Ducks and Drakes Pioneer Aide Warns on Wildlife Study
James Ford Bell of Minneapolis started Delta Marsh duck releases in 1925 and built a hatchery to study wildfowl. Hochbaum of the American Wildlife Institute, sent in 1938, reveals courtship, nesting, and factors driving declines, urging hunters and officials to embrace research to prevent extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ford Bell
Minneapolis
Delta
Lake
Manitoba
Canadian Prairies
Bell
Edward Ward
Ameencan Wildlife Institute
H. Albert Hochbaum
Cornell
Wildlife Management
Wisconsin
Ameran Wildlife Institute
North America
Hochbaum
Delta Station
Cuddlesome Baby Doll Pattern 7173
Advertises pattern 7173 for a baby doll with complete outfit and instructions. Claims appeal for bazaars and gifts, includes doll water and clothes patterns, with charts and photos. Requests twenty five cents plus name address and pattern number to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Arctic Tragedy Found on Cumberland Coast by Norwegian Crew
The Norwegian vessel Sveip crew found ten skeletons, including two children, in a stone hut on the north Canadian coast near Cumberland. The victims may be Canadian trappers or Eskimos. remains were discovered after a motor repair stop while shark fishing in Davis Strait. Cooking gear, rifles, shells, and English pocket Bibles aid identification. A full report was sent to the Canadian Legation in Oslo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sveip
Bergen
Norway
Davis Straits
Greenland
Canada
Baffin Island
Cumberland
Oslo
Co-eds Less Shy Date Rate High at Toronto Campus
Toronto report on Trinity College porter Robert George Robinson who ran the campus dating service for 27 years. He recalls many matches leading to marriage in earlier days, noting students now are less shy and busier with dates, though fewer marriages result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Bob
Universiy
Trinity College
Robert George Robinson
Trinity
Helpful Hints On Home Maintenance And Cleaning
Guidance on treating furniture scratches with oily nut oils and caution about bleach splatter on fabrics. Discusses oil based paint as durable for kitchens baths and child spaces, resisting humidity and frequent washing.
76 Year Old Parachutist Makes 10000 Foot Jump
Walter Morgan a 76 year old parachutist jumped from 10000 feet over Fosston Minnesota watched by his wife and children. Pilot Don Kruse led the climb to near two miles before Morgan leaped and landed in a ploughed field with only a small cut behind one ear. Morgan said he wanted to show the kids he could do it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Fosston
Don Kruse
Flight to Moon One Way Trip Feasible Says Lockheed Engineer
Hall L. Hibbard, Lockheed Aircraft Corp chief engineer, told the American Society of Tool Engineers that a rocket to the moon is scientifically workable but the challenge is returning to Earth in a one way flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Moon
Hall L. Hibbard
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
American Society of Tool Engineers
Space
Earth
Busy Children Make Travel Time Productive Play
A mother lists travel activities for three and four year olds to stay busy. She suggests sewn beadwork with puffed wheat necklaces, wooden beads on string, tracing with pencil and paper, dyed toothpicks for floor or table designs, embroidering bibs, and a wooden potato masher toy that rolls and returns to the baby. Sel.
Montpelier Maho in Great Phosphate Rock Area
Montpelier Maho lies in the heart of a major phosphate rock region in the United States, highlighting the town's mineral resource significance and geographic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Maho
United States
Treasure salvage reveals Tirpitz wreck riches
In a Norwegian fjord north of Narvik a crown of salvage wealth emerges from the sunken Tirpitz. Einar Hoevding and partners carve out copper cables brass valves lead pipes and vast steel from the 35 000 ton battleship while some German crew bodies remain in dry compartments amid a flood of questions about remaining turbines and thousands of sewing machines.
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Narvik
Norway
Here
Northland
Europe
Capt. Kidd
Einar Hoevding
Hoevding
Pal
Hoerding
Fate Of Flyers Listed Unsolved Mystery
The R C A F lists seven missing on the north west staging route nine days before the five year mark. Five U S Army Air Force men one American civilian and one Canadian civilian are among the missing along with five aircraft. Many planes vanished in the rugged bush and mountains over the Alaska route to Asia.
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Edmonton
United States Army Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
Northwest
Canada
Alaska
Asia
Russia
Alaska Highway
United States
Civilization
Fort Nelson
B.C
Soviet Union
The Old-Time Editor as Mayor Judge and Matchmaker
A Georgia editor who served as mayor justice of the peace and more marries a couple during a tariff editorial. He retorts Time's money and offers legal wording for the marriage license with a quick, dry exchange, highlighting his multifaceted roles. The scene mix of civic duties and personal ceremony showcases a bygone local newspaper persona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Floating Island Drifts Down Churchill River in Manitoba
Four acres of muskeg land floated above the Churchill River dam at Island Falls, Saskatchewan, and was impounded for trespass. The island, with spruce and vegetation, stretched 500 feet upstream and broke up as workers tore it apart to pass over the spillway. Officials link the event to river damming raising water levels and buoyant muskeg detaching from shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. Davis
Churchill River Power Company
Island Falls
Sask
Churchill River
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Northland
English race horses not used to luxuries
New York report on jockey Ted Atkin son of Toronto noting English and Irish race horses avoid sugar. After a workout with Nathoo, the Irish bred colt in the Empire City Gold Cup, Teddy offered a sugar cube but trainer Patrick Wade said horses over there get little sugar because it’s saved for tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ted Atkinson
Toronto
England
Ireland
Nathoo
Teddy
Patrick Wade
Nabhoo
King Snefru Pyramid Sparks Idaho Gold Reserve Bill
Hoosevelt Idaho once a boom town famed for rich gold ore prompting a legislative idea to create a gold reserve to pay public debt. The proposal highlighted the town turning into a ghost town as ore wealth faded.
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Hoosevelt
Idaho
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Ducks and Drakes
Delta Marsh
Burks
Arctic
Fosston, Minn
Walter Morgan
ARMY
William Slim
Imperial General Staff
Viscount Montgomery
New
Eastern Union Ddefence Council
Southeast Asia
S.n5s
S.N.S
Lindsay
Ont
Millbrook
Lorraine Henderson
Lorraine
Snefru
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