Head Hunters of Dyaks Guard Jungle Patrols in Malaya
Chaplain to the Scots Guards recounts Dyak trackers leading UK patrols against Communist bandits in Malaya. He notes their headhunter image, jungle camouflage, belief in charms, and risk from omens, with a light postscript on wives photographed wearing Guardsmen caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pornes
United Kingdom
Moore
Scots Guards
Dyak
Dyaks
Scots Guard
Central Press
Wash walls and woodwork for lasting results this spring
The article advises washing walls before decorating to achieve a lasting finish. It covers washable wallpaper types, removing grease stains, and cleaning painted and varnished woodwork with mild soap solutions. A turpentine mix cleans varnished surfaces. keep warm, rinse well, and avoid clogging drains.
Wollomombie Waterfall Rises 1100 Feet in Height
Report notes the Wollomombie waterfall reaches about 1100 feet in height in a single tall cascade. The description highlights the impressive vertical drop and its remote forest setting.
Gems of Thought on Music Through History
A compact collection of quotes elevating music as a divine, moral, and disciplined art. Herbert Spencer, Mary Baker Eddy, Martin Luther, Pope, and Walt Whitman frame music as essential to human welfare and character, transcending matter and awakening inner grace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Spencer
Mary Baker Eddy
Fires Annually Cost Nearly 10 000 Lives in the United States
A steady toll from fires in the United States each year shows about ten thousand fatalities. Experts cite residential and workplace fires across multiple states and regions as a persistent public safety issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Air Force Develops Rapid Fire Suppression for Crashes
The Air Force unveiled new baking-soda Dry chemical firefighting gear to douse crash fires rapidly. In a demonstration at Uplands Air Port the system quenched a 300 gallon gasoline blaze around a Hudson bomber in about two and a half minutes. RCAF chief Fr. Bert Quinn says the invention walls off flames and clears paths for rescuers within seconds. The $40,000 crash trucks, tested by U S and Canadian officials, will be used in Arctic conditions and have been delivered to the RC AF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Air Force
Bert Quinn
Moose Jaw
Sask
R.C.A.F
Uplands
United States
Quinn
Arctic
US Household Income Rises to 3300 in 1950
Washington reports the average U S family earned 3300 in 1950 up 200 from 1949 as prices stayed nearly stable. The Census Bureau notes this marks a reversal of the postwar downward purchasing power trend. About 31 million of 40 million families earned under 5000 and 10 million under 2000, while 1.3 million earned over 10900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Bureau
Heat output of average worker boils 7.5 gallons daily
A newspaper item notes that the average man working at an ordinary job generates enough heat each day to raise seven and a half gallons of water from freezing to boiling. It highlights human energy output in a simple daily measure.
Overweight linked to higher cancer risk says researchers
Chicago report cites Dr. Albert Tannenbaum stating that overweight individuals have greater cancer and disease risk. He notes calories and diet influence cancer onset, but warns weight loss diets after cancer starts worsen health. A balanced diet maintaining normal weight is advised.
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Chicago
American Cancer Society
Albert Tannenbaum
Department of Cancer Research, Medical Research Institute
Michael Reese Hospital
Spring Tonic For Chrysanthemums
Hardy chrysanthemums should be divided each Spring to keep blooms strong. Root divisions act as a tonic, preventing weakened growth and insect or disease susceptibility. Perform single divisions with one stem each, plant 18 to 24 inches apart in freshly enriched soil, and water well. For fall blooms, use the hard center as cuttings. Begin Bordeaux spraying early to curb fungous disease.
Canadian-Born Artist Exhibits Shakespeare Bird Pictures In U K
Lavonia Stockelbach, a Canadian-born artist living in New Jersey, displays over 60 miniature wooden birds inspired by Shakespeare at Stratford upon Avon. The 3 1/2 by 2 1/4 inch holly wood pieces will be shown through the Shakespearean season and are not for sale. Stockelbach notes her training was in Canada and she has previously shown Canadian birds in London in 1933.
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Stratford-On-Avon
England
Lavonia Stockelbach
Shakespear
Stratford
Stockelbach
Belleville
Canada
New York
New Jersey
Man’s lifetime walk totals around 180 thousand miles
In an average lifetime a man will walk about 180 640 miles. The figure highlights the immense scope of daily locomotion over many decades.
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Head Hunters
Borneo
Cape
C. Whiteford
Danitiodinga
Francis James
Dept. of National Meakt and Wellere
Martin Luther
Pope
Walt Whitman
Louis Anderson
Bodega Head
Calif
Anderson
H. W. Buren
U.S
M. Harrison-Gray
West
Senate
North
South
Fox
Lake Simcoe
Harold Sheppard
Bonadian
Shakespeare
U.K
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