Anti Homework League Aims to End 400 Year Tyranny
The National Association for Elimination of Homework forms in New York with headquarters in Chicago to press school boards and teachers. It argues homework wastes time and strains parent child relations while citing post Civil War schooling and California 1901 abolition as precedents.
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New York
National Association For
Chester H. McCall
New York City
Chicago
Edward Reisinger
Columbia University
California
Banks
Texas
Arthur Mayberry
Columbia
Teachers College Laboratory
Talking mirror vending machine and theory of mankind’s fall
An old conundrum about mirrors versus thoughtless people becomes a discussion of a new talking mirror vending machine. The device uses a hidden loop to trigger a phonograph and speaker, delivering advertising or messages and even controlling store lights. Dr. H. L. Hawkins of Reading argues humanity’s rapid rise will yield a spectacular, swift fall due to brain specialization and overreaching success.
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H. L. Hawkins
University of Reading
England
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Household Hints From a Past Household Tip Sheet
Practical kitchen and home care tips including removing glass spots with hot vinegar and alum in whitewash to prevent rub off. Recipes for mimicking pistachio flavor with vanilla and almond. Methods to pierce sewing machine belts with heated pin. Leather cleaning with benzine, drying, then varnish. Cracking jelly tips with cold water and decorative garnishes for tea. Ironing guidance with cloth barrier and right-side caution.
Law Makers Have Enough Subjects to Keep Them Busy
Austin contemplates a busy post called-session agenda with aims to implement a state wide probation system and address housing for the insane and state offices. Tax deficits and proposed reworkings of franchise and other taxes loom as lawmakers plan to reintroduce several bills and push constitutional amendments to the November ballot.
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Austin
Kenneth McCalla
Houston
Unemployment Insurance Commission
General Revenue Fund
Harry Graves
Georgetown
Board of Equalization
Herman Jones
Decatur
Texas
Ross Hardin
Prairie Hill
1936 Toys Return to Practical Nostalgia in New York
American toy makers unveil 1936 holiday gadgets mixing modernism with retro charm. A 225 million dollar yearly market is forecast, with prewar Irish mail and steam engines, dolls recalling historic poles, and simple playthings for girls and boys. Modern touches include electric washers and stoves.
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New York
Irish Mail
Two Self Made Men Trade Plainspoken Start in Life
Smith recalls starting life penniless and Jones adds he began with no pocket, framing their humble origins in a concise dialogue about beginnings.
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Smith
Jones
Help Betty Seeks Something Else Besides the Hinges
A terse joke follows a girl named Betty who, after being served a chicken wing, asks her mother if she may have something besides the hinges. The line blends whimsy with a playful cooking pun typical of light domestic humor.
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Betty
Paralysis Cured By Hypnotism
London seventeen year old Dorothy Pugh said she had been paralyzed for three years and walked and danced after one hypnotism session. She was hypnotized by a young practitioner, who noted a leading medical journal refused to publish his article. Miss Pugh had been in six London hospitals and labeled incurable.
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London
Dorothy Pugh
Miss Pugh
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