Fire Walking Mystery Probed by Scientists and Adventurer Returns Home
Scientific American reports three factors for uninjured fire walking: slow heat transfer embers, brief contact time, and few steps. Ahmed Hussain, A. J. Bould, and D. D. Russell tested a 20 by 5 foot trench with embers of ten tons of oak. results ranged from minor burns to none. Separately, 24 year old George Cadogan recounts global journeys, Canada to the world, returning home after 13 months abroad financed by writings and photography.
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Maskind
Scientific American
University of London
J.C. Flagel
University of London Council For Psychical Investigatives
Ahmed Hussain
Hussain
A. J. Bould
D. D. Russell
R. Adcock
England
London Times
Adcock
Flugel
Sydney Bulletin
New York Sun
Canada
George Cadogan
Woodstock
Ont
Dan Ritchie
Montreal
Saint John
New Brunswick
Atlantic
Ireland
Ritchie
Royal Air Force
Cadogan
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Egypt
Palestine
Holy Land
Damascus
Syrian
Baghdad
Euphrates
Cad
Globe-Trotter
Splitting The Atom At Birmingham Secret Lab
Scientists in a secret underground Birmingham laboratory build a 280 ton apparatus to tap the atom. A 13 foot hollow steel cube with two-foot walls will house copper winding and 5 million volts to release energy and create artificial radioactivity. Lord Nuffield funds £300,000 for Professor M. L. Oliphant’s team at Birmingham University.
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Birm
Ingham
Lord Nuffield
Fool Bandit Attack Triggers Cash Drawer Safe Dump
An incident describes bandits attacking a bank or business in which a new cash drawer dumps its contents into a safe when an employee raises hands or presses a button. The piece mentions Germany, Italy and Japan as aligned in a broader behind the scenes game.
Acres Of Wages In Canada Forest Industry
An essay describes the forest dollar as crucial to pay across Canada. It notes 65 towns rely on forest safety for wages and 34,000 pulp and paper workers plus their families depend on weekly pay envelopes from paper making. It also cites mills buying 75 million in supplies and six million in coal ore per year, with alum trades reaching 725 million.
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Canada
Bombers test long range flights expose Berlin as vulnerable
The Port Arthur News-Chronicle reports a large force of British bombers conducted 1200 and 800 mile test flights at about 200 mph without incident, arguing Berlin is air vulnerable like London though fog less in Berlin. A humorous exchange includes Jones asking for tomorrow off to attend his grandmother's first parachute jump.
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Port Arthur
Jones
Independence for Daughters Through Self Help at Home
The Queen supports her daughters independence by letting them use the little house gifted by Wales. Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose do their own cleaning and shopping with their pocket money. Sister C Black’s King's Nurse- Beggar's Nurse notes Blackie tended King George V from 1928 to his 1936 death.
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Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Wales
Princess Margaret Rose
Sister C. Black
Hurst and Blackett
Blackie
Black
King George V
City Delays Queen Mary Invite To Guildhall Luncheon
The London Sunday Express reports a puzzling lapse in inviting Queen Mary to a Guildhall luncheon for the returning King and Queen. Officials cite a misunderstanding after her canceled public engagements. Marlborough House then sent an invitation once the omission was found.
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Queen Mary
Guildhall
Marlborough House
London Sunday Express
Victoria match winner earns perfect 50 score at range
Mrs. Gwen Spencer Hethey of Victoria won the Victoria Corporation match at the British Columbia Rifle Association prize meet with a perfect 50 and added three extra bullseyes just in case late finishers tied her 10 shot score over the 200 yard range.
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Gwen Spencer Hethey
Victoria
Victoria Corporation
British Columbia Rifle Association
Kansans' Higher Life Expectancy Outpaces World
Kansans reportedly enjoy the highest life expectancy among global regions, suggesting regional longevity advantages. The claim notes Kansans surpass other areas in average lifespan, reflecting notable health and living conditions.
Frugal Foreign Farmers Shine in Essex County
Amherst area residents note foreigners in Essex County farms are neat and thrifty. Families work together, keep tools in place, and maintain gardens and homes. They grow sweet corn and potatoes, store dried corn, and show pride in property, offering thrift lessons to long-time locals. A rubber firm also markets a new white sidewall tire paint.
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Amherstburg
Ont
Essex County
Paw
Simple Patches Make Applique Quilt Pattern 6416
Leaf and flower patches form a Mayflower applique quilt block with a center. Start blocks now using uniform scraps or varied fabrics. Pattern 6416 includes block chart pattern pieces color schemes directions yardage diagram and quilt illustration. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Empire Trade Drive Faces Cabinet Fatigue and Ottawa Ties
The Toronto Globe and Mail reports Parliament’s strain on wartime finances and a fatigue among ministers amid calls to maintain and boost intra empire trade. The Federation of Chambers of Commerce congress backs Ottawa agreements while urging freer international commerce and Empire preferences to sustain Canada’s trade with Britain and allied nations.
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Congress
Federation of Chambers of Commerce
British Empire
Canada
Ottawa
FD. Tolchard
Toronto
Douglas Hamilton
Bradford
Yorkshire
Hamilton
A. Q O. Dawson
Montreal
United States
R. P. Jellett
Natives in Orlando Remove 2500 Trees Over Spirit Fears
In the Johannesburg Municipality Native Affairs area Orlando natives destroy 2500 of 5000 street trees due to belief that trees are inhabited by spirits. Officials note fears extend to reserves and kraals, while undeveloped street sections remain bleak. Authorities propose planting trees in gardens with small prize incentives to encourage growth.
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Orlando
Johannesburg
Gift Lamp Made by Disabled Church Army Workers
The retirement of the Bishop of London is noted as he received a table lamp crafted from odds and ends by Church Army workshops. The lamp uses a tap piece, a pipe valve, condensed milk cans, and bedstead knobs. The husband quips about finding a shirt to cover the buttons.
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London
Church Army
North Arctic brothers quit trapping for Alberta farm life
Joseph and Noel Verville, long time Arctic trappers since 1912, return by train to settle on an Alberta farm with their wives and Edmonton parents. Joe, 47, ends two years in the Near North and eight in the Arctic, Noel, 44, ends 27 years of trapping. Their stint with the mad trapper Johnson and the RCMP chase near Rat River in 1932 capped their perilous frontier career.
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The
Arctic
Verville
Joseph
Noel Verville
Alberta
Ludger Verville
Edmonton
Joe” Verville
Near North
Aklavik
Noel
Albert Johnson
Rat River
Johnson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Invisible ray alarm guards Coronation Chair at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey installs an invisible ray burglar alarm in the Edward the Confessor Chapel to protect the Coronation Chair and Stone of Destiny. The precaution aims to shield priceless Abbey treasures from possible LRA terrorists and bomb threats following nationwide explosions.
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Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor
LRA
Westminster
Scotland
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