Gold Dreams Amid Gorge of the Spirits Adventure
Alan Cameron leads four men and their Naskapi companions down the river toward a promising alluvial gold lay by sand-bars below the Gorge of the Spirits. Napayo fears the legends while Noel and Heather face the danger as they camp and discuss the hunting of caribou and gold. Rough the dog recovers a human skull on the shore.
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Alan
Noel
Napayo
McCord
Aleck
John
Heather
Tabu
John McCord
Chimo
East Main
Whispering Hills
Noel Leloup
Alan Cameron
Rough
Prospectors Brace for Short August Window on River of Skulls
In August the River of Skulls will ice over early, leaving two months to pan gold from sands. Noel and Napayo set out to hunt barrens while Alan and John prepare sluice slabs, nets, and winter gear. They plan a long toboggan sled to haul food, gold, and dogs, wary of Naskapi incursions and the fate of Jim McQueen awaiting across the river.
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John McCord
Kokroak
Noel
Napayo
Barrens
Alan
John
Koksoak
Peterboro
Jim McQueen
Woman Keeps Eiffel Tower Flag Flying Daily for 35 Years
On the Eiffel Tower anniversary in Paris a maintenance woman tends the flag at the summit nearly 1000 feet up. She raises it every morning and lowers it each sunset. If damaged she repairs it before sunrise. She has served in this role for 35 years.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
Drama Of The Air Pilot Courage On Atlantic Rescue
Captain Donald Bennett and First Officer Thos Farnsworth saved the Imperial Airways flying boat Cabot after a wing tank leak. They crawled to a tank, patched a rivet hole, fitted a wing light to inspect the repair, and continued the flight to Foynes Ireland in eleven hours and fifty minutes.
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Atlantic
Newfoundland
Donald Bennett
Thos. Farnsworth
Imperial Airways
Catot
Bennett
Cabot
Farnsworth
Food For French Army Prisoners Describes German Rations
German captives in France recount daily French army meals. Breakfast includes tea made from hedgerow leaves and bread with carrot adulterated jam. Midday features hot soup, large potato rations, and quark. Afternoon uses tea again, while evening offers sausage, hard cheese, margarine, and beer.
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France
Germany
Mystery Presidents and Bugong Butterfly Feasts
A lawyer tests a witness by naming the first two U S presidents Washington and Adams. He falters on the third president while a friend notes the witness is doing fine. The article notes roasted butterflies are eaten by Bugong mountain natives in Australia.
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Washington
John Adams
Bugong Mountains
Australia
Heat from Sun Considered To Melt Polar Ice With Coal Dust
Dr Helmut Landsberg told the American Meteorological Society and AAAS that a film one fifteenth of an inch thick of coal dust could absorb about 90 percent of sunlight while ice reflects most energy. He noted ice blocks with coal dust melt in four hours versus minimal shrinkage on uncovered blocks and suggested practical tests on Pennsylvania highways to reduce ice and even possibilities to reclaim land from polar ice by melting glaciers.
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Richard E. Byrd
South Pole
American Meteorological Society
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Helmut Landsberg
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Landsberg
Dr. Landsberg
Dissatisfied Egg Trick Promises Party Magic Kit
Home Service offers an 82 page booklet with 41 tricks including the Dissatisfied Egg. Readers learn to vanish eggs and perform coin melt feats and color changing balloons. Send coins to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for Professional Tricks for Amateur Magicians and order related booklets at 15 cents each.
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Elsie
Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Art as a spiritual weapon in wartime resilience
The New York Times argues that war cannot be won by force alone and that optimism and art strengthen a free people's resolve. It cites Joseph Goebbels to question whether the Nazi propaganda minister grasped the idea, suggesting he might flee to Switzerland.
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Joseph Goebbels
Hitler
Propaganda and Enlightenment
New York Times
Plenty Of Pockets Pajamas Draw Positively
The Sault Ste. Marie Star notes that pajamas labeled enough pockets to hold a watch knife key ring fountain pen pencil billfold a 12 ride railroad ticket a driver s license and a red memorandum book stuffed with clippings will not become popular as men s street costumes until they include these pockets.
Taxi Drivers in Jamaica Worry War May Detour Tourists
Taxi drivers in Jamaica fear the European conflict could keep tourists away this season, threatening income for local cab operators and impacting hospitality revenue as travel plans slow.
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Jamaica
Berlin Erects Monument Honoring Bookbinding Trade
In 1927 Berlin unveiled a monument dedicated to a book as a tribute to the city’s bookbinding industry.
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Berlin
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Fort George
Drummond
Inle
Leila le
Penn Pubishing Co
WN U. Service
George Marsh
Mickie
Canediane
Canadian Performing Right Society Limited
Reyal Gane Buligifig
Yerente
Drama of the Air
Fiying
Foynes
Eire
Guerin Meschino
Italy
Home Service
Ant Noo Nier
Fight
Pinkham
Try
Lydia E. Pinkham
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