Britain's Automobile King Gave Millions In Philanthropy History
The article profiles William Morris Lord Nuffield Britain's top automobile magnate who has given millions to hospitals research and social projects. It notes his 6.25 million gift to Oxford University for medical research later rising to 10 million and a 10 million fund for South Wales. It also covers his plan to distribute dividends from a stock block among 15 000 workers and his rise from a bicycle repair shop to wealth now valued at about 100 million.
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England
Santa Claus
Little Island
Bill Morris
Baron Nuffield
Lord Nuffield
Britain
Oxford University
South Wales
George Sixth
Baldwin
Oxford
Coventry
Birmingham
William Richard Morris
Cowley
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Berkshire
Elizabeth Maud Anstey
Value In Old Cars Recycled Into New Uses
Leaders of the American automotive industry predict that in five years 15 million vehicles will be scrapped and 20 million new cars will be produced. The average car life is eight years, with parts salvaged for reuse or sold as scrap iron. The evolving cycle means today’s rattling cars may become future structures or machines, illustrating widespread re use potential.
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United States
St. Thomas
Disappearance of London River Ice Fleet Before World War I
The article notes the decline of London River ice traders as artificial ice replaces imported blocks. It recalls how Norwegian winter ice near Christiania and Skien Fjord was harvested, loaded onto Whitstable brigs and steamers, weighed at Billingsgate, and hauled ashore at London Dock by fish porters.
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Norway
London River
Christiania
Skien
Whitstable
Billingsgate
London Dock
P.L.A
New Forgeries Restoring Ink Method Revealed
Northwestern University laboratory in Chicago unveils a compact device by M Edwin ONeill to reveal erased ink in wills and contracts. The pocket instrument uses glass, wool, potassium sulphocyanate and hydrochloric acid to expose iron in ink, making hidden writing visible before judges.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
M. Edwin O'Neill
O'Neill
Seahorse Study Claims Fish Talk Says U S Expert
Isaac Ginsburg of the U S bureau of fisheries reports to the Smithsonian Institution that the seahorse or hippocampus makes nearly inaudible snapping noises as a form of communication. The creature nears impossibly grotesque with horse head and monkey tail yet is small and defenseless, often resting with its tail around a plant stem.
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U.S
Isaac Ginsburg
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
Smithsonian Institution
Gingsburg
Gold piano from White House heads to National Museum
The famed White House gold piano from Theodore Roosevelt era retires to the National Museum after thirty years in service as a musical and sight attraction. Grace Coolidge, then a Massachusetts schoolteacher visiting Washington, recalled being told not to touch the furniture and joked about kicking the piano during her stay.
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White House
Theodore Roosevelt
National Museum
Executive Mansion
Massachusetts
Washington
Grace Goodhue
Calvin Coolidge
Princess Elizabeth to join Royal Coronation Procession
The Daily Telegraph reports Princess Elizabeth, age 11, may lead the procession of the Blood Royal at the Coronation. Princess Margaret is expected to attend due to age. Elizabeth to wear coronet and robe and perform homage as a feminine royal.
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Elizabeth
Daily Telegraph
Margaret
Royal Mounted Police prepare paddled stalls for coronation horses
35 scarlet coated Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and their horses will travel separately from Montreal five days early to join the coronation party for King George VI. The Beaverhill freighter will carry the mounts to London with padded stalls built in Montreal. Horses land at Surrey docks to avoid English train travel. Return voyage on Beaverford departs London May 20.
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Canada
George VI
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
London
Beaverhill
Old Pottery Found Near Lake Winnipeg Evidence of Ancient Race
Archaeologists report pottery and helioglyphics discovered in mining country east of Lake Winnipeg Manitoba. The find suggests a race existed 20,000 years ago in the region possibly linked to ancient Egypt.
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Lake Winnipeg
Manitoba
Germany Tops Import of Chemicals Worldwide
Germany imports more chemicals than any other country, reflecting its large industrial base and chemical sector demand. The data highlight the nation’s role as a major consumer of specialty and basic chemical products across industries.
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Germany
Odd town names delight Briton and American
An English traveler notes how strange American town names sound. The American replies with a playful list including Hoboken Poughkeepsie Oshkosh and contrasts life between English places like Chipping Norton Biggleswade and Leighton Buzzard.
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Weehawken
Hoboken
Poughkeepsie
Oshkosh
London
Chipping Norton
Biggleswade
Leighton Buzzard
Theobroma cacao genetics and chocolate seeds
The Theobroma cacao tree, native to tropical America, produces large nutritious seeds used to make chocolate and cocoa.
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Tropical
America
Self reflection and money on Nicobar islands
A Canadian Churchman note discusses viewing oneself as another, urging self honesty and fault finding while noting cocoanuts used as money on Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The item ends with the figure 2193.
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Nicobar Islands
Bay of Renga
Tug Boats From Quebec to Serve Mackenzie River
Two welded steel tug boats are under construction at Sorel Quebec for use on the Mackenzie Athabasca and Slave rivers in Canada's north. The 86 by 20 foot tugs will have refrigeration chambers and draw 21 inches loaded enabling year round supply runs to mining camps and radium concentrates shipments. They will be shipped in sections from Sorel to Waterways then by rail and sleigh to Fort McMurray and Fort Norman.
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Sore
Quebec
Mackenzie
Athabasca
Slave
Canada
Nile
Egypt
Canadian
Northwest Territories
Fort McMurray
Slave Rivers
Fitzgerald
Fort Smith
Fort Norman
Mackenzie River
Great Slave Lake
North Country
Dominion
Northern Transportation Company
Eldorado Gold Mines Limited
Labine Point
Great Bear Lake
Eskimo Finds 19th Century Papers on Franklin Search Ship
An Eskimo near Point Barrow found faded papers linked to the 1845 Franklin expedition and the British ship Enterprise. Charles Brower plans to send the documents to the British Admiralty for historical use. The Enterprise, under Capt Richard Collinson, aided searches at Barrow in 1854. evidence of Franklin deaths emerged in 1879-80 from recovered belongings.
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Charles Brower
Enterprise
John Franklin
Point
Proved It All Wrong Arithmetic Debate
A student challenges arithmetic logic during a classroom exchange with the professor. The ready reckoner argues that doubling workers speeds up tasks unrealistically, claiming six ships could cross the Atlantic in one day, and questions where truth lies in arithmetic.
Death of Leeds blind botanist John Grimshaw Wilkinson
John Grimshaw Wilkinson, a blind botanist from Leeds who described sensing flowers by tongue touch and detecting trees by rain sounds, has died. He lost sight at 23 but developed heightened other senses to continue scientific work.
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John Grimshaw Wilkinson
Leeds
England
Wilkinson
Pittsfield Motorist Encounters Three Street Accidents
A Pittsfield motorist endured three separate accidents on North Street South Street and West Street. He avoided East Street, steering clear of further incidents.
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Pittsfield
Mass
North Street
South Street
West Street
East Street
Tartans In Demand From Kilbarchan Weavers
Hand woven tartan cloth from Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire sees growing orders from Scotland and abroad including Australia Canada and America. Much weaving now uses power looms while Kilbarchan produces the cloth for kilts scarves and rugs. The local workforce has fallen to 15 weavers, who are fully employed with help from their wives.
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Renfrewshire
Kilbarchan
Scotland
Australia
Canada
America
Two patrons at Aviation Show talked with school booth
In New York at an aviation show two men, Frank Hawkes and Clyde Pangborn, spoke with a Manhattan Aviation School clerk who urged them to learn to fly and handed over address cards. The report notes details of the encounter and mentions related auction and shipping distances in harbor terms.
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New York
New York Post
Manhattan
Frank Hawkes
Clyde Pangborn
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