Sealing Season Opens as Newfoundland Vessels Sail Out
The St Johns sealing fleet weighs anchor on March 7, chasing the hair seal in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Sealer crews, led by captains who sign on light, nimble men, endure rough ice and hard labor as harp seals, the prized targets, form winter migrations.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Island
Battery Road
Elsinors
John Doe
Channel Head
Cape Ray
Big Sea
Robert A
Bob) Bartlett
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Belle Isle Strait
Magdalens
Master Watch
Origins of the dog traced from Africa to Americas
The article discusses the dog's long partnership with humans dating back to the Old Stone Age. It outlines fossil evidence from western North America and Europe showing early genera Cynodictis and Daphoenus, their evolution into modern wolves and dogs, and the spread from North America to Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America via land bridges. It highlights South American bush dogs as living fossils with distinctive features.
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Europe
Africa
North America
William K. Gregory
New York Zooloogical Society
Cynodictis
Daphoenus
Wyoming
Plains
Gregory
Asia
Searing Strait
South America
Diminishing Primitive Races Cited by Anthropologists
British Association reports decline of several distant peoples including Labrador regitimes Eskimos and Australian aborigines. Five causes listed: internecine warfare rapid environmental change disease exposure resource loss and mixing of populations.
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Globe
British Association
Labrador
War correspondent recalls Dannemarie prisoners
A World War II era note recounts Colonel Powell describing German prisoners marching through Dannemarie Alsace. He recalls a humorous moment as guards cut suspenders causing trousers to sag and force prisoners to adjust while moving toward prison camps in western France.
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Dannemarie
Alsace
Powell
France
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