MIT scientists propose atomic energy could create new oil source
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers outline a theory that crude oil forms from radioactive transformation of organic matter deep underground. They suggest atomic bombardment as the heat source and envisage early detectors and even synthetic gasoline production in atomic plants.
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American Chemical Society
Atlantic City
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Irving A. Breger
Charles W Sheppard
Virginia Burton
Chemical Society
Texas
Oklahoma
M.lt
Ottawa Bank of Canada crematorium burns daily cash
A drab Ottawa room holds the Bank of Canada's crematorium where between ten thousand and fifty thousand dollars in bills are burned each weekday. Bank currency officials enter a guarded chamber, unlock four locks, and inspect ashes to ensure no usable notes remain.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Naturalist seeks tombstone credit for sea lion feat
In London the will of a naturalist who died in December asks that his epitaph name Joseph Woodward F.Z.S. as the discoverer of latent equilibrist powers in a sea lion. The will leaves 12000 to three hospitals for beds for circus and variety performers and 4000 to the Salvation Army to provide Bibles.
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London
Joseph Woodward
F.Z.S
Salvation Army
Natives Trained in Honolulu for Medical Work
Twenty one young natives from Guam Rota American Samoa and the Marshall Islands study a four year medical course at the Native Medical Practitioners School in Honolulu. The program is run by the Navy Military Government and led by Capt. Richard H. Fletcher.
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Guam
Rota
Samao
Marshall Islands
Honolulu
US Navy
Native Medical Practitioners
Navy
Richard H. Fletcher
USNR
Spokane
Banana described by Oriental student at American college
A student from Asia describes the banana in unusual terms noting its architecture resembles sausage. He observes the banana is best eaten peeled with the wrap not consumed, and that bananas are held aloft while eaten whereas sausages are left in a reclining position.
New Ejection Gun Tested For US Army Air Force
A novel gun designed to eject pilots from jets is being developed for the United States Army Air Force. It stretches from 38 inches to five feet during firing, enabling high speed ejection with controlled acceleration. Lab tests have launched seat occupants along a 30 foot track, with ongoing safety evaluations and equipment adaptations for oxygen masks and face protection. The project recalls German experiments using prisoners, with observed facial distortions in photographs.
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United States Army Air Force
Widow who adopted all 16 ships visits Plymouth officers
Mrs. M. Manrahan of New York, known as Aunty May, who during the war adopted the 16 ships of the 1st and 2nd Destroyer Flotillas, was welcomed aboard HMS Tartar in Plymouth. Sailors cheered the frail widow in white and black as she held a silver model of a Tribal class destroyer and spoke of her long love for England.
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Plymouth
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Tartar
M. Manrahan
New York
Aunty May
America
Britain
England
Not An Improvement At Volta Redonda New Steel City
A new steel making city has risen at Volta Redonda Brazil built by experts trained in the United States. Five years ago orange groves shaded homes and stores now there are paved streets centers schools buses a hospital a cinema and a hotel with more to come as coke oven gas curls skyward.
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Volta Redonda
Brazil
United States
British Film Company Forms to Train New Talent
The Company of Youth is established in Britain to develop and train young people for the film industry. Sydney Box says the industry neglects talent and six new B pictures will be produced this year by fresh directors and writers. The venture may lose money but aims to boost future output. over 3,000 applications have been received.
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Britain
Sydney Box
Company of
Defence science conference to be held in London
British Commonwealth scientists and service representatives will meet in London for an informal defence science conference. The Dominions Office says the event will detail Commonwealth defence problems and aim at coordinated scientific research, large scale investigations, and future information exchange chaired by Sir Henry Tizard.
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London
Dominions Office
Henry Tizard
Selected Immigrants welcomed as Canada opens doors
Ottawa Journal argues government policy allowing relatives of Canadians to enter the Dominion should be welcomed as humane and sensible. It warns against closed borders favoring UK and US immigrants, noting Canada with 12 million people must share its resources or face harm from boycotts by others.
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United Kingdom
United States
Ottawa Journal
Ulster Praises Field Marshal Alexander in Canada Return
Ulster communities from Belfast to County Tyrone express pride in Viscount Alexander of Tunis as Governor General designate of Canada. The installation draws wide attention with Belfast naming him an Honorary Freeman and Caledon recalling his hometown banner as Princess Elizabeth tours the region.
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Viscount Alexander
Tunis
Canada
Ulster
Lord Alexander
Belfast
County Tyrone
Elizabeth
Caledon
Field Marshal Alexander
Cleaning a sticky bottle with sawdust or bran
The article advises to coat the inside of a bottle with a large spoonful of sawdust or bran, shake with cold water, then rinse until clean. If sawdust is unavailable, use newspaper pulp or tea leaves. A vinegar and lead shot mix stored in a small bottle also serves as a cleaner for future use.
New Naval Cap For Royal Navy Dress Reform
The admiralty designs an oval cap that British sailors cannot balance on the back of their heads. It will be issued with blue trousers and shirts replacing overalls in the Royal Navy.
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Admiralty
Royal Navy
Information Wanted Early to Bed and Rise Explanation
A reader cites S Omar Barker of Country Gentleman asking why the phrase about early to bed and rise is mainly practiced by chickens. The inquiry notes health wealth and wisdom but seeks the reason tied to poultry habits.
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S. Omar Barker
Music guides carpentry training in Dutch government school
In Holland a government run vocational school for carpenters uses music to teach rhythm for sawing and planing and to pace nail driving. The method aims to instill proper timing and coordination as recruits learn timber work.
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Holland
Painless Extraction Claims Stir Canadian Dental Meet
Dr. Roger E. McMahon Montreal extraction specialist demonstrated painless dentistry at a national convention. He pulled a tooth from a Toronto dentist with no reaction and later removed teeth from three painters at McGill University and in the convention hall. He also eliminated needle injection pain in the process.
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Roger E. McMahon
Montreal
Toronto
McMahon
McGill University
Lived to Tell It After 33 000 Volt Shock Experience
Two Adelaide men describe their electrifying ordeal with 33 000 volts passing through their bodies. One recalls a loud crash and blacking out, the other a roaring sound and muscles tightening as grass caught fire. Both survived, sharing vivid sensations of the shock.
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Adelaide
Nunwell Park Estate Home of Oglander Line Since 1066
Isle of Wight's Nunwell Park, a 3000 acre estate, has housed Oglanders for nearly nine centuries since Richard d Orgrande received it from William the Conqueror in 1066. The 50 room house remains occupied by Brig Gen C F Aspinall Oglander, the 27th generation to reside there.
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Brading
Isle of Wight
Nunwell Park
Richard d’Orgrande
Wlliam the Conqueror
C. F. Aspinall-Oglander
Mounties Reappear At Entrance To Canada House
The pre war Royal Canadian Mounted Police constable in scarlet tunic and gold-striped breeches has returned to the London scene. The constable was Cpl. N. R. W. Baker of Ottawa, who took up duties at the entrance to Canada House.
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Canada House
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
London
Cpl. N. R. W. Baker
Ottawa
UNRRA Finds Thousands Of Kidnapped Children
UNRRA reports ten thousand children kidnapped by Nazis in occupied countries have been found in Germany over five months. Many show Germanization, with classrooms sent to rail cars, and nine Lidice children describe transport to Poland and later dispersal. Some tracked for SS education or experiments.
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Germany
Poland
Silesia
Normandy to Baltic Highlights Fierce 1945 Canadian Fight
Field Marshal Montgomery discusses the 1st Canadian Army’s February 1945 advance from Nijmegen through the Reichswald and Hochwald on the Lower Rhine. He notes German parachutists’ fanatic resistance, 700 mortars and over 1000 guns facing Crerar’s force, and the heavy German fire encountered by Canadian and British troops in the Rhineland Veritable operation.
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Normandy
Baltic
Nigmegen
Reichswald
Hochwald
Lower Rhine
Viscount Montgomery
Crerar
Lord Montgomery
Rhineland
Montgomery
21St Army Group
Television to supplant press in future say London editors
Telegraphed remark from Sir Ernest Fisk at the Imperial Press Conference luncheon predicts a time when most spot news and nearly all entertainment will be transmitted by television and radio into people’s homes though the day is far off. He notes television is a public service and the press must take notice.
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Empire
London
Imperial Press Conference
Ernest Fisk
Eletrical and Musical Industries, Limited
Sir Ernest
Darning Socks Business Employs Ex-Prisoners of War
In Sydney two girls began a sock darning venture at 20 cents a pair eighteen months ago and now employ three others. They mend clothes, stitch gold braid for an admiral, and run a depot for former prisoners of war. A large Australia map on the wall bears signatures and addresses of 8th Division men who surrendered at Singapore. Soldiers visit to locate friends.
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Sydney
Australia
Singapore
the &Th
Miniature golf craze sweeps then fades in 1930
Collier's notes the rapid rise of miniature golf in 1930 with about 30,900 courses. Total investment reached 135 million dollars, and many courses earned 15 to 25 times their original investment before the fad largely died out the same year.
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Collier
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