Pupils Douse Eugene High School Head With Whitewash
Principal C. J. Shaw was drenched by a bucket of whitewash dumped from the auditorium proscenium as students protested his handling of disqualifications for unreadiness on the Eugene high school football team. The incident follows ongoing student-principal tensions and disrupted a music program.
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Texas Rancher Gus Mathis 55 Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Gus Mathis aged 55 were held Friday at his South Texas home. He died Thursday at his residence on Denver Boulevard. Officiating were Reverends H. Smith and J. W. Albritton. Mathis, from Crockett County Tennessee, had lived in South Texas for nineteen years. He is survived by his widow Fannie Mathis, three sons Alley Yelle and John Mathis, three daughters Mrs Doris Rhodes and Beasley and Gustine Mathis, plus three brothers and three sisters.
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J. W. Albritton
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Crockett County
Tennessee
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Fannie Mathis
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John Mathis
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Doris Rhodes
Beasley
Gustine Mathis
Cadet Beaux Royal Title Sparks Banter at West Point
West Point cadet William Glasgow once nicknamed Seceer Bill earns new jibes as Beau of Princess Leana. Fellow cadets tease him with Highness and King while praising his duty as an officer and gentleman. He hopes to visit Paris after graduation next year. Paris seems close to Bucharest.
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West Point
Seceer
Bill
Leana
William
Glasgow
King
Paris
Bucharest
Youths Steal Slot Machine From Cafe
A South Flores street cafe owner reported two youths entered for food then carried a slot machine to a waiting car and drove off before the license plate could be recorded. Police took the report and investigated the cafe theft during wartime pressure on operators.
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South Flores Street
Lost Arctic land sighted by Norge pilot Riiser-Larsen
Seattle reports Roald Amundsen aircraft navigator Lieut Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen may have sighted Keenan Land instead of Point Barrow during the Norge flight from Spitzbergen to Teller Alaska May 12. Hart Hammond recounts the claim and notes Amundsen’s insistence on a sighting.
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Roald Amundsen
Hjalmar Riiser-Largen
Spitzbergen
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Alaska
Hart Hammond
Nome
Hammond
Detroit
George H. Wilkins
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Point Barrow
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Née Land
Point Bar‘row
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Rambler” Wagons
Overland Flyers
Children’s Rockers
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