Learning to Live 4-H Club Week Highlights Youth Civic Role
The National 4-H Club Week theme emphasizes youth leadership in home and world communities. About 1.7 million rural youths participate through programs across the United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, promoting democracy and “learning by doing” in agriculture, homemaking, and community service with activities in Boone County West Virginia Johnson Nebraska Dauphin Pennsylvania and beyond.
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State Agricultural Colleges
National Department of Agriculture
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
4-H Club
4-H
Boone County
W. Va
Church End
Kansas
Hach County
Rusk
Tex
Massachusetts
Boston
Mexico
Texas
New York City
Washington
D. C
Chicago
Four-H
Bilbo's Next Move in Senate Delayed by Contested Credentials
Senator Elad Bilbo faces a 30 day delay before taking oath as his credentials remain on the table. The 80th Congress postponed his seating amid a negotiated compromise to break a filibuster, as Taft notes major legislation is pending before March 31.
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Bilbo
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
John L. Lewis
Mother's Love in Hollywood Dreams and Sacrifice
Minerva, a seasonably employed baby sitter, becomes entangled in Tanya Labonn’s star turning bid for Hollywood glory. Bonnie, Tanya’s daughter, longs for their simple life, and Tanya’s onstage flop reveals a sacrifice for her child. Minerva’s ruse backfires as Bonnie learns her mother’s choice preserves their family.
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Minerva
Labona
Miller
Tanya Labonn
Tanya
Muller
Billy Dunn
Don
Hollywood
Bonnie
Mother
Mack
Civic Auditorium
Alaska Moose Defend Itself Against Rail Delays
Governor Ernest Gruening defended moose as Alaska rail traffic hazards and tourist attractions. Col John P Johnson said moose delay schedules and cause derailments with moose entering snowplow cuts. Gruening urged not to kill the animals, calling them a hazard and a summer attraction.
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Washington
Alaska
Ernest Gruening
John P. Johnson
Alaskan Railroad
Gruening
Interior Department
Johnson
Lovely Dresden Figure Runner and Star of Hope Bedspread
A vintage crochet catalog page highlights a Dresden Figure Runner with blue pink and yellow floral embroidery and crocheted edging. Also offered is a Star of Hope bedspread motif with six point blocks forming an all over design and crochet instructions for pattern numbers 301 and 625.
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Dresden
Star of Hope
Greyhound Races In Abilene Use Rabbits As Lures
Greyhound meets in Abilene Kansas use rabbits as lures. About 500 dogs enter and 250 jack rabbits serve as lures in races run on a 1400 foot straight course. Rabbits get a 300 foot head start and two weeks of training to reach safety slots at the course end.
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Abilene
Kans
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WNU
Ber
Johnson, Neb
Dauphin County
California
Guide Dogs For
Aleve
Truman
Lake Forest
Wilmington
N. C
White House
Congress
Coop
Albert Goss
National Grange
Goss
Trumat
National Farmers’ Union
American Farm Bureau Federation
Trumen
Department of Agriculture
Key Wheat
Fla
South Atlantic
New Deal
Bob Nathan
World-Wide Development Company
Administration
Argentina
Peron
Blaine Francis
Miler
Runner
Edin
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Lydia Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Agate Ee
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