Blind actors rehearse play with all blind cast in Chicago
A Chicago Braille Theater guild troupe rehearses The Torch Bearers in Braille aided by sound cues and tinkles of bracelets. The group aims to educate the public that blind actors can perform and provides self expression and confidence through acting. Four of the twelve rely on seeing eye dogs.
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Joseph A. Rawlings
Chicago
Chicago Braille Theater Guild
Swrence Buroker
Ileve Ours
Buroker
Dorothy Proesch
Evanston
Ruth Wagner
Cyril Lynch
Marion Hatch
Wiss Ruth Coleman
Northwestern University
Roaches All Over the House How to Get Rid of Them
Advertised home remedy guide advises cleaning floors to remove food particles and using Bee Brand Insect Powder in corners under sinks around openings. Reapply powder after roaches come out and spray Ree Brand Ineed Spray following can directions for broader pest control.
Tot's mother to be charged with murder
The article reports on Mrs Fink facing murder charges over her baby. Ervin Fink, the father, plans to visit in jail and forgives her. Family members discuss a possible sanity hearing and dispute her state of mind.
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Tot
Myers
Ervin Fink
Kiwanis Club Programs Include Music and Dedication
Amateur spies mobilized in Liverpool as civilians assist police in rounding up bomb plotting suspects. The plan aims to monitor secret meetings and support law enforcement efforts.
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Liverpool
Flashes In The News Continued From First Page
A farmer near Orangeburg buys watermelon seed after miscounting money and eats the fruit to save cost. In Los Angeles twenty five thousand spectators attend a jitterbug contest at the Coliseum then jam on the dance floor with two bands. In Austin Minnesota saloon owners advertise jobs as bartenders threaten strikes with eighty two women responding.
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Los Angeles
Austin. Minn
Detectives Follow Clues Across States After Garage Theft
In Des Moines Iowa detectives pursue thieves who broke into A H Peterson's garage and stole a set of road maps from his automobile. The case spans potential cross state connections as investigations continue.
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Des Moines
A. H. Peterson
Squalus Mishap Due to Faulty Valve Continues
Crew member Naquin told rescuers there were no complaints against surviving crew members. Rear Admiral Tarrant asked if any enlisted man wished to speak or level charges, but all remained silent.
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Naquin
William T. Tarrant
Famous Leper Medic Retires From Distinctive Clinic
The leper specialist says leprosy lowers resistance yet his care kept patients content. He notes the colony averages 55 years at death with more deaths among workers than patients in recent years. Patients live 15 plus years after diagnosis. no recoveries observed. Western distances were once measured by the vara, 33 inches.
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Tuttle
Senators urge incentive taxation to spur industrial expansion
A Senate finance subcommittee report by Senators Herring and Vandenberg urges experimental incentive taxation to motivate business growth and reduce unemployment. It backs tax credits for new employment, exemptions to stimulate development, and tax-free profit-sharing funds with bonds, while noting limits on applying incentives to profit sharing.
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Washington
Herring
Iowa
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Johnson
Colorado
Congress
Sex forecaster delays birth date prediction
An attempt to locate where the sex forecaster erred shows he predicted 50 cases of unborn child genders but found the due dates delayed about ten days when mothers were unusually strong. He notes his son will be born around June 26 or 27 and maintains the forecast will work.
Evacuation debated as Tientsin blockade tightens
British authorities weigh evacuating women and children from the besieged concessions in Tientsin as the sixth day of blockade continues. London and Washington press for action while Japan tightens isolation measures and US officials note no plan for joint intervention.
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Peitaino
Peitzil
Chinese Maritime Customs Service
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London
Washington
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Hamma
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Britain
Abadons
Chiang Kai-Shek
America
United States
Cordell Hull
France
Tokyo
Quick Relief for Itching Skin with Tellerine
Believe agony of itching skin worsens with scratching. Tellerine provides rapid relief by killing parasites and soothing irritation. Recommended for babies and available 60c through Shoptrine Co. Savannah GA.
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Shoptrine Co
Dept. F
Savannah
Farmers Making Cotton Profits From Government Loans
Federal farm officials said some southern farmers gain from 1 to 5 dollars per bale by withdrawing cotton stored under government loans and selling it to buyers short of supply. About 200 000 bales have left loan stocks to meet orders amid prices about 14 cents above loan rates. Global average temperature noted as 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Washington
William P. Buckner, Jr
New York
Noel Carter
Buckner
Commodity Credit Corporation
Fugitives Escape From Ohio Reformatory After Hammer Killing
Four women at the Mary E. Richards Reformatory in Gallipolis escaped at about 5 am after stealing cell keys. One member, West, was found dead with injuries from a claw hammer. The group included Mary Ellen Richards of Cincinnati and a 21 year old wife. the superintendent Mrs Marguerite Reilley received a note saying the escape was a last chance for a final moment of joy.
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Gallipolis
Mary Ellen Richards
Cincinnati
Marguerite Reilley
Missouri girls land 19 pound catfish unaided
DORENA Mo Ruth Bennett and Katherine Bayssee are two of the proudest little girls in all Missouri. They hooked and landed unaided a 19 pound catfish.
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Dorena, Mo
Ruth Bennett
Katherine Bayssee
Missouri
Tornado Causes Widespread Destruction in Anoka Area
A tornado wrecked Cedar, a store, a creamery, a church, and multiple homes including a new two room brick house. Farmhouses, barns, and outbuildings suffered, with yards strewn with dead livestock. Adjutant General Ellard Walsh estimated damage near 500000. About 40 people hospitalized in Anoka and four in critical condition. ten treated in Minneapolis hospitals as rescuers arrive.
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Ellard Walsh
Anoka
Mineneapolis
Double Slayer Still At Large
Authorities hunted a suspect known as Olson after a Saturday noon incident in which he slipped from capture twice with two deputies and no shots fired. Olson, who had two prior prison terms, remained uncooperative as his wife was detained during a traffic stop for license plate questions.
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Nion
Olson
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