Headless Valley Seeks Secrets From Northern Expeditions
Northern wilderness area along the South Nahanni River in Canada's Northwest Territories draws three expeditions two Canadian and one American aim to uncover mysteries of Headless Valley while exploring reported disappearances of 13 trappers and prospectors.
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Canada
United States
Northwest Territories
Whitehorse
V.T
Carolan
New Westminster
B.C
Alan MacMillan
Ontario
North Woods
R.c.af
Frank Prowd
Royal Canadian Navy
Watson
British Columbia
Walter J. Tully
Nahanni
Items Of Interest And Inventions From Historical Notes
Items discuss feathers for insulation, diamond grading for blue white color, Appert's canning method using a water bath, Andres Island Bahama lake producing soap from limestone, refrigerator food and milk storage temperatures, and the expanding use of blood transfusions in treating diseases.
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Appert
Paris
Andres
Bahama Islands
Chintzes from Harry Wearne Collection on Display
Date Very Far Back Indian Chintzes on view in ROM gallery drawn from Harry Wearne’s collection. Cotton fabrics show painting and resist-dyeing, tracing origins to India and influence on European chintzes, with Dutch and French design influences and varied uses from draperies to dress fabrics. The Dominician Republic founded in 1844. was
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Royal Ontario Museum
Harry Wearne
India
Europe
France
Bees Needed for More Than Honey in Agriculture
Dominion Apiarist C. B. Gooderham explains bees support pollination, aiding cross fertilization and fruit set beyond honey and wax. Bees enable crop yields for fruit, seed, and vegetables, with beekeepers and growers renting bees for pollination benefits. Some lines on animal endurance are out of place.
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C. B. Gooderham
Dominion Apiarist
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Italian Child Shows Gratefulness To Soldier
In Kirkland Lake Ontario an 11 year old Italian girl Flora Visentin thanked Constable Thomas Whittle a former Royal Canadian Engineers corporal who saved her life in Florence during August 1944. She was wounded by shrapnel while the British 8th Army fought Germans and he dressed the wound and nursed her for nine days.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Thomas Whittle
Teck Township
Constable Whittle
Royal Canadian Engineers
Flora Visentin
Incisa Valderno
Firenze
Flora
8Th Army
Florence
Cpl. Whittle
Transparent Mirror Aims for U S Volume Production
A new transparent mirror enters U S volume production. One side appears like a regular mirror while the other is nearly as clear as glass. It marks peacetime use of a secret mirror tech for air force periscopes and range finders and offers varied civilian applications from front doors to bank windows.
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U.S
Air Force
First Meeting of Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt
A Negro man walks with a heavy valise along Forty-Second Street in New York when a young white man offers help. They talk as they walk, and Booker T. Washington later recalls that moment as his first meeting with Theodore Roosevelt.
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Forty-Second Street
New York
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Wisconsin scientists pursue monkey based polio nutrition breakthrough
UW researchers, supported by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, study a new B complex vitamin found in milk and liver as a potential protective factor against infantile paralysis. They test monkeys, mice, and other animals to map diet, health, and virus resistance, hoping for a future answer within years.
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Paul F. Eilis
BUP
Adison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
National Foundation For
Monkey Room
Wisconsin
Like Human Beings Wind A Companionable Mood
The Montreal Gazette compares wind to human moods revealing its companionable nature. It shifts from playful rustling to lonely wails and violent seas, guiding ships and storms while inspiring poets and reflections on the restless human spirit.
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Montreal Gazette
Susan Coolidge
Embroidery Pattern 7106 With Six Motifs and Charts
Pattern 7106 features six embroidery motifs sized 5 by 4 inches with 13 inch work area. It includes improved charts, photos, and complete directions for easy needlework. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts art Ment Winnipeg to obtain this pattern. Spaghetti origins noted as Chinese food via Marco Polo introduction to Europe via Italy.
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Household Arts Art Ment
Winnipeg
McDermot Avenue
Man
Skyhawks Half Owner Eddie Shore Expands Sports Ties
Eddie Shore, holder of Springfield and Ft. Worth hockey clubs, becomes half owner of the San Diego Skyhawks of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and Glacier Gardens, the Skyhawks rink. Also notes Soviet football rule changes to curb rough play and other sports updates across leagues.
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San Diego, Calif
Eddie Shore
Springfield
Mass
Ft. Worth
San Diego Skyhawks
Glacier Gardens
Skyhawks
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H. Hendrickson
Zeballos
Hendrickson
James Watts
Yakima
Wash
John Patterson
Frank M. Henderson
Watson Lake
Y.T
Alaska Highway
Henderson
Nahanni Valley
East Indies
Helen Richey
Miss Richey
Amelia Earhart
Jacqueline Cochran
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
Royal Air Force
J. B. Richey
McKeesport
Joseph
Dawson Creek
Queen Elizabeth Way
Ontario Commission On Forestry
China
Italy
Marco Polo
EN Tee
Moscow
All-Union Committee On Affairs of Physical Culture and Sport
Kie Robinson
Montreal Royals
Iron
Lague Statistics
Mse
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Long Island
Asd
London
Jack Solomons
Wille Pep
Nel Tarleton
Pep
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Johnny Ostrowski
Ed Sauer
Los Angeles
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