Five Nova Scotia Vessels Vanish in Atlantic Ghost Voyages
A Nova Scotia professor sails a tiny yacht toward Durban but disappears, joining five ships that have vanished on ghost voyages from Nova Scotia and New England ports. Levaillant, Francis Roibe, Belle, Novadoc and the weasel of Mahone Bay each left ports for Caribbean and Atlantic routes and were never heard from again, despite coast guard searches and extensive air and sea reconnaissance.
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Halifax
Mahone Bay Harbor
Nova Scotia
N. H . Quirke
Durben
South Africa
J. G. Stairs
Atlantic
Porta
New England
Digby
Puerto Rico
Iig
Newfoundland
Francis Roibe
Bay of Bulls
RCMP
Boston
Coast Guard
N.S
New York
Edible War-Time Flour Revealed as High Explosive
Harvard chemist George B. Kistiakowsky described a wartime edible explosive made from flour that could be baked into bread or dough and detonated. Shipped to neutral countries and used by Japanese forces and saboteurs, the secret remained undiscovered by the Japanese.
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New York
George B. Kistiakowsky
Harvard University
Kistiakowsky
National Defence Research Committee
Bruceton
The Infal lible Detective Burns Learns a Lesson
In San Francisco on Market Street the famed investigator William J. Burns meets a drunken man who challenges his knowledge and reveals he is married to Burns's washerwoman. The exchange ends with the man boasting he wears one of Burns’s white shirts, exposing Burns’s blind spots.
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William J. Burns
Market Street
San Francisco
Mr. Burns
James George Nickien, Jr
San Francisco Junior College
Nickien
Rebecca Akana
Anna Domecus
Wartime device to cut coal waste aids merchant ships
A smoke eliminator developed to hide convoys from U boats during wartime is now used on merchant vessels to save five percent coal. The system draws air over a boiler fire to mix with volatile coal constituents, allowing more of the fuel to burn in the boiler rather than exiting as exhaust.
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London
Jitterbug Dancing On The Way Out
In Chicago Ray Bolger predicts the jitterbug will fade as society moves from frantic frolic to calmer, more practiced dancing. He argues the dance reflects a moment of personal concern amid grave world problems and shifts toward relaxation and skill.
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Chicago
Ray Bolger
University of Chicago
Bolger
Cities Have Many Health Hazards
As Canada's population moves to towns and cities health hazards from congestion increase. Public health engineering aims to control these dangers by studying causes and prevention. The Dominion focuses on safe water, waste disposal, and sanitary conditions for water ice and foods aboard trains ships and planes.
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Canada
Dominion
New Grooming Method Using Suction Cleaners
A UK firm introduces a new animal grooming method using a suction cleaner mounted on a mobile caterpillar base. The machine can be powered by a petrol engine or a 1.5 hp motor, features a removable dust bag filter, and includes assorted cleaning tools and brushes.
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United Kingdom
Los Angeles Man Builds Aluminum Beetle Car Prototype
An LA body shop nears completion on a tubular steel chassis with ten aluminum skins forming a beetle like teardrop car. Interior designer Sherman Hewson previews a vehicle he says could revive aviation industry as parts could be produced in existing aircraft plants.
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Los Angeles
Sherman Hewson
Hewson
Diver To Hunt Gold On Sunken Ship
Australian diver John Johnstone plans a new diving bell to recover gold from the Niagara sunk by a mine off New Zealand in 1940. The liner carried about £2.76 million in gold. 35 bars worth $500,000 are believed still inside the wreck. Columbus believed to have seen America on October 11 1492.
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Auckland
N.Z
John Johnstone
New Zealand
South Africa
Sydney
Australia
Johnstone
Terrifying stories of juvenile crime and neglect
An Albert Deutsch article summarized from Woman's Home Companion links rising teen murders to broken homes and lack of social care. It cites a seventeen year old killer, a California boy who killed a neighbor, a Detroit case of a fifteen year old murdering his father, and warns that early psychiatric and social services could prevent many crimes.
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United States
Albert Deutsch
Chicago
California
Los Angeles
Bomb Warning Clears London Theatre
A bomb warning at the Granada theatre in Tooting southwest London led to a swift evacuation within minutes. Police checked the building after an anonymous call from a public box, amid a wave of warnings in recent months attributed to various groups.
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London
Granada Movie Theatre
Tooting
Discovery Of Fresh Water Lakes In Antarctic Oasis
The New York Times reports Admiral Byrd's fliers found open water lakes in Antarctica clear of ice with algae and mineral crystals. A seaplane landed on a lake where beaches would fit squadrons of planes. A scientific expedition to Banger's Oasis follows to determine warm springs or glacier retreat feeding these oases.
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Antarctic
Admiral Byrd
South Polar
Banger
Byrd
Gold as Heat Conductor and Electrical Comparisons
A brief note states gold ranks as the best conductor of heat and second to copper in electricity. It emphasizes gold's high thermal conductivity and electrical performance for context.
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Frank D Maderios
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Willow Run
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Kaiser-Frazer Company
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