Guatemalan Indians Learn of United States in High Andes
In Santiago Chimaltenango, 1000 Guatemalan Indians living 8000 feet up in the Cuchumatanes have just learned of the United States. A Columbia University field study notes they maintain Mayan calendars and old customs, with autonomous villages under a central government.
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New York
Santiago
Chimaltenango
United States
Department of Anthropology
Columbia University
Charles Wagley
Kansas City
Central America
Santiago Chimaltenango
Department
Huehuetenango
Guiaterials
Cuchumatanes Mountains
Guatemala
Mr. Wagley
Guatemalan
Wagley
Engineers Float Pipe to Lake Erie Placement
Cleveland engineers solved a Lake Erie trench laying task by floating over 500 yards of heavy steel pipe in 120 foot sections. Each joint used water tight couplings and airtight caps before floating cranes placed the pipes into a trench. The project cost about $15,000 for the municipal engineering department.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Municipal Engineering Department
Addicts Best Penmen Boston
Detective George F. Smith reports after examining 5,600 handwriting specimens annually that 80 percent of the public writes illegibly. He says narcotic addicts are the finest writers, while successful business men are the poorest.
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Boston
George F. Smith
Smith
Prison Population Reaches 144000 In 1936
The census bureau reports 144,180 prisoners, with 4,902 women making up 4.9 percent. Of the total, 3,731 are murder convictions. Federal prisons hold older inmates, average 32.4 years, vs 27.1 in state facilities. There were 149 executions and 1,034 deaths in prison. Burglary leads offenses among inmates.
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Washington
Census Bureau
States
Dual tires prove best for marsh ground on Wisconsin test
Madison researchers report tractors with dual rubber wheels slip less and stay on the surface over marshy soil compared with single rubber or steel wheels. Front dual tires improve steering. rear duals match wide steel wheels for surface support with minimal slippage. Fuel use not measured.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
F. W. Duffee
Duffee
Nicknames of Criminals Kept on File by G Men
The FBI has created a nickname file to accompany fingerprint records of gangsters kidnappers and bank robbers Director J Edgar Hoover said nicknames rarely change even if aliases vary widely. Nicknames reflect appearance attitude or idiosyncrasies and can aid investigators tracking missing criminals. Youth Plows the Fields Farm laborers are younger than other workers with over one third between twenty and twenty nine and two thirds under forty per Agriculture Department state surveys.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Wome
Underworld
Department of Agriculture
Lost Ruby Ring Found in Hen Gizzard
Mrs Earl Crall ey recovered her missing ruby engagement ring. After long searching the set, she found the gem while dressing a hen and discovering the ruby inside the fowl s gizzard.
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Clinton, Sr
Earl Cralley
Vesper Services Held Sunday at Mennonite Brethren Church
Rempte Easter program by Wasco High School Harmonettes and the A Capella choir directed by Ruby Duncan Hicks. They performed a biblically themed sequence and sacred pieces, with solos by Naomi Friesen and Edna Kraft, featuring a roster of 30 students in the Harmonettes and choir.
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Mennonite Brethren Church
Wasco High School
Ruby Duncan Hicks
Naomi Friesen
O’ Devine Redeemer
Edna Kraft
A Capella
Daisy Gloeckler
Louis Nerling
Doris Gromer
Louis Bergthold
Josephine Klassen
Margaret Funk
Rhoda Funk
Doris Funk
Maruth Gloeckler
Grace Warkentine
Anna Louise Wedel
Esther Nitardy
Anna Bergthold
Elizabeth Gromer
la Verne Miller
Elvera Voth
Anna Fleishaur
Kindergarten and First Grade Easter Program at Richland
The program directed by Miss Marie Cakin and Mrs Rose M Willis took place in the Richland school auditorium. Kindergarten performed songs and a Hansel and Gretel dance while First grade staged songs and the Easter Rabbit play with I V McCombs announcing numbers.
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Marie Cakin
Rose M
Willis
Richland School
Dickory Dock
Hansel and
Gretel
Bunny Rabbit
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Irvin S. Cobb
Photos By
M_ U. Blumenthal
U. S
Penmen
M. B. Church
Ye the
Father
Gounod
Palestina
Lillis Nerling
Albert Hay Malotte
Orlando Gibbons
Greig
Max Spicker
God of All Nature
Roma Stone
Jean Coe
Eleanor Bertkau
Winifred Bertkau
Ruth Warkentine
Alvina Bergthold
Dustesen
San Joaquin Valley
Libby
California
Kellogg's
Kellogg's Wholewheat Biscuits
Hershey's
Shafter
Foler’s
P &G
Durkee
Meat Department
Weiners
Hams Armour's Star
Salt Park
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