Push-Button Era: Self-Service Machines Reign
AL JEDLICKA previews a coming age of self service as vending devices replace clerks. Machines will dispense gas, change money, cook food, sell timetickets, insure policies, and shine shoes, making commerce quicker and more automatic.
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AL Jedlicka
WIN
National Automatic Merchandising Association
Chicago
U. S
Europe
Nathan Cummings
Consolidated Grocers Inc
Glider Pioneer Raymon Parker Builds Career From Scrap
ORLANDO Fla Raymon Parker known glider pilot rose from stolen sheets and scraps at age 15 to fly and crash his first craft. He holds one of six Golden C awards and this year’s distance record. Now stationed at Pine Castle Army Air Field with the Soaring Society of America he helps gather thunderstorm data for military tests. Parker recalls a 32 foot wing span craft rising to 1000 feet for 90 minutes aided by a California thermal. That was his first and last accident. He also paints and makes wood miniatures.
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Orlando
Fla
Raymon Parker
Parker
Pine Castle Army Air Field
Soaring Society of America
Army
Navy
California
Crops Supplanting Dogies in Arizona
Arizona shifts from cattle to crops as irrigation boosts vegetables. Dr. George Barr of the University of Arizona reports last year’s vegetable output at 38 million dollars, while cattle brought 29 million and cotton 17 million, with head lettuce exceeding 20 million. Truck farming centers at Salt River Valley near Phoenix and Yuma Valley.
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Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
George Barr
University of Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station
Barr
Salt River Valley
Phoenix
Yuma Valley
Invents Lock Picker Not for Sale in Chattanooga
William Miskill a Chattanooga locksmith after 18 years of work says he has perfected a portable electric lock picker that can open most doors in seconds. He will not sell the device arguing it protects locks and would aid housebreakers and car thieves. The device uses a vibrating steel needle and a tension tool to lift lock tumblers and open the door.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
William Miskill
Miskill
Wisconsin veteran housing saver builds 22 unit complex
Vernor Kahl, named housing expediter for war veterans at the University of Wisconsin, opened a 22 apartment building plus his own home to shelter 27 World War II veterans and wives. He gathered lumber and local help, overcoming material shortages with neighborly cooperation to finish the project in under two weeks.
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Madison
Wis
Wilson Wyatt
Vernor Kahl
University of Wisconsin
Kahl
Verona
Student Housing Bureau
Armless mother uses toes to diaper her baby
Mrs James Corbett Beach an armless mother uses her toes as fingers to change diapers and demonstrates this to nurses. At 23 she says she will manage as well as any mother with two arms and has learned to drive and play guitar. She performed at fairs in New York San Francisco and Dallas.
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Tulsa
Okla
James Corbett Beach
Police Chief Recasts Tickets To Lose The Tax Hit
Olympia Washington police chief Roy Kelly realized a legal mistake after tickets were printed. He ordered they be recalled and reissued with entertainment tax included to render the tickets lawful.
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Olympia
Wash
Roy Kelly
Veteran trains dogs for children in free school
Carl F. Eggleston a former Marine Corps dog trainer opens a free dog training school in Long Beach California. He will teach dogs of all breeds to be obedient playmates and guardians for children noting his prewar experience in conformation showing and special duty work.
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Long Beach
Calif
Carl F. Eggleston
Marine Corps
Eggleston
Aviation notes record airport dedications and air freight flights
Dedication ceremonies for Oshkosh Winnebago County Airport featured Gen Carl A Spaatz. A Seattle G I Flight Club with 50 charter members bought two grasshopper planes. Kremmling Colorado opened a new city airport during rodeo festivities. Ed Rowley of Eugene started Flowers with Wings shipping field blooms by air. Ohio State football team flight to Los Angeles had one air sick passenger. A herd of 82 Holstein cattle was flown from Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Minnesota to Colombia to speed transport. Civil Aeronautics broadcasts new pressure pattern flying navigation from WSY New York to aid trans Atlantic pilots.
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Winnebago County
Oshkosh
Wis
Carl A. Spaatz
Army Air Forces
G.I. Bill
G.I
Seattle
Kremmling
Colo
Ohio State
Columbus
Ohio
Los Angeles
California
Paul Bixler
Wisconsin
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Colombia
Amer
Milwaukee
Willis Air Service, Inc
Eastern
trans-Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Administration
WSY
New York
Rome's Early Fire Service Rumors Debunked
A claim that ancient Rome employed seven thousand firefighters and used a chariot for a chief is questioned by historians. The story includes a fire marshal holding an inquiry as flames subsided, illustrating mythic embellishments around imperial emergency services.
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Rome
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Wazeltine Ave
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