Japs Honor British Sailor With Record Appetite
A London Express report recalls William Adams, the English navigator who helped open Britain Japan trade. Lanterns near Yokosuka honor his memory while detailing his 1600 voyage and later influence at Osaka. The piece also covers a lecture on insatiable hunger and extreme eating in children and adults.
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Yokosuka
William Adams
Japan
Britain
Adams
West Indies
Adams Gnally
Bungo
Kyushu
Osaka
England
Charity Beyond Alms A Living Kindness To Others
A Los Angeles Times reflection argues charity is more than almsgiving. True charity includes thoughtful acts toward those who do not beg, addressing needs through considerate deeds and supportive attitudes.
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Los Angeles Times
Diamond Cutters World Shortage Driven by War
There are 25 000 diamond cutters and polishers globally with about 675 in the United States. The war disrupted Amsterdam and Antwerp, the leading centers, reducing production. The US had 30 diamond cutting establishments at year start, excluding other stone shops. Germans numbered around 600 before the war, with 75 percent in Germany. During the war 600–700 Belgian cutters moved to England and joined the London Diamond Cutters union, mainly serving Belgian and Russian houses.
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United States
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Germany
England
London Diammond Cutters’ Union
Protective Aluminum Plating For Airplane Propellers
A thin aluminum leaf integrated into propeller finishes guards wood from weather. Developed by the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison Wisconsin and produced by the War Department. It is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing water absorption, especially during storage. A French authority notes one quarter of French propellers are rejected for being out of balance due to moisture absorption, a problem mitigated by waterproofing.
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Forest Products Laboratory
Madison
Wis
War Department
Clever chemist saves Florida fruit waste for profit
A Florida Times-Union report proclaims a new process to avert waste of millions in fruit. Drops, ripes, and scraps will be converted into valued products, benefiting growers through waste sales and the public through in demand manufactured goods.
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Florida
Florida Times-Union
Electrocution Considered to Save Leopard Pelts
A motion picture leopard in The Jungle scenes upset actors by sulking. Designers debated killing with a high powered rifle to preserve the pelt, but objections were raised. The plan shifted to electrocution to avoid disfiguring the valuable fur.
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Popular Mechanics
English influence in Indian cities described by Archer
The essay argues that colonial Indian cities like Calcutta and Bombay are European transplanted towns with Indo Saracenic touches. It notes European offices shops and transport, with Hindu and Parsi merchants rising in Bombay and Bengali landowners dominant in Calcutta, yet few direct contacts remain with the European city overlaid upon Asia.
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Presidency
Calcutta
Bombay
Madras
Old England
Malabar Hill
Queen's Road
India
William Archer
Greatest Efficiency Temperature Shown Around 60 to 65 F
Ellsworth Huntington reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that human efficiency peaks at 60 to 65 F. He notes the death rate is lowest in spring and autumn at about 64 to 65 F, and factory workers across the U S show maximum work around 62 to 63 F. Muscular force in children and adults also peaks within 60 to 65 F.
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Ellsworth Huntington
National Academy of Sciences
Europe
America
Connecticut
Florida
Robins Rescue After String Entanglement on North Side
A North Side resident found a robin with a string wrapped around its neck wing and feet, feared likely nest material. He freed the bird with scissors, and it flew off singing, the incident reported by Indianapolis News.
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North Side
Indianapolla News
New Member Scored In Commons Exchange
In the House of Commons the hon member for Silvertown began with I want you gentlemen but cries of order interrupted. He apologized, saying I have made a mistake in calling you gentlemen. The exchange highlighted unfamiliarity with parliamentary niceties among some opposition benches.
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House of Commons
Silvertown
Jack Jones
Christian Science Monitor
Mixed Equine Stock and Cattle Sale Listing
Listing details twelve horses including two black geldings five years and age groups for mares foals and fillies. plus ten cattle items: eight milk cows stock cows yearling heifer a two year old heifer four steer calves and four heifer calves with weights and ages.
Old-Time Farm Equipment and Wagons for Sale
Listing includes a 18-inch Emerson sulky plow a 3-section harrow a 2-section harrow 7-foot and 8-foot cutaway disc harrows a nearly new Staver buggy a Studebaker wagon a Weber wagon an iron wheel wagon with hay rack an old wagon a 10-foot grain box nearly new a Majestic range a Beckwith heater a brass bed with springs and Oste-Moore mattress a feed grinder and a double shovel cultivator.
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Studebaker
Weber
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Willli Adams
Institute of Hygiene
Saltan Fenwick
London Express
Old Land
Grangeville
Poland
China
Ford
Emerson
McCormick
A. P. McBorgle
First National Bank
A. N. Dyer
J. E. Zuver
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