Arctic gardens yield crops despite short northern seasons
North of the Arctic Circle, gardeners can produce vegetables and flowers though frost threats and long days aid rapid growth. Fertilizer and soil bacteria are essential to improvised soils, with greenhouses in colder areas and efforts by Hudson's Bay Company and others to promote northern gardening.
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Northwest Territories
Quebec
Lake Harbor
Baffinland
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic Circle
Hudson and James Bays
Canada
Morning Tea Habit Reveals British Navy Calm Demeanor
The article notes a daily ritual aboard His Majesty's ships where a crewman serves morning tea to awaken officers, followed by a 4 o'clock tea. It argues this practice reflects a civilized, relaxed adult attitude toward routine and alcohol, contrasting British sea life with American crews and stressing morale during long voyages.
New Plastic Material Replaces Plaster in Fracture Casting
Major A. M. Vineberg leads Canadian Industries Limited Beloeil lab to develop a light semi plastic casting material for fractured limbs. The new product, a water soluble plastic, is about 50 percent stronger than plaster, sets quickly, and allows patients to walk sooner, reducing pain and bed rest. Developed during wartime by the Canadian Army surgeon and Vineberg, it promises major advances in casting over two centuries.
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Plaster of Paris
A. M. Vineberg
Canadian Industries, Limited
Beloeil
Quebec
Vineberg
Plastics Division
Canadian Industries Limited
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Discovery of Hidden Silver Beneath Tokyo Bay Shop
An American search party found 110 silver bars valued at 10 000 each beneath a timber lined pit 16 feet deep in a rusting machine shop at Haratsuka naval ordnance depot. The bars bear serial numbers from the Osaka imperial mint.
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Tokyo Bay
Haratsuka Naval Ordnance Depot
Osaka
Early explorers name the American bison
The article discusses how explorers puzzled over the bison naming. Cortes described enormous herds to the Spanish court noting manes like lions skulls like bulls and humps like camels in his detailed report.
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Cortes
Mexico
Spain
Orangutan grips treetop limbs in fearless sleep
A captive orangutan sleeps high in the trees as its hands automatically lock to branches with a vise like grip, keeping it steady and alert while resting.
Diplomat Sir Gerald Campbell to Retire at 66
The Buffalo Courier-Express notes Sir Gerald Campbell, aged 66, will retire from his twin posts as British minister in Washington and special assistant to Lord Halifax. Campbell's career spans consular roles from 1920 in the United States to high commissionership in Canada, with 2,000 speeches and service in North America totaling about a quarter century.
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Sir Gerald Campbell
Washington
Lord Halifax
United States
Sir Gerald
San Francisco
New York
United Kingdom
Canada
British Information Services
Gerald
States
North America
Buffalo Courier-Fomress
Arabs Aid British Escape Through North African Desert
Anwar Nuseibeh reports that Arab tribes in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica helped British soldiers and airmen escape from Axis lines during the North African campaign. Wounded personnel were cared for, fed, and hidden for months before escorted through desert routes to their units. Military authorities issued documents to pay rewards, but many Arabs refused payment for what they called ordinary hospitality to allies.
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Tripolitania
Cyrenaica
Anwar Nuseibeh
Big Ben Fascination Crosses Oceans With BBC Broadcasts
A London street tale describes a U S soldier visiting Westminster Abbey who, upon checking his watch, urges rushing to the Square to hear Big Ben strike. He recalls hearing the chimes in Florida France and Germany and longs to hear them live. The BBC overseas and forces services regularly broadcast Big Ben chimes.
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BBC
London
Giarist
United States
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Big Ben
Florida
France
Germany
BBC Overseas
Forces
BBC London Letter
Northern Italy Roots Feed Modern Novel Form and Name
The modern novel traces its origins to Northern Italy both in naming and structure. Italian writers and cities shaped early prose and distinct narrative styles that influenced later European literature.
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Northern
Italy
Canada Ranks High in Science After War Says Dr Yaffe
Dr. Leo Yaffe told Montreal's Young Men's Canadian Club that Chalk River Ontario will soon produce radioactive elements for cancer treatment and other cures at low cost. He warned Canada must fund research to keep its leading role and prevent scientists from leaving for the United States.
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Chalk River
Ont
Leo Yaffe
Montreal
Young Men's Canadian Club
Yaffe
Winnipeg
Manitoba
McGill
National Research Council
Ottawa
Canada
United States
Britain
United Kingdom
Russia
Japan
England
Trail
British Columbia
Sock doll pattern promises quick, cuddly craft for tots
Made from a single sock in a jiffy, the sock doll charms children. Pattern 7123 includes the doll and clothes, materials, and directions. To obtain, send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department, Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue E. Winnipeg, Man. Include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue E
Winnipeg
Man
British Commons dining room cuts prices as tipping ends
The House Kitchen Committee chair Robert Morrison announced abolition of tipping and reduced meal prices in Britain's Commons dining room, one of Europe's finest pre war eateries, reflecting Labour Government measures.
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House of Commons
Europe
Robert Morrison
House Kitchen Committee
Home stairs blamed as major fall site in statistics
Statistics indicate 63 percent of all residential falls happen on stairs, highlighting stairs as a leading risk factor for injuries in the home.
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Azores
L Cpl
W. R. Lee
Tpr
Bob Maltby
Toronto
Gmr
Doug. Wilson
Ottawa
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Fort Liard
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B.B.C
Alice Brookes
Peterson
The
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