Many Motions In A Cosmic Travel Talk
A New York Times report on Edwin Hubbie at Mount Wilson discusses earth and solar system movement. It outlines six or more motions from commuter travel to galactic orbit and notes the limits of predicting precise paths for the moving universe.
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Edwin Hubbie
Mount Wilson Observatory
Hubbbie
Hubbie
Draco
Bronx
Sylvan
Grand Central
Fordham Road
Grand Central Station
Earth
Galactic
New York Times
Heracles Airliner Retires From Paris Route After Long Service
Imperial Airways recalls the Heracles airliner on the London Paris route as it withdraws from that service this summer. Known as the grand old lady of the air, she began flying to Paris in September 1931 and in 1935 logged 2500 hours in the air and 240000 miles with only four days grounded.
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Heracles
Imperial Airways
Paris
le Touquet
Imperial Airways Bulletin
Expedition to the Amazon Vanished 12 Years Ago
George Osborne, skipper of the Grimsby trawler Girl Pat, plans an £8000 Amazon expedition aboard the 500 ton Hermosa to locate Paul Redfern, the missing American aviator. Members include John Jervis, Lionel Seccombe, Kathleen Sheppard, and Naomi Heron-Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Osborne
Pat
West Indies
John Jervis
Jane England
Lionel Seccombe
BBC
Kathleen Sheppard
Naomi Heroon-Maxwell
Paul Redfern
South America
Coldstream Guards Band at British Pavilion in New York
The Coldstream Guards Band, station and history at the British Pavilion in New York, played at major state functions when needed. Led by Captain J C Windram, the band sailed home May 28 after government funding and instrument purchases to support the World of Tomorrow exhibit.
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Coldstream Guards
Buckingham
St. James's Palace
Grenadier
Coldstream Band
George V
Edward VIII
George VI
Elizabeth
J. Caussey Windram
Ruddy
Royal Marines
Royal Academy of Music
London
King’s Road
Chelsea
Newcoms
The
New Yorker
The Human Touch reflects soft scenes from a royal visit
The Montreal Star recalls intimate moments of the Queen and King amid crowds in Ottawa and Montreal. Audience tears as the Queen sings Alouette, the royal couple noting a war memorial obstacle, and a farm girl with a camera capturing the moment.
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Dominion Square
Ottawa
Montreal Star
Firecrackers Herald Chinese Cemetery Visit in Brantford
Ten thousand fire crackers lit on slim red sticks burst in Mount Hope cemetery as Chinese mourners gathered to decorate a dozen graves and share a feast for the departed. A busload of visitors arrived in high spirits with no sign of sadness among the celebrants.
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Mount Hope
Brantford
The Wrong Day Sir Edwin Lutyens and a Hospital Visit
A taxi collision in the East End sends a man to hospital. On waking he asks the nurse if he is there to die, and she replies no. The tale links Sir Edwin Lutyens and Archbishop Downey, with a note on Bermuda onions grown in Florida and Texas.
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Edwin Lutyens
The
Royal Academy
Archbishop Downey
Liverpool
Yesterdie
Bermuda
Florida
Texas
Canada’s Defense Plan Aims At Strong Atlantic and Pacific Shield
The Canadian defense minister Ian MacKenzie unveils a program to back Roosevelt’s pledge to defend Canada. The plan calls for 500 fighter aircraft, coastal and land defenses, and a fleet of antisubmarine vessels to deter hostile operations against the United States.
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Quebec
Northwest Mounted
Canada
Roosevelt
United States
Ian MacKenzie
Atlantic
Pacific
Milwaukee Journal
Invaluable Gift: Premier Chamberlain’s Focus Under Strain
A Toronto Globe and Mail excerpt notes Chamberlain’s ability to switch tasks, remaining free of work worries when fishing. It lauds his discipline as an invaluable benefit to his management style and daily routine. The piece adds a tidbit that money doesn’t grow on trees but must be earned, referencing nickel steel in 1904 locomotive boiler shells.
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Chamberlain
Toronto Globe and Mail
Death of Gertrude Lady Decies Known as Sister Molly
Ex soldiers mourn the death of Gertrude Lady Decies aged 70 in a London nursing home base in memory as Sister Molly. She served as a surgical nurse in the Great War and worked with Red Cross in Russia during the revolution. She organized the first women nurses to Ethiopian battlefields and pursued various ventures in London life.
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Molly
Gertrude Lady Decies
London
London Daily Sketch
Lord Decies
Russia
Abyssinia
Decies
Ascot
Scotswood
Sylvia
Red Cross
Belgravia
Germany tops list of arms supplied to China via Britain
Foreign Undersecretary Richard Butler told the House of Commons that Germany has provided more war materials to China through British territory than any other nation. He noted not all Chinese imports pass through Britain, but among those that do, German origin arms exceed those from any other country since hostilities began. A humorous exchange about funeral expenses for a saxophone player follows.
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Germany
China
Richard Butler
House of Commons
John Wardlaw-Milne
Butler
Domestic Fires in Finland Emit Twice Polluted Air Compared to Industry
A claim states that household fires in Finland produce double the air pollution of industrial smokestack emissions. It highlights a potential public health and environmental impact, urging scrutiny of residential wood and biomass combustion practices.
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Finland
Gay cross stitch sampler pattern 6397 advertised
Pattern 6397 offers four transfer patterns for an 11 by 13 inch sampler with stitches, color chart and key. Materials list included. Send 20 cents in coin to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Great Britain begins mass production of the Bristol Beaufort bomber
Britain moves to mass produce the Bristol Beaufort, a twin engined bomber claimed fastest in service with speed above 300 mph. The air ministry keeps performance figures secret while other RAF planes like Wellington Spitfire Gladiator Hurricane and Roc Siskin are noted among new and existing aircraft.
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Great Britain
Royal Air Force
Wellington
Air Ministry
Northof
New Uses for Wheat Prompts Canadian Research Effort
Cecil Lamont of the Northwest Grain Dealers Association urged Canada to pursue wheat industrial uses after observing US work in soya beans, corn, and dairy-based synthetic wool. He noted US government and Ford labs shifting toward wheat research and cited plans for nylon from coal and other sources to hit markets in 1946. He also cited a 1940 figure of ten bushels of beans per car for gear parts and components.
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Canada
Cecil Lamont
Northwest Grain Dealers’ Association
United States
Chemurgic Council
Columbus
Ohio
Ford Laboratories
Proud Of Her Job Alberta’s Only Woman Mail Carrier
Alberta's only woman mail carrier Miss Mildred Ritson operates a 44 mile rural route southeast of Lacombe. She has never missed a trip in eight years and drives a car in summer and horses in winter. Her father and two brothers were pioneers and soldiers, and she embraces the open road and community she serves.
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Alberta
Mildred Ritson
Lacombe
Olds Agricultural College
Ritaon
Early Thaw Spoils Port Radium Dog Derby Plans
In Port Radium N W T near the Arctic Circle the planned Great Bear Lake dog derby for the Royal visit was cancelled due to an early spring thaw. Warm weather broke ice and halted the race with last year’s March event noted for its extreme cold of nearly 30 below zero.
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Nature
Great Bear Lake
Port Radium
N.W.T
Arctic Circle
Canada
North
Export Of Eggs From Canada To Britain Rises
Export movement of Canadian Grade A eggs continued with about 3 000 more cases sent from Montreal to the British market in the week ended May 13. Officials note high quality shipments from farms across Canada and expect totals for the year to surpass last year’s 25 car volume.
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Montreal
Poultry Products Inspection and Grading Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Blenheim Palace History and Robbery Highlight Estate
Blenheim Palace the vast Marlborough home near Windsor is noted as Britain’s largest private park estate built in 1705 for the first Duke of Marlborough and linked to the Churchill lineage. The palace is Crown-held with a ceremonial rent paid historically, while recent news mentions a daring robbery at the site.
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Blenheim Palace
Marborough
Britain
Duke of Marlborough
Winston Churchill
Battle of
Blenheim
Windsor Castle
Colonial Table Rules and Athlete's Foot Reminder
A list describes strict table behavior in colonial times forbidding children to ask for anything or speak unless spoken to and not biting a whole slice of bread. The text notes an estimate that half the population is infected with athlete's foot fungus.
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