Skate flying boats could outrun land planes says engineers
CPC Correspondent San Diego reports Consolidated Vultee engineers preview the Skate, a flying boat with a blended hull and retractable hull steps. Demonstrations show speeds over 600 mph with jet power, enabling water-based bases and on-board maintenance for fighters and bombers, potentially surpassing land-based aircraft.
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CPC
San Diego
Cal
Vultee
E. G. Stout
Stout
Ada
Great Britain
U.S
U.S. Navy
Unclaimed Footwear Headache To Scottish Cobblers
Scotland's cobblers seek legal change through their union to curb unpaid bills. Boots and shoes worth over £2,000,000 await collection while current law requires seven years and a day before sale. Repairers may reclaim only the repair costs. the rest goes to owners. A small Edinburgh shop waits £30. Some footwear belongs to festival visitors who have departed.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Hospitality Confusion in a Surrey Estate Visit
Anecdote recalls an American guest greeted in bed by a maid who offers tea coffee or milk and asks for type and origin. The maid continues with options Jersey Guernsey or Alderney as he selects Assam and milk, highlighting excessive courtesy.
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Surrey
Ceylon
China
Assam
Jersey
Guernsey
Alderney
Poems in Progress reveals queer paths to writing styles
A survey of poets and their quirks shows diverse methods from walking, riding, and deathbeds to smoking, tea, whisky, or music. Phyllis Bartlett documents how authors like Burns, Yeats, Auden, and Frost pace their work, noting weather, mood, and habits shaping each poem.
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New York
Phyllis Bartlett
Oxford
Milton
Miss Bartlett
Schilier
Tennyson
Yeats
Chatterton
Burns
Shelley
Keats
Lanier
Scott
Auden
Hart Crane
Walter de la Mare
Spender
Francis Thompson
Poe
Swinburne
Wordsworth
Byron
Coleridge
Whitman
Longfellow
Dryden
Gray
Whittiers
Frost
Check Stove Pipes for Farm Fire Safety
Check furnace and stove pipes and chimney condition on the farm. Faulty pipes cause fires. maintain the chimney and roof with a roof ladder. Store water in warm places, use water barrels, sand buckets, and a small extinguisher for immediate response to smother incipient fires.
Stone lift test once used for Chinese university graduations
A historical claim notes a graduation criterion in which students at Chinese universities had to lift a 330 pound stone block above their heads. The legend suggests a physical barometer of strength tied to academic completion.
New Trapping Method Aims to Catch Male Mink
North Bay Ontario trapper Jack Burnham devised a technique targeting male mink by placing snares along straight waterways away from breeding sites. Reports show he captured far more males than females, reducing litters and protecting young. Forestry officials endorse the method and plan broader instruction at district meetings.
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North Bay
Ont
Ontario
Jack Burnham
Ontario Lands Department
Burnham
Forestry
Henry Haskins
Forestry Department
Tetanus Preventable Says Health League
The National Immunization Committee urges universal tetanus toxoid immunization for all ages to prevent a once deadly disease. Tetanus enters via injuries and has a high fatality rate. vaccination, begun at 3 to 6 months with follow ups, can reduce cases to history.
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Health League of Canada
Health League
Canada
C. S. Anglin
Hospital For Sick Children
Toronto
Health Magazine
Gems of Thought on Rest and Truth
A compact collection of maxims on rest and inner strength from thinkers like Mary Baker Eddy Isaiah Cowper and Dwingle. The quotes emphasize finding repose in quiet confidence aligning with personal purpose and resisting the idea that rest is mere withdrawal.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Isaiah
Cowper
Paradise on Earth Maps From Middle Ages Featured Eden
Medieval maps labeled Paradise as Earth’s paradise at the top, often illustrated with the Garden of Eden. The cartographic idea placed a sacred, utopian symbol in prominent view, linking geography with religious belief.
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Paradise On
Earth
Garden of Eden
Cars On Show Exhibit Features Royal Gold Limousine
London hosts the annual motor show with 1952 models from 64 companies. Highlights include a roof garden trailer by Warwick Knight and a Daimler gold plated limousine, price unavailable. British firms seek foreign orders as steel for rearmament tightens production and Canada pulls back autos on credit limits.
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London
Turers
New York
Warwick Knight
Daimler
Canada
B.S.M.M
Snapshot of Royalty Helped Buy Home
Mrs. Olive Henry profited from a 1939 photo of the King and Queen taken during their Hamilton visit. She sold hundreds of copies to friends and orders from the British Isles, earning about $2,000 and funding a down payment on a Detroit home. She hopes Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip visit Windsor, Ontario, bringing more thrill and potential sales.
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Detroit
Olive Henry
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Windsor
Ont
Hamilton
British Isles
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf
A family in China faces poverty and aging hardship as the grandfather is crippled by arthritis. The father plans to drown him in the Yangtse river to ease their burden, telling his son to remain quiet and bring back the basket for future use.
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Bennett Cerf
China
Lum
Yangtse
Ree
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