Decrease in Cancer Death Rate Among Women Reported
NEW YORK The cancer death rate among women shows a slight decrease after adjustments for aging, while the rate among men rises. Dr E Cuyiet Hammond of the American Cancer Society notes that aging corrections reduce the female rate from 124.7 in 1933 to 123.0 in 1945, with 1946 peaking at 12.75 per 100 000.
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U.S
New York
E. Cuyiet Hammond
American Cancer Society
Hammond
Statistical Research Department
the Society
United States
Thoroughly Trained In Scottish Thrift
A tale from The Wall Street Journal about Angus MacTavish who trains his dog in thrift. The dog buries pennies for four mornings, then digs up five pennies and buys six buns for five cents at a bakery.
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The
Wall Street Journal
Angus MacTavish
Angus
Fido
Silent keyboard patent inventor uses nonmoving keys
An inventor patents a silent keyboard with stationary keys that produce no sound. Each key features a concave transparent plate housing a photocell. placing a finger interrupts a light beam to activate the mechanism.
Development of world wide airmail stamps traced in US issues
A survey of U S airmail stamps from 1918 through postwar issues notes key designs, rates, and special issues including the winged globe, Graf Zeppelin, and transcontinental beacons. It highlights prized errors and the Lindbergh stamp, with Wilbur Wright honored on a Liechtenstein issue.
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United States
Buffalo
U.S
Frank
New York
Long Beach
California
New York State
Air Service
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Chicago
Air Mail
Wilbur Wright
Liechtenstein
Indiana
Dayton
Ohio
France
Orville
U.S. Army
Theory Hat Trial These Men May Wear Fancy Hats
In Montreal a hat designer and a psychologist test a theory that bright hats lift men's mood, challenging the notion of male stoicism. The piece playfully notes women's hope the idea fails and imagines a husband returning home in a flamboyant hat after a bad day.
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Montreal
Ruth Millett
Mama
Papa
Unusual Lightning Kills Two In Army Cup Final
A forked lightning strike during the Army football cup final in Aldershot killed two soldiers and injured eight others including the referee. The blast occurred in a replayed match between the Royal Armored Corps Bovington and the 121st Training Regiment RA as spectators fled. Referee Capt. F C Green collapsed after signaling the restart and two players nearby also fell.
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Aldershot
England
Royal Armored Corps of
Bovington
121St Training Regiment, Royal Artillery
Capt. F. C. Green
Capt. Green
Sgt
Fred Green
Son
Wolverhampton
Stanley Cockayne
Football Association
Mixed oddities and observations from a bygone column
A collage of quirky notes mentions bees in a Philadelphia backyard, a behemoth hammerhead shark trivia, rising fees for marriage brokers in Japan, and Cupid's cost of living concerns. It also notes a proposed built in memory gadget, cross eyed beauty notions, Shaw on war costs, a Toronto circus lion incident, poultry price inflation, and Detroit paying $200,000 for Toledo Mud Hens.
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Japan
Cupid
Jenkins
Detroit Baseball Club
Toledo
Editor’s Eager Scrutiny Sparks Plantation Ball Feud
Alabama editor Horace Tattersale prints a society notice of a plantation ball without preflight checks. The item sparks a fierce reaction from the Wilkins family, who threaten the editor after the publication cites Lucy Starbelle in white and Theora Wilkins in black.
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Horace Tattersale
Alabama
Society News
Tattersale
Lucy Starbelle
Theora Wilkins
Wilkins
Wall Street Journal
Hair Pattern Analysis Used To Identify Criminals
The text notes that each person's hair has a unique pattern formed by dying cells in the hair shaft. It explains that careful microscopic study distinguishes individuals and that hair analysis has been used when fingerprints are unavailable to detect criminals.
Revived Hoax Promises Free Car for 1943 Copper Cent
Washington reports a renewed hoax claiming a free automobile for turning in a 1943 copper cent. In 1943 only steel cents with zinc coating were minted, and the Treasury notes no copper cent exists nor any deal offering a car. Thousands wrote earlier and now more inquiries arrive from the U S and Canada.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Canada
Treasury
The Pitcher Plants and Their Water Traps
The pitcher plants use urn shaped leaves that hold water to attract and drown insects. These specialized leaves form water filled traps that lure prey with nectar and scent.
Ex Millionaire Immigrant Plans New Life On Land In Canada
Wladyslaw Runcewicz once a Polish finance official and author of over 20 works now lives with his wife in a single Winnipeg room. He came to Canada this year promising to settle on the land and raise poultry while seeking a small farm, after losing wealth in Poland. He previously held senior posts in Poland including tax chief and inland revenue director, later aiding UNRRA and displaced persons work in Europe.
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Winnipeg
Alexander Avenue
Wladyslaw Runcewicz
Vilna University
Poland
Canada
Warsaw
Runcewicz
Sacre Coeur Convent
Montreal
St. Mary's Academy
H. C. Collins
China
Tokyo
London
Ministry of Finance
Inland Revenue Administration
UNRRA
United States
Europe
Vienna
Noisy musings mix love lore and gossip across Brooklyn
A jumble of love poems, old-time advice, football quips, and social chatter from south Brooklyn. The piece riffs on love intensities, marriage age humor, a hostile-tinged sports memory, and a note on fashion cues from girls in blue and tall beauties.
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Ion
Dorothy Malone
James Montagnes
Austria
Philadelphia
George Bernard Shaw
Toronto
Darling
Dryden
Ovid
Byron
Amn
Carroll
Stringbean
Brooklyn
Girls IN Blue
Bill Lennerts
Baltimorean
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