The Golden Year of Goodrich booklet review
A 1920s feature highlights the B. F. Goodrich Company’s fiftieth anniversary and the rubber industry’s rise. It recounts Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich’s Akron origins, the early fire hose plant, Akron’s growth, and the invention of cord tires, with Wilbur D Nesig lanther’s illustrated booklet as a memorial to Goodrich’s first fifty years.
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Goodrich
Goodrich’ Company
Dr. Goodrich
Hudson River
Hastings
Akron
Mr. Morris
I. J. F. Palmer
Philadelphia
India Rubber Co
Gorich
Wilbur D. Nes Iganther
W. T. Benda
Goodrich Institution
Rudder
Here's Your Baby to Be Repeated by Waterloo Players
Waterloo Players report strong reception for Here's Your Baby at the Majestic theatre on March 17. Due to high demand, a repeat performance will occur next Wednesday at Sacred Heart school hall with the same cast from La Porte City and the junior high class. The show is noted as a standout amateur comedy in Waterloo. The group plans a May program featuring Chained, an allegory by Verne Jey. A younger Stage staff is being formed for children’s department with Kenneth Runkel as stage manager. Mrs. J. KE. Ridenour chairs the department.
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Waterloo Players
Majestic Theatre
Sacred Heart School Hall
la Porte City
Waterloo
Verne Jey
Children’s Department
Kenneth Runkel
J. KE. Ridenour
Heart Beats Heard Hundreds Of Miles Away Device
A US Army Signal Corps test demonstrates a delicate amplifying device letting a physician hear a patient’s heart from hundreds of miles away. The patient was nearby during the demonstration, but could be aboard a ship in the Atlantic, with wireless transmission carrying heart sounds to an audience in a distant room.
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U. S. Army Signal Corps
Atlantic
Seniors to Present It Pays to Advertise at East High
East High seniors will perform the comedy It Pays to Advertise as part of commencement week on Monday June 13. The cast of 12 characters includes Mary Grapson Ethel Reinhart Johnson and Leo Oxrings with rehearsals starting next week under Miss Carolyn McFarlane. One cast change occurs due to Vincent Go Tinveaux leaving school before graduation.
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East High
Vincent Go Tinveaux
Carolyn McFarlane
Searles
Mary Grapson
Ethel Reinhart Johnson
Leo Oxrings
Countess de Beaulieu
Alpha Larsem Rodney Martin
Eugene Smith
Cyrus
Williams Leaves Brew Rules to Incoming Revenue Chief
Washington April 8 Associated Press. Commissioner Williams of the internal revenue bureau said he will leave the drafting of beer and wine prescribing regulations to his successor who will handle any new rules under Pakner era guidance. He added the draft regulations had not progressed to a tentative stage and were not yet ready for his attention. He urged his successor to confer with the prohibition unit before final approval.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Williams
Internal Revenue Bureau
Pakner
Afr. Williams
Robbed Bank While Putting in Burglar Alarm
Two men installing burglar alarms at the State Bank in Peru were arrested for stealing money bonds and other securities after the robbery was discovered. Bank officials reported the vault contents were missing a large amount had been recovered and is under check.
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Peru
MTI
Structural Steel Price Up Two Dollars a Ton
Structural Steel price rises two dollars per ton as reported by The Republic and Street Co through John A. in New York. The note indicates a broad industry uptick and reflects market conditions for April.
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Associated Praca
New York
Republi Tren & Steet Co
John A
Topping Announces $2 A Ton Steel Price Increase
Topping, chairman of the board, announced an advance of two dollars per ton on bars, plates and structural steel to meet higher production costs.
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Topping
B E Wallace dies in Rochester Pioneer Day circus figure
B E Wallace of Peru Indiana a pioneer circus man died in Rochester Minnesota after hospital treatment since February 11 He began in 1883 and led a once large overland show He was born in Pennsylvania 73 years ago and served in the Civil War before settling in Peru Ohio style obituary note
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B. E. Wallace
Rochester
Associated Press
Minn
Peru
Ind
Penn
Benjamijin Wallace
America
Start the Music Modern Dance Roman Orgy Sayings
Dr H Augustine Smith of Boston University branded modern dance as a Roman orgy at the Music Supervisors National conference in St Joseph Missouri noting 1400000 Sunday school pupils were raised on jazz entertainment and Bible paraphrases. He warned such material harms worshipful souls and labels gospel hymn as pivotal to child morals. He contrasted past liner trends with the Scythia moored liner carrying one funnel. He recalled reports of cheaper world trips fifteen years ago at 237 dollars.
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St. Joseph
Music Supervisors National Conference
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
America
Birds Return to the Same Localities Across Years
Urbana April 8 The study by Frank Smith University of Illinois tracks migratory birds banded in the Midwest and South. Catbirds, chimney swifts, wrens, and sparrows show strong site fidelity with recaptures in the same area or nest, while some winter residents migrate as far as Panama and the southern United States.
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Urbana
Central
South America
Middle West
South
Frank Smith
University of Illinois
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Thomasville
Canada
Cummins Drafting Railroad Affairs Inquiry Resolution
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee Chairman Cummins in Washington D C leads an inquiry into railroad affairs and resolution steps outlined.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cummins
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Senator drafts broad inquiry into railroad operations
Drafted today a resolution for a general and exhaustive investigation of railroad affairs to begin around April 15. The plan includes reviewing efficiency since private ownership resumed, reducing rates, and lowering freight volumes and operating costs. Cummins aims to summon managers first, with labor reps later. Davies Warfield and Darwin Kingsley met President Harding on the rail issue.
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Harding
Cummins
Davies Warfield
Association of Railway Securities Owners
Darwin P. Kingsley
New York Life Insurance Company
Boston University College of Secretarial Science Exams Tripped Up
In a recent event at Boston University College of Secretarial Science 596 of 600 girl students faced strict conformity rules from university physical directors during exams. The mishap involved high heels and a disrupted race for simple life chevrons last month, with candy mentioned in passing.
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Boston
Boston University College of Secretarial Science
Health rules followed by few students in city schools
Health regulations limited meals and footwear during school hours. Only a handful of students including Catherine Ellis of Peabody Ruth Ridyard of Worcester Josephine Boyle and Maiden Edna Wise of this city complied fully with the rules, while others did not.
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Iatherine Ellis
Peabody
Ruth Ridyard
Worcester
Josephine Boyle
Maiden
Edna Wise
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