Moon as future rocket base and observatory hub
Griffith Observatory researchers forecast the moon becoming an Earth outward base for rockets and astronomy. They cite light gravity, near vacuum, and two air systems including airtight caverns or in situ oxygen production, with astronauts living in domed caverns or wearing suits.
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Mars
Moon
Earth
Eclertists
Griffith Observatory
Venus
Observatory
Pasadena
Cal
Astron
Wartime Prices Board review highlights Canadian control
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board reports in 1940 that alert public opinion helped curb inflation as the cost of living rose about 7.3 percent in eighteen months. It credits planning, supply flow, and cooperation with industry to prevent shortages and limit profiteering while aligning with British food and shipping policies.
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Canada
H. B. McKinnon
Prices and Trade Board
Ministries of Food, Supply, and Shipping
McKinnon
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Acton
Ontario
Wool Combing Corporation of Canada, Limited
United Kingdom
British firm sells two millionth steam trap world record
A British company has reportedly set a world record by selling its two millionth steam trap. Steam traps remove water from steam in pipes and heated units, with various designs using floats, buckets, or thermostats to vent water as steam and air are drained.
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Antarctic
Iran
Scotland
Virginia
Battleships
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
Washington
Ottawa
Canberra
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New League Revival Must Be Greater, Eastman States
Dr S Mack Eastman former Canadian official in Geneva told a Toronto audience that any new world association after the League of Nations must be stronger and more powerful. He noted French officers resisted the armistice while remaining disciplined and loyal to their leaders. A closing line about deer antlers and frowns is unrelated to the main report.
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Association of Nations
League of Nations
S. Mack Eastman
International Labor Office
Geneva
Toronto
Lion Life Span Reveals Average Around Forty Years
The text notes that the average life expectancy of a lion is about forty years. It emphasizes typical longevity in the wild or captivity and references general observations on the species.
Deserves Recognition Henry Bergh Led Battle For Animal Cruelty Prevention
Henry Bergh championed organized animal cruelty prevention in the United States. He organized the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on April 10, 1866, served as its first president until his death in 1888, and spurred legal and public action against horse abuse, dog fighting, crowded cattle transport, cock fighting, rat baiting, and related cruelty.
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Henry Bergh
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Bergh
Christian Bergh
New York
Europe
America
American Society For the Prevention of
Advertising Pays Off In A Bride’s Tale
A native Indian paper recounts a young woman who spent Rupees 4 on an ad for a husband, married, spent Rupees 100 on wedding celebrations, and in less than a year the husband died. She collected Rupees 50,000 from insurance, proving advertising pays in this sensational parable.
Black Market Trade Surges in Germany and Occupied France
Reports from London authorities indicate widespread black markets in Nazi controlled areas with price gouging, food hoarding, and many price control officers in Belgium and Germany. Berlin reportedly hosts at least 20 price department branches as shops sell above fixed prices. Coffee can reach ten dollars a pound, while queues form for scarce goods and front door distribution thrives for trusted customers.
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Germany
France
Belgium
London
Berlin
Price Control Department
Antwerp
Not Daunted By Raid Bookshop Reopens After Bomb
A famous book shop damaged by a Nazi bomb near London during the night posts a notice promising a greatly augmented second-hand department. The London Daily Sketch reports the shop remains open and ready to serve customers.
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London Daily Sketch
First patent granted for tape measure in 1868
Alvin J Fellows received the first patent for a tape measure in 1868. The device featured a circular case and a spring lock that secured the tape at any chosen length.
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Alvin J. Fellows
Glove Makers Idle in Grenoble District Report
Ninety percent of glove makers in the Grenoble district of France are idle, signaling a major downturn in local industry and worker employment as factories halt production.
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Grenoble
France
After War Plans and Social Progress in Wartime
W. T. Burford argues that after war plans are speculative until victory is assured and should focus on restoring civilians to peaceful life. He warns against expecting social reconstruction during war and recalls past wartime proposals for state control. He urges continued progress on social reform without wartime guarantees.
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W. T. Burford
Canadian Federation of Labor
Ancient Arctic forests revealed in fossil records
Ralph W. Chaney argues in Scientific Monthly that trees like elm maple and even redwood thrived in Alaska Greenland and northern Siberia long ago. Fossil remains above the Arctic Circle show these species flourished about 58 million years ago, a geologic yesterday.
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Arctic
Ralph W. Chaney
Scientific Monthly
Alaska
Greenland
Siberia
Arctic Circle
No Razor Blades Spur Return of Beards in Paris
A Paris paper argues fashion swings back to beards as razor blades are scarce since the German invasion, recalling how Frenchmen were once caricatured with beards in Victorian music halls. The piece notes no blades available and trends toward facial hair.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
The Reuters News Agency and Its Founders
A historical overview traces Reuters from its 19th century pigeon post beginnings in Cassel to a modern Fleet Street headquarters. It covers Julius Reuter’s rise from bank clerk to founder, the 1865 sale to Reuters Telegram Company, leadership succession including Herbert de Reuter and Sir Roderick Jones, and the agency’s 24 hour, high speed news service funded by £6,000,000 yearly costs and GPO transmissions.
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Reuters
B.B.C
Reuter
Cassel
Julius Reuter
Brussels
Aix-la-Chapelle
Paris
England
Julus Reuter
Reuters Telegram Company
London
Baron de Reuter
Herbert
Herbert de Reuter
Roderick Jones
United Kingdom
Press Association
Embankment
Fleet Street
G.P.O
Highspeed Electric
Britain
Fifty Pound Plymouth Rock Restored In Brooklyn Church
A fifty pound fragment of Plymouth Rock is moved from the former Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn to a niche in the Plymouth Congregational Church of the Pilgrims. The transfer marks the church union six years ago and coincides with the 320th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing on their stern and rockbound coast. The piece embodies the moral force that sustained the settlers and supports liberty in free governments today.
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Plymouth Rock
Church of the Pilgrims
Brooklyn
Plymouth Congregational Church of the Pilgrims
America
New York Times
Orion Stars Among Hottest Ever Observed
Orion stars are described as the most massive and hottest. Surface temperatures are estimated above 20 000 degrees compared with 11 000 degrees for the sun, highlighting their extreme stellar properties.
Italians Sent to Australia to Tend Sheep
Captured Italians have been transported to Australia where they are expected to work with sheep and adapt to colonial labor. The note implies assignment away from battle zones and into agricultural labor under Allied command.
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Australia
Comet Shines By Reflected Sunlight Not Own Light
A comet glows in the night sky by reflecting sunlight rather than emitting its own light. The bright appearance is due to sunlight bouncing off the coma and tail, making the celestial object visible from Earth.
British Yard Defined by King Henry I Arm Length
A royal decree once fixed the yard as the length of King Henry I’s arm. The passage hints that conquering rulers bring long lasting suffering to their people.
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Henry I
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