Royal White Train Built for King and Queen Tour
Britain’s Metropolitan-Cammell builds two luxury royal trains for South Africa tour. Each king and queen car includes private spaces, a family lounge, and advanced communications with 69 dial phones and 60 loudspeakers. The White Train boasts air conditioning and empire timber paneling, with no ashtrays in the Queen’s bedroom per her orders.
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Amingham
Eng
South Africa
Britain
Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage and Wagon Co. Ltd
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Stat
London
Canada
Orange Free State
Natal
Ancient Egyptians first improved prehistoric shoes with sandals
Interesting notes mention early sandal development by Egyptians over four thousand years ago. Other items note Isa Lake’s waters split to Atlantic and Pacific, automatic street lighting, Alaska’s Eskimo name meaning Great Country, anthill bread ovens, Mount Logan height, Earth’s distance variation to the sun, and precolonial Cape letters left for ships.
Divorces per Province Reported by St. Catharines Standard
The report lists the ratio of divorces to marriages by province. British Columbia one divorce per eight marriages, Alberta one per 15, Manitoba one per 20, Ontario one per 21, Saskatchewan one per 26, New Brunswick one per 49, Nova Scotia one per 64, Prince Edward Island one per 215, and Quebec one per 295.
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British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
St. Catharines
Potatoes Classified in Different Plant Families
The text explains that Irish potatoes belong to the nightshade family while sweet potatoes are related to morning glories. It notes the potatoes are tubers and the sweet potatoes are roots.
Backing Stalin Critics Faces Old Technique in Russia
Windsor Star reports supporters of Marshal Stalin use an old method to discredit him by praising his past service. Backers of Colonel General Zhadanov promote him as Stalin’s successor while Molotov and others move horses to Moscow amid secret police and prison camps. The piece suggests a new revolution could dwarf 1917.
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Marshal Stalin
Soviet Russia
W. L. Clarke
Windsor Star
Russia
Stalin
Zhdanov
Kremlin
Molotov
Moscow
Paris
Akron Firm Unveils Auto Tire Machine
An Akron Ohio firm has introduced an automatic tire machine that makes a tire every two minutes. The machine needs only three workers and runs with a production rate nearly double that of the best semi automatic devices and five times that of handmade tires.
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Akron
Ohio
First Sea Battle On Record Fought Between Corinthians
The first known naval engagement occurred around 665 B.C. between Corinth and Corcyra, marking an early clash at sea in ancient Greek history.
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Corinthians
Corcyreans
Airphibian by Robert Fulton pilots an auto aircraft
Robert Edison Fulton Jr. flew an aluminum bodied coupe with a roll back top at Danbury Airport. A detachable fuselage and wing assembly formed a five wheeled craft that reached speeds up to 120 mph before landing and staking the assembly. Fulton envisions mass producing the drive and fly amphibian for about 4600 to 5000 dollars for public sale.
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Robert Edison Fulton, Jr
Danbury
Fulton
New York Herald Tribune
Plastic windows may replace stained glass in churches
Plastics are used to craft church windows with religious figures embossed on plastic. It remains to be seen if the colors will endure as centuries of stained glass have.
Wandering Printer Leslie Dennison Dies at 80
Leslie E. Dennison a Kentville native who died in Boston at eighty had a colorful career as an itinerant printer. He began in Kentville and for years drifted across the pioneer West carrying his press on horse and mule to mushroom towns and cattle camps where he staffed weekly papers and did job printing. His bases in shacks or tents were often shot up by gunmen angry at his criticisms in his small weeklies.
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Leslie E. Dennison
Kentville
N.S
Boston
Pioneer West
Egg fight over shortening ends in charges filed
Four men hurled 3600 eggs in a butter and eggs shop melee over 20000 pounds of shortening. Seymour and Leon Kresch accused rival owners Isador Dubitsky and Phillip Schneider, then withdrew charges as they called the incident foolish. The report also notes the Hindu invention of zero as a landmark mathematical advance.
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New York
Seymour and
Leon Kresch
Isador Dubitsky
Phillip Schneider
GI Joe the American pigeon wins Dickin Medal in London
The United States Army homing pigeon GI Joe receives the Dickin Medal in the Tower of London, the first animal award outside Britain. The citation credits a WWII Italy flight that saved hundreds of Allied lives and blocked a German bombardment near Colvivecchia on October 18, 1943.
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John Shuter
London
E Dickin
Animals
V.C
United States Army
Allied Forces Mascot Club
56Th Infantry
Tower of London
Tower
Carkeet James
U.S.A
10Th Corps
Colvivecchia
Italy
56Th Infantry Division
169Th Infantry
56Th Division
12Th Air Support Command
Lea Rayner
Air Ministry
Charles Keightley
War Office
Washington Post decries trivializing atomic energy debate
The Washington Post criticizes treating atomic energy as trivial, noting the immense human cost already borne and the potential further harms. It argues public sentiment shows alarming callousness toward such a profound event and its consequences.
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The
Washington Post
Let your linens bloom with these flowers in natural colors
Simple embroidery project offers out line, French knot and lazy daisy stitches. Pattern 7487 includes 6 transfer motifs about 5x12 inches. send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts cement, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Write name, address and pattern number clearly.
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Household Arts Cement
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
A Rhyming Guide to Parts of Speech for Pupils
A playful verse explains nouns adjectives pronouns verbs adverbs conjunctions prepositions interjections and how they name describe or join words. It lists examples and shows how these parts of speech teach reading writing and speaking.
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.A
Isa Lake
Yellowstone National Park
Atlantic
Pacific
Alaska
Great Country
Logan
Cape of Good Hope
Capetown
Party
William Madsen
Toronto
Hamilton General Hospital
Willow Cove
Ont
Antarctica
Pact Ocean
New Zealand
Australia
Ross Sea
Cape
James W. Ellsworth
Hearst Land
Pole
South America
Palmer Peninsula
Weddell Sea
Africa
Big US
Antarctic
South Polar
Admiral Byrd
Dickin
Edward F. Witsell
Adjutant General
War Department
Washington
United States War Department
Clayton Bissell
U.S
Great Britain
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
England
Montana
University of North Carolina
N.C
the Treasury
Gardner
W. Averill Harriman
U.K
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