Gulf Stream a Warm River of the Atlantic Ocean
An article by E Griffiths in Nautical Magazine describes the Gulf Stream as a warm water flow of immense reach from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic, noting its 80 degree surface, its vast heat content, and its difference from a true river in channel and depth.
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Atlantic Ocean
E Griffiths
Nautical Magazine
Glasgow
Scotland
Mexico
Arctic
Thames
Amazon
Arctic Circle
Greenland
Norway
Hammerfest
Riga
Gulf
Britain
America
Gulf Stream
Rubber kneeling pads aid housework and gardening
Lightweight rubber pads strap on for knee relief and are paired with a tray and sponge rubber cushion. Tubular steel handles let gardeners kneel or rise, the tray folds into a carry-all, or flips to a stool. The whole unit cleans easily and mats are replaceable.
Confucianism Official Religion in Korea for Centuries
The text claims Buddhism has been discredited in Korea for over 300 years while Confucianism remains the official state cult and ancestor worship is widespread. It presents a historical religious shift without detailing events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Manitoba adopts one license plate rule for most vehicles
An order in council ends front license plates for Manitoba motorists. Except for certain vehicles, only a rear plate will be required with a back plate validation strip. Public buses long distance for hire trucks and taxis are exempt. high speed tractors trailers and motorcycles have varying rules.
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Manitoba
Motor Carrier Board
Taxicab Board
Hon
C. L Shuttleworth
Public Utilities
Side notes mix art by bricklayers into quirky trivia
A column of assorted musings touches on Churchill as an amateur bricklayer, Ben Johnson beside Shakespeare in fame, names and birth law in Belgium, a Korea road named Marilyn Monroe Road, Monaco heir concerns, Irish marriage stats, Rita Hayworth husband Aly Khan, Paris barber Georges Hardy, and a superstition about US presidents elected in years ending in zero.
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Sir Winston Churchill
Ben Johnson
Johnson
Shakespeare
Ben
Celia
Ireland
Prince Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
Georges Hardy
Paris
Monsie
Harry
Weather modification advances seen by MIT expert
Dr. G. Houghton of MIT warned delegates that optimism fills the weather modification field as research shifts from water cycles to larger atmospheric effects. He noted more sophisticated experiments and questioned small sample data while asserting rain making progress over the last decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Houghton
Ute Department of Meteorology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kt Rrighton
Eisenhower
Advisory Committee On Weather Control
California
Oregon
Washington
Houghton
Fresh Garden Park hospital to add coffee bar near maternity
New Garden Park California hospital plans a coffee bar beside the maternity delivery room to help expectant fathers stay calm. The column also notes quips about divorce risks, aging workers, and quirky old-time trades.
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New Hospital
Garden Park
Calif
No More Joking About House Paint by Friends
James Condon of Charles City Iowa warned friends in jest that they could paint his house while he was away. He now is busy with a brush trying to cover up a wall of mixed colors from their paint job. Paul Revere was 40 years old when he made his famous ride.
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James Condon
Charles City
Iowa
Condon
Paul Revere
Easy cross stitch and embroidery pattern collection
The notice advertises Pattern 7154 with six kitchen towel motifs plus gay trim directions and Pattern 4841 for misses sizes with complete illustrated instructions. It notes prices 25 and 35 cents, requests name and address, and lists Anne Adams Pattern Dept Toronto plus 60 Front Street W. A hull pram pattern and material list appear with a 35 cent copy of pattern 457 and a free catalogue offer.
Free patterns from Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956
Household Arts Department at 60 Front Street W Toronto promotes the new Alice Brooks Needlecraft book offering dozens of patterns for home hand-work. Readers can order the 1956 edition by sending 25 cents for a copy and explore easy designs for themselves and their homes.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Pepper Through Ages as A Global Trade Prize
Pepper's colorful history shows its rise as an early trading prize between east and west. From Ishmaelite caravans to European markets, it fueled taxes, rents, and wealth, driving voyages of discovery and national rivalries, with Indonesia and Singapore shaping postwar production.
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Europe
Alaric the Goth
Rome
Burgundy
Vasco da Gama
Hadleigh underwear plant cuts 21 jobs over elastic shortage
In Hadleigh Suffolk an underwear factory laid off 21 workers after running out of elastic halting production until a new supply arrived. The stoppage affected the manufacture of garments with no completion possible in the interim.
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Suffolk
Hadleigh
England
Grasshopper control plan backed by Manitoba officials
Manitoba municipal representatives at MacGregor on May 16 endorsed a new grasshopper control policy. The plan, presented by H E Wood of the Agriculture Department, would refund half the cost of chemicals over ten dollars, with the government matching the subsidy. Farmers could seek rebates for purchases used on farms, roadsides, or vacant land, while commercial firms would stock and service products. Experts warned that hot dry June weather could boost hatching, with infestations expected south from Neepawa and Gladstone to the Assiniboine River, including Elm Creek Carman and Dominion City areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
MacGregor
H. E. Wood
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Wood
R. D. Bird
W. Romanow
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Neepawa
Gladstone
Assiniboine River
Elm Creek
Carman
Dominion City
Paig Remains on City Payroll as Jail Clerk
Robert W. Paig, 62, of Virginia, sentenced to three three month terms for bad checks, ended his jail term this week yet remains on the city payroll as jail clerk and deputy city sergeant. Sgt. Frank A. Cavedo praises Paig for improvements in the record system and notes he has done an exceptionally good job.
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Robert W. Paig
Virginia
Paig
Frank A. Cavedo
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Strona
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Venn
Belgium
Edgar
Registrar of Births
Army Engineers
Monaco
France
Lloyd’s of London
Lloyd’s
Prince Rainier
United States
Harrison
Lincoln
Garfield
cKinley
Harding
F. D. Roosevelt
Strictly Fresh
Anne Adams Pattern Depnt
P.P.L
Department P.P
West 5Th Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
J Fashions
Priice Brookes
Tranvancore
Malabar
India
Indonesia
Singapore
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