Mao and Chu Teh Rise as Red Stars in Asia
The long march tale frames Mao Tse tung and Chu Teh as two glowing Red stars directing China’s Communists. Mao, taller and heftier, leads agrarian reforms in Yenan while Chu commands a five million strong army that looms over Korea. They rose from caves to Peiping’s Forbidden City and Kremlin ties shape their futures.
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Chu Tem the
South China
Shensi
Chiang
Mao
Yenan
China
Sanford Markey
CPC
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
Chu Teh
Chu
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
Forbidden City
United Nations
Korea
Changsha
Hunan
Communist Party
Shanghai
Kuomintang
Yangtze River
Formosa
France
Germany
Russia
Kremlin
Moonshine and musings from a Tennessee bootlegger
A Tennessee bootlegger found selling legal whisky as moonshine raises questions about crime payoffs. Observations include a decorator’s defense of brighter interiors, a joke about Eskimo insults, and whimsical notes on history and fashion. The piece closes with Ontario moose population talk and a pun on grammar.
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Tennessee
Scientists Reject Continental Drift Theory at UC Berkeley
Berkeley scientists from geology botany and paleontology debunk the continental drift idea presented by European researchers. Bryan Patterson notes dissimilar living and fossil fauna across continents arguing against long range drift. Paleontologist J Watt Durham asserts poles have remained near their current positions through geological time.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Earth
Byran Patterson
California
Chicago Natural History Museum
University of Chicago
Patterson
J. Watt Durham
Mexico
Arctic Circle
Durham
Department of Paleontology
Jean Verhoogen
Herbert L. Mason
George D. Louderback
70 year old climber inspects church steeple top in Brookline
Charles A. Newhall a 70 year old parishioner of the Second Church Unitarian climbed the 150 foot tower to inspect the weather vane. The longtime Appalachian Mountain Climbing Club member described the task as a pushover.
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Brookline
Mass
Charles A. Newhall
Second Church Unitarian
Newhall
Appalachian Mountain Climbing Club
Newlyweds Face Slim Odds of Golden Anniversary
A historical note states that newlyweds have fewer than 168 chances in 1000 to reach a 50th anniversary, highlighting long odds for sustained marriages.
Letters To Family Allowance Office Make Good Reading
A column of quirky letters to the Family Allowance Office reveals humorous and puzzling requests from parents. Complainants joke about birth details, cheques with holes, damaged payments, and timing of money. some reveal confusion over births, marriages, and multiple children. The tone mixes frustration with irony as readers pry for quicker or clearer support from the health and welfare department.
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National Health and Welfare Department
Dominion Bureau of Statistics Rates Canadian Marriages by Age and Faith
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics releases a 1947 study detailing marriage patterns. It notes June as the peak month, average bride age around 21 except in Quebec and New Brunswick, and that most marriages are between unmarried individuals. Geographic and religious clustering, with British Columbia showing unique age trends and Doukhobors marrying within faith.
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Bob Blackburn
Ottawa Citizen
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Bureau
Quebec
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Ontario
Pioneer Farmer Sees Big Future For North Man
Dick Davidson a pioneer farmer fur trader and merchant in Wabowden north of The Pas Manitoba believes the region holds vast agricultural potential. He recalls 300 acre farm yields of up to 500 bushels per acre of potatoes and shows experimental wheat plots from 1925 yielding 60 bushels or more per acre. He envisions farms clover alfalfa potatoes and cattle as the rail corridor develops. Davidson started the Wabowden trading center in 1918 and ships traders supplies by air to Nelson House and South Indian Lake.
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Manitoba
Dick Davidson
Wabowden
Pas
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Mr. Davidson
North
Davidson
Bowden
Goose Lakes
Davidson Farm
Marquis
Garnet
Bishop
Toronto
Hudson Bay Junction
Nelson House
South Indian Lake
Canada reports record low tuberculosis death rate in 1949
Canada posted a tuberculosis death rate of 304 per 100 000 in 1949, the lowest on record with all provinces showing declines. Total TB deaths reached 4 010, including 1 794 women and 2 216 men. Early case detection through mass X ray surveys improved cure prospects and reduced medication costs and contagious spread.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Dominion
T.B
Hopkins Researchers Unveil New Cancer Control Method
Johns Hopkins Hospital reports a new treatment method for cancer and leukemia. Three researchers led by Dr. Emanual B. Schoenbach announced a approach that halts the toxic effects of aminopterin, which slows cancer spread. The team calls it the most promising cancer therapy to date.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Emanual B. Schoenbach
Schoenbach
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Mao Tse-Tung and
Genghis Khan
Chu Ten
Yenan Province
Moscow
Central Press
Stral Press
Madeira
Ben Carlin
Elinore
Spain
Halifax
N.S
Atlantic
North Man
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Berta
Ava Scotia
Cruise Line
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