Ten Greatest Scientific Advances During 1952
A 1952 survey highlights ten breakthroughs: fusion energy from hydrogen in bombs contrasted with potential controlled use. gamma globulin protection against polio. synthetic anti TB drug isonicotinic acid hydrazide. a mechanical heart in a Detroit patient. synthetic cortisone production via mold micro-organisms. Zwicky links between distant star systems. jet rocket flight and moon era prospects. first atomic powered engine in a submarine. terramycin boosts crop growth and acts as plant stimulant. anthropologists trace early hominids suggesting a missing evolutionary link.
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Pola
Hoffman- la Roche
E. R. Squib Institute
Harper's Hospital
Detroit
Upjohn Company
Fritz Zwicky
California Institute of Technology
Space
Earth
Outer
Man
South African
Mystery of the Eton canes solved after 25 years
Douglas Martin, 39, a Thames Gas Board fitter and former pupil, revealed he hid and later retrieved canes used by teachers at Eton School Buckinghamshire. He confessed to headmaster EL Harding that he helped store the hidden hoard, recalling prank histories and airhole canings. The canes will join school records in a local museum.
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London
Douglas Martin
Etongh School
Buckinghamshire
Thames Gas Board
Martin
EL Harding
Answers to Quick Quiz Answers Summary
Quiz item answers compile key facts: 75 percent. Canada joins GATT with 33 other nations granting major tariff concessions. locations Hudson Bay or lower St. Lawrence. provinces BC Alberta Manitoba Ontario Quebec. paper use ratio shows more than two pounds for other industrial purposes.
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Canada
Hudson Bay
Lower St. Lawrence
Alta
Man
Ont
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Household Tips From a Bygone Era
Practical old time hints cover washing sweaters with a rolling pin, pressing moisture in a turkish towel, hiccups cured by hot water swallows, using a cork as a knife polisher with powder, and filling baby bottles using a stall coffee pot with a pourable spout.
Smile Of The Week Farmer and City Girl Clash Over Beef Ceiling
A city girl and a farmer debate a government ceiling on beef prices. The farmer praises the policy as overdue while the city resident notes cows endure harsh weather, highlighting rural and urban perspectives on agricultural policy.
Experimental Farms Have Contributed 23 Cereal Varieties in a Decade
Over ten years the Experimental Farms supplied at least 23 cereal varieties to Canadian farmers and tested many others. Key varieties include Rescue Chinook Redman Saunders Rideau Ajax Exeter Garry Beaver Abegweit and Vantage. Rescue, the first stem rust and sawfly resistant spring wheat, boosted Saskatchewan and Alberta yields while Redman dominates Manitoba spring wheat acres.
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Canada
Fort
Vantage
Ajax
Beaver
Beacon
Brighton
Exeter
Garry
Lanark
Acadia
Cascade
Rescue
J. G. C. Fraser
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Ottawa Valley
Rideau
Winnipeg
Charlottetown
Time-locked cigarette case aids smokers
A British firm patents an invention to help reduce cigarette consumption a cigarette case with a time lock. The device restricts access to cigarettes by delaying opening, offering a behavioral nudge for those seeking to cut down.
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London
Ancient Corn Meal Coffee Pudding
A historic recipe blends yellow corn meal with salt ginger and cinnamon. Scald 2 cups milk then stir in molasses baking soda and remaining milk and coffee. Cook over hot water until thickened pour into a greased dish dot with butter and bake slowly. Serve warm with cream or ice cream. Makes 6 servings.
Courtesy Over Force Guides Halifax Policewoman’s Work
Halifax’s only policewoman, Mrs. Lillian Rafuse, says courtesy solves problems more effectively than force. She patrols the Morality Squad handling jailed women and escorts them to trials, insisting violators are human and respond better to kindness and respect. Her rifle marksmanship averages and RCMP training underscore her readiness. She is one of four female officers in the Atlantic provinces.
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Halifax
Lillian Rafuse
Morality Squad
RCMP
Giant 1092 Year Old Douglas Fir Cut In British Columbia
Loggers felled a 107 inch butt diameter Douglas fir on Vancouver Island producing 30 174 board feet of lumber. Canadian Forest Products Ltd declared it 1 092 years old. A nearby colossal tree may be 1 100 to 1 125 years old but remains standing. The article traces oldest firs in North America and notes vast forest growth patterns and natural selection over centuries.
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British Columbia
Canadian Forest Products Limited
Hector Craig
Western Retail Lumbermen's Association
Financial Post
Vancouver Island
Alberni Pacific Lumber Company
Port Alberni
California
U.S.A. Forest Service
Skagit River Valley
Washington State
U.S. Forest Service
Oregon
Olympic National Park
Washington
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co
Nimpkish
Quick Canadian Quiz In which Canadian city would you hunt the white whale
A quiz column asks readers to identify locations and statistics about Canada including where the white whale would be hunted, wood use, GATT signing significance, provinces with large cities, and birthplaces of daily Canada births.
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Canada
Whale hunting speeded with electronic device
A device using electronic instruments to detect whale heartbeats was demonstrated in the River Thames speeding up whaling in the Antarctic. The test showed how the apparatus identifies target whales by their heart activity.
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London
England
Antarctic
River Thames
World’s Fastest Animal Cheetah in Short-Distance Sprint
The cheetah or hunting leopard is the world’s fastest known animal over short distances, inhabiting the plains of Africa and Asia.
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Bill Fedoronchuk
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Curley Edwards
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