Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Putnam's non-stop record, made in 1932, went down by 5 hr., 29 min. Miss Ingalls probably would have beaten the men's non-stop record of 13 hr., 27 min.† if her radio compass had not broken down near Columbus...
...many cases children who read badly are helped by pituitary extracts. Conversely, 90% of all cases of pituitary deficiency studied have difficulty in reading. -Dr. Florence Mateer, Merryheart Schools (Columbus, Ohio...
William N. Parker, age 16, of 521 Bulen avenue, Columbus, O. He attended East High School in Columbus. He is the son of Murray N. Parker, school book salesman. He ranked first in scholarship in his class. He was president of the student council, was a justice of the student court, a member of the debating team, an editor of the school paper, and was the winner of several prizes for essay writing. He was an officer of a club for the study of the Greek language. He was winner of the annual oratorical contest among the students of five...
Roderick E. Peattle, 17, of 1601 Perry street, Columbus, O.; University High School; son of Roderick Beattle, Professor of Geography, Ohio State University; ranked first in his class, was editor of the school magazine, member of the school council, and a class officer...
Georgia, picked up the moribund Enquirer-Sun in Columbus. For the next ten years he and his wife had the time of their lives, baiting Ku Klux Klansmen, lynchers, the great Evolution trial. In 1926 he got the Pulitzer Prize for "most disinterested and meritorious public service" from Northerners but in 1930 he lost his paper to old-line Southerners. A financial failure, he had, however, attracted the respectful notice of U. S. liberals, of his old friends on the Atlanta Constitution and of the far-seeing New York Times. Contributing to the latter, he went back to work...