Doctor Plans Atlantic raft voyage to test survival theory
Paris reports Dr Alain Bombard a 27 year old physician plans a two month drift across the Atlantic on a Polynesian style raft with four companions. They will live on seafood and seawater with a fish juice fruit squeeze while drifting from Gibraltar to the Antilles via the Canary and Cape Verde islands. They expect to rely on mobility rather than stationary lifeboats and will fish, take pictures, and teach each other during the voyage.
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Paris
Alain Louis Bombard
Bombard
Gibraltar
Antilles
Canary Islands
Cape Verde Islands
Rotterdam
Health The Case For BCG Vaccination Against Tuberculosis
Dr. Johanne Bentzen argues for BCG vaccination expanding from 14 000 yearly in Copenhagen to mass use. She notes no tuberculous meningitis in vaccinated children and cites Copenhagen and Denmark experience since 1925 and 1940.
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Johanne Bentzen
Health Magazine
Bacille Calmette Guerin
Denmark
Copenhagen
Toronto
France
John Holm
State Serum Institute
International Tuberculosis Campaign
Bentzen
Gems of Thought on Nature and Spirit
A collage of quotes on nature and spirit from Mary Baker Eddy, Novalis, Jonathan Edwards, Amos Bronson Alcott, Goethe, and Shakespeare. The excerpts contrast matter and spirit, calm nature, and the idea that nature progresses and expressions of thought mirror higher truths.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Amos Bronson Alcott
Vancouver Paper Concludes Contest For National Song
The Vancouver Province ends a contest for a new version of the Canadian national song inspired by London Spectator and competing Weir and Buchan versions. Mrs Isa Grindlay Jackson of Vancouver wins with a two verse entry and a chorus praising O Canada with lines about loyalty and service.
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Vancouver
London Spectator
Canada
Wilf Bennett
Isa Grindlay Jack
Mobile prefab housing for wartime needs in Manitoba
RCAF crews in Macdonald Manitoba advance a $1,000,000 dual purpose housing project. Prefabricated steel one and two apartment buildings can be erected in one day and moved if needed. Each 100 unit complex will offer up to six bedrooms with soundproofing and reusability of beams. The project forms part of a $10,000,000 RC AF building plan for the year with families expected to move in by fall.
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R.c.af
Piggy Bark Bank Tale Near Holstein
Art Bell, a truck driver, lost a wallet containing $90 while loading pigs near Holstein Ontario. He searched the pigpen and found only scraps of chewed paper and a contented pig, turning a farm mishap into a rural tale of luck.
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Art Bell
Owen Sound
The Golden Age of Pericles Era in Greek History
The Golden Age of Pericles marks a pivotal period in Greek history noted for major advances in science and the arts. It describes the era's influence on culture, politics, and intellectual achievements.
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Pericles
Busy rooms and patterns in home decoration
This guide advises new homemakers on using patterns in rooms. It recommends two distinct patterns per room, one large floral dominant and one smaller geometric secondary, with all other surfaces plain. Larger rooms tolerate more pattern. quiet spaces use less or none. lively spaces may use bright patterns.
Perfect Container The Egg Shell
The egg is described as one of the most perfect containers though it can crack. If the shell is damaged and a hard boil is intended, sprinkle salt in the water to prevent the white from seeping out.
Sloppy Jeans Don’t Love Men From Loretta Young Advice
Hollywood star Loretta Young urges teens to dress neatly and femininely. She says clean, well groomed appearance matters more than fashion and that men value cleanliness and tidy hair over frills or costly wardrobes. She stresses simple grooming to attract a man.
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Hollywood
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Child's Personality Is Developed In Cradle Days
Vancouver expert Mrs. Helen Exner of the University of British Columbia School of Social Work warns solitary feeding harms child development. She says mothers should feed babies together to foster social interaction and cooperation. Propped bottles and lack of individual attention in institutions lead to social difficulties later in life.
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Vancouver
Helen Exner
University of British Columbia School of Social Work
Negro Farmer Makes Good in Pink Hill
Gaston Branch and his wife rose from tenant farmers to owners of a small farm after 22 years. His success impressed Duplin County agent Riddick Wilkins who notes Branch will retire after turning a dream into a diversified farm with hogs cattle and modern machinery.
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Pink Hill
N.C
Gaston Branch
Branch
Duplin County
Riddick Wilkins
Wilkins
Method to test whether eggs are hard boiled
Instructions describe testing hard cooked eggs by pricking the shell, inserting a toothpick, and observing dryness. If dry, egg is hard cooked. if yolk shows, continue cooking and retest. Salt may be sprinkled on the shell hole to aid cooking.
Women Fill Vital Jobs As North Grows
In Prince Albert Saskatchewan the north lands show women in roles once reserved for men. Mrs O B McNeill runs a monitor station at Stony Rapids. Nurses, teachers, and cooks trek rivers and trails to support frontier communities.
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North
Prince Albert
Stony Rapids
O. B. McNeill
Saskatchewan
Northland
R.C.M.P
Myrtle Pearce
Cumberland House
Pass Man
Pearce
Marie Lalonde
Camsell Portage
Marie
Curly Hanson
Hanson
Studer
Berna
Joean
City bids define sandwich for jail meals in Fort Worth
Fort Worth officials issued a definition for a sandwich in a jail meal contract. The settled meaning: two slices of bread with food between, bacon length must span from edge to edge of the bread.
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Fort Worth
Tex
City of
Forth Worth
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