Scientists Examine Fire Walking Mystery At London Ember Trial
Researchers from University of London, aided by the Psychology Council, staged a 20 by 5 foot trench of glowing embers to test how feet cross hot coals. Ahmed Hussain and volunteers were burned variably, while investigators debate heat conductance, contact time, and poise in the ancient stunt.
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Scientific American
University of London
J C. Fhagel
University of London Council For Psychical Investigation
Ahmed Hussain
Hussain
A. J. Bould
C. Russell
R. Adcock
England
London Times
Adcock
Flugel
Sydney Bulletin
New York Sun
Globe trotter Cadogan finds Canada best after world tour
George Cadogan 24 returns home after 13 months chasing travel from Woodstock to Montreal Saint John to Ireland across Europe Egypt Palestine India and Southeast Asia. He says no country tops Canada for contentment and notes hardships and cheap travel costs along the way. He funded much of the journey with article writings and photos.
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Canada
George Cadogan
Woodstock
Dan Ritchie
Montreal
Saint John
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Ireland
Ritchie
Royal Air Force
Cadogan
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Egypt
Palestine
Holy Land
Damascus
Syrian Desert
Baghdad
Euphrates
India
Charles Johnson
Young
Calcutta
Rangoon
Burma
Siam
Indo-China
Hongkong
Yokohama
San Francisco
Honolulu
Globe-Trotter
Splitting The Atom At Birmingham Lab
Secret underground Birmingham lab builds a 280 ton apparatus to tap the atom. A hollow steel cube with two foot walls and miles of copper wire will carry five million volts to create a spark to split the atom. Lord Nuffield funds the project. Professor M L Oliphant leads the work at Birmingham University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Lord Nuffield
M. L Oliphant
Physical Science
Birmingham University
Lord Rutherford
Fool Bandits Hit Banks With Safe Dump Tactic
A report notes criminals may trigger a cash drawer dump by pressing a button or leaning on a safe when an employee raises hands. The piece mentions Germany Italy and Japan as perceived as brothers under the skin in this context.
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Germany
Italy
Japan
Forest Dollar Supports Thousands in Canada
A historical piece explains the Forest Dollar as a payroll lifeline in Canada, linking forest safety to wages for 65 towns and 34,000 pulp and paper workers. It notes mills buy 75 million dollars in supplies from diverse Canadian producers and coal and alum trades bolster the industry.
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Canada
Berlin Air Strikes Highlight Vulnerability Compared to London
The British bombing fleet tested ranges of 1200 and 800 miles at about 200 mph, signaling Berlin’s air vulnerability equal to or greater than London due to fog. The Port Arthur News-Chronicle notes the finding and adds a humorous aside about a parachute jump.
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Port Arthur
Queen Elizabeth Encourages Independence For Princess Daughters
The article notes Queen Elizabeth allows Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret to share the little house given by Wales and to manage housework themselves. They perform spring cleaning, polishing, washing, and ironing, paying for new curtains or chairs from their own pocket money. The piece cites Sister C Black’s King’s Nurse- Beggar’s Nurse, about Blackie tending King George V from his illness in 1928 until his death.
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Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Wales
Princess Margaret Rose
Sister C. Black
Hurst and
Blackett
Blackie
City omits Queen Mary invite to Guildhall luncheon
Officials explain the oversight for the Guildhall luncheon to welcome the King and Queen. They cite a misunderstanding due to Queen Mary canceling public engagements after her accident. Marlborough House then arranged for her invitation and she was to attend.
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Queen Mary
Guildhall
Marlborough House
London Sunday Express
Victoria match winner scores perfect at 200 yards
Mrs Gwen Spencer Hethey of Victoria won the Victoria Corporation match at the British Columbia Rifle Association prize meet with a perfect 50 and three extra bullseyes to safeguard her score. Her 10 shot display surpassed all late finishers.
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Gwen Spencer Hethey
Victoria
Victoria Corporation
British Columbia Rifle Association
Kansans Have Highest Life Expectancy in World
Kansans hold the highest life expectancy among global regions, reflecting unusually long average lifespans compared with other areas of the world.
Frugal Foreign Farmers Highlight Essex County Towns
In Amherstburg Ontario Echo foreign farmers are praised for thrift and order on their farms. The article notes neat barns, organized tools, family labor, tidy yards, abundant gardens, and stored produce. It contrasts this with local farmers and praises the example set by these settlers. It also mentions a rubber company introducing a white sidewall tire paint based on a rubber base.
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Ambherstburg
Ont
Essex County
Paw
Simple Patches Make Applique Quilt Pattern 6416
Leaf and flower patches create a Mayflower applique quilt block. Start blocks now with easy to apply patches and use same or varied scraps. Pattern 6416 includes block chart color schemes yardage and illustrations. send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Empire Trade Talks Highlight Ottawa Pact Debates
A Toronto Globe and Mail report notes wartime strain on ministers and your cabinet life while the Empire trade congress in London discusses maintaining and expanding intra Empire exchanges. Douglas Hamliton and A O Dawson push freer commerce and Empire preferences.
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Canada
Ottawa
F. D. Tolchard
Toronto
Bradford
Yorkshire
Hamilton
A. O. Dawson
Montreal
United States
R. P. Jellett
Natives in Orlando Remove Trees Over Spiritual Fears
In the Johannesburg area township of Orlando, 2500 of 5000 street trees have been cut by residents who fear spirits inhabit trees. Officials from the Johannes burg Municipal Native Affairs Department note this belief is widespread among natives and in reserves. They propose moving trees to private gardens and offering prizes for well grown specimens, yet the streets look bleak without shade.
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Orlando
Johannesburg
Gift Lamp Made by Church Army Craftsmen
The retired Bishop of London received a table lamp built from odds and ends by Church Army workshops. The lamp uses a tap piece, a pipe valve, condensed milk cans, and old bedstead knobs crafted by disabled men. A witty husband then asks for a shirt to cover the few buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church Army
Northbound Arctic Trappers Return Seek Quiet Alberta Farm
Brothers Joseph and Noel Verville end 27 years in Arctic trapping and government work to settle on an Alberta farm with their wives. Their Edmonton parents cheer as the pair recall life 80 miles northeast of Aklavik and their brush with the Rat River mad trapper incident in 1932.
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Arctic
Verville
Joseph
Noel Verville
Alberta
Ludger Verville
Edmonton
Joe” Verville
Near North
Aklavik
Noel
Albert Johnson
Rat River
Johnson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Invisible ray alarm fitted to Westminster Abbey chapel
Westminster Abbey installs an unseen burglar alert in the Edward the Confessor Chapel to protect the Coronation Chair and its Stone of Destiny. The precaution follows bomb fears after nationwide explosions and guards the abbey as a wartime precaution.
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Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor
LRA
Westminster
Scotland
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