Arctic Patrol Lifeline of Alaska Under the Northwind
The Northwind icebreaker serves remote Alaskan posts by enforcing law delivering mail and doctors to villages and transporting officials. Its 1897 Bear rescue via overland sleds and reindeer stock saved 300 marooned sailors and 400 natives, while enduring harsh conditions and ensuring health and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Heller
U.S
Nascult
Bering Sea Cutter Patrol
Alaskan
Arctic
Attu
Point Barrow
Alaska
United States
Russia
Coast Guard
Lincoln
Northwind
Bering Sea Patrol
Unalaska
Paris Birthday Echoes Through Time And Tales
A Reader’s playful collage recalls a BC mine sold for a dollar, Oklahoma’s Sooners, Belgian coin hoards, Sri Lankan laughter, and Paris turning 2000. It notes Lutetia’s origin, Caesar’s visit, a burning city, barbarian sackings, and Paris’s long style, humor, and resilience.
New Mystery Found by Radio on the Sun Corona
HaverfordPa scientists report a sun corona mystery detected by radio during a total solar eclipse three months ago at Attu Island. Radio signals coming from the halo of gas and particles extend far beyond the sun and were measured by a U.S. naval lab, with signals picked through clouds at wavelengths including three, four, ten, and sixty five centimeters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverford
American Astronomical Society
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Attu
Aleutians
Colder climate predicted for 50 years by expert
Boston report cites Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler of Crystal Lake claiming a 50 year colder global climate. He disputes warming myths, calls for shorter growing seasons, notes 100 and 1000 year cycles, and warns of severe winters and widespread frost lines moving north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard W. Blakeslee
Boston
Raymond H. Wheeler
Climatic Research Division
Weather Science Foundation
Crystal Lake
Wheeler
Kansas University
Henry Ford Estate Nearing Final Settlement
Detroit reports the Henry Ford estate, valued at about 80 million dollars, nearing its final accounting with the fourth of five filings. Judge Sexton lauds the process as unusually smooth, taxes largely covered, with federal and Michigan state taxes totaling over 40 million dollars already paid. Beneficiaries including Henry II, Benson, William, Josephine, and the Ford Foundation have received dividends totaling over 7.6 million from Ford Company stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
James H. Sexton
Ford
State of
Michigan
Clara Bryant Ford
Henry II
Benson
William
Josephine
Ford Foundation
Ford Company
Discoverer Of Coal Near Hudson Hope Dead At 87
Hudson Hope British Columbia pioneer mining engineer Neil Gething, aged 87, who arrived by dog team over fifty years ago and found a coal mountain near Hudson Hope, died New Year’s Eve after being struck by a horse. Educated in Ann Arbor, he worked with Lord Rhondda on rail ambitions for his coal properties and sought Chicago financiers. His two sons now run mines shipping coal by truck to railheads and Alaska highway points. He helped finance John L Huston and V C Nicol projects in western Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Hope
B.c
Neil Gething
Peace River Country
Here
Gething
Ann Arbor
Mich
Lord Rhondda
Canadian Rockies
Chicago
Col
Robert McCormick
Alaska
John L. Huston
Nelson
Progres sive Conservative Party Keeps Its Full Name
Ottawa reports that leader George Drew confirms the party will retain the full name adopted at the 1942 Winnipeg convention. He notes no objection to the Winnipeg club dropping the prefix pro, while the national party continues with its complete designation.
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Ottawa
Progressive Conservative Party
George Drew
Drew
Winnipeg
Progressive Conservative Club
Missionary Curling Veteran Shines At Manitoba Bonspiel
Rev. Alfred Cook, 86, delivered his rocks with flourish at the University of Manitoba alumni bonspiel. He travelled 100 miles from Alonso to join the event after a long missionary career among Canada's northwest Indians. Cook began curling on Christmas Day 1900 and graduated from the university in 1885.
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Winnipeg
Alfred Cook
University of Manitoba
Canada
Cook
Alonso
Man
University
Duchess Of Windsor Maintains Best Dressed Rank In 1950 List
New York reports Fay Emerson joins the Duchess of Windsor on the 1950 list of the world’s 10 best dressed women as editors and designers vote. The duchess has held a top spot for a decade, with newcomers Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer and Gloria Swanson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fay Emerson
Duchess of Windsor
Duchess
New York Dress Institute
Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer
William O'Dwyer
Gloria Swanson
William Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Byron Foy
Thelma Carpenter
William Randolph Hearst
Louis Arpels
Paris
Arpels
Andre Embiricos
Leland Hayward
Duchess of Kent
King George VI
Mary Martin
Kingman Douglas
Harrison Williams
Embiricos
Dress Institute
Philip Isles
Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Hollywood
Alberta 85 Year Old Yet Seeks Old Age Pension
Alberta farmer Simon Huether, 85, says his favorite activity is getting married after four marriages and a large family. He notes 15 children, about 70 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and 40 married grandchildren. He questions why he cannot receive a pension despite not needing one and his long devoted farming life. He emigrated from Odessa in 1885 and moved to Canada in 1910, now spending days in his garden and reading German texts.
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Calgary
Alta
Simon Huether
Canada
Huether
Hueter
Portland
Seattle
Spokane
Walla Walla
Vancouver
Alberta
Fred Bechdholt
Olds
Odessa
Russia
United States
Heather
Cows Boost Milk Yield From Jet Air Heating Claim
Bolton council members J. Vickers and A. Lord say hot air from jet engines raises milk yields. They backed extending the DeHavilland plant at Lostock and tested near a Rolls Royce site to quiet critics. They reported cows enjoy warm drafts and produce more milk.
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Bolton
Lancashire
Eng
J. Vickers
A. Lord
DeHavilland Aircraft
Lostock
Here
Rolls Royce
Boston
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Baring Straits
Central Press
British Columbia
Oklahoma
Ceylon
France
Lutetia
Julius Caesar
Sun
Jesus Christ
Dr. Wheeler
Palestine
Finland
Norway
Siberia
Greenland
Hudson Hope, B.C
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Simon
Ea Bsaness
Janet Gaynor
Adrian
George Schlee
Valentina
Adam Gimbel
Sophie
John C. Wilson
Alberta Farmer
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