Television Pioneer Miss Laurie Devine Dances Early Shows
Australian born dancer Miss Laurie Devine asserts she did more television work than anyone globally. She performed in the first television program in 1933 and remained a regular on air for nearly two years, noting broadcast challenges with black and white contrast, limited beams, and early makeup. Her career began with Wirth's circus at age five under trainer father Tom Rees, who has recently died.
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Laurie Devine
Miss Devine
B.B.C
Physical training gains urged by Oxford forum
Sir William Forest, chair of Blackburn Education, told the British Institute of Adult Education at Oxford that more physical training colleges are needed for men. Mr. F. Major, Carn Brose Physical Training College Leeds, said most children leave school loving activity but facilities for further physical education are inadequate and the nation must maintain its physical development standard.
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William Forest
Blackburn Education
British Institute of Adult Education
Oxford
FE Major
Carnogie Physical Training College
Leeds
Perry rails at court trial coverage as hippodrome style
Adrian Telegram publisher Stuart H Perry urges Inland Daily Press Association members to reform themselves from treating court trials as sporting events. He criticizes contempt phopt editing and notes American courts are hampered without non political police and officials. He cites Louis XIV adopting wigs to avoid self consciousness and notes courtiers followed fashion.
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Stuart H. Perry
Adrian, Mich
Telegram
Inland Daily Press Association
Gangster Among Trees: The Strangling Fig Warns Botanists
Dr John K Smajl of New York identifies the strangling fig as a dangerous tree that kills plants by enveloping them and may even self-destruct in a dramatic climax, highlighting a perilous botanical menace.
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John K. Smajl
New York
Hawaiian Proverbs And Satire In Judd’s Collection
Henry P. Judd of the University of Hawaii curates an extensive set of old Hawaiian proverbs showing humor, social satire, and moral views. He notes the people’s generous nature, practicality, and fondness for nature, with vivid expressions like thatch your house and love is like fog.
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Henry P. Judd
Judd
University of Hawaii
Hawaiian Historical Society
Aerial Photo Survey of Arkansas Farmland Under Conservation Program
C C Randall reports aerial photographs are being used in Arkansas to measure land and check performance under the agricultural conservation program. An index map locates photos and each farm is rechecked. one square inch on the photo equals ten acres.
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Arkansas
C. C. Randall
Careful Hunting Posters Warn Maine Hunters
Wardens post ten thousand worded notices across Maine timberlands warning hunters to identify game before shooting. The 1935 season saw 21 fatalities and 20 serious wounds. Posters urge care with lines like Do Not Shoot at Moving Bush and Better Come Home Without A Deer Than Bring a Man on a Stretcher.
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Maine
Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Irish Talk Room Plan and Echoes of Dail Speech
Irish Speakers Professor Tim O Donoghue proposes a separate talking room in every public library to revive oratory, lamenting costly liquor for private discourse. The piece notes a loss of notable orators in the Free State Dail, contrasting President Eamon de Valera’s rambling style with William Cosgrave’s brisk, clear but blunt manner.
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Tim O'Donoghue
Presentation College
Free State
Eamon de Valera
William Cosgrave
Diesel powered German airliner may be converted for war use
The newest German airliner powered by diesel engines at low cost is said to be convertible for military purposes. Increasing attention from the medical profession and thoughtful people centers on health examination before marriage.
Unusual Teaching Method At Willow School Truro N S
A first grade class under Miss Hallisey created a nine picture frieze titled our movie illustrating The Night Before Christmas. Seven pupils drew and colored all images forming a 20 foot by 12 inch roll presented at the Imperial Exhibition of School Children's Art in London.
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Truro
N.3
Willow School
N.S
United Kingdom
Hallisey
Government storage plan at Churchill eyed for 1987 shipping season
Efforts to place grain in storage at Churchill aim to benefit the government through storage fees. The government owns the railway and elevator at Churchill. If arrangements are made, wheat will be stored there for the 1987 shipping season, with the exception of two cargoes already set to be shipped out.
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Churchill
Churchil
Sesson
Science Of Deduction From Ancient Stock Bridge Downs
A British doctor concluded 11 men died 1,000 years ago at Stock bridge Downs. Dr Gray Hill found 11 skeletons with hands bound behind them and no broken bones, suggesting execution by strangulation.
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Gray Hill
Stockbridge Downs
Whale sharks: huge yet harmless to humans at sea
Despite enormous size whale sharks are generally harmless to people. They rarely attack when pursued or harpooned, while bubbles form in heated water as air dissolved in the water expands and is released.
Machines in a mechanized age warn of social danger
The Christian Science Monitor reports M. Edouard Herriot saying that society must adapt its economic system to rising production or risk widespread poverty and revolt. He argues for rapid distribution of goods and emancipation from hard manual labor to ensure civilization’s stability and future freedom.
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M. Edouard Herriot
International Institute, of Intellectual Co-operaion
Geneva
Menia
Hay
Christian Science Monitor
Australian airman eyeing first crossing of Indian Ocean
In Sydney aviation circles Harold Gatty backs an organized pioneer flight to open a regular England to South Africa route via Africa and the Indian Ocean. Capt. P. G. Taylor signals willingness to undertake the voyage but demands authority over aircraft, route, crew, and equipment.
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Indian Ocean
Sydney
New South Wales
South Africa
Harold Gatty
England
Australia
Mediterranean
Asia Minor
Africa
West Africa
Mombasa
P. G. Taylor
Texan Dr Brinkley Nearly Breaks North American Tuna Record
Dr John R Brinkley of Del Rio Texas nearly set a North American tuna record at Liverpool Nova Scotia, missing by two pounds. He landed a 757 pound fish in under two hours using a 39 thread line and 32 ounce tip, the largest this season for him and the fourth over 500 pounds. The 758 pound record was set in 1924 by Zane Grey off the same port, later surpassed by 851 pounds off Whitby in 1934. The catch measured 9 feet 6 inches and girth 6 feet 6 inches.
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John R. Brinkley
del Rio
Texas
Liverpool
N.S
Brinkley
Zane Grey
Grey
Whitby
England
L. Mitchell Henry
Liverpool Tuna Club
Pipa Toads Seen Nearly Transparent in South America
A regional note highlights Pipa toads from South America that are so thin they are nearly transparent, described in a vivid natural history enticement. The observation calls attention to the delicate amphibians and their unusual translucence observed by locals or travelers.
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South America
Weevil Infestation Report on Elgin County Grain
Agricultural Agent F S Thomas reports heating grain on Elgin county farms due to weevils in granaries. He notes wheat oats and barley affected as carry-overs and poor prices increased storage. Fumigation with carbon bisulphide and a kerosene pyrethrum spray are discussed for control. Grain insects grow above 70F and become inactive below 45F.
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Elgin County
F. S. Thomas
Canada
History of forks and spoons in ancient meals
Researchers from National Geographic and the Smithsonian traced eating tools to early civilizations. They cite Italiana as early fork users and describe 1,000-year-old Alaska spoons revealing how table manners evolved while Eskimo knife use remains a blunt, nose-tinged practice.
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National Geographic Society
National Geographic
Smithsonian Institution
Alaska
Education by hard miles shows civic virtue in Canada
A foreign-born farm worker eight miles from Lon don, Ont., walked sixteen miles nightly to attend the technical school and improve his English, a pattern Niagara Falls Review calls a sign of good citizenship. The report notes such dedication benefits labor and national integration as another compatriot is expected to make the same trips this year. Beavers are also mentioned, using their tails to signal and steer while swimming.
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London
Ont
Niagara Falls Review
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