Dr Crane warns against metric zeal and moral drift
In a newspaper column Dr. Crane cites Dr Robert B Pierce of Chicago to lampoon metric terms, argues changes may not all be improvements, and contrasts moral conversion with biblical standards. He decries Communism, urges allegiance to a republic, and offers a booklet through the newspaper with a stamped return envelope and 25 cents.
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Robert B. Pierce
Chicago
America
Pierce
Columbus
Dr. Pierce
Jesus
United States
Berlin
Republic
Horse Sense Quiz Answers Card
Five questions cover items from a ditty bag to the cotton gin and julienne. The long puzzle at the end presents mixed letters and strings as a solution key, pairing animal housing terms with occupants and ending with a garbled answer section.
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Duckhunter Sailor
Corral
Fulton Whitney Deere McCormick
Briton explains electricity facts to U S women group
Ann McMullan of Great Britain’s Electrical Association for Women visits the United States to explain nuclear, wind, wave and solar power and safe wiring. She speaks at Cedar Rapids roundtable and tours utilities, stressing independent consumer education and “Get Into Lane” nuclear facts.
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Great Britain
Electrical Association For Women
United States
U.S
EAW
England
Scotland
Wales
Mains
West Coast coal ports urged to meet Far East demand
Washington port officials hear that Montana and Wyoming hold vast coal reserves but are far from Oregon Washington ports. Only Los Angeles Long Beach ships substantial coal. Puget Sound could key coal shipments to Japan and Pacific Rim buyers, panel says.
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Seattle
Washington
Montana
Wyoming
Oregon-Washington
Los Angeles- Long Beach
Washington Public Ports Association
Bernhardt K. Wruble
Federal Department of Energy
Puget Sound
Japan
Pacific Rim
First Christmas in the New World at Cap Haitien
A Christmas Day in 1492 ended with Columbus and crew salvaging the Santa Maria after a reef wreck off Cap Haitien Haiti. The expedition abandoned part of its crew to build Fort Nativite using salvaged timbers, marking Hispaniola’s first European settlement. Today two anchors survive in Haitian museums.
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Columbus
Haiti
Spain
la Isla Espanola
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
Acul Bay
Cuacanagari
Orient
Cancan Agari
Japan
Punta Santa
Santa Point
Cap Haitien
Santa Maria
Caracol Bay
New World
Fort Nativite
Retired couple promote Marine Corps life on tour
A blind Beaverton couple travel in a battered VW bus promoting the Marine Corps during their first retirement year. Anna Kaspar, in a drill instructor hat, and husband Frank speak at Portland area centers, detailing recruiting efforts and Marines family ties. They have logged 45,000 miles in nine months and earned two recruiting district awards.
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Beaverton
Ore
Marine Corps
Anna Kaspar
Frank
Washington Square
Portland
Kaspars
Portland-area
Kaspar
Kenneth Kaspar
Milwaukee
Wisme
Corps
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New York
Ann McMullan
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Kirby‘s TV and
Grandview
Dolby Labs
Albert Mangones
Christopher Columbus
Marines
42Nd& Dixie
Laskeys
Earl Danley
Bill Rogers Trucking Co
Sixth & Jackson Church of Christ
God
Earl
Ruth Danley
Odessa
Holiday Shoe Sale
Colberts
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