North Pole Flights Backed as Safer Than North Atlantic
At the International Air Navigators Council meeting in Montreal Canada, experts argued that commercial trans polar flights can be flown safely. Einar Pedersen of Scandinavian Airlines System noted winds are stable over the Pole and weather forecasts have improved, supporting a Pole route as safer than the North Atlantic.
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Montreal
Canada
Europe
Asia
Scrose
North Pole
Memtreal
London
Acros
North Atlantic
International
Ai Navigators Council
Natn
Kal
Canadie
Peter
Montresier
Peter Redpath
Canadair Ltd
LANC
Mr Redpath
Eémonten
Arctic
Einar Pedersen
Scandinavian Airlines System
Pole
Methods to measure fish size from Quebec biologist expert
Montreal reports that Vianney Legendre head of the Quebec biological bureau and ichthyology professor outlines four primary length measurements for fish. He notes tricks anglers use to exaggerate size and warns against misleading displays or scaled representations.
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Montreal
Quebec Biological Bureau
University of Montreal
Vianney Legendre
Quebec
Sheep lawn mowers hire service hits Sydney suburbs
Two university students in Sydney launched Ewe Mow Co with 18 sheep offering weekly lawn mowing at 10 shillings per sheep. Delivery adds 10 percent, each sheep named for customer attachment, and profits include potential sale of lambs as pets.
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Sydney
Australia
Lawi
Tragic Engagement End in Poison Death at French Farm
In Bayeaux France Marie Ernes tine Lemonnier 23 killed herself with poison after a rejected marriage proposal due to an old Norman family feud. She stood by Georges Leboulanger window cried goodbye and took poison as he appeared. Police report notes a farewell note and photograph left on the kitchen table before her walk to the farm.
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Bayeaux
France
Juliet
Marie- Ernestine Lemonnier
Georges
Marie-Ernestine
Georges Leboulanger
Leboulanger
British Columbia anticipates record tourist year
Vancouver report quotes Harry Duker president of the BC Automobile Association predicting another record year for visitors to British Columbia. He notes concern over visitors staying shorter times and urges all residents to make tourists feel welcome to extend their stays.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Harry Duker
BC Automobile Association
Duker
Spank Child Only As Last Resort
Dr Gustave Weinfeld of the Institute for Juvenile Research urges restraint in child discipline citing a court of last resort. He advises a balanced approach to prevent a child becoming a brat and argues for safety driven spankings only when necessary.
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Chicago
Gustave Weinfeld
Institute For Juvenile Research
Weinfeld
Try and Stop Me! by Bennett Cerf
A young woman in love with a pilot in Korea reads letters that reveal gushy affection.Her father frets at the mushy tone while the mother recalls his WWI letters. The humorous exchange ends with a punch line about wartime mail.
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Bennett Cerf
Kores
Father
Papa
Indian Women Called Queens of Their Household by Dr Rao
Dr Lakshmi Rao told Toronto Women’s Association that Indian women hold final say at home and have long been active in professions. She noted men encouraged women into careers but Indian women managed business and finance with strong household influence. Rao, PhD in Canada, is a bacteriology postgrad and lecturer at Whitney Hall, University of Toronto.
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Toronto
India
Lakshmi Rao
Toronto Wren Association
Rao
Canada
Dr. Rao
Whitney Hall
University of Toronto
Women Will Outnumber Men To Coronation
In Canada many Coronation visitors to Britain will be women with mothers and daughters traveling while men stay home. Observers estimate women travelers may outnumber men by 70 to 75 percent. Toronto reports heavy bookings, with many traveling women being teachers and office workers.
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Toronto
Canada
Britain
Sir Alexander Maxwell
British Travel Association
BOAC
C. A. Windsor
Boy Wins Public School Speech on My Mother
Bill Sideon aged 12 won a speaking contest at Ajax public school with a speech praising his mother. He described her as the most wonderful person in the world despite noting she lacks a figure like Marilyn Monroe or a face like Shirley Temple.
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Ajax
Ont
Bill Sideon
Bill
Marilyn Monroe
Shirley Temple
Germans Cracked British Code For Spies In War
Lt. Col. H J Giskes, Hitler’s counter espionage chief, says German forces uncovered the key to British secret radio codes used with London. About 30 transmitters were found in Belgium by mid 1942, with more in the Netherlands, enabling mass roundup of Allied spies and supply drops.
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London
H. J. Giskes
Hitler
Belgium
Netherlands
France
Giskes
Brussels
Gilkes
Arm amputation saves driver from wreck in Mississippi
Carl Creel a 26 year old New Augusta mechanic freed himself from a car wreck by cutting off his left arm with a pocket knife after the vehicle flipped onto its side on a highway in Hattiesburg. He said he feared fire and described severing tendons and nerves as he followed the broken bone lines.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
New Augusta
Mass
Carl Creel
Three Teens Die In Foolish Car Game Near Three Rivers
Three teen-agers were killed and two critically injured in a head on crash during a game of chicken on a dark road near Three Rivers Michigan. Police say the two speeding cars did not swerve and ended in a wreck with bodies scattered as drivers tried to prove who would be chicken. Coroner Geisler noted the cars belonged to the fathers of Rice and Kahler and could not determine which teen drove which car.
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Three Rivers
Mich
Tom Geisler
Rice and
Islands Between Canada and North Pole Cover Vast Area
Islands between Canada and the North Pole span more than 500000 square miles in aggregate, underscoring the vast Arctic archipelago region.
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Canada
The
North Pole
Gems of Thought Plain Dealing Quotes Card
A compact collection of plain dealing maxims from Wycherly Prynne Anonymous Eddy Alexander and Emerson. The lines urge honesty integrity and plain speech as virtues in personal conduct and faith.
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William Prynne
God
Mary Baker Eddy
Ralph Waldo
Emerson
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
A 42 year old shoplifter slipped two items under her dress and was arrested after a department store floorwalker notified police. In custody she surrendered a sack containing candy, raincoat, a boy’s shirt, bill folds, hosiery, buckshot, paint, bulbs, deodorant, toothpaste, seeds and brassieres.
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Dallas
Tex
Ancient arithmetic rules known to scholars over four thousand years
The text notes that fundamental arithmetic algebra and geometry were understood by scholars more than 4,000 years ago, highlighting early mathematical knowledge across ancient civilizations.
Seaming Joys of Spring Housecleaning by Francis James
The piece extols spring warmth and rising spirits as the season nears. It notes housecleaning, airing woolens, and tidying cupboards as essential, recommending wallpaper lining and fresh designs to create odorless, clean spaces for the new season.
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Ers
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