Severe European drought boosts wheat imports and tests alliances
Severe drought across Europe has slashed wheat harvests driving Italy to import cargoes from the Baltic and prompting France to expand purchases. Experts warn drought could force totalitarian states to divert funds from armaments to grain while Britain builds food reserves. In Canada, the reindeer herd near the Mackenzie Delta expands with plans to foster native herds and relocate stock under government oversight.
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United Press
Pome
Berlin
Russia
Italy
France
Germany
Great Britain
Switzerland
Balkan
Morocco
Britain
Arezzo
Mackenzie Delta
Oil search in Western Papua uses explosive tests
Explorers drill deep holes in Western Papua and blast dynamite to gauge rock response for oil prospects. Instruments record subsurface effects to indicate potential reserves. A note mentions a near riot in Monroe over the first wagonload of immburger cheese. Mrs Grannie Mumsen, long associated with Salvation Army in South Africa, dies at 90 in Pretoria.
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Papua
Fannie Mumsen
When the Paper Fails to Please and Perplexes the Father
A father's complaint about the newspaper he deems unreadable contrasts with his habit of reading every page through. He criticizes missing wedding and social news and marches toward reform, vowing to set editors straight. Cambridge North Star page mentions Dr Sydney H Nicholson praising church choirs.
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Do Rm
Cambridge North Star
Advocate Praises Plain Food During Yukon Northward Visit
Mrs. George Black of Conservative Yukon, speaking at the Canadian Dietetic Association convention in Ottawa, recalls scarce provisions in the north in 1898. She notes high prices for staples like watermelons and turkeys and cherishes simple meals as vital nourishment.
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The
Yukon
George Black
House of Commons
Canadian Dietetic Association
Ottawa
Aborigines Trek Far for Cinema in Darwin
Aborigines in Darwin Australia trek four months across Arnhem Land to reach a local cinema. Six natives undertake a perilous journey through hostile terrain to see the show, hiking hundreds of miles and crossing river routes despite dangers.
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Darwin
40-Foot St Patrick Statue Unveiled at Saul County Down
A 40 foot statue of St Patrick was unveiled at Saul in County Down overlooking the spot of his first Irish mission. Cardinal McCory blessed the statue on a windy day for about 15 000 spectators. Telephone lines to Dublin were cut and guarded as repairs were rushed for the ceremony. The granite monument cost about £7000 and was designed by Francis W Doyle Jones who died last May 10.
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St. Patrick
Saul
County Down
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Cardinal McCory
Dublin
St. Patrick's Landing
Francis W. Doyle-Jones
Strangford Lough
Icebergs Break Off Jacobshavn Glacier in Greenland
The West coast Greenland Jacobshavn glacier discharges thousands of icebergs yearly. Some fjord packs hold 4000 to 6000 bergs before they drift to sea. A later fact notes one in a million births yields a midget, and forty three US secretaries of state were lawyers.
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Jacobshavn
Greenland
Jacobshavyn Fjord
United States
Crochet Gloves Pattern for Winnipeg Newspaper Union
A two piece lacy glove crocheted with two color embroidery for an upscale look. Pattern 6143 offers small, medium and large sizes with illustrations of gloves and stitches. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Aliee Brooks
Solar Energy Fund to Study Direct Sun Power Use
Dr. Godfrey Cabot of MIT offers 647700 to Harvard for a Solar Energy Fund to fund 50 years of research into converting sunlight to power or storing sun energy. The program will pursue solar heat engines electrical conversion and chemical storage with a scholars committee directing work. Also notes advice to prepare for winter fuel needs.
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Godfrey Lowell Cabot
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation
Solar Energy Fund
Archimedes
Herschel
Mouchot
Ericksson
Brooks
University of California
Cabot
Harvard
Maria Moers Cabot
Technology Review
New York Sun
Recluse Nancy Thompson Dies After Hip Injury
Nancy Thompson 87, who lived alone on a 300 acre farm near Perry Michigan, died at Memorial Hospital after a hip fracture. She avoided modern life, kept antique furniture and Nottingham curtains, and rarely left home. She valued solitude and spoke of dislike for talk and travel. A long romance ended without marriage. a wedding gown remains packed in trunks. Beau Brummel anecdote ends the reminiscence.
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Nancy Thompson
Perry
Michigan
Memorial Hospital
Nottingham
Bellanca Junior three-place low-wing monoplane unveiled
The Bellanca Junior is a three-seat cantilever low-wing monoplane cruising 500 miles at 110 mph. It achieves a top speed of 130 mph and is priced at $3,150, with strong performance reported.
Chicago Woman Weaves Celebrities Quilt For Granddaughter Agnes
An energetic Chicago woman created a quilt from scraps of celebrities clothing and declined museum offers. The quilt took over six years to complete and contains about 10 million stitches. Patches came from celebrities across society including royalty and dignitaries.
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Chicago
Agnes
Postcard From 1918 Reaches Bethune After Twenty Years
A Des Moines sent postcard mailed by Josua Dobson on November 6, 1918 to his sister Mrs. F Mountanay arrives in Bethune Saskatchewan on Monday June 6. Both sender and recipient are deceased. The card shows the first expeditionary troops of the U.S.A. bound for France and was received by Mrs. T Mountanay.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bethune
Saskatchewan
Josua Dobson
F. Mountanay
U.S.A
France
T. Mountanay
Russian children discover fossil fish near Lake Ladoga
A group of Russian schoolchildren found rich fossilized fish deposits near Lake Ladoga on the Russia Finland border. Paleontologists from the Paleontological Institute will continue excavations to study the discovery.
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Lake
Ladoga
Russia
Finland
Paleontological Institute
Erect Cairn For Abbe Le Loutre In Baie Verte New Brunswick
The Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plans a cairn in Baie Verte to honor Abbe Le Loutre the French missionary who used Chignecto as his headquarters in 1749.
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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Baie Verte
N.B
le Loutre
Chignecto
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