Growing children and the art of concentration
A 1938 NEA Service piece advises parents on fostering concentration in children from infancy through early school years. It stresses routine, uninterrupted solitary play, and early habit formation to build stick-to-it-iveness, with guidance on handling interruptions and maintaining proper discipline while encouraging independent focus. It notes a next section on nursemaids and announces Air Mail Week essay contest rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guri
General mobilization speeds showed in early wars
Generals seek rapid wartime mobilization to control prices money and food, noting 1914 outbreak delays. Europe already practices semi war mobilization with Italy Germany and the United States preparing. Photos depict a British munitions factory and a Russian tank in Moscow as evidence of rapid modern force deployment.
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Italy
Germany
United States
Europe
Hitler
Austria
Brennet Pass
Ktalian
Vienna
Red Square
Moscow
Country Club Plans Open Season At Catoctin
Opening plans for the Catoctin Country Club set for Sunday April 24 with new pro Hobby Huncer Grove organizing a broad summer slate. The golf course is prepped in top condition and a weekly tournament is slated. Low nine hole score was 40 by Nook Rhodenck in a recent blind bogey event. prizes went to Dr. W. E. Trail P. W. Chichester and Francis Perrott. Grove, a Frederick native, has coached in California Maryland and Florida and previously assisted at Rolling Road and Castlewood venues, bringing wide experience to the club.
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Catoctin Country Club
Hobby “Huncer” Grove
Rolling Road
Baltimore
California
Arthur Whiting
Diablo Country Club
Castlewood Country Club
Hearst Estate
Lawrence Elmstedt
Charlie Sheppard
Stanley Wakely
West Palm Beach Country Club
Florida
National Air Mail Week Contest Rules and Prizes
The rules outline three state prizes including an airline trip to Washington, an award trophy from the Maryland Air Mail Week Campaign Communities, and a First National prize a trip to Hollywood by plane. Essays must be postmarked by midnight May 1, 1938 and mailed to the State Chairman National Air Mail Week Contest care of a car postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Mail
Baltimore
America
Ernest Green
National Air, Mail Week
Paul R. Younts
Maryland
Washington
Maryland Air Mail Week
Hollywood
Lay Conference Reports on Church, Livestock Outranks
Approximately 180 delegates attended the lay section of the Baltimore annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church at Calvary Church. The morning address by Rev. Dr Bayley focused on laymen in the conference. The afternoon discussed church hospitals and conference claimants and underpaid ministers, with Bishop Edwin H Hughes delivering the final remarks. Maryland horse and mule values top livestock, outweighing sheep, swine, and cattle. farmers urged to use pasture and horse power for profit.
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Baltimore
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Calva Church
B. W. Meeks
FR. Bayley
East Baltimore
Edwin H. Hughes
Washington, D. C
D. Stewart Patterson
Harry Grace
Frederick
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Hagerstown
Maryland
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Midget Racer Crashes Injury Crowd at Nutley Velodrome
A midget auto race car crashed through a guard rail and rolled into a bleacher crowd at Nutley Velodrome, injuring thirteen people. Driver Kenneth Fowler, 31, of Patterson, suffered a broken arm.
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Nutley
Nutley Velodrome
Kenneth Fowler
Patterson
Tome School to be sold to alumni and friends
Tome School in Port Deposit Maryland announced it will be sold to a group of alumni and friends amid financial troubles. Headmaster C J Kettler said a July 1 reorganization will continue the school under a plan aimed at more independence and stability.
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Tome
Port Deposit, Md
C. J. Kettler
Exclusive Tome School
Board Nixes Plan To Remove Kettler From School
After trustees demanded Kettler’s departure at year end, students struck for two days. Kettler persuaded them to return, and a month later the ouster order was rescinded by the board.
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Ents
Board of Trustees
Kettler
Bodies Of Mother And Daughter Found Near Van Horn
The bodies of Mrs. Weston G. Frome of Berkeley California and her 23-year-old daughter Nancy were found slain six miles east of Van Horn Texas. They were discovered by a search party after four days of investigation. Their bodies lay side by side in brush and were found wearing only undergarments and shoes. Sheriff Albert Anderson stated the circumstances were not yet fully clear.
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Pecos. Tex
Weston G. Frome
Berkeley
Calif
Nancy
van Horn
Albert Anderson
Hitler Welcomed In Graz as He Speaks in Austria
Adolf Hitler was greeted by a large crowd in Graz as he delivered the first of a series of plebiscite speeches on Austro German union. The March 2 entry into Austria aimed to pave the way for union with Greater Germany, with a vote planned for next Sunday. Secrecy surrounded his hotel stay as 53 rooms were reserved but the exact room remained undisclosed.
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France
Hitler
Graz
Gree
Austria
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Vienna
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Nursemaids
NEA Service, Inc
Nathan Forrest
Forrest
Prussia
Rechfuehrer
Country Club
Frederick County National Bank
North Market Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Gibson
Freez
Frederick's Home Appliance Store
Calvary M. E. Church
Hughes
Sudan
Yours
Paul B. Kallaway
West
Trust
Charles F. Knock
South Market St
Manbeck
MILBA
Toorcover
Frederick Stoker
Frederick, Md
Frederick Iron and Steel Company
Francis KR. Summers
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