River of Skulls chapter continues northward voyage
Alan, Noel, Heather and McCord prepare to leave the cache for the Koksoak River. They fear McQueen and the Naskapi pursuit as they load supplies and brace for a long, dangerous journey through churning rapids toward the sea. Heather senses looming peril.
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McCord
All Law
Koksoak
Heather
John
Drummond
McQueen
Peterboro
Rupert
Koksoa
Alan
Noel
Barren
Camp McCord
Land-locked salmon on Koksoak waters excite river voyage
McCord and Alan reach the Koksoak river on a voyage south of Quebec with land-locked salmon aboard. McCord plans nights on the river using a jointed steel rod and flies as chutes and white water test the crew. Immense ice, boulder shores, and tundra landscapes accompany the perilous journey toward the tundra.
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John
Koksoak
McCord
Quebec
Alan
Peterboro
Roaring Falls
Teacher and student trade quirky collective nouns
A classroom joke features a teacher asking for three collective nouns. Tommy replies with flypaper, wastebasket, and vacuum cleaner, turning everyday items into a humorous set.
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Tommy
Schubert Beginning at Sixteen and Prolific Early Career
Franz Schubert started composing at age 16 and had produced about 600 works by age 25, marking early rapid output in his musical development.
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Franz Schubert
Support for Hitler Says German People Behind The Purhrer
Rupert Davies of the Kingston Whig Standard told the Canadian Club of Toronto that the German people are solidly behind Hitler noting they supported and idolized him. He criticized those who blame Germans for the aggression and cited acceptance of annexations and invasions as evidence of collective backing. Davies cited European capitals visited before the war and claimed Germans were universally sympathetic with Hitler’s actions.
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Adolf Hitler
Rupert Davies
Kingston Whig- Standard
Canadian Press
The
Canadian Club of Toronto
Hitler
Sudetenland
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
England
Herr von Ribbentrop
Davies
Europe
The Cow On The Track and a New Train Schedule
The narrator recalls a day as superintendent when a new timetable went into effect and a cow on the right of way caused trouble. A quarrelsome farmer’s wife confronted the meek engineer while the superintendent mediated, learning a hard lesson about overnight timetable changes.
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Susan
A. E. Warren
Safer Driving Through Engineering Advances
A New York Sun reflection notes that highway safety has shifted from regulation to design. Advancements in fatigue resistant metals, steering geometry, vibration reduction, and even spoke spacing improve reliability without demanding driver technical knowledge. The human element remains central to accidents but is less hazardous due to safer cars.
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New York Sun
A Question Of Weight Joke Sets Up Lighter Men
An Englishman an Irishman and a Scotsman argue which nation has lighter men. The Irishman boasts Cork men while the Scotsman counters Ayr men. The cockney adds Thames lighter men, and the joke ends with the punchline.
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Cork
Ayr
Thames
Australia to ration imports and exchange under empire plan
Australia plans to ration dollar exchange and classify imports from North America to meet empire needs as wartime expenditure for Canada based air force and American aircraft orders rises. Experts see centralized economic control and possible pooling of foreign exchange to allocate funds to dominions with urgent needs. The plan targets reducing nonessential civilian imports as war costs exceed current purchases by about £5 million.
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Canada
America
Commonwealth
North America
Austraia
Australia
Royal Oak Name Reused Amid Fleet Traditions
The Royal Oak, sunk weeks ago, is the seventh warship to bear the name dating back to 1664. Samuel Pepys served as Clerk of Acts on the naval board then and likely joined sea-wars with Holland. The passage reflects on how such old ships would fare in modern battles.
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Royal Oak
Samuel Pepys
Naval Board
Holland
Soil erosion amount trains 19 World Circumference
An annual estimate states soil loss from U S fields is enough to fill a train of freight cars that could circle the equator 19 times.
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United States
United States to Begin Mass Training of 40000 Troops
The United States signals the start of mass training for 40000 troops at nine posts in the south and northwest. Five streamlined infantry divisions one cavalry division and auxiliary units will undergo four months of field maneuvers after Roosevelt declares a limited national emergency. Simultaneous training of regulars national guardsmen continues to build a unified fighting force since the last war. A cat and twelve pigeons were released in Belgium with the cat returning home first. The oldest copper roof is on Hildesheim cathedral, installed in 1320.
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Fergiers
United States
Roosevelt
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Vancouver
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