World Famous Scientists Explain Gulf Stream Mystery
The Atlantis's voyage by Woods Hole scientists offers a view of the Gulf Stream as a perpetual dynamic circle. They describe a path from the Caribbean to Spitzbergen, back via North Sea and British Channel to Africa, then to the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. The Stream remains largely seasonless and its origin and final fate uncertain.
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Footing Research Laboratory
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Gulf of Mexico
Straits
Florida
Atlantic
British Isles
Spitzbergen
North Sea
British Channel
East Atlantic
Africa
Cape Verde
Equator
Caribbean Sea
North Atlantic
Continents
Tahiti Telephone Girls Have Excellent Memory
Tahiti's telephones operate without numbers or a directory. Operators know owners names and addresses and can connect callers by name in English French or Tahitian. With about 250 phones on the island the two operators earn around thirty dollars a month and handle calls directly.
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Bill Jones
Jack Smith
Tahiti
South Seas
Film Magnate Questions Napoleon Role Casting
A film magnate asks why a small actor was cast to play a major character after spotting Napoleon on set. The director defends the choice as apt for the part.
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Film Magnate
Napoleon
Pathfinder
Live Fowl Not Meat Says Montreal Lawyer
A Montreal lawyer challenged a city charge against a poultry and eggs firm for selling wholesale fresh meat. He argued that by definition fresh meat is the flesh of dead animals, not live poultry, citing Oxford and Webster and insisting living chickens are not meat. The case was heard by Recorder G. H. Semple in the recorder's court under a bylaw requiring a $100 licence.
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G. H. Semple
Montreal
Delibere
Recorder’s Court
Oxford
Webster
Paragraph 48 of Hammurabi Cited by Ernest Wilson
Edmonton lawyer Ernest Wilson discusses a Babylonian debt relief rule from the Code of Hammurabi. The clause exempts a debtor from paying creditors after crop loss or flood in a year and notes post-dating bonds with no interest for that year. Hammurabi ruled Babylon around 2250 B.C.
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Ernest Wilson
Edmonton
Babylon
Hammurabi
Woodpecker squad faces treaty concerns in Denver
Denver police officers A E McCasland and L C Sawyer lead a so called woodpecker squad to curb dawn noise and tree pounding. The plan to eliminate disturbances drew attention when officers killed three redheads in a tree triggering federal wildlife protection concerns under the migratory bird treaty act. Carl S Milliken pledged to halt woodpecker killings after officials were alerted.
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Denver
A.E. McCasland
L C. Sawyer
Woodpecker Squad
Carl S. Milliken
United States
Canada
Milliken
New Abrasive Process Lets Cotton Become Suede Leather
A new abrasive method enables cotton to be transformed into artificial suede leather suitable for shoes and handbags. The process suggests a cost effective alternative to traditional suede materials and could broaden use in fashion accessories.
Left Handed Fountain Pens Marketed for Left Hand Writers
Left handed fountain pens are manufactured specifically for left handed writers. The pen tips are cut obliquely to accommodate their writing angle and grip.
Crafty Blouse Pattern for Spring and Summer Wear
A fashion note describes a yellow crinkly crepe silk blouse that can be styled with a grey suit or a white wool skirt. It covers Style No. 704 in sizes 14 through 40 bust, requires 17 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16, and lists a 20 cent pattern price paid by stamps or coin.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern No Name Town Size and price details listed by Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Readers are guided to place orders for multiple patterns with pattern numbers and sizes shown.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Mining towns revive as metal prices rise across western states
An Associated Press survey finds revival efforts in California Washington Nevada Arizona Utah and Idaho as established mining firms inject new life into ghost towns such as Tombstone Virginia City Leadville and Angel's Camp amid rising metal prices.
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Tombstone
Virginia City
Leadville
Tonepath
Angel's Camp
Associated Press
California
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Utah
Idaho
Eighteen Canadian National Parks In 1931 32 Largest In Alberta Saskatchewan
A government study details Canada’s eighteen national parks with Jasper and Banff as the largest. It notes Jasper at 4200 square miles with 11 000 visitors, Banff at 2585 and Prince Albert at 1869, plus extensive park roads and trails. Point Pelee is the smallest at 6.04 square miles with 150,000 visitors.
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Canada
Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
New B Brunswick
Ontario
Jasper
North America
Jasper Park
Banff
Rocky Mountains
Lake Louise
Prince Albert Park
Point Pelee
Windsor
Detroit
Michigan
America
Indian Graveyard Blends Pagan Customs with New Faith
Under Falling Rocks range near Hazelton British Columbia a native graveyard displays miniature houses atop graves with clothes and belongings inside. Portraits, stone poems, trunks of garments, and daily food offerings illustrate a fusion of traditional rites and Christianized practices explained as spirits guiding wildlife to take the food.
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Hazelton
B.C
Tiny aeroplane models captivate London hobbyists
Londoners chase a new craze with a collection of accurately scaled miniature aircraft. Alongside tiny planes, buyers can obtain model hangars control towers and club buildings with a variety of diminutive accessories to complete scenes.
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London
Eng
Indians win extended lease deal at Carlyle lake and townsite
After years of negotiation the Carlyle Indians secure a 25 year lease with the whites. The tribe will receive 800 dollars annually for the first 25 years and an additional one percent of all rentals after five years.
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Carlyle
New Mail Carrying Plane For Air Ministry
A London based designer unveils a small metal biplane built for the air ministry. Powered by two Pegasus engines, it achieves 172 mph cruising and nearly 200 mph top speed. It is designed to pick up and drop mail without a full flight, using a trailing hook to snag mail drops from a line.
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Air Ministry
London Concru
Royal Air Force
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