World's Largest Iron Ore Deposit Boosts Western Arms Drive
Venezuela's La Parida Cerro Bolivar hosts an estimated half billion tons of high grade ore, 55.4 percent iron, largely free of sulfur. U.S. Steel units plan extensive mining and rail routes to move up to 15 million tons annually to North American mills, fueling defense production.
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Mohamet
Venezuela
Mohammet
Venexovla
la Parida
Cerro Bolivar
Simon Bolivar
U.S
Mack C Lake
Orinoco Mining Co. 9
United States Steel Corporation
United States
Iron Mines Co
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Bethlehem
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San Felix
Orinoco
Atlantic
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Palua
Manama Channel
North America
Iron Mountain
U.S. Steel
US Steel
Caribbean
Carcelona
Trenton
Testing Sound Proof Flats For Tenant Guinea Pigs
In Abbots Langley England twenty four local families on the housing list agreed to rent modern flats at about four dollars a week to help the government science research department test sound proofing. The 24 units are in six groups of four, each built with different materials and anti noise devices.
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Abbots Langley
Hertz
England
Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
Instructions On Correct Way To Greet Royalty
An expert on court ceremonial in Ottawa urges Canadians to brush up curtsies and bows for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. Women curtsy to both, men bow. guidance covers foot placement, eye contact, head movement, and whether to shake hands, aiming for a single graceful motion.
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Ottawa
Elizabeth
Prince Phillip
Government House
Mint Chief Warns of Penny Strain and High Demand
Philadelphia Mint Superintendent Edwin H. Dressel warns pennies drive coin demand as coins flow to piggy banks meters vending machines taxes and summer travel. Daily production totals reach 60000 half dollars 50000 quarters 72000 dimes and 80000 in pennies with nickels halted.
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Philadelphia
United States Mint
Edwin H. Dressel
Philadelphia Mint
Dressel
Queen Mary Visits Hampstead Maternity Nursery
Queen Mary made an unscheduled visit to the maternity house in Hampstead. In the nursery she observed pink and blue blankets she crocheted herself, noting they had faded and she should make more.
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London
Queen Mary
Queen Mary's Maternity House
Hampstead
Whale meat hits Winnipeg stores in one pound steaks
Winnipeg shoppers can buy whale meat in cellophane wrapped one pound steaks. W. J. Ward of the Churchill whale and fish products company notes Winnipeg is the first large Canadian city with whale meat on sale. The plant processes belugas, averaging 100 pounds of steak and 400 pounds of oil per whale.
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Winnipeg
W. J. Ward
Dauphin
Churchill Whale and Fish Products Company
Canada
Manitoba
Flin Flon
Pas
Hudson Bay
Ward
Churchill
Should Have No Trouble Finding Car Like This
Chicago police were told of a missing automobile by Orville F. Andrews who provided a detailed description. The car is a 1949 Chevrolet convertible body on a 1939 Studebaker chassis with a 1949 Kaiser bumper and a 1949 Oldsmobile rear bumper plus a 1949 modified Chevrolet grill and a 1950 Studebaker engine. The vehicle is metallic blue with no top and was sold to a stranger for 1200 dollars, though Andrews received only 25 dollars before the buyer disappeared.
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Chicago
Orville F. Andrews
Andrews
Studebaker
Kaiser
Swan chases camper up a tree in Windsor dawn
Peter Rawlings, a camper in Windsor, woke to a swan on his tent cot. The luxury loving bird became aggressive and chased him up a tree, where he stayed for an hour until friends lured the bird away.
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Windsor
England
Peter Rawlings
Peter
How To Treat Your Children
A teaching guide warns against shaming children and praises teachers who offer praise and affection. It argues sarcasm degrades students, especially slow learners, and calls for teachers to avoid public humiliation. Fathers are also urged to encourage rather than scorn their sons to foster growth.
Expedition Will Explore Remote Greenland Area
A Royal Air Force coastally commanded flight carries three Royal Navy officers and a Royal Marines captain to Greenland. The month to six week expedition, approved by the Royal Geographic Society, aims to survey Queen Louise land Nunataks and inland ice. The team will land near a coast lake, cross a 20 mile glacier, and establish a base on a three mile long eastern lake for next year’s geology glaciology and biology surveys.
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London
Greenland
England
Royal Air Force Coastal Command
Royal Navy
Royal Marines
Royal Geographic Society
C. J. W. Simpson
D.S.C
Queen Louise Land
Long Lake
New Wind Tunnel Delivers Supersonic Air Speeds at Berkeley
In San Francisco the University of California at Berkeley operates the first supersonic wind tunnel for studying high altitude air. The five foot long stainless tube produced speeds up to 950 miles per hour and could reach 1800 mph by heating molecules. Naval and air research offices funded the project.
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San Francisco
University of California At Berkeley
Naval and Air Research
Lost toddler identified at English sports meeting
A two year old wandered away at a sports meeting in England. Her sobs were amplified at a microphone and quickly led her worried mother to the child.
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Reading
England
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
The column jokes about Balzac inheriting his uncle’s fortune after a willless death and a Columbus motorist who signalled too carefully before a right turn, ending with his arrest for having no driver’s license.
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Bennett Cerf
Columbus
Ohio
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