The Guest and the Letter From Rio
In a mansion with morning mail, Nancy learns a postmarked letter from five years ago concerns Joel and Eleanore. Joel asks Nancy to confirm a possible engagement, and she arranges to meet him at noon, hoping for good news as the mystery unfolds around Eleanore’s past.
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Nancy
Andy
Jewel
Joel Howard
Dunnard
Eleanore
Joel
Rio
River Road
Wheeler Newspaper Syndicate
Moon completes orbit around Earth in 27 days 7 hours
The moon follows a sidereal orbit around Earth taking about 27 days 7 hours and 43.2 minutes to return to its exact position relative to the stars, a regular lunar cycle used in astronomy and to time tidal patterns.
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Earth
Saskatchewan Sees Record American Tourist Interest
Regina reports rising demand from American travelers with 75 percent more inquiries than 1952 and 1 232 tourist cars entering in Q1. Over 3 500 letters request information on fishing trips and autumn hunting, signaling a strong travel season outlook.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Government Travel Bureau
Eggs Away For Soaring Goose
Nanaimo resident R S Lough recalls a goose bombing incident when a hard boiled mother goose dropped an egg from 800 feet into his garden. He notes the egg survived the fall unbroken and reflects on the surprising nature of the event.
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Lough
A Quickly Made Chair From Stock Materials
An outdoor chair project using stock sizes and hand tools with all straight cuts. The removable back aids storage. pattern 269 includes large cutting diagrams and 1 to 3 assembly and finishing directions. Price 35 cents.
A Gift for a Homemaker Pattern 339 Leaf-Scroll Brackets
Leaf-scroll brackets cut from quarter inch wood with a jig or fret saw. Suitable for figurines and small antiques. Pattern 339 offered as a pair or set of three. Price 35 cents per pattern. Send 35 cents each with name, address, and pattern number to Home Workshop Pattern Service Prairie Publishers Limited 44383 West Fifth Ave Vancouver BC.
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Home Workshop Pattern Service
Prairie Publishers Limited
West Fifth Ave
Vancouver
B.C
Coast Guard Iceberg Patrol Remembers Titanic Tragedy
Washington dispatch details the US Coast Guard’s seasonal iceberg patrol in the Labrador current. Aimed at preventing ship encounters, the effort tracks thousands of icebergs from Greenland’s glacial fields, recalling the Titanic disaster of April 14 1912 and its 1731 victims. The patrol involves cutters, planes, and an international plot board, with routes altered if ice concentrations rise.
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ICPC
Washington
Coast Guard
Labrador
North Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Greenland
Navy
Arctic
Bermuda
U.S
United States
Europe
England
France
Navy Hydrographic Office
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Richard P. Goldthwait
Ohio State University
Baffin Island
Dutch population mostly below sea level protected by dikes
More than half the Netherlands lives under sea level protected by 1,800 miles of dikes and 2,000 pumping units.
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The
Netherlands
Red Cross approves new respirator for polio treatment
The provincial disaster services committee of the Canadian Red Cross Society authorized purchasing a new respirator system for poliomyelitis treatment. The order will add a fifth respirator to British Columbia, enhancing emergency care capacity in the province.
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Vancouver
Canadian Red Cross Society
British Columbia
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U.S.D.A
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Central Press
King Pharmacal Corp. Ltd
Vegreville, Alta
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