Restored soil and new jobs drive rural revival
A WNU features overview argues rural planning should restore soil productivity and create local employment to meet changing times. It highlights Brasstown North Carolina as a model, the John C Campbell Folk School led by Mrs Olive Campbell, and the impact of home missions and local effort on community advancement.
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Speeding With Mules Legalized in Ill Town
In Mt Carmel Illinois the city code now allows driving a mule at ten miles per hour on streets and five miles per hour around corners. Ancient blue laws vanish. activities such as un-hitching horses, feeding them, playing cards in the park, and youths playing after curfew become legal under the new code.
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MT. Carmel
Ill
Deaf barber Belford quiets chatter with skillful cuts
In Springfield Bob Belford a deaf mute since birth works chair No. 5 in Jim Drew's shop. He endures lengthy talk from customers while barbers nearby interpret. Fellow barber George Smith praises Belford's skill after 47 years in the trade.
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Springfield
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George Smith
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Torch Duel Ends In Death In Point Marion
In Point Marion Pennsylvania Mrs Harold King 32 died and her husband 36 was critically burned after a quarrel in which kerosene was thrown on each other Coroner Lee Herrington reported He said King a coal miner tried to rescue his wife as she set her clothing on fire They moved from the home like two torches then King collapsed on the steps Mrs King was burned head to foot and found dead on the steps
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Point Marion
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Lee R. Herrington
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Veteran Bails Out Under Flood of Oil in Newport Beach
World War II veteran William Tallman fights a gushing oil well in his Newport Beach backyard producing about 350 barrels daily. With oil flooding his yard and no funds to cap or move it, the city ordinance prohibits drilling or diverting the flow, threatening ruin.
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Newport Beach
Calif
William Tallman
Bayside Cottage
Tallman
Acetylene Torch Frees Man From Trapped Door Incident
Aaron Gillespie, 42, was trapped when a loading door lowered and clamp seized his left leg at a Philadelphia waterfront pier. Firefighters, police, and railroad workers using acetylene torches cut away the door machinery, freeing him. He was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital for a compound leg fracture and observation.
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Philadelphia
Aaron Gillespie
Leonard Weyed
Pennsylvania Hospital
Retired Octogenarian Vies With Paul Bunyan Legend
In Georgetown Illinois Frank Williams a 80 year old retired coal miner single handed and with hand tools felled a 60-foot elm tree once a local landmark on Sept 30 He cut and split the trunk into 10 ricks of stove cordwood hauled six blocks by pushcart for winter fuel and saved the bark The tree carried a 36 inch base stump and a 41 inch double stump
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Georgetown
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Frank Williams
Astronomy Lead Shares Gunners Aim
Washington report notes an astronomer using a telescope must lead the star the same way an aerial gunner leads a moving plane. He calculates Earth's motion and tilts the telescope to receive the incoming light ray from the star.
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