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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1937
Page
7
The 1937 maiden voyage ended in disaster near Lakehurst New Jersey when the Hindenburg exploded just before landing. Captain Max Pruss commanded the airship on a Germany to United States trip, after previously serving under Capt. Ernst Lehmann and Dr. Hugo Eckener.
George H. Davis of Kansas City was elected president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at the annual Washington meeting. He succeeds Harper Sibley and is described as a banker, farmer and merchant. The convention opposed Roosevelt court reform and urged Wagner Act amendments.
A compendium on due process and equal protection from state to federal levels. It cites cases on taxation fairness for married couples and newspaper advertising income, stressing a free press as a vital public information source and the reach of the 14th Amendment. The piece notes state powers to tax but requires non arbitrary classifications and adherence to constitutional rights.
The laughing jackass or kookaburra thrives in Australia and is protected by law for its role as a predator of snakes and mice. Renowned for a cross between wild and giddy laughter, they earn the nickname settler's clock due to calls at dawn and dusk. The bird, a kingfisher, remains quiet except at sunrise when a leading kookaburra calls to alarm its companions.
Joe, a miner known as the human fly, and three companions faced a collapsing pitch tunnel in a deserted Cayuga mine. An ignition of a damp pocket of gas triggered a devastating slide, burying Joe under rock for nine hours. Rescued by surface teams, he left mining for good and later earned praise for his writing.
A Indianapolis News summary reports that the US Bureau of Entomology found no foundation for the belief that bees cannot sting through skin when a person holds breath or clenches fists. Bees respond to fear and quick movements, but quiet behavior reduces risk. odors can repel or anger bees.
Reading in the Cleveland Plain Dealer traces the eighteenth century slang macaronI to a group of wealthy English youths around 1772. They formed the Macaroni club, served macaroni at dinners and adopted extravagant dress and manners. The term Macaroni became a derisive label for an effete man.
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