Daniel Haley Wins New York State Spelling Bee
Daniel Haley of St. Lawrence County won the New York State spelling championship after a day of five tests, besting 53 contestants. Elizabeth Davis of Livingston and Doris De Long of Genesee tied for second, winning part of a $40 prize. Alexander Tschekaloff of Nassau placed third.
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Mads.hi
Lawrence Counts
New York State
Daniel
Dan
Dan Es
Eyabeth da
Livonia
Livingston County
Doris de Long
LeRoy
Genesee County
Alexander Tschekaloff
Sea CH
Nassau County
Elizabeth
Doris
Alexander
Onondaga County
Janice Wagner
R. D
East
Syracuse
Fiftwe
Joseph Zanchelli
Columbia County
Alexander Tachekaloff
Daniel Haley
St. Lawrence County
Catherine Fitzpatrick
Greene County
Elizabeth Davis
Orrin M. Smith
Walcott
Wayne County
Nathan C. Southworth
East Springfield
Otsego County
Mabel Sarbaugh
Northi Tonawanda
Niagara County
M. Delos Goodrich
Tiora Center
Tioga County
Everest
J. Allen
Peru
Clinton County
Mildred H. Craib
Berlin
Rensselaer County
Rodovi
Madrid
Frank Wright
Leon Frank Haley
Wildlife show draws crowds at New York fair exhibits
Crowds flock to the State Institutions Building for the wildlife show featuring beaver and ant displays. Visitors view dioramas of Niagara Falls and Jones Beach, plus landscapes and Cornell University plantings, with education on local flora and pests.
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Nature
New York State
Cornell University
Niagara Falls
Jones Beach
Education In the Home for Civic Responsibility
Mrs Price argues the home must teach three R s as respect responsibility and religion rather than reading writing arithmetic The three R s of the home are key to forming future citizens Judges include Prof Loren D Reid from Syracuse University Mrs Kathleen Small of Cornell and Mrs Vera McCrea Searles of New York City
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Syracuse
Heraud-Journad Teer
Home
Bbuilt
Demantag Mith
Ayan Marth Sean
Loren D. Reid
School of Speech and Dramatic Art
Syracuse University
Kathleen Small
College of Home Economics
Cornell University
Vera McCrea Searles
New York City
Mrs Frederick Price Wins Fair Speaking Contest
Mrs Frederick Price of Vans Hornesville Herkimer County won the New York State Federation of Home Bureaus contest at the State Fair Ground representing the northern district and advancing to the regional level. Other contestants Mrs Merle Culver Castleton eastern district Mrs Claude Knapp West Danby central district and Mrs B G Maxfield Pittsford western district received honorable mention.
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Frederick Price
Vans ‘Hornesville
Herkimer Couny
New York State
Fedeeration of Home Bureaus
State Fair Ground
Price
Merle Culver
Castleton
Claude Knapp
West Danby
B. G. Maxfield
Pittsford
van Hornesville
Herkimer County
Vera McCrea Searles
Women’s Fair Advisory Board
Children to Appear In Pageant Marking Park Season Close
The Municipal Recreation Commission hosts the pageant Pursuit of Happiness at Thornden Park Amphitheater at 8 15 tonight with about 450 children from six city playgrounds. Six centers close today, pools shut Saturday, and summer programs end though 10 playgrounds reopen next week for a two month fall program.
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Municipal Recreation Commission
Thornden Park
Lodi
Dunbar
Washington
Pere Lemoyne
Eastwood
Salem Hyde
Smith T. Fowler
Army Units Detailed to Show Duty Across New York
Fourth Armored Division gear is staged in central and northern New York for public display. Detachments visit Rochester Gouverneur Lowville Syracuse Watertown Labor Day events and Wierton West Virginia to demonstrate tanks armored cars half tracks and other equipment to thousands of visitors. A 24th Engineer Battalion convoy returns with 100 new armored trucks, boosting total on hand to about 250. Public audiences along Oneida Lake and nearby towns will view the road equipment of the division.
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Fourth Armored Division
Cenral
New York
Rochester
American Legion
Gouverneur
Lowville
Charles W. Watson
S5th Armored Regiment
Syracuse
Watertown
J. W. Vaughan
Wierton
W. Va
Norman B. Edwards
37Th Armored Regiment
24Th Engineer Battalion
Pine Camp
Fort Wayne
Mich
Philadelphia
Theresa
Antwerp
Carthage
Stokes
Lee Center
Taberg
Vienna
Oneida Lake
35Th
Walter
Army Tank Maneuvers Thrill Fair Spectators at State Fair
Civilians witness the first armored maneuver at the New York State Fairgrounds as four 12-ton Army tanks from the 25th armored regiment of the 4th Armored Division race 25 mph across the racetrack in a brief demonstration. Half-track trucks with 75 mm guns and four passenger peep cars join the display, while First Lieut. Charles W. Watson explains the unit’s armored warfare role and tank crew composition.
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New York State Fair Ground
25Th Armored Regiment
4Th Armored Division
Pine
Charles W. Watson
U.S. Army
Army unit to march from Pine Camp to Oneida Lake
W. Boon leads a battalion march from Pine Camp to Oneida Lake. About 21 personnel form the column with six 2 1/2 ton trucks, three scout cars, motorcycles, a field kitchen and other equipment. Tomorrow night they bivouac near Charles H. Haynes’s property east of Cleveland. Friday they move via Central Square Fulton and Mexico back toward Pine Camp.
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W. Boon
Pine Camp
Oneida Lake
Battaiion
Charles H. Haynes
Cleveland
Central Square
Fulton
Mexico
Snowplow Used to Clear Denver Highway Hailstorm
A hailstorm so severe that a snowplow was used to clear a nine mile stretch north of Colorado Springs. Hailstones piled eight to ten inches deep and a few snow flurries accompanied the storm.
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Colorado
Colorado Springs
Colo
Denver
Here
Margiasso to Attend Veterans Conclave in Columbus
Patrolman Ralph J. Margiasso of Syracuse will represent the New York State department of the Italian American World War Veterans at the national convention in Columbus Ohio August 29 to September 1. John Venditti Post 1 will be represented by Nichols DeYulio Louis Turk and Joseph Campone. The convention may adopt a resolution opposing moving Memorial Day from May 30 to the first Friday in June, a change NY state convention already opposes.
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New York State
Antwerp High School to Open September Second
Gouverneur August 27 Antwerp High School will open September 2. All high school pupils are asked to enroll today or tomorrow between 9 A.M. and 3 P.M.
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Gouverneur
Antwerp
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promised to Aid Digestion
Advert describes Carter's Little Liver Pills as a herbal remedy that wakes up liver bile flow to improve digestion and daytime mood. It claims pills relieve constipation without purging and urges readers to buy genuine 10¢ and 25¢ packs.
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John
William
Irene
Clara
Carter
Foresters Host Airline Dinner With Flight Tickets
Foresters for America hosted an Airline Dinner in the Foresters Hall last night. Rev. Gerald Dunn spoke of his first airplane trip on August 26, 1917. Frederick Rage and Gaetano Centore received American Airlines flight tickets to New York, presented by John W. Colther of American Airlines.
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American Airlines
Foresters For America
Foresters’ Hall
Gerald Dunn
New York
Frederick Rage
Gaetano Centore
John W. Colther
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