Prison reform talk opens American Prison Association congress
At the Buffalo meeting warden Arthur Pratt of Utah State Prison delivers the annual address urging humane treatment and fair discipline. He extols indeterminate sentencing with qualified boards, calls for sufficient food, outdoor exercise, daily useful work, humane rules, and freedom from degrading attire while stressing hope for eventual clemency.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Themerican Prison Association
Arthur Pratt
Utah State Prison
National Research Council Enjoyed by New York Report
New York October 8 Assurance that the National Research Council recently received high regard from officials and scientists amid ongoing discussions about science funding and policy directions.
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New York
National Research Council
Are These Boys the Same This Boy in Pay Son Home
A boy placed in a home near Payson was once suspected to be the missing Jimmy Glass. It has now been definitively determined that he is not the missing boy.
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Payson
Jimmy Glass
Jersey City
N. J
National Academy funding science research aimed at industry and warfare
The National Academy of Sciences will coordinate United States scientific research with funds from the Engineering Foundation. Ambrose Swasey provided a $200,000 endowment and $5,000 yearly gift, aiding plans to place U S research in a leading role. Cleveland industrialist Dodge backs further fundraising as Cary T. Hutchinson joins as secretary to the new council. The executive committee and headquarters are set at the Engineering Society building in New York.
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National Acamedy of Sciences
Wilson
United States
Engineering Foundation
Research Council
Gano Dunn
The
Ambrose Swasey
Cleveland
Cleveland H. Dodge
Cary T. Hutchinson
Engineering Society
West 39Th Street
New York
Aiding Pure Science and Industrial Union
About 30 000 engineers in the foundation aid researchers financially as a debt to science and patriotism. Dr George Ellery Hale, chairman, and Dr William H Welch, NAC president, returned from England and France to study recent scientific resources. They foresee a new relationship between science and industry in the United States.
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Research Council
George Ellery Hale
William H. Welch
National Acadedy of Sciences
England
France
United States
Alligators as Pets Among Famous Sister Amparito Farrar
Alligators have become fashionable among Amparito Farrar and several young women in her circle as pets. They wear the small reptiles on shoulders and necks, making a striking but risky display.
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Amparito Farrar
Geraldine Farrar
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