Milk bottles colored red or green to protect riboflavin
Banting Institute researchers in Toronto recommend selling milk in red or green bottles to shield riboflavin from light. J A Ziegler notes riboflavin loss rises to 66 percent after two hours of sun in mid winter and increases three to fourfold in hot weather. Dairies oppose the plan, saying customers would avoid colored bottles.
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Banting Institute
Toronto
J. A. Ziegler
Institute
Ziegler
Skin Eruptions Remedy Offers Quick Relief
A clean antiseptic oil provides speedy relief from itching and discomfort. It promotes healing of open sores and boils, eases eczema itching, and dries pimples and scales. Also claimed to help barber’s itch and other skin disorders. Sold as Moone's Emerald Oil with satisfaction guaranteed.
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Moone
Britain’s children forced to 18th century fruit diet
London school medical officer Dr. Elizabeth Gouglay says skin troubles among children rise due to lack of Vitamin C in fruit, Vitamin D in fats, and calcium. She notes the situation has left children in an 18th century plight as a result of dietary scarcity.
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Britain
Elizabeth Gouglay
London School
London Daily Mail
Grown tough by hardship Edgar clings to apple dreams
A stubborn farmer Edgar Hancock argues with wife Mary over leaving their valley apple farm. He recalls wartime sacrifice and a young veteran Pete with lost arms who shows the value of stubborn resolve. Edgar decides to stay, with plans to return and rebuild at Apple Valley Farm.
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Edgar
Mary
Pete
D” Company
Anzio
Valley Farm
Apple Valley Farm
Easy Going By Anne Adams Pattern 4929
Pattern 4929 offers shirtwaist chic with side-button wraparound for wearability. Sizes 12 through 44 available. size 16 requires 31 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents with name address and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Farm tractors boost mechanization and rubber tire use
Mechanical improvement and rubber tires expand tractor utility for diverse farm tasks. Smaller tractors enable greater mechanization of small farms and mounted equipment extends their role to row crop production.
New Shrine at Westminster Abbey Honors Civilian War Dead
Westminster Abbey unveils a new Shrine housing the first lists of about 60 000 civilians killed in UK enemy action during the Second Great War. Designed by Sir Charles Peers, the four bound volumes sit on the west wall of St George Chapel, near the First World War memorial and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Relatives may consult duplicate lists in London and Edinburgh at the Imperial War Graves Commission offices.
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Westminster Abbey
Britain
United Kingdom
Imperial War Graves Commission
Charles Peers
Chapel of St. George
Douglas Cockerell
London
Edinburgh
Italian fooling court over citizenship aims and peanuts
In New York an Italian being examined for citizenship answered correctly questions about the President and the capital. When asked if he could become president he replied No, explaining he was busy selling peanuts. The note ends with a remark that cockroaches have survived since the age of the dinosaurs.
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New York
United States
Shell Strength Urged to Cut Losses in Canadian Egg Trade
Losses from breakage are the top waste in marketing eggs in Canada. Weak shells affect value beyond cracked eggs, with hidden losses at production, in nests, handling, and at home. A Dominion Agriculture survey calls for stronger shells through selection, breeding, and better feeding. Eggs with thin shells should not be used for setting.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
New Mine Opens Vast Virgin Coal Reserves in Nottingham
Nottingham unveils a new coal area with 125 million tons proved reserves. A shaft costing about 1.5 million pounds will use modern machinery and provide work for about a thousand men for roughly 125 years. Completion is expected by the end of 1948.
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Nottingham
England
United Kingdom
Yorkshire Post
Invention Perfected Spectacles by Professor A M Low
Professor A M Low, the British scientist behind bifocal lenses and contact lenses, announces unbreakable glasses weighing under half an ounce. The one piece wire frame holds tiny half-moon lenses and resists bending, dropping, or kicking without damage.
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A. M. Low
Low
Beavers Work Hard to Keep Teeth Short for Eating
A beaver must stay busy to prevent its chisel like teeth from overgrowing and hindering eating. The article notes that beavers rely on constant use of their teeth. It draws a parallel to Columbus discovering cotton in the West Indies and natives weaving cotton cloth.
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Columbus
West Indies
Chain of Evidence Origins in Irish Folklore
In old Ireland a chief owned a famed chain that squeezed a guilty man but loosened and dropped from an innocent person, symbolizing cross-questionings. The tale connects to the saying chain of evidence, noted by Book-of-the-Month Iclub News.
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Ireland
Iclub
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