Four Year Junior College Trend Noted by Gen Gay
Gen Hobart R. Gay, new superintendent of New Mexico Military Institute, sees a growing move toward four year junior colleges. He argues education comes first with military training secondary and suggests a future pattern combining grade school, junior high, junior college, and university study.
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Hobart R. Gay
New Mexico Military Institute
Gay
NMMI
Fifth Army
Roswell
Republicans Push Farm Relief Plan for Moratorium and Livestock Aid
About 25 Midwestern Republicans urge a moratorium on principal farm loan payments while expanding pork and beef purchases to bolster the Farm program. They cite funds of up to 100 million dollars for pork and beef and push to use meat for school lunches, warning of rising farmer discontent.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Middle West
Hoeven
Iowa
Eisenhower
Rep. Jensen
Rep
Hope
Kan
Police run Operation Jaywalker fines reduce Manila traffic
Police launched Operation Jaywalker targeting pedestrians and fined 3,000 jaywalkers mainly at $2.25 each. Traffic accidents averaged 50 per day last year but dropped to 15 on the day of the operation.
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Manila
IUE
Westinghouse Strike Reaches 100th Day With Uncertain End
In Pittsburgh the Westinghouse strike marks its 100th day with no settlement in sight. Federal mediator John Murray meets with Westinghouse and the Iew union negotiators as profits fall, production slows, and thousands of workers face furloughs or reduced hours while wage talks stall.
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Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse,Electric Corp
John R. Murray
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
Murray
Gwilym A. Price
Price
IWE
United Electrical Workers
Westinghouse Atomic Research and Construction
First Kindergarten in U S Started Over 100 Years Ago
Watertown Wisconsin marks the centennial of the first American kindergarten started by immigrant mother Mrs Carl Schurz about 100 years ago along the Rock River. The venture grew from German roots and Froebel theory with German speaking sessions and wooden blocks. The Schurz home hosted sessions and inspired later educators including Elizabeth Peabody who popularized English speaking kindergartens.
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U. S
Watertown
Wis
Rock River
Wisconsin
America
Carl Schurz
Hamburg
Germany
Freidrich Froebel
Republican Party
Country
Kindergarten Movement Spreads Across Major Cities
A historical note traces private kindergartens to Mrs. Schurz, spreading from New York to San Francisco Chicago and Milwaukee. By the 1880s most large cities hosted kindergartens, reshaping early education in America. California leads as the state with the most aircraft industry subcontractors and suppliers, followed by Ohio New York Texas and Connecticut.
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California
Ohio
New York
Texas
Connecticut
Public School System Corporate Step Noted at St Louis 1873
A fragment notes a corporate integration into a public school system in St Louis during 1873. It mentions the city and date in a historical context, implying organizational changes affecting local education. The brief item highlights municipal and educational evolution within the era.
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St. Louis
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