John Mansfield New Philadelphia second at New Concord.
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Middletown
Don Crowley
United Brethren Church
Burkhardt St
Columbus
B. F. Lamb
Ohio Council of Churches
Newark
Katie Cohan
Wayne County
Barbara Traylor
Monroe County
Marietta
David Laughlin
Muskingum County
Janet Giles
Morgan County
Russia schedules March vote for Supreme Soviet
Russia announced a March 12 election for the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Stalin is expected to run in Moscow's Stalin district. The bloc ticket is anticipated to win overwhelmingly, with nominations and a large scale campaign planned by the Communist Party and allied non party groups. Production gains cited by Pravda accompany the report.
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Russia
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U.S.S.R
Stalin
Bolshevik Bloc
Communist Party
Pravda
Middletown Hospital Accredited by American College of Surgeons
Middletown Hospital has been approved as an accredited general hospital by the American College of Surgeons. The 155 bed facility, operated by a board of trustees, joins 3,284 hospitals nationwide in the college’s roster. The college cited modern plant, defined governance, competent staff, and ethical medical practice as core criteria.
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Middletown Hospital
American College of Surgeons
Malcolm T. MacEachern
Middletown
United States
Canada
Logan T. Johnston
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A. C. O'Connor
MacEachern
AP Directors Open Meeting in Tucson
Directors from across the nation have arrived in Tucson for the Associated Press three day annual meeting opening this morning at the Arizona Inn. A majority of the 20 directors are present as the conference commences with discussions likely to set policy and program directions for the news cooperative.
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Tucson
Ariz
Associated Press
Arizona Inn
Formosa and China policy push for U S defense shift
The piece argues guerrilla operations in southern and western China are timely. It contends Formosa sits on the Philippines Japan defenses, bolstering MacArthur in Japan. It accuses the State Department of deceitful propaganda and suggests transferring China policy to the Department of Defense under MacArthur.
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China
Formosa
Fave Emerson Remains In Mexico After Divorce Petition
Fave Emerson has completed the divorce filing from Elliott Roosevelt in a cracked-wall Morelos civil court at Cuernavaca and will remain in Mexico because she likes the country. The New York actress signed the petition in a penitentiary courtroom as Judge Alfonso Roqueni Tilde commented on the visit. The divorce is expected to be granted within eight days, with Emerson’s personal appearance complete.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
Emerson
Elliott Roosevelt
New York
Morelos State Penitentiary
Alfonso Roqueni Tilde
Son of Late President to Be Nearified in Court
The son of the late President will appear in Cuernavaca tomorrow for an uncontested petition hearing. The decree will be prepared, and Miss Emerson may stay briefly in Cuernavaca before returning to New York. She said at a news conference she has no plans to remarry.
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Cuernavaca
New York
Blinded By Lights Fatal Cumberland Road Crash
Walter Nycum 39 told police the other car’s lights blinded him before his car struck and killed 4 year old Abraham Teter on a roadside near his Cumberland home. Police identified the other driver as By.
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Walter S. Nycum
Abraham Teter
Salvation Army Board To Meet
The Salvation Army advisory board will hold a regular meeting Friday at 4 p.m. at the Citadel on Clinton Street. The notice was released today by board secretary Mark Walke.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Citadel
Clinton St
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von Teter's Son Identified in Ongoing Investigation
The 22-year-old son of the victim, von Teter, is named in police records as the case remains open. No charges were filed at this stage pending further investigation.
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