Practical, Varied and Widespread Are Activities of the Boy Scouts
National Geo prepared overview of Boy Scout programs highlighting skills taught from first aid to wilderness survival and geography. It notes Scouts learn map making, camping, and fieldwork with examples across Arizona Utah Nevada California Washington and Massachusetts, plus global events like the 1929 Scout World Jamboree in Birkenhead England with extensive youth participation and feats from rescuing people to aiding expeditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Wat Aires
Eaders Estieng
Lizes
James Russell
Columbia University
Wrier
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
California
Central America
Ney
Irazu
Poas
Costa Rica
Montreal
St. Johns
Canada
McGill University
Queber
Seattle
Olyugne Peninsula
Washington
Boy Scouts of
Great Barrington
Moss
Appalach
Appalachiaos
Green Mouuntain Club
Ohio
Syracuse University
Andes
Birkenhead
England
Duke of Connaught
Lord Baden-Powell
Sir Philip Gibbs
Palestine
Morocco
Algeria
Gold Coast
Nigeria
Jamaica
Kenya
Barbados
Ceylon
Latin America
Brazil
Chile
Europe
Spain
France
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Sea Rovers
Irish Free State
Pike Wales
Edward VI
Brooklyn
Spuke
Texas
Kansas
New York
1938 Comeback Talk In Sports Flop to Triumphs
The piece surveys 1938 as a year for comebacks in sports with figures like Max Baer Dizzy Dean Max Schmeling and Tony Lazzeri predicting strong returns. It notes expectations for Cubs Detroit Tigers and Joe Louis Schmeling rivalries and hints at past form guiding future outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie Lields
London
Max Haer
Tommy Farr
Rowe
Detroit Tigers
Dizzy Dean
Branch Rickey
Max Schmeling
Joe Soula
Dizsy
Cubs
Tony Lazzeri
Giants
Bill Terry
Max Baer
Max
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Baer
Mer
Louis
Nathan Mann
Harry Thomas
Rules change slow down speed in college basketball
The National Association of Basketball Coaches voted Chicago rules amendments. Colleges may use five timeouts and optional four ten minute quarters. high schools adopt sudden death overtime on ties and mandatory second and fourth quarter timeouts. New college margins, out of bounds, and substitutions rules also approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Basketbal Coaches
Chicago
Fastest Pitcher Debate Edges Toward Walter Johnson
The column argues Walter Johnson remains unmatched in speed, critiquing modern so called fast-ball artists and praising Johnson’s effortless velocity. It features Al Schacht defending Johnson, compares other legends, and notes athletes transitioning to other sports or careers.
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Smoky Joe" Wood
Bob Feller
Mungo
Lefty Grove
Dazzy Vance
Ed Walsh
al Schacht
Walter Johnson
Johnson
Schacht
Washington
Walter
Around the House Tips For Everyday Care
Practical household hints cover keeping sinks white with a soap jelly mix of soap and kerosene, removing vegetable stains from hands with raw potato slices, restoring garment nap with warm vinegar or ammonia solution, washing fine fabrics lightly, refilling a dry fountain pen with water when ink is scarce, and persuading canaries to bathe by sprinkling seeds on water.
How to hook a rug and home sewing tips
A detailed vintage guide describes rug hooking using burlap frames and wool rag strips, outlining a 26 by 34 inch rug pattern with eight inch borders and two inch squares. It notes framing methods, edge finishing, and loop pulling techniques, plus a promotion for Mrs Spears Sewing for the Home Decorator book, with a 25 cent mail order request.
Two Piece Spring Pattern Dress and Jacket Blouse
Barbara Bell sewing patterns offer a two piece tailored dress with a street and business jacket blouse, and a softer afternoon dress for larger figures. Patterns 1477 and 1499 suit varied sizes and fabrics, include sew charts, and suit easy beginner work. order the Spring-Summer Pattern Book for 109 designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
High Explosives and Detonation Speeds
Collier's Weekly notes major differences in explosive speeds. Gasoline air mixtures ignite with a flame front around 80 feet per second, while TNT and nitroglycerine generate a much faster detonation near 25 000 feet per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's Weekly
Terence Shea Tells of His Bulging Barrels
A social worker visits night watchman Terence Shea at his home and learns he saves most of his $15 weekly wages in barrels. After rent provisions milkman and supporting Maggie and five children, he deposits the remainder in sugar barrels for storage, using flour barrels when needed.
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Terence Shea
Maggie
Also Mentioned on This Page
George A. Barclay
Nounces
Jim Braddock
Max Schineling
Sammy’ Baugh
Columbus
St. Louis Cardinals
Jim Thorpe
Sammy
Washington Redskins
Horatio Alger
Alabama
Cotton Feld
Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Goose
Goalin
Delzuic
Senators
Weer
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Tan
John E. Whelan
Tooty
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