Highway Transportation of Tomorrow by Lee R. Jackson
Bruce Cowden reviews Lee R. Jackson’s address at the National Highway Users Congress in Washington. Jackson, president of Firestone, urges better roads built to support growing truck use, mail delivery by highway, and dependable road quality for towns farms and commerce.
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Lee R. Jackson
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
National Highway Users Congress
Washington, D. C
Jackson
Electrically controlled road tech and rubber in asphalt
The speaker outlines future traffic control via car mounted radios and electric bumpers to prevent crashes. He envisions heated roads, rubberized asphalt for skid resistance, and automated highway systems while urging continued road expansion and driver education.
Bloody clashes mark first Korean election record
In Sandong City guerrillas and national police clashed during Korea's first postwar parliamentary vote as 210 assembly seats were at stake. Eight million voters faced a dramatic day with UN observers noting a free election while Bancong saw a courthouse and another building burned by guerrillas.
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Seoul
Korea
Sandong City
South Korea
National Assembly
United Nations Commission On Korea
Bancong
Rival Parties Clash in Korean Nationalist Scene
The text notes a confrontation between the Greater Korean Nationalist Party and the Democratic Nationalist Party with several smaller groups involved, signaling a fragmented nationalist movement in Korea.
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Korean Nationalist Party
Democratic Nationalist Party
Ten Years Ago Today Washington High School Class 70 Graduates
The 70th class of 118 graduates at Washington High School marked the town’s second largest class. Scholarships were given by Supt. E A Ralston to Alberta Godfrey and Marjorie Faulkner.
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Washington High School
E. A. Ralston
Alberta Godfrey
Marjorie Faulkner
Parties and Independents Contest Key Races
In a crowded field parties and independent groups competed for seats across several districts, signaling a heated contest with diverse coalitions and shifting alliances shaping the ballot.
Cinderella tale traced to ancient legend of Psammetichus
The Cinderella story dates to at least 610 B.C. in a legend about the Egyptian pharaoh Psammetichus who ordered a search for the owner of a leather sandal dropped by an eagle. He then made her queen.
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Psammetichus
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