Lone Star Empire Birthday Party Opens Texas Centennial Exposition
The Dallas Texas Centennial Exposition draws massive crowds for the Texas centennial celebration. The Cavalcade of Texas, water curtain scenes, and the big three industries showcase cattle oil and cotton with extensive livestock and poultry shows. Highlights include National Dairy show, mule and turkey events, horse and sheep exhibitions, and vast halls like transportation and farm centers. The fair aims to honor Texas history, present industry, and future prospects.
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Lone Star
Texas
Tle
Texas Rangers
America
Dallas Fair
Southwest
Future Farmers of America
United Orpington Club of America
Texas Birthday Party Exposition Attracts Nationwide Attention
Texas gears a $25 000 000 centennial celebration from June 6 to November 27 in Dallas. Officials disclose more than $16 million in expenditures by the exposition corporation city state and federal partners plus concessionaires and exhibitors. The tribute honors Stephen F. Austin as the Father of Texas amid the centennial events and enduring national interest.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Party Avenue
Dallas
Texas
Union
Hall of Natural History
United States
Austin
Lone Star State
Aeeeee Tadius
The
Exposition Corporation
City of
State of
Stephen F. Austin
Washington
Tomas
Republic of Texas
Device to predict mine roof cave ins at Penn State
Pennsylvania State College researchers unveiled a convergence recorder to detect initial rock breaks hours before roof collapses. The device measures tiny roof floor movements to forecast cave ins and improve miner safety, building on Moose River rescue lessons and US Bureau of Mines collaboration.
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State College
Moose River
N. S
Pennsylvania State College
H. Landsberg
School of Mineral Industries
Doctor Sandberg
Doctor Landsberg
United States Bureau of Mines
Monkey study on tyrants and slaves in group dynamics
A Columbia University study by Dr. A H Maslow uses rhesus monkeys to model how dominance and bullying emerge in groups. In two versus three or more settings strong individuals form coalitions against the weak, illustrating universal patterns of power and subjugation.
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Teachers’ College
Columbia University
A. H. Maslow
Doctor Maslow
Kathryn
Whitey
Wives Talk Silently in Caucasus Village
Soviet scientists from the Tiflis Institute of Caucasian Studies report a gesture language used by married women in Armenia, Georgia and nearby regions. The silent system lets a woman convey a word or phrase through a single gesture, reflecting an old Caucasian custom found in isolated villages.
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Tiflis
Tiflis Institute of Caucasian Studies
Armenia
Georgia
Candidates Get Name From Old Roman Custom
In Austin Texas Dr H J Leon Dare explains that modern politicians adopt campaign names from ancient Rome. Romans called office seekers candi dati meaning men in white, who wore wool togas whitened with fuller's chalk. He notes the practice aided visibility but did not stop baby kissing.
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Austin
Texas
H. J. Leon
Orleans
Doctor Leon
Indians Grow Spinach Without Land in Arizona
Washington reports a curious agricultural note as Indians in Arizona cultivate spinach without soil or traditional land use. Experts describe hydroponic or alternative growing methods aiding the crop’s expansion amid arid conditions.
Termites Now Known in Every State in Union
Termites, long feared in American cities, are now confirmed in every state. Prof. Alfred E. Emerson of the University of Chicago reports in Science that northern states Vermont Michigan North Dakota Wyoming and Montana show the presence. He notes the winter-resilient termites are native to the temperate zone and not tropical invaders. Fossil evidence suggests this termite group has thrived in similar climates for millions of years.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Emerson
University of Chicago
Vermont
Michigan
North Dakota
Wyoming
Montana
Emerson
Tropics
Level of Sea Sank During Ice Age
Prof. Francis P. Shepard of the University of Illinois reports to the National Academy of Sciences that during the Ice Age about a million years ago sea levels were roughly 3 000 feet lower. He describes canyon levels on the sea floor up to 10 000 feet deep and notes the idea that land rose during glacial periods as scarcely creditable.
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Washington
National Academy of Sciences
Francis P. Shepard
University of Illinois
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Shepard
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France
Mexico
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Houston
Goliad
Brenham
Nacogdoches
Huntsville
Great Southwest
Travel, Transportation and Petroleum Group
the Father of
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I Science Service
Caucasus
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