Senior Class Night Held by Graduates at Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville May 15 graduates stage Senior Class Night at the high school. The program features seniors in history prophecy song and glee club numbers with a school movie shown by Supt. W C Rauscher. Local staff and relatives attend as teachers praised students work in drawing home economics and manual training rooms.
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Crawfordsville
Excelsior
Old MacDonald
the Cat and Her Kittens
Virgil Hering
Clyde Finke
Wile
Mildred Anderson
Richard Lease
Frown Bird
Dorothy Rees
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Valley” of Dreams
Supt. W. C. Rauscher
Honor Mrs Gowey at Family Dinner on Mother's Day
Mrs Milton Coffin reports a Mother's Day gathering as Mrs Gowey was surprised by her children and families bringing supper baskets. The article notes Floyd Singleton visiting from Kentucky with his wife and daughter, and mentions the Moses and Gilbert Hoskin families traveling to Erlham Town to visit relatives.
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Mrs. Gowey
Weo
0. G. Gowey
Kentucky
Floyd Singleton
Pleasant Plain
Moses
Gilbert Hoskins
Erlahm
Town
Rela
How to Become a Skilled Driver Excerpt
Editor notes that many motorists can improve safety by reading excerpts from Kay W Sherman’s How to Become a Skilled Driver for the Ford Good Drivers League. Reprinted courtesy of Ford Motor Company.
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Ray W. Sherman
The
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Kay W. Sherman
Ford Motor Company
Skilled Drivers Mistaken Tricks Mask Real Skill
The piece argues that true driving skill lies in correct thinking, not flashy maneuvers or risky stunts. It contrasts a well equipped vehicle and capable driver with those who prioritize tricks, urging care, discipline, and sound judgment behind the wheel.
Local families gather for dinners and visits in Pleasant Plain
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Watson and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Jones shared Sunday dinner at C. C. Rogers. Everett Coffin attended Richland High School commencement with niece Letha Cox, a graduate. Crail of Des Moines visited daughter Mrs. Albert Jones and family. Moses Hoskins family hosted supper at Verle Beaucheamps. Alfred Hoskins left for Texas after furlough. Henry Arndt and daughter Helen from Emporia visited Elmer and Everett Coffin's families. Arndts came for the death of his aunt Mrs. J J Kurtz near Pleasant Plain.
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Carlos Watson
Nathan Jones
C. C. Rogers
Everett Coffin
Richland High School
Letha Cox
Crail
Des Moines
Albert Jones
Moses Hoskins
Verle Beaucheamp
Alfred Hoskins
Texas
Henry Arndt
Helen
Emporia
Kane
Bell warned airplane speed would keep flight impractical
In 1907 Alexander Graham Bell conceded the Wright brothers had flown but warned the speed of 34 miles per hour risked making aircraft impractical. He argued the rapid pace of flight could be dangerous and hinder practical use of airplanes.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Wright Brothers
City Officials and Library Staff Listed
Councilmen at large W B Dupuis and Dr F Boller. first ward R F McFarlane. second ward A W Yard. third ward Clarence Jacobse. fourth ward Harry Montgomery. City library staff include Librarian Grace H Stephen and Assistant Ruth Lytle.
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W. B. Dupuis
Dr. F. Boller
R. F. McFarlane
A. W. Yard
Clarence Jacobse
Harry Montgomery
City Library
Grace H. Stephen
Ruth Lytle
William Henry Harrison Hero of the Thames and Tippecanoe
A concise obituary profile notes Harrison died April 4, 1841, ending the shortest presidency after a campaign steeped in the Log Cabin Hard Cider lore. Born February 3, 1773 in Virginia, he rose from ensign to governor of Indiana, fought Tecumseh and the Prophet, and earned famed nicknames like Old Tippecanoe, Hero of the West, and Father of the Great West.
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Adams
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Tecumseh
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van Buren
North Bend
Buckeye
Old Northwest
Great West
Extinction warned for salmon and lumber industries
Two AAAS scientists warn that without strict regulation the Pacific Northwest will see near complete extinction of salmon and lumber. Dr Henry B Ward cites dwindling salmon due to unrestrained fishing while Robert W Cowlin of the Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station warns of looming bankruptcy in forestry from overcut and poor restocking.
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Pacific Northwest
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Washington
Oregon
Alaska
Henry B. Ward
University of Illinois
Dr. Ward
Robert W. Cowlin
Pacific Northwest Forest Experiment Station
Portland
Cowlin
White House first public building in Washington
The White House stands as the inaugural public edifice erected in Washington, marking a foundational moment in the city’s construction and national government symbolism.
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Washington
New Simian Isle Planned For Philippine Monkeys
Thirty Philippine simians to be housed on a government built island in Seattle under a WPA project. The enclosure includes a glass house, basement retreat, 20 foot moat, imitation landscape features, two concrete trees, one real tree, and shallow water around the edge.
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Seattle
Calcium as essential mineral for bones and teeth
Nutritionists call calcium one of the body’s most important minerals. It supports bone formation in children and sustains soft tissue nourishment in adults. If dietary calcium is low, bones lose minerals and may fracture, though teeth retain stores longer.
Lime showed lasting yield gains at Mayfield field
At the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station near Mayfield, Graves County, lime applied over 20 years ago boosted average annual value by $6 per acre in the last four-year rotation. One plot had lime in 1913 and 1917, total limestone under four tons per acre. a second plot was never limed. Both plots received 550 pounds of 16 percent superphosphate once each four-year cycle. Corn valued at 50 cents per bushel, wheat 75 cents, and hay $10 per ton.
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Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station
Mayfield
Graves County
Kentucky
22 Karat Gold Dome Panels Overlay Washington Dome
The Washington landmark features panels of 22 karat gold over the dome, adding a luxurious metallic finish to the structure. The gilding highlights the building’s grandeur and historic significance.
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Washington, D. C
Paraguay Leader’s Jr. Visits U S for Polio Treatment
At the invitation of President Franklin D Roosevelt, Higinio Morinigo Jr the son of Paraguay’s president and his mother travel to Warm Springs Georgia for infantile paralysis treatment. They are accompanied by Maria Carmen Pena, a friend, in a scene shown with the boy.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo, Jr
United States
Warm Springs
Senora Morinigo
Maria Carmen Pena
Dissolving Effects of Juices in Digestive Study
Digestive juices show powerful dissolving action on metals when fed to rodents. A steel ball bearing placed in a rat’s stomach for 15 days lost 24 percent of its weight due to digestion.
Ingenious mother lulls children with glowing stars
A clever mother places luminous paper stars on a bedroom ceiling to calm two children afraid of darkness, turning fear into sleepiness as they watch the glow. A reported balloon over Salamaua, New Guinea turns out to be Venus after a local gunsight chase ends at 13 000 feet. An army surveys winter snow depths in the West to forecast water flow for next season. Agriculture releases a snow survey story outlining its Western irrigation significance.
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Cowlin
Salamaua
New Guinea
Venus
Department of Agriculture
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