No more 'hokey' inventive salesman perfects school design
Atlanta businessman R F Snyder devised a two room rural school model to maximize daylight through large south windows and clerestory north light. The design aims to boost pupil interest and eyesight while using sun heat for warmth. Rural schools across the South are adopting Snyder's daylighted classrooms after he pitched the idea at architects' meetings and with educational groups.
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Atlanta
R. F. Snyder
Snyder
South
R. F
Russ) Snyder
Personality Course Offered in School
NEW YORK CITY schools offer personality courses in 27 vocational high schools to teach students a pleasant manner. The program began on employers’ recommendation who said many losses stem from personality issues rather than inefficiency, said George F. Pigott Jr., assistant superintendent.
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New York
N. Y
George F. Pigott Jr
Fire Volunteers Miss Trucks In Charred Kendall Trailer
In Angels Camp California a 20 man volunteer fire company rushed to the Kendall house trailer blaze only to find it a total loss. The trucks were moved to an auxiliary building and the volunteers, seeing the empty garage, assumed earlier arrivals had taken them.
Kent hosts Sky Fair to launch air age high school class
At Kent airport Lions club staged the first Sky Fair featuring 80 navy planes, stunt flights, air style show for women, aero exhibits, parachute jumps and a helicopter demo. Colorado plans state aid for airport improvements with about 250000 in federal grants and lists Trinidad Gunnison Rifle Monte Vista and Greeley as eligible communities. A tour of Akron Colorado dryland station was arranged for flying farmers, followed by a flight breakfast. A Santa Monica lawsuit accuses helicopter pilots of peeping at beachgoers with Los Angeles Airways named as defendant. Early aviation funding after WWI enabled air mail, forest patrols, crop dusting and mapping. Willam Piper warns many small fields are needed for personal flying through the Midwest.
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Wash
Kent Airport
Lions Club
Colorado
Trinidad
Gunnison
Rifle
Monte Vista
Greeley
Akron
Colo
Santa Monica
Calif
Los Angeles Airways, Inc
Death of Jim Kelly recalls old feats of Robin Hood
GLENROWAN AUSTRALIA Jim Kelly brother of Ned Kelly died at 90 in Victoria. The Kelly gang led hold ups across Victoria and New South Wales for two years culminating in the Glenrowan siege in 1880. Ned Kelly wore armor during his capture and later execution.
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Australia
Robin Hood
Jim Kelly
Ned Kelly
Melbourne
Victoria
New South Wales
Victorian
Kelly
Ned
Dan
Joe Hart
Steve Byrne
Jim
Poollae
Tasmania
Benella
Dan Kelly
Hart
Byrne
Jerliderie
N S. W
Parrot Saves Its Master From Spending Night in Jail
Bakersfield residents recount a curious night when parrot Rodrigues protested Melton’s arrest for driving while drunk. Officers found no bird cage and released Melton on bail to fetch the parrot, keeping him out of jail overnight.
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Parrot
Bakersfield
Calif
W. D. Melton
Melton
Rodrigues
Argument Over Bull Fiddle Ends In Battle
Two Brooklyn men argued about bull fiddles on a New York subway platform. Robert Hawkins 34 hurled the oversized violin at Francis Taylor 81 after taunts. The instrument smashed a subway window. Hawkins and Taylor received three days in jail or a $10 fine for disorderly conduct.
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New York
Brooklyn
Robert Hawkins
Francis Taylor
Hawkins
Taylor
Eyes of Dead Murderer May Restore Sight to Two
In Little Rock surgeons planned cornea transplants from executed killer Wollie Bill Bates to two blind men Michael F Boucher 73 and Frank McCracken 49. Bates was executed for the taxi driver slaying and his eyes were removed shortly after death. One cornea had a superficial burn but doctors expect it to be fine.
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Little Rock
Wollie Bill Bates
Tucker Prison Farm
Bates
Michael F Boucher
Hot Springs
Frank McCracken
Fort Smith
Stolen Dutch Art Found On U S Army Wall
Berlin reports six paintings stolen from the Netherlands by Nazis were found on the walls of Gen. Lucius D. Clay and Gen. Frank A. Keating’s offices in American military government headquarters. The artworks were purchased in good faith for about 66 400 marks. The six works include Van Dycks Portrait of a Woman Bilderslandscape Waterfall Bassano Salvator Rosa Two Mounted Riders Battling Canalettos Grand Canal.
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Berlin
Netherlands
Lucius D. Clay
Frank A. Keating
Horn Brothers
Roemerblad
Badenweiler
Baden
Salvator Rosa
Grand Canal
Europe
John H. Allen
Laughing mill worker wins refund of fine in Pawtucket
Samuel Hyder, 57, jailed for laughing aloud in public, had a $4.60 fine refunded by District Judge William M. Connell after Hyder was acquitted of reveling. The case drew cheers as Hyder laughed at the bench and celebrated with friends downtown.
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Pawtucket
R. I
Samuel Hyder
William M. Connell
Hyder
Leonard Mills
Mills
Driver Halts His Loaded Bus and Digs at the Wheel
Bradford PA motorists report a Buffalo to Du Bois bus halted at a downtown light when Harold Clark about 40 of Du Bois suffered a heart attack. The driver cut ignition and slumped over the wheel. ten passengers noticed the incident several minutes later.
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Bradford
Buffalo
du Bois
Harold Clark
Two Elegant Doilies In Pineapple Design
Crochet pattern 550 offers pineapple design doilies described as easy to crochet with lacy elegance. Prices 20 cents. directions for potteries stitches included. Send orders to the listed address.
Weeklong Salute in Delhi Honors 121 Princes
India's Chamber of Princes meets in Delhi as 121 royal members are saluted upon arrival with gunfire indicating rank. The total reaches nearly 1,500 cannon shots, a sequence that unfolds over a full week.
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India
Chamber of Princes
Delhi
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