Trieste under Iron Curtain frontier still a divided city
Central Press correspondent describes Trieste as a cooled frontier town on the edge of the Cold War. The Free Territory remains split with a barrier and no united governor, while Allied forces oversee operations and a wary, cosmopolitan life persists amid ongoing tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Maly
Untiste
Lmt
Italy
Venezia Giulia
Stself
America
Britain
United Nations
Marshall Tito
T.S. Avery
Free Territory
TRUST
United States
Betfor
Trieste Force
Spit
Europe
European
Triste
No Grounds for Java Shortage Rumors Denied
The Coffee Association official denies looming shortages and says there are 70 different parts to coffee production. No grounds for such rumors, according to the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffee Association
Java
Side Stories and Jokes From A Gilded Era
A collage of light anecdotes than advice on diet and manners. A Pittsburgh reader recalls his elephant encounter and a wife training tale. Dietitians tout grass as vitamin rich while a writer jokes about duck eggs and domestic labor. The piece blends humorous quips with cultural foibles of the era.
Parents' influence on family food habits highlighted
The Public Health Bulletin from Toronto urges healthier eating by parents to shape children's diets. It warns that excess rich foods cause overweight and dental issues while promoting cheaper nutritious options like milk, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, stressing parental example and its impact on long term family health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Bulletin
Toronto
The
Bulletin
Electric fly screen causes shock through body
An electric fly screen has wires connected to opposite sides of a circuit with insulation between them. When a fly lands on the wires it bridges the gap and causes a short circuit through its body.
First Electric Railway Linked Windsor Walkerville 1886
The inaugural electric railway in Canada connected Windsor and Walkerville in Ontario, completed in 1886 marking a milestone in Canadian transit history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Windsor
Walkerville
Ont
Red blue plaid walls and bunk beds in large basement room
A reader asks about turning a large basement space into a guest and play room. The adviser recommends focusing on bold wall color with a red and blue plaid wallpaper, a pale blue ceiling, bunk beds near the door, bright red accents for drapes and snack bar, blue chesterfield and studio couch, red snack-bar items, and blue linoleum with rag rugs for the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
BC Research Council Warns About Anti Freezes
Victoria reports that tests by the British Columbia Research Council show some anti freezes cause serious engine corrosion. A salt base product proved highly damaging, with one case requiring engine replacement after six months. The bulletin also finds wood waste gasification yields high heat content, deeming tests very satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia Research Council
Council
130 Bird Species Counted In Yukon
A National Museum expedition in the southwestern Yukon counted 130 bird species and 22 mammal species. Notable new birds include great blue heron ruddy duck Macgillivary warbler and downy woodpecker. The team, led by biologist W. E. Godfrey, based at Kluane Lake Kathleen River and Carcross, also listed bears moose coyotes foxes plus small mammals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
National Museum
Yukon
Canada
Kluane Lake
Kathleen River
Carcross
W. E. Godfrey
C. L. Thacker
I. V. F. Allen
Haney
B.C
Population of Spain Tops 28 Million in Census
Madrid reports population figures from the census show Spain at 28,067,586 with Madrid as the largest city at 1,444,004 residents. Census notes compare current totals to 1930’s 24,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Glass Foam Material To Be Cork Substitute
Denver reporting that the University of Denver Industrial Research Institute develops glass foam a cork substitute for insulation. A chunk the size of an ice cream cone may hold about a million tiny vacuum bubbles. The process uses powdered glass cadmium vapor and results in a lightweight white material suitable for Army Quartermaster Corps use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
University of Denver Industrial Research Institute
U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps
Ascension and St Helena Stamp History in War Eras
Two small Atlantic colonies, Ascension and St Helena, issued stamps in waves from the 1920s onward. Ascension moved from St Helena administration to separate stamps in 1924, with King George VI portraits and later long pictorial sets marking wartime routes. St Helena featured seals and monarch portraits across commemoratives up to 1938, plus wartime and jubilee issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Britain
Island of Ascension
St. Helena
Ascension
Colonial Office
United States
Europe
Brazil
George VI
Georgetown
South Atlantic
Queen Victoria
Edward VI
George V
Napoleon
Waterloo
Queen Elizabeth
King George
Universal Postal Union
South Africa
Pretoria
Switzeraj
Netherlands
Japan
Indonesia
Belgium
British Solomon Islands
Costa Rica
Portugal
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Toronto
Impena
Sip
India
Jugoslavia
Iceland
Syria
Also Mentioned on This Page
U.N
Fy Sanford Markey
Central Press
Cpl
Raffo Marino
Markey
Ezra Newsom
Pocatello
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Hungary
ECA
G.i’s
Free
Jenkins
E. Lee
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tumney
Philadelphia
Estefie
Jack
Mr. Dempsey
Tom Gilchrist
Tom
CSF
Francis James
Mrs. K. P. R
Little
Nashville Tenessean
B.C. Research Council
By James Montagne
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!