Jungle Hunt in Motor Car Launches African Expedition
Mr and Mrs Prentiss Gray of Larchmont and Wilfred W Brown an Academy of Natural Sciences ornithologist depart New York for a seven month jungle expedition in Africa. They will drive a specially armored truck from Mombasa through Nairobi Tanganyika and into the Belgian Congo and Angola collecting night photographs and specimens for the museum habitat and touring with guides and porters under Philip Percival. Mrs Gray has wartime relief credentials and the Grays plan a return voyage to Cairo and New York.
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New York
Prentiss Gray
Larchmont
Wilfred W. Brown
Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
Africa
The
Academy
Mombasa
East Africa
Philip Percival
Percival
Nairobi
George Eastman
Angola
Rhodesia
Belgian Congo
Nile
Chartoum
Cairo
Lobetta Bay
Mr. Gray
Brussels
Brand Whitlock
Gas Smugglers May Force Nebraska Border Patrols
Nebraska faces a potential customs problem as gasoline smugglers cross from Kansas and Iowa after Nebraska rose its tax to four cents per gallon. Dr. T W Bass, gas tax collector, warns of border crossings and interception efforts. He notes smugglers profit by buying in Kansas or Iowa without tax and selling at higher Nebraska rates.
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Lincoln
Nelb
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri River
Iowa
T. W. Bass
Doctor Bass
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Towa
Buss
Scout saves woman from drowning in Platte River
Richard Paul a thirteen year old Lincoln Nebraska Boy Scout and son of Adjutant General Paul Nebraska National Guard rescued Mrs Grover Cleveland Alexander wife of St Louis pitcher from drowning in the Platte River.
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Richard Paul
Lincoln
Neb
Grover Cleveland Alexander
St. Louis
Platte River
Richard
Paul
Nebraska National Guard
Rearranging the Furniture in a Humble Home
The narrator compares furniture to characters in a Thackeray novel, saying items drift to familiar corners despite efforts to rearrange. He recalls how, early in housekeeping with limited rooms, he planned a full upheaval including curtains and wall pictures before his partner Nancy returned.
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Nancy
Center of Streams Dips Into Science
An article explains that water near stream banks is slowed by friction with the banks, while water further from the banks moves faster due to less friction. It notes the midstream current is swiftest as it touches more moving water and less stationary mass.
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Western Newspaper Union
Time Temple planned in Washington by Horological Institute
The Horological Institute of America proposed a Time Temple in Washington a 1 million dollar national horology center. A 30 watch Packard collection valued at 80000 is shown as a nucleus including an 7000 astronomical watch with automated calendar and day night sky. The group seeks funds and endowment through a public campaign and institute expansion.
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Washington
Horological Institute of America
National Academy of Sciences
National Educational Center
James Ward Packard
Secur
Ing
National Research Council
Finding a Corner to Fit in New Roles
The author compares adapting to new work or positions with moving furniture. Initial discomfort fades when one discovers a proper corner and makes the best of the existing space. Once a fit is found, stability and contentment follow, avoiding unnecessary upheaval.
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Western Newspaper Union
Castoria: Safe home remedy for infants and children
Castoria offers soothing relief for infant upset and pediatric discomfort without drugs. It claims safety from vegetable ingredients, suitable for colic constipation and diarrhea in children, with 25 million bottles sold last year.
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MR. Biggs
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Baby
Bobby Jones
Winged Foot County Club
Mamaroneck
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Mas
Lumgago
Thackeray
Saihe
Young Mill Workers
Gastonia
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International Labor Defense Committee
Police Aderholt
Edgar Passmore
Elizabeth Maginnis
Linney Green
Bayer
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