New Traffic Gadget Measures Speed On Busy Roads
Harold Keen reports on a device by RB Luckenbach that clocks approaching cars using a portable electronic eye. The system, based on the Doppler principle, records speeds to aid highway safety and traffic flow. Luckenbach, licensed as W6XYD, says the meter helps adjust speed limits and signal timing.
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California
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Electronica
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Motorcar Exports Reach Record Highs Across Britain
Britain exports more cars than ever as 1946 7,200 monthly rate, 1947 11,90, and January this year 16,000. Exports include 5,000 commercial vehicles and buses beyond the car total.
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Britain
War medals to cost Canada two and a half million
Ottawa officials estimate the next fiscal year will see about 2.5 million dollars spent on campaign stars and medals for World War efforts, covering production and distribution costs.
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Ottawa
Broomstick In Cow Stuns Iowa Farmer
Farmer Sheldon Anton of Cedar Rapids reports 18 inches of a broomstick protruding between the ribs of a Holstein cow purchased at a fall sale. The cow had been ill and developed an abdominal abscess that ruptured releasing the stick. The mysterious intrusion raises questions about how the object entered the animal.
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Sheldon Anton
Cedar Rapids
Polymyxin hailed as potent new germ killer in trials
Johns Hopkins physicians report rapid cures with polymyxin for undulant fever whooping cough and other dangerous infections. The drug derived from soil organism polyxa shows promise against typhoid meningitis and bubonic plague, with a first patient a nine year old boy rapidly recovering after injection. It reportedly does not induce microbial resistance.
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Baltimore
John Hopkins Hospital
India
Garden Layouts and Equipment for Home Gardens
Garden layouts favor a mix of vines shrubs and perennials with clumps and a wavy front edge. Front beds feature edging plants and a lawn foreground framed by shrubbery. Equipment basics include rake hoe and spade, with cultivators and a small garden tractor for larger plots. Vegetables split into hardy semi hardy and tender groups with staggered planting and frost guidelines.
Parcels Not Barred to Palestine Forces
The suspension of parcel post to Palestine on Feb 28 will not affect gift parcels for British armed forces in Palestine or the Palestine Police Force. Gift parcels up to 20 pounds will be accepted and sent to the United Kingdom, then routed to Palestine via British military postal facilities.
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Ottawa
Palestine
Palestine Police Force
Post Office Department
United Kingdom
Moroccans Ban Candy for 17th Century Warriors
Moroccan children in the 17th century were forbidden to eat candy as it was deemed the food of warriors. The rule reflected cultural beliefs about sweets and military life, illustrating norms around childhood and restraint in historical society.
World Happenings Briefly Told From Across the Globe
Banning of the Communist party urged in the South African house of assembly by Dr D F Malan Nationalist opposition leader Britain speeds repatriation of German POWs all but those who wish to stay will be home by July A five cent stamp from Vancouver Island 1865 with no perforation sold in Bond Street London for 500 pounds Dartmouth Naval College to open next September to 16 year old boys with ability Senator Ian Mackenzie to receive honorary LLD at University of Edinburgh July 2 Canada’s gross estate tax figures rise January to March 31 1938 ranking shown Winston Churchill completes first volume of His Second World War memoirs and delivers manuscript Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip will not occupy Clarence House until repairs finish taking about a year.
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Communist Party
House of Assembly
D. F Malan
Bowdoin College Classmates Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Hawthorne
Bowdoin College in Brunswick Maine lists notable alumni Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne as former classmates. The two poets and novelists studied together during the early 19th century, contributing to Maine's literary heritage.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bowdoin College
Bruns- Wick, Maine
Turkish officer pi.) & Clemish 69 t 65 6 Excavation Sea eagle
Puzzle list reads like a crossword puzzle with many clues spanning geography animals metals and language. It includes references to a Turkish officer a sea eagle and terms like compass point and correlative of neither within a mixed wordplay grid.
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Pacific Island
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