Portable X Rays Aid To Soccer Players
A portable X ray outfit used by Tottenham Hotspur fans to quickly diagnose injuries. Edward Barber brings the unit to White Hart Lane, photographs injuries, and, after development, presents prints to the club doctor within two hours. The method saves time and may reduce player absence.
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London
Ottenham Hotspur
Edward Barber
Spurs
White Hart Lane
George Hardy
Barber
New Zealand Names Trade Commissioners in Four Cities
New Zealand will appoint senior trade commissioners in New York and Montreal with a North American head in New York. J A Malcolm fills the Montreal post, moving from Melbourne as the supply liaison officer. A Montreal agent works with the New Zealand trade chief to boost industrial ties. Health measures push restaurant staff education with Health League and Health Dept backing.
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Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
New York
Montreal
Sydney
Melbourne
North America
J. A. Malcolm
Cow Takes Money From Mary Dunigan in Kentucky Farmyard
Mrs. Mary Dunigan testified in Beattyville that her cow would milk while she chewed cash kept in a tobacco sack. The cow allegedly lifted a money bag from her pocket during milking, taking about $130 in currency. The tale ends with a stray note about sugar cane and tall grass.
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Beattyville
Mary Dunigan
Hopi Weaving Noted as Man’s Art Among Arizona Tribe
The Hopi of Arizona are described as the only North American group where weaving is a male craft. They are best known for cotton garments such as the wedding robes worn by grooms, women's ceremonial robes, and the dancing kilt and sash.
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Arizona
North America
Mince Meat Muffins With Bran Breakfast Bakes
A lunch helper recipe presents Mincemeat Muffins using bran milk mincemeat sugar flour shortening baking powder and salt. Mix wet with dry ingredients then bake about 25 minutes at 400 degrees for 12 muffins. Yield two dozen by some measures.
World Happenings Briefly Told
R H Turk named bargemaster to the King with eight posts vacant since 1942. Eight thousand tons of barley first shipment from Turkey to ease India’s shortage arrived at Karachi. Herbert Morrison notes Britain loses about 50 million pounds yearly to smoke pollution. Winnipeg grain board says western barley will meet standards. Mrs Addie Gotham Shaver turns 80 with mother Mary Wilder Gotham attending. Over 600 clocks stolen by Germans during the war have been recovered near Hamburg. Royal Australian Air Force to keep 15,000 men until postwar strength is decided. About 300 German scientists and technicians are moving to the United States under a voluntary plan for citizenship.
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Royal Australian Air Force
R.a.af
William Stephenson Receives U S Medal for Merit in New York
In New York Sir William Stephen son a Winnipeg native who directed British security coordination in the western hemisphere from 1940 to 1945 was awarded the Medal for Merit the highest civilian honor from the United States government. A calorie is defined as energy needed to raise 300 pounds to 10 feet.
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New York
William Stephenson
Winnipeg
United States
Sugar Beet Growers Petition For Higher Processing Bonus
Manitoba growers join Alberta Ontario and Quebec in asking Finance Minister Ilsley to raise the sugar beet processing bonus. They seek a raise from 114 to 12.50 per ton for 1947, with Manitoba vice chairman Herbert Sulkers citing a boost from 1.10 to 1.85 per ton on home grown beets delivered for processing.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Ilsley
Herbert Sulkers
Synthetic violet perfume replaces natural oil process
The article notes that producing perfume once required about 25 tons of violets per ounce of oil. It states that violet odor is now manufactured synthetically, ending reliance on vast violet harvests.
Newfoundland government ends 23 year beaver ban
The Newfoundland government, citing a beaver population around 50 000, will issue hunting licenses to about 600 trappers for the first time since 1900s. Each trapper may take 10 pelts and receive 15 dollars per pelt, with further payment upon department marketing. Pelts are valued at roughly 40 dollars each.
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ST. John's
Mid
Newfoundland
Department of Natural
New nylon fibre promises resistant washable textiles
Rochelle New Jersey report says a nylon based washable fibre resistant to mussing moths fungi mildew and alkali will reach the market next year. Textile specialist Dr L L Larsen calls the fibre a fundamental influence and notes its experimental production yields a durable light and warm material. A separate note recalls the first zoological garden in China around 1100 B C.
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Rochelle
N.J
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
L. L. Larsen
Tremendous Job China Reverses Yellow River Course
China plans to return the Yellow River to its original bed, diverted in June 1938, which flooded 500 square miles and stalled much of the Japanese army. Over 150,000 residents living in the river area must be relocated before work begins.
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Collier's
China
Yellow River
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