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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1936
Page
9
The article notes a boy educated at home into his teens, then entering Groton at age 14 for four years. Three photos show him at ages seven, 10, and as a Groton student. Descriptions mention his conventional digs covered with pennants mementos and club shingles. Image includes a father visiting Harvard.
Francis began descent, slipped five stories and died instantly. The note quotes Piering arguing low wages from 20 years as a justice of the peace, and a Tampa purse snatching incident ends with a resident defending herself. In Idaho, WPA crews use metal fencing to trap crickets, reducing infestation after a harsh season.
An unclear OCR fragment mentions a person named Thomas J. Wroaig or similar and a lawyer of the checkbook. It hints at checks written by habit and a warder questioning the jailer. The text is garbled and lacks clear events or dates.
In Helsingfors Finland a new dual balloon system by Dr Vilho Vaisala reached nearly 13 miles altitude with telegraphed air pressure and temperature data. The device weighs under 18 pounds and transmits readings as they are recorded, reducing recovery needs. The Finnish Geophysical Association plans a Spitzoergen expedition to study stratospheric temperatures with this instrument.
Evanston Illinois a Chicago suburb launches a nationwide traffic safety initiative led by Northwestern University in cooperation with the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The AMA commits $15,000 yearly to expand a police traffic training program. Lieut. Frankie M. Kreml will direct the institute assisted by Capt. Ray Ashworth.
Midwestern farmers scanned the skies for crop saving rain as meteorologists predicted showers and cooler weather across the arid midcontinent. Drought and heat stretched from Montana to Indiana with record highs in Kansas City and Topeka. A St Paul meeting sought federal relief for distressed farm families, with WPA officials convening to draft aid plans for about 75,000 people.
The $5.0 billion steel industry mobilized against forced acceptance of a closed shop, issuing a statement through the American Iron and Steel Institute. It warned that unionization campaigns by outsiders threaten recovery and employees' gains, risking layoffs and national welfare.
A Danish government committee proposes reorganizing public schools for ages over 12 with no textbooks in the last three years of middle school. Teachers would guide topics through field investigations, replacing fixed lessons and expanding handicraft, gymnastics, kitchens, gardens, and health instruction.
The Wichita Kansas police department outlines a tentative program to install traffic accident prevention bureaus in selected cities and states, improve traffic curricula, cooperate with Harvard University, provide traffic information to police, assemble best practices, and work with the National Safety Council on city and statewide safety programs.
Brownsville Texas a border county once rich in donkeys now lacks them for the Democratic convention in Philadelphia this summer. A Porter from the Women’s Press Association of Washington DC reported wandering the prairies seeking a dozen donkeys. a nearby area named jackass prairie once fed by wild herds, but many animals were shot or driven across the Rio Grande to Mexico.
National and American League leaders are listed with top averages runs RBIs hits and other stats for 1941. Notable figures include Gehrig Foxx Camilli J Martins Medwick and Dean among others with final line noting Chester Morris refuses to vocalize in his pictures.
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