Swiss to use oxygen on Everest climb this spring
A Swiss expedition announced plans to employ oxygen tanks in an ascent of Mt Everest this spring, a move critics call unsporting though experts say supplemental oxygen may be essential. A British expedition led by Eric Shipton also plans to use oxygen next year as they pursue a route from the southwest.
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Everest
London
Mt. Everest
Eric Shipton
Brian Matthews
University of Cambridge
Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine
Russia
Visitor from Australia buys Rolls Royce limousine
A Australian customer visits a Rolls Royce showroom and pays cash for the most expensive model to ship to a Sydney sheep ranch. A year later he orders another car and praises the glass partition. He quips about rolling the window to keep sheep from licking his neck.
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Australia
Yorkshire Post
Rolls-Royce
Sydney
Hidden stained glass window found behind elevator shaft
In Montreal the Christine Building at 410 St Nicholas Street reveals a 50 year old stained glass panel from 1902. Built by owner Stanley Coristine, a fur dealer, the two pane work shows Indians hunting bison and a white couple fleeing pursued people. It sits in a rear courtyard protected from light.
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Montreal
Christine
St. Nicholas Street
Stanley Coristine
Coristine
Canada lists seventeen British governors-general through Massey
Ottawa records the sequence of seventeen British governors-general who served from Confederation until Vincent Massey’s appointment as the first Canadian viceroy. Names include Monck Lisgar Dufferin Lorne Lansdowne Stanley Aberdeen Minto Grey Connaught Devonshire Byng Willingdon Bessborough Tweedsmuir Athlone Alexander.
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Ottawa
Canada
Confederation
Vincent Massey
Viscount Monck
Lord Lisgar
Earl of Dufferin
Marquis of Lorne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Stanley of
Preston
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Minto
Earl Grey
Duke of Connaught
Duke of Devonshire
Baron Byng of Vimy
Viscount Willingdon
Earl of Bessborough
Lord Tweedsmuir
Earl of Athlone
Viscount Alexander
Research Improves Quality Of Butter In Canada
A high level of butter quality in Canada has been reached through scientific study of butter manufacturing problems and ongoing research will bring further improvements, notes C A Gibson of the Division of Animal Husbandry in the Federal Department of Agriculture. He cites creameries and factory-sealed dairies as key to progress in butter quality compared with the ancient art.
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C. A. Gibson
Division of Animal Husbandry
Federal Department of Agriculture
Revive Frozen Fish Report Emerges From Fisheries Bureau
The United States Bureau of Fisheries documents authentic cases of fish frozen in ice and later revived. The report discusses methods and implications, noting several species involved and the survival outcomes observed in controlled conditions.
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United States Bureau of Fisheries
Color and Pattern Bring Kitchen Life and Joy
Women who bake and cook well show instinct beyond technique. The article urges turning the kitchen into a colorful, patterned space with waterfast wallpapers, open shelves, chintz, and lively finishes to create drama, personality, and a happier cooking atmosphere.
Gems of Thought About Giving and Friendship
A compact reflection collection of quotes on generosity and sharing. Notable lines from Macdonald Lowell Eddy Whitman Luther and Herbert emphasize imperishable gifts of spirit over material offerings.
Duke of Edinburgh urges edge luminance for road width
At a London traffic safety meeting the Duke of Edinburgh proposed placing luminous studs along road edges rather than the center to help drivers gauge road width and improve safety.
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London
Duke of Edinburgh
British Columbia Swans Refuse To Enter Trap
Dominion Wildlife Officer R H MacKay reports six swans promised to Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip were not delivered because the birds could not be caught. The swans reside at Lonesome Lake, about 300 miles north of Vancouver, and evade a large net trap as the warden can feed them directly from his hand.
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Victoria
British Columbia
R. H. MacKay
Dominion Wildlife
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Lonesome Lake
Vancouver
MacKay
Early Norse Settlement Sheds Light on Ancient Population
A population living by fishing and hunting is believed to have inhabited Norway as long ago as 6600 B.C. This insight arises from archaeological interpretations suggesting longstanding coastal livelihoods and tool use by early communities.
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Norway
Grasshopper Study Reveals Intriguing Insect Behaviors
Professor G J Spencer of the University of British Columbia reports a comprehensive study of 19 British Columbia grasshopper species. He details feeding times community dances sun worship habits and a notable preference for egg beds at neutral acidity.
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G. J. Spencer
University of
British Columbia
Spencer
Entomological Societies
Ottawa
Kinsey
Woman Athlete Advocates Basketball For Slim Figure In Vancouver
Vancouver wife and mother Kay Jarvis 28 returns to basketball after a decade to stay slim. She plays in the city’s women’s senior B league with her husband Peter’s full support and her three sons cheering.
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Vancouver
Kay Jarvis
Peter
Jarvis
Leap Year Skipped Every Hundredth Year
The article explains that a year exceeds 365 days by about 5 hours 48 minutes 46 seconds. To correct this, an extra day is added every four years, but this overcompensates by 11 minutes 14 seconds, leading to Leap Year being skipped on century years.
Salmon "Boost" New Fishway Completes in Fraser Canyon
Construction crews finished a high level fishway at Hell's Gate in the Fraser Canyon British Columbia. The $135000 structure uses reinforced concrete and steel to let sockeye pass up to 27 feet deep and nine feet rise over 140 feet aiding spawning.
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Vancouver
Fraser Canyon
Hell's Gate
Fraser
International Pacific Salmon Fisheries Commission
Commission
Thomas Reid
New Westminster
British Columbia
Washington
Bride Receives Gruesome Wedding Gift Heart of Montrose
Vancouver bride Mrs Thomas Hurley receives the mummified heart of the first Marquis of Montrose as a wedding present. She stores the relic in a trust company safe and dreams of eventually placing it in St Giles Cathedral Edinburgh. The heart, flown from London, was once kept by a retainer after the Marquis died on the scaffold outside Edinburgh Castle.
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Vancouver
Thomas Hurley
Marquis of Montrose
James
Edinburgh Castle
Robot Secretary Offered to Executives in London
A metal cabinet device three feet tall and two feet wide acts as a robot secretary. It can speak hear think and remember and greets callers with a feminine voice saying Your message will be recorded. Wait. Please speak now. It records messages for the boss and repeats them upon return.
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London
Three Brownsville Officers Respond To False Theft Alarm
In Brownsville Texas three police officers investigated a reported theft at a local store. The clerk claimed a customer left without paying and, after a brief search, the thief was found to have taken only a penny box of matches.
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Brownsville
Tex
Retired jeweller starts one man safety campaign
In Jacksonville an 88 year old former jeweller warns his future life hinges on neighbors' safety awareness. He greets every call with safety first saying safety always instead of hello to emphasize his mission.
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Jacksonville
Fla
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