Exercise system aids handicapped youths gains in Albany
Albany reports a year of tests show high school students using a new weight lifting and resistive exercise system recover strength and confidence. A paralytic arm patient Ray Hughes and classmate Lawrence Stafford credit the program for improved abilities and social standing, with Becker praising broad potential.
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Albany
N. Y
Ben M. Becker
Becker
Ray Hughes
Hughes
Lawrence Stafford
Cities See Slower Growth in 1940 Census Counts
Provisional 1940 census figures for 31 cities with populations over 25 000 show a 6.3 percent gain for the decade, far below the 23 percent rise recorded in 1930. Boise Idaho and Newport Kentucky grew faster than in 1930, while seven cities lost population. Final counts may shift.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Boise
Idaho
Newport
Fall River
Manchester
N. H
Wilmington
N. C
Gadsden
Ala
Lubbock
Texas
Elizabeth
N. J Ms
Device on Skyscraper to Gauge Lightning Bolts
A new magnetic lightning surge recorder installed atop Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh 42-story tower aims to capture direct lightning hits. The 50-foot mast and arrester route strikes through two recorders developed by Charles Wagner and Gilbert D. McCann to advance technical understanding of lightning events.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning
Cathedral
Charles Wagner
Gilbert D. McCann
Buried Whisky Treasure Sought Along Coos Bay Beach
Coos Head near Coos Bay Oregon attracts treasure seekers as Bill Brown once buried a 20 gallon keg of whisky in 1924. A forest fire the next day destroyed his landmark, and the treasure remains hidden somewhere along the beach awaiting discovery.
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Oregon
Coos Bay
Obe
Coos Head
Bill Brown
Harvesting Expert Nels Nelson Shares Grain Know-How
Nels Nelson, 90, a veteran on a Mason City area farm, has experience from cradle rigs to modern combines. He assisted with this year’s harvest on the family fields and knows the full range of grain harvesting methods.
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Nels Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Mason City
Pennies spill in Bloomfield jar breaks on pavement
A jar with 5,000 coins slipped from a Bloomfield resident and shattered on the pavement. All 6,500 pennies were recovered by a couple before their wedding, with jeweler E. O. Spilmann tallying the amount used to pay for their silver.
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Bloomfield
Spilmann
Pocahontas County Orders Maintenance Garage Plan
Pocahontas County Iowa advances a plan to build a central maintenance garage funded from Secondary Road funds with federal assistance. the project aims to house machinery safer and more efficiently as road mileage grows and to relieve current overcrowding. The July 16 1940 hearing covered budget estimates, with claims audited for multiple funds and vendors listed for labor, supplies, and repairs.
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Pocahontas County
State of
Iowa
State of Iowa
Towa
Fonda Times
Pocahontas Record Democrat
Rolfe Arrow
Woodcraft Mfg
B. J. Stegge
Labor County Fund
Hubert Kapsch
C. W. Gilchrist
Orog
Langan Paper Co
L. M. Ruck
Kaplan Food Market
Mdse
R. N. Brenny
Donald Cleal
Pocahontas Lumber
Cesewer Pipe
L. A. Hansen
Pocahontas
Swaney Motor Co
Sieg Fort Dodge Co
Toledo Pressed Steel Co
M. W. Webb
W. W. Hudek
Tom Gannon
O. F. Young
Clarence Jensen
Sess
E. A. Rude
Viola F. McCartan
P. M
Co. W. Gilchrist
Pris
Amelia Kopriva
L. W. Holley
Shimon
Ed Winegarden
Walter Cook
Pocahontas Lumber Store
Matt Flaherty
Nah Bee
H. Brokaw
Clough Auto
Fred Dillemuth
Fort Dodge Machine & Sup
Fort Dodge Limestone Co
Andy Henriksen
van D. Holdman
Blksing
Iowa Culvert and Pipe Co
As Inc
Current
Royal
Oil Co
Standard Explosive Corp
Western States
Mfg. Co
J. C. Mordan
Ray Boyd
Gahm
Will Miller
Chas. Joachims
Earl Guess
Glen Simpson
Russell
Filloon
Willard Rude
J. D. Reyman
Geo. Price
Ben Eby
Oscar Ellis
Wayne Miller
John Triggs
Vern S. Coon
Burte DeYoung
Id. F. Worth
Marl Leith
John Hatteberg
John Hess
Fred E. McKim
Labor
L. S. Travis
W. Ik. Boles
Carl Lanus
Elmer Leadley
Leo McCormick
Jack Kober
L. G. Schonberger
H. Cavanaugh
J. C. Gilchrist
F. E. Calkins
Geo. W. Johnson
B. R. Wiemers
Chas. Montandon
Sam Woods
Earl Stelpflug
Joe Stelpflug
Jim Collins
Shelton Thompson
Gerald Griffin
Oscar Carlson
Joe Griffin
Kevin Griffin
Robert Sell
John P. Anderson
Hugh Huston
Matt Fitzgerald
Marvin Kruchten
R. M. Love
Harold George
Francis Teeters
Virgil James
Lora Weber
Robert Williams
Walter Stoulil
Ed. Winegarden
R. D. Farlow
P. E. Winegarden
Henry Buck
John Moon
Edna George
Dollie Cox
Elsie Miller
Esther Shaffer
Anna Stratton
Frank Wheeler
Fitzgerald Briardale
Fisher & Thornton
Fonda Creamery
Will Green
C. M. Heflin
Mullen Grocery
Opal Food
Peoples Mercantile Co
Shriner
Blind
Walsh Cash Store
Chevrolet to Supply 1180 Transport Units for 85 000 Troops
An Army plan details 85 000 troops in combat units will use 1 180 Chevrolet transport vehicles including officers cars reconnaissance cars trucks adapted to special uses and military ambulances. The image sequence shows an ambulance crew service scene a Chevrolet parts and service tent a Minnesota National Guard officer Lt Col Beessberg and an officers car being serviced.
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Chevrolet
Army
Beessberg
Minnesota National Guard
Ros
Little Falls
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