Many Gift Schools Ready In The Fall
Dover Del June 30 Twenty new school buildings many one and two room structures erected across Delaware by the Delaware School Auxiliary Association at a total cost above 300 000 will be ready for occupancy in the fall term. Pierre S du Pont funds the project aiding educational standards in Delaware.
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Dover
Del
Delaware School Auxiliary Association
Pierre S. du Pont
Longwood
Delaware
Vegetables in Homeric Feasts and Ancient Plant Lore
Research notes that Homeric heroes prepared meals by hand and vegetable courses dominated banquets. Parsley crowned Hercules, onions and cabbages linked to various myths and remedies, while asparagus reportedly grew to remarkable sizes in Roman gardens and Libya.
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Diomedes
Achilles
Ulysses
Greece
Hercules
Anacreon
Homer
Alexander
Egypt
Asia
Ravenna
Libya
Few Professional Criminals In Jail
Dr. Amos O. Squire head physician of Sing Sing says only a small percentage of professional criminals land in jail. He notes that of the last 1000 prisoners admitted to Sing Sing only 20 percent were ex servicemen and of this group only one fifth were overseas during the war. In olden times people rubbed chilblains with a mouseskin.
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Amos O. Squire
Sing Sing
Airplane Rides Claimed To Cure Speech Disorders
Washington experts say fright from sky trips can break hysteria and restore speech in patients once diagnosed as unable to talk. Dr. McEnerney and Dr. Seashore discuss shocks of flight, high altitude benefits, and the limits of the method compared with hypnotism or suggestion.
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Washington, D. C
Charles H. McEnerney
United States Public Health Service
C. E. Seashore
The
National Research Council
Chinese Sayings On Self Knowledge And Fortune
A collection of proverbs highlighting clarity of self insight and timing. It contrasts choosing favorable days, valuing good neighbors over distant kin, and preferring timely peace over rebellion. It sets against superficial wealth, flawed diamonds, and the wisdom of observing the world from home.
Westinghouse Radio Tonight Program Schedule Highlights
Radio lineup lists 3:20 p m and every 15 minutes baseball scores, 7:00 p m news and scores, editorials by Florence Davies and Harry R Eby, an Uncle Wiggily bedtime story, music selections led by Robert Barner and Paul Rose, plus various vocal and instrumental pieces. Note DST Pittsburgh time and KDKA frequency 360 meters from East Pittsburgh.
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Elsa
Florence Davies
New York So Exchan
Home
Harry R. Eby
Allegheny County Farm Bureau
Uncle Wiggily
Arlington
Robert Barner
Mr. Rose
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Broadcasting
KDKA
Why June Is The Month Of Weddings
June has long been seen as the prime month for weddings. The Romans favored June for matrimonial contracts, especially on full moon days or when the sun and moon met. The calendar changes left June with fixed days, tied to Julius Caesar reforms and the goddess Juno’s name origins.
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Julius Caesar
Romulus
Numa
Juno
Junius Brutus
Queen Elizabeth to receive private designed air plane
Mrs. Jessie F. Beeghly of Abilene becomes probate judge of Dickinson county Kansas. Miss Alta Norton residing on a Burton county Kansas farm noted in readable fragments.
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Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
Jessie F. Beeghly
Abilene
Dickinson County
Kansas
Alta Norton
Burton County
Remarkable young achievers and historic firsts noted
The text highlights a student who travels 10 miles daily through three counties to school. It notes Mme Curie holds 64 honorary degrees, with nine from American institutions. Georgia prodigy Miss Merrie Feldman is admitted to the Atlanta bar at 17, the youngest in state history. Philadelphia widow Mrs Cornelia Stevenson is praised as the University of Pennsylvania s first female honorary degree recipient and Harvard s first woman lecturer on the calendar.
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Mme. Curie
Merrie Feldman
Atlanta
Georgia
Cornelia Stevenson
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
Statistical Tidbits From Around the World
A collection of quick facts covers Baltic river flow numbers, Channel Islands sunshine, the first silk hat in England circa 1840, UK dog licenses, cancer death-rate rise, raised-print for the blind longevity, polar population estimates, the 65th anniversary of the first women’s hospital in New York, lung cell area, hickory wood demand, and New York harbor export values outpacing Asia Africa and Australia combined.
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England
United Kingdom
Polar
New York City
New York Harbor
Wise Words on Moderation and Wit from Athenian Sayings
A collection of maxims on fortitude, restraint, and self discipline. It urges avoiding complaint, valuing discretion over wit, and highlighting the virtue of listening in conversation. The ancients stress self control and measured speech.
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Delaware County
Pierre du Pont
Anis
Worthmore Coffee
Pillsbury Flour, Sk
Monarch
Burt Olney
Castile
Love & Megown the
Cut Price Druggists
New Castle, Pa
Westinghouse
Paul Rose
Isaac James
Fred MacGribble
David Jones
Lewis Rees
X Angus MacDonald
Barner
MacGribble
Jones
Rees
Rose
Roeckel
Rattle Massanet
Cadman
Lemon
Boibeg
Mrs. James
Parker
Sun-Maid Raisin Growers
Dept
Fresno, Calif
J. T. Cotton Market
Allen’s Market
North Mill Street
J. T. Cotton
Baltic Sea
Channel Islands
Africa
Australia
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