Conchita Citron the Peruvian bullfighter arrives in New York
The 25 year old Conchita Citron arriving from Lisbon drawn crowds at LaGuardia. A Conchita is a rare female bullfighter who claims to have fought over 400 bulls, earning between 10 000 and 15 000 per show. She specializes in the rejoneadora style aboard horses and has grand plans for future exhibitions in the United States.
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New York
LaGuardia
Lisbon
Comehita Citron
Peru
Conchita
Frank Citron
Puerto Rico
West Point
Lima
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill
Ruy da Camara
Tarma
Portugal
Spain
France
North
Senora da Camera
United States
Women again pierce ears for heavy dangling rings in London
London jewellers report a renewed trend of ear piercing among women to wear heavy earrings. Local anaesthetic is used by some, with a few customers guided to doctors, while others do it themselves. Manufacturers note demand for small gold sleeper rings. The Great Barrier Reef off Australia’s northeast coast is the world’s largest continuous coral mass, extending 1,260 miles and still growing.
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London
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Costa Rica stamps reflect history and progress through decades
A survey of Costa Rica’s stamp issues from 1862 to 1945 details pictorials and commemoratives. Notable issues honor coffee, independence, Guanacaste, presidents, the Central American Federation, and Pan American health and football events. Recent notes cover a 1941 university stamp and a 1944 boundary settlement overprint.
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Costa Rica
Republic
Columbus
Industries of the
Guanacaste
Cocos Island
Tional University
Panama
Mauro Fernandez
Franklin Roosevelt
Pink shirts spark among men a rainbow era in fashion
A humorous survey notes men embracing bright colors like pink and yellow. It recalls World War I silk shirts and green caps as fashion rebels. The piece imagines directors’ meetings turning technicolor and warns against calling it a feminist plot.
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Board of Directors
Memory's Way and the Power of Association
A brief guide explains that memory is not limited by the mind but by the effort to associate ideas. It urges deliberate thinking, recalling the past hour, and reconstructing thoughts to create definite memories. The piece argues for mental peg construction and focused reflection.
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J. i. BR
Japanese Woman in War Crimes Trial Testifies in Tokyo
Shizuko Tsutsui, former chief nurse at Kaikosha clinic, appears in the international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo as the first woman to be tried in Japan. She faces 29 co defendants charged with medical experiments on five American airmen and cannibalism for alleged liver consumption.
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Shizuko Tsutsui
First Surgical Clinic
Kaikosha
Japan
Tokyo
Miss Tsutsui
Alaska Old-Timer Tom White’s Outside Tour After 60 Years
Cordova Alaska resident Tom White near 83 has journeyed beyond Alaska to Seattle to glimpse the outside world after decades in the frontier. His exploits include mountain climbing where six perished, a 100 mile Copper River rowboat trip, discovery of Katalla oil fields in 1896, and aiding a historic oil find while battling danger. He helped name Mount Logan with the National Geographic Society and crossed Malaspina Glacier with expeditions, arriving in Seattle by plane after coming to Alaska in 1888 seeking gold.
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Cordova
Alaska
Seattle
Tom White
Copper River
Tom
White
Katalla
United States Interior Department
National Geographic Society
Mount Logan
North America
Malispina
Forced Landings Do Not Worry RCAF Vet
George D. Johnson, an RCAF veteran from Kentville, recounts two forced landings in one week while flying a ski-equipped Piper Cub. After sleet forced a lake landing on Paradise Lake, engine trouble forced another near Parrsboro, gliding to a frozen field before a successful later landing at his Waterville airport.
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Kentville
George D. Johnson
R.C.A.F
Caledonia
Cape Breton
Johnson
Paradise Lake
Parrsboro
N.S
Cornwallis River
Waterville
Plane Will Search Whooping Crane Breeding Grounds
A U S plane will probe the last hit of North America's tallest birds as researchers aim to locate breeding grounds. Robert P. Allen of the National Audubon Society and Robert H. Smith of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service will fly northeast from Texas toward the Anderson River country east of the Mackenzie to study factors threatening the crane species.
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New York
North Americas
Texas
United States
Robert P. Allen
National Audubon Society
Robert H. Smith
United States Fish and Wildfe Service
Anderson River
MacKenzie River
Kennebec Potato Developed After 15 Years of Breeding
Science Service reports Washington that the Kennebec potato variety has been developed by a joint effort of the US Department of Agriculture Maine Agricultural Experimental Station and scientists in Beltsville Maryland. The new potato shows strong resistance to late blight and several viral diseases due to German ancestry. Plantings are being built by certified growers mainly in Maine and New York, with general planting unlikely for two to three years.
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Science Service
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Maine Agricultural Experimental Station
F. J. Stevenson
Beltsville
Germany
Maine
New York State
Northern Transportation to Carry 33000 Tons This Summer
Forecasts project a heavy freight season on northern inland waterways. Northern Transportation Company, the largest operator in the north, has contracted to move 33000 tons of freight this summer, said managing director F W Broderick.
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Edmonton
Northern Inland Waterways
Northern Transportation Company
F. W. Broderick
Navigator Willem Schouten Born in Hoorn
Hoorn in North Holland the Netherlands is the birthplace of navigator Willem Schouten who named Cape Horn after his hometown.
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Hoorn
Province of
North Holland
The
Netherlands
Willem Schouten
Cape Horn
Christopher Columbus Expedition Costs Estimated
The record estimates Christopher Columbus's entire expedition cost about $7,000, noting the scale of funding and the resources required for voyage planning, crew provisioning, and ship maintenance.
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Christopher Columbus
Beer and phonograph lore boost cow milk lore in quirky column
A Ringwood England cow Bridget Burch reportedly yielded over 4 000 gallons in 329 days aided by daily beer a half gallon. The column riffs on dairy folk beliefs and oddities from harness racing to zodiac weights and husky voices, mixing anecdotes and playful speculation.
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Bridget Burch
Ringwood
Eng
New Jersey
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