Globe Trotters Arriving Home Minus Compass
Washington, D.C. a column on bird migration from ancient theories to modern science. It notes barn swallows fly from southern Brazil to the United States and a New England yellow leg travels from Cape Cod to Martinique in six days. It describes social bird groups and courtship migrations including ducks geese and shorebirds along spring journeys and honeymoon behavior.
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Washington, D.C
Milluns
America
Mississippi
Pacific
Aristotle
Greece
Brazil
Paraguay
New England
Cape Cod
Martinique
French West Indies
Segregation Brings Boom In South Africa to Close
A Johannesburg dispatch reports South Africa faces a manpower shortage with a need of 46,000 to 60,000 white immigrants yearly. Postwar immigration shifts show Britain and Dutch settlers constrained by policy, while emigration to Rhodesia rises and 12,280 whites left South Africa while 11,072 Europeans entered in the first nine months of 1951.
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South Africa
Union Party
The
Labor Party
Alee Nationalistrikander
Pri
Daniel Francais Malan
Frajaier
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Johannesburg
Union
Rhodesias
Dominion
Avesaeas
Child Population Rises to Record High in U S
Census data show 41,004,000 children under age 15 in 1940, a new peak. Over the four years, child numbers grew 24.1 percent, outpacing the 14.5 percent rise for the total population. The 1930s saw declines in child figures, reversed by wartime births and health gains.
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United States
Comery
U.S. Life Insurance Funds Pivot to Real Estate
In 1951 U.S. life insurers invested 274 million dollars in real estate, with 195 million in commercial and industrial rentals. Much of the gain came from defense industry facilities, as overall holdings rose to about 1.617 billion by year end 1961, including substantial housing investments and rental properties.
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U.S. Life Insurance
Night Goggles Aid Older Flyers at Randolph Field
The U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Field Texas announced night goggles for older airmen recalled to duty. Coated with magnesium fluoride the eyewear reduces light reflection and restores night vision to near the best levels, improving test performance for those whose night sight had declined.
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U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine
Randolph Field
Texas
Air Force
Everest Mystery Deepens Over Unreached Summit
Clouds cloak Mount Everest on the Nepal Tibet border as mystery surrounds the 1924 summit attempt. Two climbers moved ahead of the group while another followed behind, glimpsing two figures near the final summit before the mists closed in and they vanished. The fate of the climbers remains unknown.
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Nepal-Tibet
Everest
Why people in sunny tropics have dark skin
In tropical regions with abundant sun people tend to darken their skin. Dark skin is described as trapping heat at the surface and preventing deeper body damage. Perspiration helps remove excess heat as it forms on the skin. In very sunny regions dark clothing may outperform white by reflecting heat.
Leap Year Rings Boost Proposals With Palladium Diamonds
About two million women will accept wedding proposals this Leap Year as ring designers unveil palladium and diamond men’s wedding bands. The trend aligns with three piece decorative wedding sets, gaining favor among grooms-to-be and attracting brides-to-be.
Bread and Sycovya Butter Substitute Debuts
The N.S. Journal of Commerce reports a new butter substitute named sycove. Made from raw soya peans, cured, crushed, and rendered sweet without chemicals, it is less costly than butter or margarine and resists rancidity after long storage.
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N.S. Journal of Commerce
American Health Stands Strong in 1951 and Outlook for 1952
Health officers report the United States enjoyed exceptionally good health in 1951 despite strains from rearmament and the Korean War. The 1951 death rate was about 9.7 per 1000, only 1% above the all time low, with increases mainly among infants and older persons. The solid record came despite a February–March respiratory illness wave.
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United States
Signal Corps Repairs Abandoned Equipment in Japan
The Army Signal Corps in Japan has rebuilt and repurposed about 80 million dollars of communications gear left on Pacific islands after World War II. At the start of the Korean invasion, 70 thousand tons of gear existed in Japan, much of it deteriorated and needing extensive repairs. About 50 thousand radio and related items, 30 thousand miles of field wire, and 2,000 switchboards were reconditioned under contracts with 25 Japanese factories.
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Army Signal Corps
Japan
Pacific Islands
South Korea
Stutter Cure Reveals Hidden Insecurities
A Boston University speech professor notes stuttering stems from insecurity and resentment. Research at the university clinic shows topics of responsibility or authority trigger stuttering, reflecting untreated inner feelings. The main hurdle is the stutterer’s reluctance to seek help, unlike others with physical difficulties who pursue treatment.
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Boston University
Donald M. Wilson
Wilson
Oldest Tule Cypress Named World’s Ancient Living Tree
Scientists estimate the Tule cypress in Oaxaca between 3000 and 6000 years old, nearly surviving conquests and revolutions. Zapotec and Mixtec people revered it before 1519, with Cortes’ men sparing it. later missionaries claimed church ownership as an arm of God, and locals still celebrate under its branches at Easter and Christmas.
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Mexico
Cortez
Conquiatadores
Whim Grounds Rail Station Location in Trivan Drum
The railway station at Trivan drum, India sits three and a half miles from the town due to a meharajah desire. He did not want to profane his sandala by crossing the rails on his daily bath trip, making the site unusually distant from the capital city.
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Trivandrum
India
World famous Rosenbach Shakespeare collection sold
The A. S. W. Rosenbach collection of Shakespeare folios and quartos, 73 volumes including the first edition of the Bard’s sonnets from 1609, has been sold for well over a million dollars. John Fleming of Rosenbach said the buyer is Dr. Martin Bodner of Geneva Switzerland, vice president of the International Red Cross.
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W. Rosenbach
John Fleming
Rosenbach Company
Martin Bodner
Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross
Fleming
Waterlogged Oaks Doomed by Excess Drowning
The UC agricultural extension notes that soaking soils beneath spreading oaks harms the trees. Flora such as fawna and rhododendrona require moisture but excessive watering nearby leads to oak decline and death. The piece highlights home garden practices causing waterlogged conditions around oaks.
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University of California Agricultural Extension Service
Relative weight and size depend on attitude findings at Emory
A study at Emory University shows the weight of objects and perceived size vary with attitude. Children saw candy jars as heavier than sand jars of lesser weight, and coins appeared larger to poorer children. Furniture trends favor finishes that reveal wood texture, with moderately light to tawny tones and new aged effects gaining popularity.
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Emory University
Georgia
Life Insurance Payments Rise in January Numbers
Life insurance payments to American families totaled 389.502 million in January, up five percent from the prior January and driven by 8 percent higher outstanding policies. Death benefits reached 167.995 million, living policyholder payments 221.507 million, with gains across cash surrender values disability payments annuities and dividends.
Hotu Man skulls may yield age by radioactive dating
University of Pennsylvania scientists may determine the age of the Hotu Man specimen from northern Iran using radioactive dating. The two skulls and other bones were found about 40 feet underground, beneath ancient Iron, Copper, and Stone Age layers. Researchers believe a rockslide crushed several men in a cave long ago.
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Iran
University of Pennsylvania
Double Trouble At Grade Crossing Laws In New England
A motorist struck by a train at a grade crossing faces potential charges for careless behavior if he failed to watch for trains at a known danger point. If he crosses ahead of a train after the warning whistle, he may be prosecuted if the engineer notes his license. Livestock along the right of way is not paid for by the railroad. the owner bears damage costs to the train or burial expenses if no railway damage occurs.
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New England
Smoking ban on trains sparks parliamentary fight in England
In December 1967 England prohibited smoking on trains by law. Viscount Ranelagh defied the ban, was fined, and public debate surged. A repeal bill followed, winning by a small margin after a fierce political battle.
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England
Viscount Ranelagh
Planning ahead for repainting room decor layout
While repainting, plan reararrangement of pictures and decorations. Test higher or lower placements or new groupings, then fill nail holes with spackle and smooth. Once you like the effect, you can finish quickly after the paint dries.
Great Blunder in Early Transcontinental Railroad History
A garbled note recalls a major error during the first U S transcontinental railroad project. Union Pacific and Central Pacific crews reportedly continued work without clear stop guidance, reflecting chaotic construction practices and historic missteps in early railroading.
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U.S
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
Meer
Ne 9
Mide
Wire Curtain Opened Over Oak Ridge City
Oak Ridge Tennessee, once a guarded federal atom proving ground, has begun turning its area back to residents. About 31,000 people now eye real estate prices as land and housing move toward private ownership. The city blends old farming roots with modern prefabricated housing and a peacetime outlook. The Oak Ridger calls the real estate appraisal news the biggest since the Bomb.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
America
East
Tennessee
Atomic Energy Commission
Black Oak Ridge
Scarboro
Robertsville
Wheat
Nashville
Knoxville
Oak
Oak Ridger
Austere Jurist Writes A Sweet Love Letter
Merle Pusey’s new Hughes biography reproduces a December 5 1938 letter from Charles Evans Hughes to Mrs Hughes on their golden anniversary. He calls their love “a stout young tree” that has grown in beauty and strength through storms and sunshine. He praises shared interests and unity of spirit, saying “Fifty years are all too short.”
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Merle Pusey
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
Government lunch reforms target 45 minute break
Senate investigators report federal workers dawdle over lunch, using more than 30 minutes in an eight hour day. A proposal urges agencies to adopt a 45 minute lunch and extend the day by fifteen minutes, aiming to save up to ten million dollars annually.
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Washington
Senate Civil Service Committee
Civil Service Commission
Justice Department
World’s Record Rains In U S Highlight Historic Deluges
A compendium of extreme rainfall instances in U S history cites Missouri Holt receiving one foot in 42 minutes on June 22 1947 and Opids Camp California recording 08 inches in 60 seconds on April 5 1926. Thrall Texas 26 4 inches in 18 hours on September 2 1921 and Smytheport Pennsylvania 30 8 inches in four and a half hours on July 14 1942 are noted as other remarkable events with Cherrapunji India holding long term records.
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United States
Truman
Missouri
Holt
U.S. Weather Bureau
Opid
Camp
California
Texas
Thrall
Smtheport
Pennsylvania
Eating Breakfast Guards Against Mental Stumps
A medical college survey confirms that eating breakfast guards against physical and mental slump in the pre noon hours. Authorities endorse a breakfast pattern of fruit cereal milk bread and butter as a basis of a nutritious start to the day.
Meat Tenderizer Promises Quick Commercial Licensing
C E Huff of the National Farmers Union reports the Schotte process from Amherst College can tenderize and fatten meat in minutes. Tests showed range-fed beef treated with this method tasted better than corn-fed beef, with unanimous preference in a taste test. Poultry trials used butter and wine for fattening.
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National Farmers Union
C. E. Huff
N.F.U
Huff
Brattleboro Snow Angel Becomes National Sensation
In Brattleboro Vermont on New Year’s Eve 1886 a 21-year-old youth named Larkin Mead sculpted an iced statue titled The Recording Angel at Linden and Main Streets. Rain and snow preserved it for days as reporters and poets, including James Russell Lowell in A Good Word for Winter, spread word of the creation. Mead later gained national fame for marble replicas of the snow piece.
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Brattleboro
Linden
Main Sts
Boston
James Russell Lowell
Larkin Mead
Overworking Brain Delays Aging Says German Institute
Scientists report that sustained mental activity keeps brain cells functioning longer as people age. Tests indicate nerve cells die with age but overuse delays decline, supported by microscopic tissue studies from the Institute for Brain Study in Neustadt-Schwarzwald, Germany.
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Institute For Brain Study
Neustadt-Schwarzwald
Germany
Deep Sea TV Brings Underwater Shows To Divers
Navy bureau leads development of undersea television to aid divers spotting hazards. First test locates the sunken British submarine Affray using a borrowed BBC camera placed in a watertight container for survey work.
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Navy
Bureau of Ships
British Admiralty
British Broadcasting Corporation
Atomic Energy Researchers Predict Electricity From Atoms
Scientists estimate laboratory generation of electricity from atomic energy within a decade. They foresee that by 5 percent of the nation’s power could come from atomic energy after about 40 years, with projections ranging from 45 years.
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