Camp Fire Girls Go Places and Reach Beyond Camps
A historical portrait of Camp Fire Girls founded in 1912 detailing growth to 360000 members in 222 councils from Maine to California. Highlights include Reading Pennsylvania girls training in department stores, Dayton Ohio babysitting courses, St Paul Minnesota fundraising support, Klamath County Oregon health office work, and international aid with war orphans. The article emphasizes the 1947 anniversary project Going Places and the broad impact of youth service and citizenship initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Camp Fire Girls
St. Paul
Minn
Community Chest
Klamath County
Ore
Camp Fire
Washington
Horizon Clubbers
Sacramento
Calif
Air age takes wing in schools and labs across the nation
High school aquires war surplus planes for mechan ics training at Ren ton Vocational School and aeronautics programs. Veterans in training overhaul twin engine Cessnas while a new air reserve unit aims to field 400 officers and 1 600 trainees in Denver. Wisconsin weighs a 10 cent per mile air travel reimbursement for state workers. A Dunlap Iowa family survived a snowbound siege thanks to a flying brother who delivered supplies. In Missouri an Adkins family flies fox hunts after pilots’ training. A Berkeley lab at the University of California to study supersonic flight features wind tunnels and tests up to 3,000 mph and 70 000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chateworth
Ill
Renton Vocational School
Renton
Wash
Navy
Denver
Wisconsin State Senate
Berkeley
University of California
Historical Group Seeks End to Civil War Bond Restrictions
Madison Wisconsin the Wisconsin State Historical Society seeks relief from Civil War era limits in a senate bill. The measure would end the prohibition on researching and exhibiting topics beyond the war of the rebellion and remove ancient bonds restricting the group's scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
State Senate
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Mormon Pioneers Century of Utah's Growth Highlighted
In the Stories of the States feature editor Edward Emerine Win chronicles Brigham Young leading Mormon pioneers across the Great Desert to Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. The piece traces their faith driven trek, temple building, irrigation feats, and Utah’s transformation into a fertile, industrial region with diverse crops, livestock, and minerals. It notes Utah’s centennial celebrations, population shifts, and the legacy of opening the West.
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Old Jim Bridger
Green River
Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Vermont
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo
Deseret
Mormon Tabernacle
Utah
America
Bingham
Magna
Tooele
Garfield
Provo
Geneva Steel Plant
Fixin’ Daddy By A Scanlon
Jim, a blind father, fosters a repair world with his daughter Carol in a tense family scene. Janet and Carol navigate fear, truth, and care while Jim confronts his blindness and asserts his role, ending with a playful bike repair moment that redefines their bond.
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Jim
Janet
Carol
Caroll
Jan
Jimi
Salt Lake and Flats Lure Tourists and Racers
Salt Lake and Bonneville flats draw visitors and industries. Great Salt Lake's saline water makes swimmers buoyant and supports brine shrimp. The lake covers 4 200 feet in elevation, 80 miles long, 20 to 32 miles wide, with no outlet. The flats host high speed records and racing appeals, praised by Ab Jenkins for cooler tires and mirage phenomena on the salt surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake and Flats
Utah
Great Salt Lake
Bonneville
Ab Jenkins
Salt Lake City
Frisco Oakland Bridge Employs 264 Staff Members
The San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge operates with 264 employees to handle its eight mile span and busy traffic. The force includes 29 mechanics dedicated to service of disabled cars, averaging 43 per day, and it maintains its own police and fire departments.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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WNU
Maw Knrionne
Blue Birds
ATION
Earl Weber
Dunlap
Iowa
Harvey Weber
Flying Family
Wayne Adking
Elmo, Mo
Adkins
Keith
Donnie
Ontario
New York
Joe Laflanmm
Gogama
Edward Emerine
WIN
Salt Lake Mormon Temple
Alps
Italy
Greece
Ioal
Herbert B. Maw
Ogden
Latter Day Saints
A, Scanlon
Frisco-Oakland Bridge
Dr. Caldwell
Caldwell
de Rel Nn
O'Sullivan
Mecca
McKesson Laboratories
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