Radium Caution Highlighted by National Commission Leader
Viscount Lee of Fareham urged strict controls on radium at a British radiology conference. He warned one gramme could murder a neighbor and cited dangerous patent cosmetics. he called for prohibition of importation or sale except under license due to the poison's lethal potential.
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Viscount Lee of
Fareham
National
Radium Commission
London
Lee
Lord Lee
Silvanus Thompson
British Institute of Radiology
Central Hall
Westminster
Pittsburg
Paris jumper with puffed guimpe in spring vogue
The article describes a yellow brown tweedy cotton jumper with a puffed sleeved yellow batiste guimpe. It notes blue linen and blue plaid dimity guimpes as options, plus a yellow organdie guimpe. Style No. 453 fits sizes 8 to 14, requiring 2% yards of 35 inch fabric for size 8 and 15 yards for the guimpe, pattern priced 20 cents.
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Paris
Electrified London Brighton line opened with frequent trains
Lord Mayor Sir Percy Greenaway inaugurated the new electric service from London to Brighton Hove Shoreham and Worthing. The route runs 104 trains daily with 35 120 seats. expected passenger gain about 4000 weekly.
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London
Brighton
Hove
Shoreham
Worthing
Percy Greenaway
Victoria Station
T. FE. Hawkins
Bnghton
Frank G. Beal
Red Rover
French Secret Service Heroine Marthe Richard Noted for War Deeds
The report highlights Marthe Richard, a leading French Secret Service figure in World War II era memory. It details her early aviator ambitions, undercover work in Spain, and crucial intelligence that exposed German plans, including invisible ink and submarine warfare, earning postwar recognition.
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Paris
Thomas Crompton
Tuald
Legion of
Mme Richard
Secret Service
Marthe Richard
Spain
Mme. Richard
Baron von Kolberg
Iberian Peninsula
Mme
Richard
Berlin
France
Germany
Winnipeg Free Press
Winter Severity Declines Over 113 Years Says Weather Bureau
The United States Weather Bureau reports 113 year charts show winters are shorter and less severe now than during the Civil War era. J. B. Kincar notes the period of greatest winter severity occurred around the Civil War while recent winters have become milder, though future trends remain uncertain.
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United States Weather Bureau
J. B. Kincar
Bureau
Has Peculiar Hobby The Marquess of Tavistock Spiders
The Marquess of Tavistock, son of the Duke of Bedford, pursues spiders as a hobby and breeds them at Peasmarsh Sussex. A renowned ornithologist, he claims spiders are intelligent and that male spiders are adept with their mates, treating peevishness with web handling.
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Marquess of
Tavistock
Duke of Bedford
Peasmarsh
Sussex
Did Not Need Finding Bobby Lesson Answer
A teacher probes Bobby Jones after noticing his inattentiveness. She asks where elephants are found and Bobby replies with a humorous twist, saying they are so big they aren’t very often lost.
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Bobby
Bobby Jones
Greenland Route as Safest Air Corridor to Europe
Dr. W. J. Hobbs of the University of Michigan spoke at the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto outlining a proposed airway from America to Europe via Labrador Greenland and Iceland. He noted longest leg about 600 miles and argued the route minimizes fog and favors winds, aligning with great circle paths.
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America
Europe
Convocation Hall
Toronto
W. J. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Royal Canadian Institute
Creenland
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Hobbs Sisted
Great Circle
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National Radium Commission
New Jersey
Ww. N. VU
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Krupp Gun Works
United States
Public Health Service
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Harry J. Angslinger
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Mayo Clinic
U.S
Pacific Coast
British Columbia
Meekton
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