Petticoat Officials Take Office In Grass Lake Mich
Grass Lake installs seven women as its first all female village government led by Miss Helen McCall the first woman president in town history. The group vows to serve with no formal program but to act on needs as they arise. McCall defeats Leon Lockwood 84 to 39 as 125 voters cast ballots. Others sworn in include Mae Riethmiller Mabel Hagadon Thelma Snodgrass Marjorie Foster and Iona Wright with roles as clerk treasurer assessor and trustees.
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Grass Lake
Mich
Ione Wright
Marjorie Foster
Helen McCall
Mabel Hagadon
Mae Riethmiller
Thelma Snodgrass
Miss McCall
Leon Lockwood
Iona Wright
Aviation Notes Air Transport Update
Aviation notes report airport chatter on traffic conditions weather delays and new flight routes. Official communications from agencies cited include airport authorities airline operations and weather offices detailing takeoff and landing advisories and upcoming schedule changes.
Rochelle Class 1 airport designated in Illinois plan
Rochelle Illinois is designated as a Class 1 airport with two gravel runways 2200 feet long and a turf third of 2600 feet. Montana’s Shelby project begins May 1. Fort Dodge Iowa votes 200000 bond. Council Bluffs plans country club type airport. Wolf hunting from airplane, Flying Ices family tragedy, hazing birds, Flying Priest of the Rockies expands air service. New jet Star fighter described and segmented circle airport markers proposed for small airfields.
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Ill
Montana
CAA
Shelby
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Council Bluffs
J. A. Fergus
Wichita
Kas
Omaha
Verona
C. E. Atterberry
Glen Calhoun
Flying Ices
South Dakota
Jess Randall Ice
Inland - Western Airlines
Rapid City
Black Hills
Jess Ice
Clyde Ice
Hand Looms Revived For Weaving Tweeds
BROWNSTOWN PA In an ancient grist mill on Conestoga creek remodeled from 1855 design a centuries old craft the weaving of woolen fabrics on hand looms has been revived Walter Desager a native Swiss and former mill operator in Scotland and England oversees five looms built by a Lancaster carpenter from plans by Desager Experienced laborers are taught the trade and hand loom weaving is chosen for high quality fabrics and quick style changes The plant includes a Pennsylvania Dutch room for show and employee use
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Brownstown
Conestoga Creek
Walter Desager
Scotland
England
Lancaster
Desager
108 year old woman recalls long life and family ages
In Chattanooga Tennessee Barrett, an aged Black woman, says she is 108 years old. She recalls her father dying at 129 and her mother at 119, claiming her long life is marked by a weak heart she has watched for years.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Mattie Barrett
Oklahoma Grants Women Jury Service in Oklahoma
Oklahoma passes a bill enabling women to serve on juries, relieving an historic restriction. Exceptions allow exemption for mothers with children under 12. The measure aligns suffrage with jury duty rights for women in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Okla
Bi Partisan Sessions Gauge GOP and White House Links
The article outlines President Truman’s bi partisan meetings with congressional leaders amid the 80th Congress to foster cooperation. It profiles key figures George A. Dondero, Joseph W. Martin Jr, and Charles A. Halleck, noting their roles, histories, districts, and stances on labor, taxation, and foreign policy.
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Walter A. Shead
Washington
Truman
Mr. Truman
GOP
White House
House
Joseph W. Martin JR
Mass
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Martin
Congress
Repu
North Attleboro Evening Chronicle
Tidewater
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Roosevelt
Red signal guards rural highway near Natural Bridge
In Virginia’s Shenandoah valley a red traffic light on Highway 11 warns of the 90 foot span of the Natural Bridge across a 215 foot gorge. The device, two years old, has reduced 28 crashes with 12 fatalities and 53 injuries in 10 years, by forcing drivers under 25 mph to stop and slow down before the bridge. The signal, controlled by underground wires and a detector arm, may be installed at other danger points due to its success.
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Natural Bridge
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Highway Department
Sevenday dash to a cottage home near Madison
Otis Clark and his uncle Noah Clark built a modern cottage on a vacant Madison lot after a rapid eight day effort. Otis secured lumber from multiple yards across Sacramento Woodland Winters Madison area while Noah hammered and sawed. The family moved in quickly with Noah urging speed.
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Madison
Calif
Clarks
Missouri
Otis Clark
Noah Clark
Winters
Otis
Sacramento
Woodland
Noah
Inventor Keely’s Water Engine Duped Public for 24 Years
Philadelphia inventor John Keely claimed a water powered engine that could propel a 30 car train 75 miles in 75 minutes. Demonstrations and bold forecasts attracted thousands for 24 years. After his 1898 death investigators found the engine run by a hidden compressed air setup in his cellar.
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John Keely
Philadelphia
Keely
Collier’s
The Big Four railroads nickname cities
The question asks which four cities are linked to the railroad nickname The Big Four. The Big Four referred to the major 19th century railroads: Central, Illinois, New York Central, and Southern Pacific, collectively associated with Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and San Francisco.
U S Used Submarine During Revolutionary War
The United States first used a submarine in the Revolution. In 1777 David Bushnell of Saybrook Conn invented a vessel that carried one man and 30 strokes of air supply, with water intake to submerge and an oar at each end for propulsion and steering. It nearly sank the British ship Eagle in New York harbor.
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United States
David Bushnell
Saybrook
Conn
Bherty
New York Harbor
Wake up lemon and water constipation cure
A health advisory promotes lemon juice in water as a natural bowel stimulant. Morning intake with one Sunkist lemon in water is claimed to prompt elimination, boost vitamin C intake, and improve digestion, appetite, and energy.
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Sunkist
California Sunkist
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