Planet smashing into the Moon fuels new sea theories
Renowned scientist Harold Urey described a catastrophic early Moon event in which a small planet or asteroid collided from the northeast, creating Mare Imbrium and a lava sea six to ten miles deep. He indicated the event shaped most major lunar seas and took vast time to cool.
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Harold C. Urey
University of Chicago
Institute For Nuclear Studies
American Astronomical Society
Urey
Ralph B. Baldwin
Mare Tmbrium
Film Star Mitzi Green Returns to Screen After 15 Years
Mitzi Green, a 31 year old former film star with 25 years in show business, returns to cinema after a 15 year hiatus. She now appears opposite Abbott and Costello in Lost in Alaska, recalling early stage and screen work from 1929 onward and a career spanning Broadway, vaudeville, and night clubs.
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Hollywood
Mitzi Green
Becky Thatcher
Jackie Coogan
Wheeler and Wolseley
Mitzi
Abbott and Costello
Alaska
Smiles of the Week Joke About Triplets
A local father, proud of his triplets, phoned the weekly paper to share the news. The caller’s line failed and the reply went viral as a witty exchange about repeating the story.
Why Shouldn't He A Motorist and a Dutch Clock Invention
A motorist praises a garage owner by noting the precise care with which the driver handles a car. The owner counters that the praised man is actually the owner’s own car. The text also mentions Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens who invented the pendulum clock in 1657.
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Huygens
Canada’s 1951 stamp boom across globals and colonies
The year 1951 saw Canada issue new stamps including a $1 fishing industry design and centenary replicas of the first Canadian stamp. Other nations released many stamps, from British Empire pictorials to Australian postal rate updates and colonial overprints for a new constitution. The US issued six commemoratives and various countries marked royal visits and historic anniversaries.
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Canada
Robert Borden
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ezabeth
Prince Philip
British Commonwealth
Empire
British Virgin Islands
Legislative Council
United States
France
Isabella
Columbus
Australia
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Soviet Major Denisov Aims To Rally Deserters In Germany
A former Russian Army major V M Denisov now living in West Germany fears 1952 could be the most dangerous year. He recalls Chuikov’s 1949 briefing and says war would come from Western economic collapse rather than a sudden Soviet strike. Denisov works to organize about seventy deserters publicly and seeks Western aid for integration.
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Hamburg
Germany
Potsdam
Russia
Zhukov
Sokolovsky
Cuikov
Vassily Chuikov
Stalingrad
Berlin
English
V. M. Denisov
Chuikov
Denisov
West Germany
Quick Canadian Quiz Reveals National Facts
Readers answer a set of trivia questions about Canada covering fishing, lumber, geography, taxation, and history. The column notes Panama’s 1948 education budget share and ends with the figure 2967.
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Panama
Thoughts on Liberty and Democracy From Historic Figures
A collage of quotes on liberty democracy and religion from Hughes Eddy Ketchum Milton Sedgwick and Lincoln emphasizes individual rights religious freedom moral responsibility and the spiritual roots of democratic government. The sayings connect liberty to conscience faith and virtue and warn that democracy falters without moral foundations.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Marshall Ketchum
Science Tells How Tall a Child May Grow
Scientists report that X ray images of hand wrist and knee joints in children begin at age eight can predict final height by about age twelve. The study by Bayley Gordon and Bowes from UC suggests growth maturity is best indicator. Advances also shown in prosthetic limbs with electronic hydraulic and suction systems tested by Fishman and teams of amputees for national trials.
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Philadelphia
Nancy Bayley
Alta Gordon
Edward Bowes
University of California Institute of Child Welfare
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sidney Fishman
New York University College of Engineering
Red Kelly leads NHL scoring on away ice for Wings
National League Hockey notes highlight Red Kelly as a high scoring defenseman for Detroit who has six goals all away from home through December 20. The piece lists several players with goals against former teams, size data for defensemen across teams, and averages for team bluelines including Detroit, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, Boston, and New York, noting weight and key players such as Kelly and Pronovost.
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Leonard
Red Kelly
Detroit Red Wings
Lady Byng
Kelly
New York
Montreal
Boston
Chicago
National Hockey League
Danc Fisher
Adam Brown
Metro Prystal
Detroit
Cal Gardner
Toronto
Fisher
New York Rangers
Chicago Black Hawks
Black Hawks
Prystal
Cal
Blue Shirts
Broadway
Huskies
Hawks
Lee Fogolin
al Dewsbury
Jack Stewart
Bill Gadsby
Clare Martin
Boston Bruins
Bruin
Gus Kyle
Bill Quackenbush
Murray Henderson
Ed Kryzanowski
Hal Laycoe
Jim Morrison
Leo Reise
Bob Goldham
Ben Woit
Marcel Pronovost
Montreal Canadiens
Helpful Hints for Home Care From a Vintage Bulletin
Dry pails mops and scrubbing brushes should be thoroughly dried before storage to deter roaches. To unmold jelly speed use a basin of cold salted water. For vegetable stains on fingers soak in strong tea then wash. A simple fish scaler can be made by nail mounting five to six bottle caps on a stick with a handle.
Answers to Quick Quiz Quick Canadian Facts Summary
Answers to Quick Quiz include 5. 1759 3. Windsor Ontario 1. Salmon on the Pacific cod on the Atlantic 4. More than twice as much to Ottawa than to their city and provincial governments 2. British Columbia Material supplied by the Editors of Quick Canadian Facts the handbook of facts about Canada
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Windsor
Ont
Pacific
Atlantic
Ottawa
British Columbia
Quick
Canada
Meaning of Sourdough
A sourdough is a Canadian or Alaskan prospector known for carrying sour dough used as leaven in bread making.
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