Delinquency Expert Proposes Comics Over Classics
Miss Carmelite Janvier, director of New Orleans youth services, urges replacing King Arthur and Sir Galahad with comic strip characters in school reading. She suggests using Van Johnson and Gregory Peck movie stars to engage children and curb trouble, arguing today’s youth relate to comics and films.
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Janvier
van Johnson
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Husky Collegian Loses Weight in Experiment
New York report covers William Harrington a 202 pound Manhattan College junior and Navy veteran who completed a 10 day diet of packaged European food with a 40 000 calorie parcel. He lost two and a half pounds yet felt listless and tired while his condition remained good per the college physician. Harrington chairs the student relief drive for the National Federation of Catholic College Students.
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Europe
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Dumont
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Francis Sweeny
Harrington
National Federation of Catholic College Students
Fraternity Brothers
Military authorities probe source of gravestone walk
Arlington VA. A macabre footpath made from 17 Arlington National Cemetery gravestones is under military investigation. The stones, laid end to end with inscriptions down, include chalked nicknames. The tavern proprietor, reportedly out of town, is to be questioned. Col. W L Lee says the stones were not stolen.
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Arlington National Cemetery
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Nichols Notched Records Highlight Pitching Legends
Ty Cobb praises Charles Kid Nichols as one of the greatest pitchers, listing his 1890 to 1906 records. He also touts Eddie Plank, Ed Walsh, Lefty Grove, and Connie Mack era stars, noting team shifts and pennant battles through 1933 with the Athletics and Red Sox.
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Christy Mathewson
Matty
Charles Kid Nichols
Boston
Nichols
Ty Cobb
Menlo Park
Calif
Cobb
Kid Nichols
Eddie Plank
Ed Walsh
Grove
Connie Mack
Waddell
Bender
Plank
Coombs
Earnshaw
Rommel
Pennock
Bullet Joe Bush
Lefty Grove
Herb Pennock
Rube Wadd
Connie
Harry Davis
Lave
Monte Cross
Eddie Collins
Columbia
Stuffy McInnis
New England
Jack Barry
Holy Cross
Baker
Maryland
Red Sox
Smokey Joe Wood
Mack
Tom Yawkey
Robert Moses Grove
Athletics
Mackmen
Yankees
Prairie Guns showdown in Bar-O town turns deadly
Cowboys Terry Donovan and Sue Leonard flee a ruthless rustler ring led by Al Grinnel and Barlow Jasper. After the murder of Sue's father, Donovan guides Sue through back alleys toward safety while exposing a conspiracy tying cattle rustlers to a deputy sheriff and a town gunman.
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Terry Donovan
Bar-O
Sue Leonard
al Grinnel
Snowshoe Tooker
Terry
Dan Gillespie
Morgan Mapes
Brlow
Sue
Grinnel
Tooker
Iron Trail
Morgan
Willie Andrews
Willie
Andrews
Donovan
Hapes
Barlow Jasper
Barlow
Grinner
Household hints from a bygone kitchen
A column of practical old fashioned tips covers frying fish odor removal with salt and hot water. It also recommends stiffening brush bristles with alum solution for rinsing, cleaning a toaster with a chicken feather, mending a cracked dish via milk and boiling, protecting thumbs with tape while peeling, and waxing refrigerator trays to prevent rust.
New Advance Aids Fight Against Newcastle Disease
Veterinary researchers announce a highly reliable blood test for diagnosing Newcastle disease in chickens using the reaction of Newcastle serum and virus with red blood cells. The test follows a promising vaccination method and aims to curb a major threat to the poultry industry.
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