Heads up for expeditions into Headless Valley secrets
Northern Canada prepares for three expeditions aimed at solving the Headless Valley mystery along the South Nahanni river in Northwest Territories. Canadian and U.S. teams seek the fabled lost gold or a deadly fate of 13 missing men, with plans to enter in spring and summer using pack animals and air transport.
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Canada
Ome
United States
Whitehorse
V.T
Tom Carolan
New Westminster
B.C
Carolan
Alan MacMillan
Ontario
North Woods
R.c.af
Frank Prowd
Royal Canadian Navy
Watson
British Columbia
H. Hendrickson
Zeballos
Hendrickson
James Watts
Yakima
Wash
John Patterson
Frank M. Henderson
Watson Lake
Alaska Highway
Henderson
Nahanni Valley
Walter J. Tully
Nahanni
Items of Interest From Various Topics
Birds fluff out feathers in cold weather to gain insulation. One in 500 diamonds meets top color standards for fine jewelry. Appert from Paris originated canning by sealing food in bottles and heating in a water bath. Andros island in the Bahamas has a lake that yields soap from its alkaline limestone bed. Refrigerator food compartment should stay at or below 50 degrees. milk at or below 45 degrees. Blood transfusions are increasingly used in diverse disease treatments.
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Appert
Paris
Andros
Bahama Islands
Chintz origins in East Indies textiles at ROM exhibit
The Royal Ontario Museum displays Indian chintzes from Harry Wearne's collection. The fabrics show painting and resist dyeing that preface modern chintzes, with designs ranging from tulips to tree patterns and floral sprays. The text notes India's ancient roots and the 17th century European import boom. The Dominican Republic is mentioned as founded in 1844.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Harry Wearne
India
Europe
France
Bees Beyond Honey Why bees boost crops and pollination
Dominion apiarist C B Gooderham explains bees provide far more than honey and wax. Bees pollinate flowers enabling cross pollination for fruit and seed production. farmers rent or keep bees to boost yields, noting bees are more valuable to growers than to beekeepers. Observes that pollination is essential for fertilization and fruit set across many plant species. Also notes camels can carry 400 pounds 25 to 30 miles daily for eight days without water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Italian Child Thanks Soldier for Saving Her Life
In 1944 Flora Visentin from Incisa Valdarno Italy was wounded near Florence during the British assault on German lines. Corporal Thomas Whittle of Teck Township police then a Royal Canadian Engineers member treated the leg wound and nursed her for nine days until she recovered.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Thomas Whittle
Teck Township
Constable Whittle
Royal Canadian Engineers
Flora Visentin
Incisa Valderno
Firenze
Flora
8Th Army
Florence
Cpl. Whittle
Transparent mirror enters U.S. volume production
A new transparent mirror reaches volume production in the United States. It functions as a normal mirror from one side and nearly glass clear from the other, marking peacetime use of a secret mirror making advance for air force periscopes range finders and precision instruments. potential civilian uses include front doors kitchen doors show windows and security glazing in banks and post offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Air Force
First meeting of Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt
On a New York street night a Black man with a heavy valise is approached by a young white man who offers help. They walk together in friendly chat for several blocks. Booker T. Washington later recalled this as his first meeting with Theodore Roosevelt.
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Forty-Second Street
New York
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Wisconsin scientists pursue monkey nutrition link to polio
UW researchers using monkeys and other animals study a new B complex vitamin linked to anemia resistance and diet. The work, funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, aims to reveal how nutrition affects infantile paralysis and how a potential protective factor might help humans combat polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul F. Ellis
BUP
Adison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
National Foundation For
Monkey Room
Wisconsin
Like Human Beings Wind Companions Through Mood and Time
The Montreal Gazette portrays wind as a mood driven force from playful rustling to violent seas, noting its companionable side and its power to guide explorers, scatter fleets, and bring rain. Poets and writers echo wind as a restless, humanlike spirit across history.
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The
Montreal Gazette
Susan Coolidge
Embroidery Pattern 7106 Promises Exquisite Linen Motifs
Varied stitches and six motifs on a 54 by 13 inch transfer accompany pattern 7106. Improved pattern-visual with charts photos and directions simplifies needlework. Send twenty cents to Household Arts Depart Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7106. Spaghetti origins traced to China and introduced to Europe via Italy by Marco Polo.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
China
Europe
Italy
Marco Polo
Eddie Shore becomes half owner of Skyhawks and rink
Eddie Shore, owner of hockey teams in Springfield and Ft. Worth, takes a 50 percent stake in the San Diego Skyhawks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and Glacier Gardens, the Skyhawks skating rink. The report lists other league notes including Soviet rule changes and Brooklyn baseball plans.
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San Diego
Calif
Eddie Shore
Springfield
Mass
Ft. Worth
San Diego Skyhawks
Glacier Gardens
Skyhawks
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Helen Richey
Miss Richey
Amelia Earhart
Jacqueline Cochran
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Royal Air Force
J. B. Richey
McKeesport
Joseph
Dawson Creek
Queen Elizabeth Way
Ontario Commission On Forestry
Moscow
All-Union Committee On Affairs of Physical Culture and Sport
Jackie Robinson
Montreal Royals
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Long Island
London
Jack Solomons
Willie Pep
Nel Tarleton
Pep
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Johnny Ostrowski
Ed Saver
Los Angeles
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