Undersea Mid-Pacific Mountains Revealed As Vast Ranges
A scientific expedition reports a vast underwater mountain system in the central Pacific named the Mid-Pacific mountains. Spanning Wake Island to Necker Island, the range rises to 14 400 feet and reveals recent geologic activity, ash deposits, and coral atoll formation around old volcanic peaks. Bacteria in deep sea muds show potential ancient life and suspended animation.
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Andrew BR. Boone
CPC
LA Jolla
Cal
Central Pacific
Wake Island
Necker Island
Laurentian Range
Quebec
Rehin Sheila
Pa‘ie
Iile
Roger Revelie
Mid-Pacific Mountains
Bikini Atoll
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall Islands
Charles Darwin
Try and Stop Me
Bennett Cerf tells of a young couple who rush to wed with credentials in hand. The minister grants a quick ceremony and a fifty dollar fee before the groom explains they are double parked, prompting a gentle reminder about haste. The anecdote ends with light humor.
Hobby-Wonderful Medicine in Leisure Time
Doctors say hobbies are beneficial as refreshing recreation. A chemist who gardens, a banker who paints, a truck driver collecting stamps, and a physician who woodworks enjoy activities outside their jobs. Sedentary workers need active pastimes to balance daily routine.
Forest Shelterbelt Drive Planting 20 Million Trees
Regina reports over 20 million trees planted in field and roadside shelterbelts across Saskatchewan led by M. E. Hartnett deputy minister of agriculture. Seedlings from Indian Head and Sutherland nurseries support a program with six tree planting machines and $16 per mile aid. Beechy district hosts the largest project with 108,175 trees to 17 farmers, row spacing and distance guidelines noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
M. E. Hartnett
Beechy
Hartnett
Agriculture Department
Conservation and Development Branch
Agricultural Representative Service
Indian Head
Sutherland
Conquest
Fashionable specs claim improved eye health in Canada
In Winnipeg W Ralph Lett of the American Optical Co. asserts that stylish eyeglasses boost eye health nationwide. He credits cosmetic appeal for greater use and better eye care among Canadians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
W. Ralph Lett
American Optical Co
Oddities in the News and Curious Local Tales
A miscellany of oddities includes R S Jones inviting only guests over 80 for a birthday party totaling 1751 years across about twenty guests, a Bristol secretary bird fitted with a metal beak, a six ounce Rhode Island Red egg weighing eight ounces, and Nelson England solving when spinster becomes old maid with low cost housing for spinsters. Also a radio prize call prompts Count it in a boarder, Waterloo unions shift picnic to Thursday for sun after sixteen rainy years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Jones
Flora
Jones
Nelson
England
Glasses fashion shifts from plastic to gold frames
The optical head notes eyewear cycles with a move from all plastic to shell frames and gold plaque frames. He predicts a future shift to discreet gold filled frames or narrow gold rims as public embraces eye examinations without fear. Fiji comprises about 250 islands as a Crown colony.
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Islands
Fiji
Sweater appeal features new blouses for fall
New York reports sweater like blouses flood next fall with knit bodies or all over sweater bodies lined in silk and chiffon. After five blouses pair wool knot with luxury fabrics for day and evening wear, trimmed with beads or buttons for glamour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grasshoppers Seen Not Threat to Manitoba Crops
Winnipeg Manitoba report says grasshoppers will not threaten grain crops again due to mechanized farming. H E Wood and Dr R D Bird found infestations confined to the Red River valley south of Winnipeg Headingley with moderate levels and heavy spots near Sanford Domain Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
H. E. Wood
Agriculture Departments
Wood
R. D. Bird
Dominion Entomological Laboratories
Brandon
Red River Valley
Winnipeg-Headingley
Sanford-Domain-Morris
Safety rules for children during summer holidays in Montreal
J G Lang of the Greater Montreal Protestant School Board warns children departing classrooms for the summer to avoid hazards in city and country. He stresses bicycle and vehicle collisions, drowning, burns, and improper use of firearms, and offers practical safety tips for play areas, water, balls, fire, and railroad tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Lang
Greater Montreal
Mr Lang
Montreal
Lang
Montreal Daily Star
Boys Go Indian With Hair Cut
In Los Angeles mothers fearfully watch their sons imitate an Indian scalp trim from a comic character. At $1.25 a cut, boys push for summer style, as Leon 12 returns with a Mohican haircut leaving a narrow center strip of hair. Parents feel surprised by the result and the agreement.
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Los Angeles
Clara Kwalwasser
Leon
Chareacter
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Pacific Ocean
North America
Coral Atolls
Pyramids of
Egypt
Empire State Building
Revelie
Earth
Pacific
Roger Revelle
Nansen
By Bennett Cerf
M. Harrison
Britain
Norway
West
North
K. North
East
Dept. of National Health and Welfare
Tren
Garnet Wolseley
Canada
Sir Garnet
Bristol
Rhode Island
W. Maher
Onasterevan
County Kildare
Ireland
United Church
Waterloo
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