Six Bits of Holland In the Western World
CPC correspondent notes the six Dutch Caribbean islands near Venezuela and the Windward group, led by Curacao and Aruba, as historic tourist and oil hubs. Curacao’s Willemstad hosts a major port and a famed pontoon bridge Emmabrug links island sides, reflecting long ties to the United States.
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Holland
CPC
Bixw
West Indies
Venezuela
Leeward Islands
Curacao
St Oll
Bonaire
Saba
St. Euchatina
Netherlands
St Martin
Aruba
St Eustatius
St. Eustatius
Netherlands West Indies
Peter Stuyvestant
Nieuw Amsterdam
New York
Royal Dutch Shell
Maracaibo Lake
Maracaibo
Willemstad
St. Annabaal
St. Anna Bay
Amsterdam
Southampton
Oranjestad
South America
Orient
U.S
Smith
Netherland West Indies
United States
Cats Employed on British Railways to Combat Rodents
On British railways a number of cats are regularly employed to wage war on rats and mice, aiding maintenance and sanitation aboard trains and at stations.
Newspaper advertising called indispensable by exec
Howard S. Mark vice-president of the Robert Simpson Company told the 48th annual convention of the Association of Canadian Advertisers that newspaper advertising has no substitute for effectiveness. He contrasted it with direct mail as rifle fire and said merchants relying on mail over newspapers risk lost sales. Simpson’s mails flyers to about 400,000 Toronto area homes and noted direct mail can sometimes be more effective for targeted campaigns.
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Toronto
Howard S. Mark
Robert Simpson Company
The
Association of Canadian Advertisers
Simpson's
Mark
Rest leisure religion work urged by industrial physician
In a Canadian firm of over 4000 employees there were about 50000 visits to plant medical centres for home-originating complaints, with more than half from nervous system disturbances. Dr. Harold M. Harrison links mental and physical health, noting psycho somatic symptoms and factors like housing, money worries, and work attitude. He urges balance among rest leisure religion and work for mental well being.
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Harold M. Harrison
Canadian Medical Institute
Harrison
The Gypsy in Junior
The article discusses teaching children to state their name address and phone number to aid return home. It compares child safety guidance with Alaskan fur seals migrating 2,000 miles seasonally between breeding grounds and offshore habitats.
Ireland Faces Highest Unmarried Rates in World Census
Dublin reports that 75 percent of rural girls expect to marry, while overall 1951 figures show 67.4 percent of men and 45.6 percent of women remain unmarried. The 1951 population stands at 2,958,878, with emigration noted as a major factor. The data reflect aging populations and a shift from 1841 levels.
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Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Republic
Paleontology Camp To Be Set Up Near Eastend Saskatchewan
Regina reports a paleontology camp will be established at the Hazel Hunter Quarry on the Stewart Ranch near Eastend around May 20. The effort, led by Fred Bard, aims to study Oligocene era fauna about 35 million years ago and to expand existing collections.
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Regina
Hazel Hunter
Stewart Ranch
Eastend
Fred Bard
Saskatchewan
Fluoridation of Water Cuts Tooth Decay Says Canada
Health Minister Martin reported in the House of Commons that fluorine in drinking water markedly reduces tooth decay. The Brantford study with federal aid showed Brantford children had 68 percent less decay than peers in Sarnia where parallel tests occurred.
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Ottawa
Martin
House of Commons
Brantford
Sarnia
Weather Data Taught Police
Oklahoma's highway patrol recruits study meteorology at the University of Oklahoma with emphasis on tornado weather. The training, taught by weather bureau and Army experts, refreshes older troops. Two patrol cars chased a funnel into Bradley in mid March, another cloud front raced 50 miles before dissipating.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Army
Bradley
Rain Maker Changes System Produces $10 000 Sunshine
A Harvard professor outlines cloud seeding to induce or suppress rain using silver iodide. He suggests arc installations from Plymouth to Worcester and air support to protect Commencement Day, with 50 50 success and liability for clients. Howells, a Cambridge firm head, notes rain would fall elsewhere if Harvard stays dry.
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Harvard
Plymouth
Worcester
Howells
Cambridge
Harvard Crimson
University
Alaska Drops Lode Mining In Territorial Gold Output
Juneau Alaska lode mining has dwindled to a single gold operation the Creighton Mine on Pedro Dome near Fairbanks. Territorial Mines Commissioner Phil R Holdsworth notes most mines now produce other ores as placer outfits drive Alaska’s gold production.
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Juneau
Alaska
Phil R. Holdsworth
Territorial
Creighton
Pedro Dome
Fairbanks
Holdsworth
United States
Trace Your Ancestors explores family tree research
London notes author L G Pine of Burke’s Peerage offers a lay guide to tracing ancestry. He warns many searchers will uncover sordid nobility and treachery, urging careful collection of vital statistics and early records.
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L. G. Pine
Burke's Peerage
New World
Scotland
Netherlands
Gems of Thought and Nature in Poetic Fragments
A collection of brief verses and quotes by Eddy Tennyson Markham Browning and Kembie. It evokes spring with birds blossoms and mossy banks while reflecting on divine and natural beauty through compact lines. The piece pairs spiritual reflections with vivid nature imagery.
10 Year Prison Term for Fourth Narcotics Offense
GREENWOOD S C A 71 year old defendant was sentenced to ten years in prison for his fourth Federal narcotics offense. Sam Bonner an addict for forty five years spoke of doubt about surviving the term. Judge C C Wyched urged him to do his best.
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By Sanford Markey
Central Press
Ibor
M. Harrison-Gray
Dsc
Old Maid
Canada
Fastend
Cypress Hills
Bard
H. S. Jones
East End
L. S. Russel
National Museum
A. E. Swanson
T. R. Walker
Fluorine
Winterhaven
Fla
Janet Rudolph
Glen Ellyn, Il
Sunshine State
Gratien Gelinas
Screenstar
Dorothy Lamour
London
Mary Baker Eddy
Alfred Tennyson
Christ Jesus
Edwin Markham
Robert Browning
Frances Anne Kembie
Europe
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