Getting Rid Of Ice Caps In Antarctic Could Endanger World
The piece discusses risks of melting Antarctic ice with atomic blasts. It cites Meinardus and David who warn ocean levels could rise 50 to 100 feet, submerging ports and altering climates. It warns quakes may follow and notes political implications for UNO.
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Antarctic
Rickenbacker
Nagesski
New York Times
Wilhelm Meinardus
Goettingen
Sir Edgeworth David
Sydney
Australia
Meinardus
David
Arctic
Florida
South Pole
Argentina
U.N.O
Britain Would Suffer World Catastrophe If Empire Breaks Up
Ottawa Journal notes that a British withdrawal from empire unity would spell civil strife in India and disorder across colonies. It argues that Bevin Attlee Churchill and Eden share one stance despite party lines, warning a retreat would destabilize the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Kingdom
Inia
Erith
Labor Party
Conservative Party
Bevin
Attlee
Churchil
Eden
Britain
Ottawa Journal
Auction Fetches Hitler Letters in London Sale
A London auction sold 30 letters and documents of German war leaders including two Hitler signatures for 55 pounds roughly 425 dollars. The same sale offered fifty letters signed by Bonaparte for 620 pounds.
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Hitler
Napoleon
London
Bonaparte
Demand High for Farm Goods in 1946 Exports and Relief
Chief reasons behind expected strong demand for farm products in 1946 include larger export volumes and relief programs as well as anticipated higher civilian purchasing power.
New Housing Oddities Proliferate Under Postwar Drive
The article surveys futuristic home ideas prompted by President Truman’s housing goal of 2,700,000 new homes before 1948. It highlights Robert G. Le Tourneau’s steel hen laying four room houses, balloon and cement-shell houses in Los Angeles, and R Buckminster Fuller’s Kansas project a swinging steel post design that tracks the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Robert G. le Tourneau
Los Angeles
R. Buckminister Fuller
Kansas
Striking Dairy Strike Leaves Horse On Route Alone
Charlie the sorrel milk wagon horse pulled a full load on a Detroit route as dairy workers strike, leaving his driver Russell Pengelly off duty. Police found the horse 45 minutes later waiting along the street for the driver to resume duties. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Charlie
Ebling Creamery Co
Detroit
Russell Pengelly
Pengelly
Has Its Limitations US Naval Research Expert Opines on Atomic Bomb
Dr Leonard Loeb a physicist and naval research expert says the atomic bomb has natural limits that cap its destructive reach. He cites rapid heat from atom fission causing expansion that may shield some atoms from neutrons and a non linear scaling of destruction with explosion power.
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Leonard Loeb
Naval Research
Loeb
United States Naval Bulletin
Odd Historic Laws Cited About Pets and Prohibited Conduct
A quirky roundup notes Ohio requires cats going outside at night to wear a red light on their tails. It also cites Boston forbidding violin playing and dogs over a foot tall. South Carolina prohibits carrying a revolver to church.
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Uncle Sam
Ohio
Boston
South Carolina
Emperor Hirohito Embraces Democracy on Tour to Reveal Humanity
Ottawa Citizen notes Hirohito's adoption of civilian dress and face to face talks with workers and doctors, the Empress engaging with women, and informal meetings with American reporters. The piece argues democracy could reshape Japan from a divinity myth to a functioning partner in world affairs.
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Japan
Hirohito
Ottawa
Nascopie Ends 25 Years of Arctic Service
The Arctic ship Nascopie leaves Montreal this summer for its final voyage after twenty five years in the north with the Eastern Arctic Patrol. Plans call for a new passenger cargo vessel to replace the 32 year old ship next year as Canada bids farewell to one of its most colorful little vessels.
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Bex
Nascopie
Montreal
Canada
Northland
Fastern
Arctic Patrol
T. F. Smellie
O.B.E
Smellie
Arctic
Vancouver
Hudson's Bay
R.C.M.P
Greenland
Denmark
Not Really Beaten German People Physically Not Mentally
The piece argues Germans are physically beaten by bomb destruction but not mentally. Berlin and Essen show ruins yet culture persists with schooling and courts under duress. It predicts a future risk of renewed conquests unless a spiritual change occurs through prolonged military oversight and reeducation. It also discusses Captain Smellie and the Nascopie voyage context.
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Berlin
Dewitt MacKenzie
Ruhrland
Essen
Amateur Toronto astronomer builds hobby observatory
Bert Topham of Toronto, a leading amateur astronomer, runs a rotating canvas observatory and uses a synchronized telescope to track stars by sidereal days. He fabricates lenses, turning glass into a high value reflector, and shares findings with Harvard Cornell and the American International Academy. In 1941 he received the Chant Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
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Hobby
Bert Topham
Toronto
Canada
Topham
Harvard
Cornell
American International Academy
C. A. Chant
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
There May Be Others
The passage jokes that newspapers mock Japan for nine names for father while noting the speaker’s own nine terms including Father Dad Daddy Pa Papa Pop Pater the Governor and the Old Man. The tone is humorous social commentary on language.
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Japan
Father
Dad
Daddy
Papa
Pop
Pater
Governor
Young Richard Strauss Began Music Training Early
Richard Strauss learned to read musical notes before letters and started piano at age four under his father’s tutelage.
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Richard Strauss
Piano
Home Sweet Home Filet Crochet Chair Set Pattern 7108
Attractive filet crochet chair set offered with chart and directions. Includes scarf end project uses, long lasting home sentiment. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Depart ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number 7108.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
India Ranks Among Nations With Large Chromite Resources
India stands with Soviet Russia as one of the few countries possessing vast chromite deposits. The mineral supports ferrochrome production, stainless steel, refractories, and chemicals used in tanning and related industries.
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India
Soviet
Russia
Birds differ sharply from humans in heat and pulse
The article notes birds lack a human pulse rate and have body temperatures much higher than people, asserting birds run at temperatures five or 14 degrees above human norms.
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