Henry Ford Schools Take Over Georgia District
A dispatch from Ways Georgia reports Henry Ford has taken over a high school and six elementary schools to teach industrial and agricultural training. Students learn hand tools and machines while debates arise about the value of book learning versus hands on work. Some fear overemphasis on tools could sidetrack formal study, while advocates argue tool heavy instruction can spark energy and ambition in youths.
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Ways
Georgia
Henry Ford
Job For Every Graduate Keynote At Maine Alumni Meeting
A Maine alumni association notes the slogan A job for every Maine graduate as the keynote of a recent meeting. The item links graduate employment to college completion and argues employers value perseverance and the ability to absorb ideas as job qualifications.
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University of Maine
Maine
No Oath Necessary Income Tax Returns Action
The United States Senate finance committee approved a proposal to drop required oaths on income returns. Taxpayers would face prosecution for false statements without the oath, noting some view oaths as meaningless in modern times.
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United States Senate
Finnance Committee
God
Notice to Voters of Thornton Township Precinct 36
Boundary lines of precinct 36, Thornton Township, are described.Polling place is Gebauer's barber shop at 14209 Chicago street. Albert R. Lembeke, Democratic Precinct Captain, offers help with voting matters.
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Thornton Township
Neign
Main Street
Dalton
146Th Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Chicago Street
Sheridan Street
Indiana Avenue
Gebauer
Chicago Women Urge Sup port for Jarecki
Chicago women civic leaders urged a county wide drive to back County Judge Edmund K Jarecki in the April 12 Democratic primary. They pressed for enforcement of election laws and said women voters can vote for the judge regardless of party, organizing to support his renomination alongside State Attorney Thomas J Courtney.
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Chicago
Edmund K. Jarecki
Thomas J. Courtney
Jarecki
Harriet Wittum
Northwestern University
Anna Hughes Lunde
Woman’s City Club
Jessie Binford
Juvenile Protective Association
Mark P. Mears
Horace Bridges
The
Chicago Ethical Society
Wittum
Palley
Cook County
Democratc
Judge Jarecki
Courtney
Adv
First Radio Distress Call From R. F. Matthews Lightship
The British lightship R F Matthews sent the first radio distress call in 1899 marking a milestone in maritime communication history.
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R. F. Matthews
Folding Fans Endure in China as Everyday Tool
China favors the folding fan citing its portability and convenience. The article notes the fan as a practical daily accessory and a lasting symbol of traditional utility in Chinese life.
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China
Trouble Talks Any Language
A humorous line from Uncle Eben notes grammar is fixed but language can be learned by trouble. The quip highlights comic wordplay on language and communication without naming people or places.
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Uncle Eben
McGrath’s Assembly Record Earns Endorsements
Emmett McGrath of Brookfield seeks renomination to a fourth term in the Seventh Senatorial district. He highlights his efforts on Des Plaines river cleanup and Salt Creek pollution control, self paying sewer systems, emergency relief, and tax delinquency publication. Endorsed by the Illinois State Federation of Labor and civic groups. lauded for broad constituent reach.
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Cook County
Chicago
Emmett McGrath
Brookfield
Des Plaines River
Salt Creek
Clean Streams Committee
Forest Preserve
Des Plaines
McGrath
Brookfield Zoo
Tinois
A New Star in Heaven Dedication Poem
A devotional tribute recalls Mrs. Mabel Sprick Cowings who died on April 7 19381 and is remembered for saintly grace and charitable works. Agnes V Sprick and John S Cowings sign the dedication.
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Heaven
Christ
William Stewart
Mabel Sprick Cowings
Agnes V. Sprick
John S. Cowings
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Thomas F. Kinney
Kinney-Hood Printing Co. Publishers
138Th Street
Riverdale
E. 136Th Street
Albert M. Levy, Inc
N. Wabash Ave
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Congress
Dolton
Illinois
Henry Ford’s Schools
Thornton
Albert R. Lembeke
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Chicago St
Assembly
Labor
Indiana
Hess
Hess Tire
Calumet Ave
Hammond, Ind
Ity Club
FISK
Oenx
Fisk University
Nashville
Tenn
Thornton Township High School
Conrad Kern
Indiana Ave
Interocean
Michigan Ave
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Quinn
Lincoln Avenue
Fray’s Flower Shop
A. W. Hamann
Roseland
Michigan Avenue
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Aseveraais Ken’s Welding Shop Electric and Gas
Dearborn Street
Riverdale, Hl
Carl Dieck
Coal and
Acme Coal CO
Illinois Coal Coke Quality Service
Colen
Commodore
Acme
Pohlers & Stahnke
Props
Washington Ave
Allien Hotel
Joe Pianti
137Th Street
Ill
Monarch Roofing CompAny
Enry N. Yonker
West 115Th Street
Twin City Garage
AMC
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Dolton, Ill
Fred Bartolomei
W. 137Th Street
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