How Scotland Yard Was Established In 1842
A historical overview of Scotland Yard and the Metropolitan Police. It explains the Yard’s origins in Whitehall’s former royal court and the 1842 detective division, now New Scotland Yard. The piece details structure, duties, and the CID’s role, emphasizing service over spectacle and wartime heroism.
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Scotland Yard
H. J. Axien
Montreal Star
Herryless
Metropolitan Police of
London
Metropolitan Police
Royal Palace of
Whitehall
London Metropolitan Police Force
London Police Administration
New Scotland Yard
Thames Embankment
England
City of
Criminal Investigation Department
CLD
Criminal Record Office
Britain
CID
Special Branch
Aid For Doctors New Device Detects Heart Disease
Temple University Medical School reports a new device the electrokymograph helps doctors detect heart disease early. Dr. Bert B Boone of Schwenksville Pa led two years of work with the U S Public Health Service. The device photographs heart motions and projects them on a fluorescent screen with a photoelectric cell and light impulses, revealing abnormal activity.
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Philadelphia
Temple University Medical School
Bert B. Boone
Schwenksville
United States Public Health Service
Feathers Drive South Africa Ostrich Boom
South Africa sees a fresh ostrich feather boom echoing pre war fortunes. In the Little Karoo region farmers invest in large scale breeding as Oudtshoorn, Edalitzdorp, and Ladysmith districts hold about 20,000 birds, up from under 2,000 a few years ago, with numbers rising monthly.
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South Africa
Little Karoo
Cape
Oudtshoorn
Protective measures for insect free grain transport
Railroad cars carrying insect infested grain are cleaned with compressed air at origin points to prevent infestation in later shipments. Grain is cleaned and fumigated when needed under the Stored Product Insect Investigations unit of the Entomological Division, Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture.
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Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
British invention debuts at King's Theatre Glasgow
A new color lighting technique adjustable by a dial is tested at King's Theatre in Glasgow. The system is described as a wholly British invention with expected high export value for use in homes hotels offices and factories.
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King’s Theatre
Glasgow
Durban Lady in White Honored for Wartime Singing
Perla Siedle Gibson received a king's commendation for singing to arriving and departing troops at Durban during the war. Col. E Stubbs presented the certificate, noting her song calmed about 3,000 non European troops unsettled by home leave delays. Her white presence and voice became a global memory for servicemen.
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Durban
Natal
Perla Siedle Gibson
Col. E.stubbs
Middle East
Durban Bay
South Africa
Revival of watch and clock industry in the UK
The watch and clock industry, revived in the United Kingdom, gains a National College launched by the Ministry of Education. The sector employs about 10 000 people and aims to manufacture two million timepieces this year, with plans for five million next year. Over four to five years employment could reach 25 000 workers.
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United Kingdom
Ministry of Education
Not Always Pure Water From Country Wells
A Montreal Star piece poetically extols old well water as pure and virtuous but cautions it may be diseased. The essay warns city dwellers moving to the countryside for summer about the loss of chlorinated water and trusting rural wells for safety.
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Montreal Star
German POW count in Britain reaches 210851
The record shows 210,851 German prisoners of war held in Britain. Other notes include Mrs. Lillian Petiit's death after bee sting, plans for Newton memorial observatory, and historic notes on census, postal cards, and Bible mentions. The Statue of Liberty floodlight output is described as 500000 candle power.
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Britain
Canada must pursue Arctic cooperation over isolation says ambassador
Ottawa Citizen reports Hon. C. B. Pearson argues that wartime pressures accelerated Arctic development and that air routes weather stations and exploration projects tie Canada to U S power centers. He warns exclusive Arctic policy risks suspicion and urges peaceful cooperation within the United Nations to unleash Arctic wealth.
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Canadian Arctic
Canada
C. B. Pearson
Dominion
United States
Pearson
Arctic
U.S.S.R
U.S.A
Mr. Pearson
North
Yast
United Nations
Iran
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Canadian Northwest
Red River Valley
Ottawa
Brighten the Corner with a Classic Cross Stitch Sampler
An old time sampler pattern 7442 offered by the Household Arts Depart ment of Winnipeg Newspapers Union. Instructions note four transfers of sampler 13 by 15 inches and require twenty cents in coins for pattern request to Winnipeg address. Include name and address clearly.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspapers Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
Queen Mother’s Bible Gift to Coventry Cathedral Church
A despatch from England to the National Council of the YWCA notes that Her Majesty the Queen Mother presented her Beautifully borne Bible to the new Coventry cathedral church. The Bible was a gift to the Queen from the YWCA and other women of the United Kingdom on her marriage to the late King George V.
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England
National Council
Y.W.C.A
Y.w.ca Council
Great Britain
Coventry
Young Women’s Christian Association
United Kingdom
George v
Canadian literature fate debated
A London Free Press opinion questions whether a distinct Canadian literature can emerge amid the influence of other English-speaking nations. It argues that Canadians must cultivate a national identity and develop true Canadians to foster outstanding writers.
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Londo Free Press
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U.S
Lord Inverchapel
Russia
Lady In White
Lillian Mary Petiit
Cambridge
Eng
Sir Isaac Newton
Royal Prussian Post
Sweden
Elbert C. Marcel
Inwood
N.Y
Brooklyn
Mireba
New Church
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