World time synchronized by powerful radio station
Dr Walter H. Bucher of Stanford predicts a future where a single powerful radio station provides the world with synchronized time. He notes advances in precise time measurement, underground observatories, and global distribution via radio and telegraph networks enabling experiments in relativity at astronomical observatories.
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Walter H. Bucher
Stanford University
Bucher
United States Naval Observatory
Vandal cuts down ancient Australian palm then seeks to save it
Dr A D Herbert of the University of Queensland leads 200 volunteers to rescue Great-Grandfather Peter, a 15,000 year old macrotamia palm on Tambourine Mountain. The trunk was replanted in three sections after protective treatment. scientists say starch in the tree could keep it alive 10 to 12 years, even if it cannot regrow.
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A. D. Herbert
University of Queensland
Australia
Peter
Tambourine Mountain
Queensland
Herbert
Victoria
Crowds View Crown Jewels At Tower of London
About 6 000 people daily crowd a small room in the Tower of London to view the crown jewels. Long lines are kept orderly by police as interest grows with coronation ceremonies on May 12 193.
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Tower of London
Duty Of The Doctor Lord Horder's Westminster Hall Lecture
Lord Horder, King’s physician, urged medical students at Claxton Hall London to protect patients from death pain quacks and even friends. He warned against mechanization and standardization and said patients seek doctors for life control while risks grow. He admitted doubts about his vocation and recounted sleepless nights fearing he might have missed his calling.
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Lord Horder
Westminster Hospital Medical School
Claxton Hall
London
Remarkable Kangaroo Cow Bond Spans Grafton Farm
A one sided animal friendship from Grafton Australia sees a female kangaroo bonding with a Jersey cow on F Benson’s Tyn dale farm. The kangaroo joins the cow in pasture feeds beside her at night and even defends the cow from dogs. The cow shows no reciprocal affection. The pair have coexisted on the farm for about three years with the kangaroo prompting human interactions as needed.
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Grafton
Australia
F. Benson
Tyndale
Australian Pioneer Links Aboriginal Legend to Biblical Noah Story
J B Gibbs of St Vigean’s Station in the Northern Territory reports that Aboriginal oral tradition in the Gulf country mirrors the Noah and Ark tale. After 30 years in remote Australia he argues the flood myth predates missionary teaching, shaping a foundational land and people narrative. Australian Press Bureau.
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J. B. Gibbs
St. Vigean’s Station
Northern Territory
Australia
Sydney
Darwin
Mr. Gibbs
Gulf Country
Gulf of Carpentaria
Australian Press Bureau
Mounties Lead Armistice Ball Parade in New York
Mounties headed a color guard parade at the 16th Armistice Ball of the British Great War Veterans of America in the Waldorf Astoria New York, with Commissioner James MacBrien as guest of honor. The event took place on November 6.
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James MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Waldorf-Astoria
New York
Admiral Sims Speech Sparks Mixed Reactions on Humor
The narrator recalls Admiral Sims claiming British and American humor differ yet both keen. A social tale from Queenston shows a Yankee drummer puzzled by a waitress asking what was wrong with the apple pie, a joke that spread across the British Isles and sparked questions about the punchline.
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Admiral Sims
Queenston
New England
British Isles
Nowata Blacksmith Retires After 57 Years at Anvil
W M Criswell, veteran blacksmith of Nowata Oklahoma, closes his shop ending a 57 year career as horseless carriages take over the trade.
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W. M. Criswell
Nowata, Oklo
The
Anvil
Menace To Sea Life From Ocean Film Deposits
An unseen threat to marine life arose from a thin ocean film of oil accumulating since crude oil fuels ships. Brown tar droplets found on Cornwall windows suggest spray carried the oil ashore, implying global oceans may be unable to purge waste oil, risking fish and sea life.
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Cornwall
England
L. F. Lewis
British Weather Service
North Atlantic Ocean
Cornish
Atlantic
America
Lewis
Ocean
Has Unusual Job New York Girl Visits Restaurants To Check Service
Anna Martin, a young New York woman, works as a professional eater outer for a large restaurant company. She visits hotels and eateries six days a week, orders meals, eats them, and notes food, service, prices, and portions. She says she can eat anything and enjoys the unique job as a form of restaurant shopping.
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New York
Anna Martin
Miss Martin
Fish Need Air Says Science News On Gasping Fish
A Stratford Beacon-Herald summary notes a Peterborough report about fish surfacing to breathe and Science News explaining fish require oxygen dissolved in water. It mentions some fish survive out of water by holding their breath or traveling on land with water in gill pockets.
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Peterborough
Science News
Stratford Beacon-Herald
British railways order 369 locomotives doubling current build
British railways have ordered 369 locomotives, a figure that doubles the number presently under construction. The move signals a major expansion plan and accelerates locomotive production across the network.
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British Railways
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