Elyria Garden Club News Highlights Local Plantings and Memorials
The Elyria Garden Club describes landscaping at the Alan Smythe lot on Washington Blvd with a built wall, terraced levels, dogwood borders, and a small pool. It notes dogwood memorials for Valley Forge soldiers, triliums in Cascade Park and near Amherst, a bird sanctuary fund for Oberlin College, grafted apple trees at Dr. George Gill’s yard, and compares European and American Mountain Ash trees. The piece blends local horticulture with regional memorials and park notes.
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Alan Smythe
Washington Blvd
William A. Ely
Valley Forge
George Washington
Mohican State Park
Loudonville
Ohio
George Gill
Columbus St
Ocean Air Whets Appetites Survey Of Meals Reveals
New York based survey by United States Lines finds Steamship passengers on the United States eat far more meat and poultry than landlubbers. On a nine day voyage, 64,654 pounds of prime fresh meats and 20,512 pounds of poultry were consumed by 1,536 passengers and 1,000 crew. Daily intake averaged about 2.4 pounds per person, six times the national per capita. Poultry averaged 14 ounces daily, nine times the national average.
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New York
United States Lines
United States
Four Famous Ships to Be Scuttled in Navy Program
Washington report says four famed old battleships USS Constellation Hartford Olympia and Oregon will be scuttled or scrapped under a Navy economy plan. Restoring these relics would cost about 35 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
America
Davy Jones
Constellation
Hartford
Olympia
Oregon
Barbary Coast
Manila Bay
Congress
Scene About Town Scrabble and Local Characters Highlight Town Life
A mosaic of vignettes shows Betty Waldron dominating Scrabble with terms learned from City Solicitor Richard Baird, while friends and spouses juggle babies and social routines. Jozef Satin, famed by Czech origins, is praised for statue restorations at St. Agnes Church. Ice sales rise in Elyria as City Ice Co. notes a slow vanishing ice-box era. Other items mention Jack Davis leading students to push transit rates, crooks in a bank hailed as Frances Crooks and Charlotte Robbs, CT proofreader Oscar Dunn, a Republican primary clash between county commissioner hopefuls, Stan Machok teasing Charles Cavagna, and assorted local opinions on sports fans and age jokes.”
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Jozef Satin
St. Agnes Church
Czechoslovakia
City Ice Co
Elyria
Jack Davis
Colson Corp
Chicago
Crooks
Frances Crooks
Charlotte Robbs
Dennis Kiernan
Oscar Dunn
Jack Ryan
Stan Machok
Charles Cavagna
Ace Dribbler
Columbia to Launch East European Studies Program
New York City Columbia University will start an extensive East European studies program next September. A $250,000 Carnegie Corporation grant funds the project, covering Iron Curtain nations and Yugoslavia. The seven year effort aims to train American experts with deep knowledge of the region.
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New York
INS
Columbia University
Grayson Kirk
University
Carnegie Corporation
Columbia
Yugoslavia
Carnegie Corp
Kirk
Dreaming Driver Often Winds Up In Long Sleep
Chicago safety experts say daydreaming behind a wheel causes 16 percent of accidents and contributes to many more. They cite 10 000 accident reports from the Kemper group of insurance companies for drivers with no explanation for the mishaps.
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Chicago
Kemper ‘Group
Surgeon’s case in termite-proof plastic debut
NO TERMITES NO TERMITES, DOC LONDON-IN-W. R. Swann land Co., Ltd., Sheffield manufacturer of surgical blades and handles, hopes It has "just what the doctor ordered." Its latest product a surgeon's case in termite-proof plastic.
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London
W. R. Swannland Co., Ltd
Sheffield
Scream Alarm and Moose Madness Highlight Odd News
In The Chatter Box, a self defense device offers a silent alarm to deter attackers, with a warning against misuse. The column also notes Nova Scotia moose exhibiting “moose madness” linked to long-term mineral and vitamin deficiencies, suggesting dietary balance as a preventive measure.
First official Army parachute jump pioneer reflects on career
Fort Benning veteran M/Sgt. William N. King recalls the August 1940 jump from 1,000 feet, the first official airborne ascent from an aircraft. He notes years of training, tower practice at the World's Fair site, and his role in founding Fort Benning's Parachute School and early airborne training programs.
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Fort Benning. Ga
William N. King
Infantry Center
Fort Benning
King
Nashville
Tenn
Air‘home
Parachute School
Happy Novice Auction Adds Excitement With Fierce Bidding
ANEKE JAHN reports Bunny DeWalt formerly of this place now in California held a full household furnishings sale near Welshfield. Harold Lanze auctioneer kept the crowd laughing as bidders chased glassware and nicknacks while a chocolate drop shaped woman in front drew comments from onlookers.
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Bunny DeWalt
California
Bunny
Shalersville
Secrets of Obedience Training for Dogs and Judges Listed
A guide outlines basic obedience exercises taught by canine groups and AKC style trials. It notes heel, come, and stay as core drills, recommends classes for distraction handling, and previews judges for a Lorain County Kennel Club show on Aug. 15 with expert panels and breed allocations.
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American Kennel Club
The
Lorain County Kennel Club
Roll Arena
Cleveland St
William H. Ackland
Washington
D. C
Boston Terriers
Maurice L. Baker
Minneapolis
Minn
W. C
Jam Session Coast to Coast Featuring Eddie Condon
Eddie Condon leads a Columbia long play with his All Stars and a pick-up group from Hollywood and New Orleans. The LP includes Beale Street Blues Emaline Dont Worry About Me I Cant Give You Anything But Love Riverboat Shuffle Ole Miss and a Rampart Street Parade medley with remarks by Condon and drummer.
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Columbia
Condon
Hollywood
Bob Crosby
All Stars
Dmm
Bill Davison
Ole Miss
George Avakian
Johnny Mercer
Rampart St
Crosby
Squeeze Me
Ja-da
Shiek
Larger Families Seen On Way Back By College Exner
Millicent McIntosh, president of Barnard College, predicts a return to large families and traditional home life in America. She notes many young adults desire warm family ties and are willing to sacrifice financially to achieve them. McIntosh, a mother of five, says students seek basic human relationships over modern gadgetry.
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Exner
New York
Millicent McIntosh
Barnard College For Women
Columbia University
Everest Height May Surpass 29002 Feet Says Expeditions Members
Washington Sir Ed mund Hillary and Sir John Hunt, members of the British Everest expedition, say the mountain may exceed 29,002 feet. Hunt tells the National Geographic Society he believes the peak is higher by about 100 to 150 feet.
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Washington
Edmund Hillary
Sir John Hunt
Mt.Everest
John
National Geographic Society
Million Stamps Planned By Interior for Migratory Bird Fund
The Interior Department plans to issue one million 1954 55 migratory bird stamps depicting two ring necked ducks in flight. The ring necked duck, also called ring bill or black jack, is the image used on the stamps.
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Washington — Ins
Interior Department
Bug Forces Ohio Farmers To Close Loans Early
A bug outbreak pushes southern Ohio farmers to repay or deliver corn loans to the Commodity Credit Corporation two to three months early. Maturity dates are moved up to July or earlier to funnel moth infested corn into storage for treatment, preventing moth damage. Northern Ohio farmers mostly may re-seal for another year, with May 1 and June 1 deadlines in effect for southern counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Commodity Credit Corporation
Lowell Folsom
CCC
T. H. Parks
U. S. Route 49
Coshocton
Miami County
Power Steering Popular Auto Accessory Gains Pace
Detroit reports more than one million power steering units installed in the last two years with another million projected this year. The feature is presented as the most popular auto accessory since heaters and radios.
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Detroit
Grasshoppers Buried In Montana Glacier
A glacier in the Beartooth Mountains of southern Montana holds millions of frozen grasshoppers entombed over 600 years. Researchers note repeated insect migrations failed to cross the ice, trapping the insects in the glacier.
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Montana
Glacier
Washington
Beartooth Mountains
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