Ottawa introduces PRC 510 miniature wireless set for infantry
The Canadian Army posts a new miniature wireless set the PRC 510 built to survive rough handling and water immersion. It weighs about 72 pounds with a 10 mile range extendable by relay stations and can be mounted on a person or vehicle. The set covers 3.5 to 544.9 megacycles and uses crystal controlled calibrating check points for quick tuning. It features a slim handset and single earpiece with a long battery life of around 24 hours and employs new miniature techniques in its design.
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Ottawa
Strictly Fresh Thieves in Meriden Stole Drums
A $175 drum set was stolen in Meriden Connecticut and police have no leads. The item disappears as officials search for the missing drums amid scattered reports of crime in other cities.
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Meriden
Conn
Watch Your Step Around Ladders
Safety guidance warns ladders cause injuries with outdoor use. Use sturdy ladders, avoid knots in rungs, discard when deteriorated, treat wood, and never splice short ladders. Ensure solid footing on soft ground and tie bottoms on hard surfaces. Do not lean ladders against windows or screens.
Locomotive cow-catcher goes to sea to hunt sharks
Canada’s west coast fisheries deploy a ram-equipped vessel to hunt basking sharks near Barkley Sound. The new device costs about 200 dollars and has bagged about 50 sharks in a month, with a peak of 13 in one day. The ram aids faster, safer control than harpoons or rifles. The department may outfit additional boats to curb the shark population.
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Barkley Sound
Vancouver Island
Osaka matchmaker goes national on marriage hunt tour
Mrs Kosaki Jogo of Osaka, who has united 928 couples in 13 years at her matrimonial agency, announces a national tour to seek good prospective material for marriages.
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Osaka
Japan
Kosaki Jogo
Irish jargon in Dail parodies and language faux pas
A Irish language committee lists 150 Irish translations of common parliamentary phrases revealing many stock cliches and some mild exclamations. The piece notes deputies often speak in Irish, though only a few show working knowledge, risking humorous misfires when Irish is used in heated debates.
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Dail
Bruins unveil four rookies for coming season
Boston announces its rookie contingent for the season featuring defensemen Don Cherry and Lionel Heinrich and forwards Orval Tessier and Floyd Smith. Cherry and Heinrich arrive from Hershey after solid AHL seasons, Tessier comes from Montreal Royals with 36 goals, 30 assists, while Smith, 20, joins from Galters after three late 1954-55 games.
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Don Cherry
Lionel Heinrich
Orval Tessier
Floyd Smith
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Hershey Bears
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Hershey
Orville Tessier
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Three Hands at Grand Central Clocks Show DST
New York's Grand Central Station uses three clock hands to display standard time daylight saving time and an extra indicator for the transition period. The system helps travelers and staff track precise changes across time zones and schedules.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Pink hair trend at fall wedding in Los Angeles
Six bridesmaids wore bouffant pink tulle gowns and pale pink sprayed hair in Los Angeles. The new non metallic color coats the hair after styling, is harmless, not permanent, and washes out with water and shampoo, marking a winter party hair trend among the smart set.
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Los Angeles
Turkish Wheat Referred to as Corn in Hungary and Netherlands
A historical note explains that in Hungary and the Netherlands the term corn denotes what is locally called Turkish wheat. This terminology reflects regional language usage for grain varieties across Europe.
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Hungary
The
Netherlands
Health program preserves Canadians in Indo China tour
A Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps plan and strict hygiene by troops kept serious illness at bay during a year in Indo China. Despite malaria dysentery typhoid and tropical diseases, soldiers avoided serious illness due to a predeparture first aid kit and instructions covering daily hygiene and bite emergencies.
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Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Korea
Indo-China
Canada
Smithsonian historian dives for coastal shipwrecks
Smithsonian acting curator Mendel L. Peterson explores Florida Straits wrecks with E. A. Link using magnetometers sonar and fathometers from the Sea Diver. The team salvages cannon pieces-of-eight silver bars and other artifacts to illuminate early American maritime history.
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Mendel L. Peterson
Smithsonian Institution
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Link
Florida Straits
Smithsonian
Thelorida
Mr. Peterson
Florida Keys
Spain
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United States
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