Quick Quiz Answers From 19th Century Almanac Puzzles
A compact set of trivia questions covering science geography history and language from a period almanac. Topics include water and ice weights hair growth annual inches, vice presidents who became presidents, hogshead barrels, dog perspiration, largest inland city, wine states, trapezoid form, northern landpoint, slow mammal, Philippine islands, vein versus artery function, kinetic meaning, Scandinavian nations, King David’s beloved son, across Atlantic North America, foot care term, Puget Sound city, pedant definition, and dying intestate.
Answers in Brief: Quick Facts Quiz Review
A compact set of trivia items covers weights, distances, presidents, measures, anatomy, cities, states, shapes, geography, etymology, maps, and definitions. Highlights include water and ice weights, a four inch estimate, a long list of presidents, and terms like probate and pedicure.
Grambling Tigers blank Oklahoma City Braves 27 to 0
Grambling College Tigers routed the Oklahoma City Braves 27 to 0 in a nine inning game at Grambling, continuing their strong run in the Negro Texas League. Eddie Robinsons hirelings produced a lopsided victory signaling their dominance and pace.
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Eddie Robinson
Oklahoma City Braves
Embryo campaign ends in bitter disappointment for Oklahoma
Oklahoma faced a crushing setback as the campaign failed to meet expectations. Ben Gipson drove in five runs with a grand slam in a nine-run fifth inning, while Crawford Neal backed the burst with three hits, including a triple and two doubles. Mackie Freeze and Homer Reed were sidelined by the explosive shift in momentum.
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Homer
Reed
Ben Gipson
Crawford Neal
Collegians
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Neal
Washington House Talks on Housing and Tax Waste
A Washington report cites Real Estate Lobby chief Morton Bodfish defending high pay while opposing low cost housing. It criticizes the 15 percent transportation tax as a wartime hangover costing $750 million yearly and calls for repeal. A quirky fog anecdote highlights congressional mail and wasteful pamphlets.
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House
House of Representatives
Abe Muter
D—N. Y
Bodfish
Congressman Mutter
Bunche Honored at City Hall Ceremony
Count A J Gary narrates a ride with Mrs Bunche and Dr Ralph Bunche attends a City Hall event in Lake Success New York where Mayor O Dwyer praises Bunche as a great American statesman. A luncheon at Waldorf Astoria follows and honorary Doctor of Hebrew Letters is to be bestowed on Bunche and Aubrey Eban.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Grover Whalen
Bernard Baruch
Robert T. Patterson
Dr. Bunche
Aubrey E. Eban
Israel
Play by sightless actresses praised at N Y Association for the Blind
The Women s Department of the New York Association for the Blind staged a three act drama Career Angel at their theatre with nineteen sightless women in the cast. The performance drew continuous applause and was praised as among the season s best. Evelyn Jerome founder of the Hebrew Union College linked Sister Seraphin to the show. Separately the Age s evolution and ownership are noted, along with Father Divine s Philadelphia hotel purchase and a Tuskegee lecture by Clare Boothe Luce. A replica of Booker Washington s birthplace cabin was dedicated in Virginia as a shrine preparation.
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