Canadian swimmer aims to beat Catalina to California record
Winnie Roach of St. Thomas Canada plans to swim from Santa Catalina Island to the California mainland Wednesday in pursuit of the 22 mile distance record. She seeks to surpass Florence Chadwick of San Diego who holds the 13 hours 47 minutes mark and the English Channel women’s record.
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St. Thomas
Canada
Santa Catalina Island
California
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San Diego
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Collins Radio aids Lancaster plane test in Canada
Collins Radio engineers install UHF transceivers and antenna in an RCAF Lancaster to serve as an airborne transmitting station for ground to air communications tests in Canada. This Lancaster marks the first foreign airlifter with military insignia to land at Cedar Rapids.
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Collins Radio Company
Jack Brindle
RCAF
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Collins
Henry Wasyensko
Jack McDonald
Canada
U.S
Cedar Rapids
Sage and Spice Denounce bilingual schooling proposal
The column rails against Eleanor Roosevelt’s call to teach foreign languages in primary schools, arguing arithmetic should come first. The writer laments language barriers abroad and shares humorous travel woes, insisting arithmetic is essential even in foreign travel and criticizing language as a potential obstacle to adventure.
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Akron
Buffalo
Sioux City
Louvre
Paris
Istanbul
Madrid
Peiping
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