Trans Atlantic cable loom to connect England and New York
Plans to launch a two year undersea voice cable linking Oban Scotland to Newfoundland Nova Scotia and Portland Maine with New York targets a Christmas completion. The $14 million project divides funding 50 41 and 9 percent among United States Britain and Canada with boosters and complex insulation to ensure clear calls.
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CPC
WEW
York
Cyrus W. Firid
Portland
New York
Atlantic
United States-Cuba
England
United States
Britain
Canada
Thames Embankment
Erith
Greenwich
Featherland’s talking birds and dressed monkeys fascinate Victoria
In Featherland near Victoria Cecil Hyndman and Adele Hyndman showcase a collection of talking birds and dress‑clad monkeys. The animals perform, converse and dine with humans, with a budgie speaking up to 200 words and a spider monkey who dresses, eats at the table and sleeps in a nightgown.
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Victoria
Featherland
Cecil Hyndman
Adele
Hyndmans
Hiyndmans
Arts and health and trade items in Britain this week
The Imperial Institute in London hosts a major Indian crafts exhibition drawn from Sir Alfred Bossom collection. Canada plans to send five delegates to the Fourth Commonwealth Health and Tuberculosis Conference in London starting June 21 with three as principal speakers. Royal Navy will use nylon and wool flags and ensigns judged to outwear all-worsteds by two and a half to one. Canada remains a top market for pedigree live stock, with 211 head imported from Canada last year.
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British Columbia
Imperial Institute
London
Institute
Sir Alfred Bossom
Comumnonwealth Health
England
Royal Navy
Bone China and Feather Regrowth in Birds
An excerpt notes bone china ingredients include bone ash and cone ash. It states bone china is made exclusively in England. The text also describes a healthy bird molt where each fallen feather is replaced by a new one.
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England
Manitoba March oil output more than doubles in 1955
Crude oil production in Manitoba in March 1955 reached 292,4 barrels from 134,555 in March 1954, with 320 producing wells and 16 new wells entering output. February’s total rose by over 38,000 barrels. Nine non Winnipeg fatalities occurred in Q1 1955, versus 15 in 1954 and two in 1950.
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Manitoba
Mines
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Greater
Winnipeg
Canadian TB Fight Prompts Free Chest X-Ray Campaigns
The article notes TB death and illness rates in Canada have fallen but any cases remain regrettable. It recalls past TB devastation, and argues chest x rays are the most reliable early discovery method. With free x-ray campaigns, Canadians are urged to participate to curb TB before it becomes established.
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Canada
Studies on trash conservation by cultivators at Lethbridge
The article discusses how wide-blade heavy duty and rod weeders are among the best tillage tools for trash conservation on summer tallow fields. It notes that trash conservation improves as the number and spacing of shanks decrease and as blade pitch is minimized while maintaining weed control.
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Lethbridge Experimental Station
Federal
Department of Agriculture
D. T. Anderson
Try and Stop Me and Other Light Moments
A collage of anecdotes and gibes spans golf lore from Ben Hogan to a farmer with a runaway Model T and a parish priest turned pitcher for a church fund. The piece blends humor with brief tales and a practical note on tillage equipment behavior.
Big Ben to Take Rest for Major Repairs
The 101 year old four faced clock in the Houses of Parliament will be stopped for about two months for an overhaul costing about £40,000. The surrounding tower was damaged by German bombing fourteen years ago but Big Ben’s voice kept the BBC nine o’clock news audible to occupied Europe. Some Londoners argue the name Big Ben refers only to the bell while the tower itself could be St Stephen’s, a title linked to Sir Benjamin Hall who oversaw the clock’s construction.
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London
Houses of Parliament
BBC
Big Ben
Big Tom
St. Paul's Cathedral
Europe
St. Stephen's
Sir Benjamin Hall
Waterproof Latex Baby Pants Hit Hot Weather Style
A new baby apparel item by Playtex uses tissue-thin latex with a fleecy interior to keep infants cool in warm weather. Tests show only a one degree temperature difference versus diaper only, with scalloped edges and no fasteners for comfort.
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Playtex
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Ireland
Kield
Newfoundland-Nova Scotia
Raleigh
Orion
Associated Press
School of Textiles
North Carolina State College
Charlotte, N.C
Paul W. Sanger
Frederick H. Taylor
W. E. Shinn
Colleges
Department of Knitting Technology
Shinn
du Pont
Central Press
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Monarch
Chu Chu
Raffies
Ah Pue
Mynah
Wee McGill
North America
Lomeon
Bone
China
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Avid AK J As
L. W. Dodds
K. Konstam
North
West
Miss Shanahan
Wat
Bennett Cerf
Ben Hogan
Ben
Hogan
Joe
James Melton
Harold Martin
Ogdensburg
N.Y
O'Reilly
Conroy
Father Martin
Edna Miles
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