World’s Largest Telescope to Reveal Deep Cosmic Secrets
Scientists describe the 200-inch Palomar telescope to be built on Mount Palomar California by Caltech with Mt Wilson aid. It will use a massive Pyrex mirror, weigh about 500 tons, and aim to push visible space beyond 3.69 quadrillion miles, with light gathered for photographic study of distant nebulae.
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Palomar
San Diego
City
California Institute of Technology
Mt Wilson Observatory
New York State
Mt. Wilson
Edwin Hubble
Nearby-Pin in Tree Sparks Fearful Plot in Garden Tale
A near sighted woman plans to reveal her secret to her lover by pointing out a pin in a distant tree. They walk to the tree for proof, but their stroll is interrupted when the woman trips over a cow.
English Irish and Scotsmen discuss Smyth wedding gifts
An Englishman Irishman and Scotsman share a lunch and recount gifts sent for Smyth's wedding. The Englishman sent a dinner service for twelve, the Irishman a tea set for twenty four, and Mc Tavish sent sugar tongs for a hundred.
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Gether
Smyth
McTavish
Multiuse machine halves guesswork in mining and salvage
After twenty years and a fifty thousand dollar outlay a compact machine weighing fourteen pounds claims to locate precious metals and magnetic bodies through five hundred feet of rock with five percent depth accuracy. It purportedly differentiates metals, locates narcotics and weapons, finds sunken cargoes and ore seams, helps locate shrapnel in hospitals and weapons on prisoners, and even reveals hiding places on ships while emitting a whine as it nears metal.
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Edmonton
James MacBrien
R.C
Where Agriculture Stands Farmers Prepared To Do Their Full Share
Statement by Henry A. Wallace calling for farmers to match industrial gains through fair welfare standards. Farmers pledge to avoid deliberate production cuts, support balanced output of essential goods, and seek prices that sustain both consumption and producer income. Emphasizes resource conservation and adherence to democratic processes.
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Henry A. Wallace
Record Grain Exports Hit February High at Vancouver Port
More than 11,000,000 bushels of grain were exported from Vancouver in February, the largest monthly total in several seasons. The season’s shipments reach 31,332,893 bushels, up from 29,406,762 bushels at the same point last year.
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Vancouver
Discoveries From 1935 Geographic Expeditions Worldwide
The National Geographic Society reviews 1935 finds including Byrd Antarctic sledging within 180 miles of the pole, Yukon mapping of 2000 square miles with 19 new peaks, Mount Steele scaled in Yukon, and a 4000 mile air journey in Canada. Arctic and Pacific discoveries include new islands, bath of seabed peaks, and the northeast passage by Soviet icebreakers.
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National Geographic Society
Antarctica
South Pole
The
Pole
Bradford Washburn
Yukon
Yukon Territory
Canada
King George
Queen Mary
Great Britain
Mount Steele
Walter Wood
Charles Camsel
Rocky Mountains
Liard River
Timor Sea
Broome
Australia
Penny Rogers
Chirripo Mountains
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Madeira Islands
Bering Sea
Aleutian
Pribilof Islands
White Sea
Far East
Arctic
Siberia
Usha
Koff Island
North Land
Nicholas IT Land
Graham Bell Island
New Guinea
H. G Hides
Annam
Indo-China
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Nicholas Roerich
Otto Geist
St. Lawrence Island
Asia
America
Kodiak Island
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
San Juan
Colorado Rivers
United States National Park Service
Salmon River Canyon
Idaho
Pattern 5445 Gay as a lark cross stitch tea towels
A Winnipeg pattern note advertises pattern 5445 featuring seven motifs for each day of the week. The design uses cross stitch and outline stitches with color suggestions and material needs. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept at Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the transfer pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Loch Ness Monster Sighted by Former Morris Mayor
Allan Chisholm, ex mayor of Morris Manitoba, told the London Daily Mail he spotted the Loch Ness monster during a visit to Scotland. He described a 300 foot long creature with a long neck resembling a racehorse, seen near Inversarigaig for over two minutes with his niece Marjorie McKenzie.
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Allan Chisholm
Morris
Man
London Daily Mail
Glen Urquhart
Scotland
Chisholm
Glen
Birthstone List Revisions Expected by California Jewellers
R W Rinehart of Oakland says the California Retail Jewellers Association will revise the 1912 birthstone list. Alternates are planned for popular stones not on the old list, with aquamarine almost certain to appear along with sonal coral sardonyx marine and zircon for cheaper options.
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California Retail Jewellers Association
R. W. Rinehart
Oakland
California
Rinehart
Doctor and patient exchange at the barroom
A doctor admits uncertainty about a diagnosis while a patient jokes about returning when the doctor is sober. The exchange highlights drink influenced dialogue and humor in a medical scene.
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Earth
Mars
Capitol
Washington
Alberta
Saskatchewan
J. D. Newton
University of Alberta
Scientific
Newton
F. A. Wyatt
Breton
Byrd
United States
Manitoba
Jewellers
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