Man Made Thunderbolt At MIT Giant Generator Demonstration
The 7,000,000 volt man made lightning burst from the Van de Graaff generator at Freund Hill Mass. The test, first tryout of the device, drew scientists and onlookers as blue flames spattered between terminals and thunderous cracks echoed. If weather allowed, outside tests could reach 10,000,000 volts.
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Freund Hill Mass
Massachusetts Institute For Technology
Robert J. van de Graaff
Dr. van de Graaff
van de Graaff
Trade Food For Fashions In South Seas Studies
Dr. Margaret Mead and her husband Dr. R F Fortune spent 22 months studying tribes in New Guinea and nearby regions. They report island communities trade food for fashion ideas and communication is slow causing fashion influence to take up to five years to travel from coast to mountains. Dr Mead serves as assistant curator of ethnology at the American Museum of Natural History.
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South Seas
Margaret Mead
R. F. Fortune
Columbia University
Mead
New Guinea
Australia
Kaiser Wilhelm's Landt
American Museum of Natural History
Russian Wheat Dumping Sparks British Trade Alarm
The Daily Mail reports Russia continues wheat imports to Britain and Europe, noting November figures of 1 000 000 hundredweight versus 25 925 in 1922, amid price cuts and market concerns.
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Russia
Great Britain
London, Daily Mail
Undesirable Features Of Examination System
G Elmore Reaman argues examinations measure intellect but not a student’s worth. He proposes eliminating departmental exams except for university entrants and expanding term work to include effort, interest, self control, and emotional traits. He warns teachers bear more responsibility, yet reduces last minute cramming and links success to character and habits for business life.
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G. Elmore Reaman
Reaman
Kitchener
Airship Strength Theorized In Composite Metal Covering
Commander Garland Fulton of the US Navy proposes thin metal underwear for future airships. The design aims to resist high-speed stresses by a composite construction with a metal outer covering held in tension by internal pressure. Separate note mentions early Australian wool mills dating to 1801.
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Garland Fulton
Bureau of Aeronautics
United States Navy
Fulton
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Press Advertising Pays Acknowledged By Welsh Association
T Sudell secretary of the Abergele and Pensarn Town Advertising Association reports a major expansion in press advertising leading to strong demand for guide books. He notes hotels apartments and tradespeople report the season has been best for years and recommends continuing press advertising for 1934.
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T. Sudell
Abergele and Pensarn Town Advertising Association
Wales
Sudell
Pakihi Soils in New Zealand Water-Logged Lands
Pakihi refers to water-logged soils in New Zealand that are close-textured silt or clay with a dark brown pan. They are highly retentive, boggy, and exceptionally low in fertility, supporting sparse rush, umbrella fern, mosses, sedges, and lichens.
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New Zealand
City leisure plans cite more parks as work hours shrink
A New York committee on leisure time suggests shorter workdays will boost playgrounds and parks in the city. The proposal notes the possible shift in urban character toward increased suburban country life as urban life adapts to more leisure time.
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New York
Moral Probes Sweep Chinese Cities
A morality wave reaches several Chinese cities with bans on bicycles for women in Canton and prohibitions on close up embraces in cinemas. Shanghai restricts engaged couples from linking arms in public. First offences cost about $2 under public behavior rules.
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Canton
Shanghai
Midwest mining boom lifts Winnipeg as potential Canadian hub
In 1933 the Midwest mining belt near Winnipeg boosted metal output to 11 million dollars, up 30 percent from 1932, with 9 million spent on services and supplies. Employment rose 20 percent as thousands searched for precious metals from Lakehead to Lake Winnipeg, spurring expansion for Fort William and Port Arthur and exploration across God’s Lake, Little Long Lac, Island Lake, The Pas, and Kenora.
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King Wheat
Winnipeg
Canada
Lakehead
Lake Winnipeg
Midwest
Northland
Fort William
Port Arthur
God's Lake
Little Long Lac
Island Lake
the Pas
Kenora
Crow River
Helen Keller Pays Debt To Her Teacher In Scotland
Helen Keller, living in Rosshire, Northern Scotland, with Anne Sullivan Macy and Polly Thomps?n, continues to teach Braille to her nearly blind tutor while delaying return to the United States for work with the African Foundation for the Blind.
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Helen Keller
Keith Henney
Garden City
L.I
Miss Keller
Rosshire
Scotland
Anne Sullivan Macy
Polly Thomps
United States
Afican Foundation For the Blind
Mrs. Macey
America
Mrs. Macy
Honor For Canadian Author Miss Maze de la Roche
Queen Mary requested an autographed copy of The Mas Jaina praising the author. MacMillan of Canada engaged James to decorate the morocco edition with hand-tooling on olive blue, featuring the Lancaster rose and its leaves.
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Maze de la Roche
the MacMillo
Canada
James ‘Nand
Rose of
Lancaster
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South Sea
WN. C. Wer
Pacific Coast
S.S. Prince George
Observatory Inlet
British Columbia
Annox Harbor
Vancouver Harbor
New South Wales
Welsh Town
Mid-West
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