Synthetic Power From Carbohydrates Marches Toward Industry
In a Carnegie Institute lab Dr. Ernest Beri claims to have developed a process to convert common carbohydrates into coal and oil, using limestone under pressure to create proto products that crack into usable fuels. He argues this could curb oil dependence as reserves dwindle, with costs potentially higher than natural distillation but cheaper as technology improves.
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Carnegie Institute
Ernest Beri
Germany
Beri
Berl
Dr. Berl
Ber
Protests Rise Over English Teaching in German Schools
The Schwarze Korps protests against teaching English to German schoolchildren criticizing the supposed waste of time on the pseudo Germanic dialect. Meanwhile British Columbia leads Canada in fisheries production with Nova Scotia second. Barnet Fair in England abandoned for the first time since its charter due to the war.
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Schwarze Korps
Black Guard
British Columbia
Canadian
Nova Scotia
Henry Sr
Barnet Fair
England
Great Britain
Hoonders
San Francisco
Holland
Juliana
Netherlands
Canada
Nazi Germany
Forty Percent of U S Auto Workers Are Age Forty Plus
A survey of automobile factory employment shows forty percent of workers are at least forty years old, indicating a aging segment within the industry. The data point reflects broader labor trends and may influence wage and retirement planning discussions.
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U.S
Color Blindness An Old Diary of Dalton and Vision Limits
The article discusses color blindness, its effects on job eligibility and warfare, noting that color blind airmen can detect camouflaged weapons. It mentions prevalence rates, types like red green and blue yellow confusion, and references Dalton and John Dal ton’s 1794 study with an anecdote about his scarlet gown.
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John Dalton
Oxford
Crochet With Stitchery Pattern 6786 Offer
Crochet with Stitchery promotes embroidered floral motifs for scarves towels and pillow cases. Pattern 6786 includes 16 transfer motifs from 4 by 7 inches to 1 1 4 by 1 1 4 inches plus a crochet chart directions materials and color schemes. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Departments Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Cameroon and Duala Port in French and British West Africa
National Geographic notes on the Cameroons describe its geography from Duala near the Gulf of Guinea to the inland highlands, with roughly 166000 square miles governed by France and a Nigerian part under Britain. The region, once Kamerun, hosts pygmies, gorillas, elephants, and a population of about 2.5 million natives and over 3,000 Europeans in 1938.
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Cameroons
Duala
General de Gaulle
Africa
Equator
Gulf of Guinea
Nigeria
French Equatorial Africa
National Geographic Society
French West Africa
Dakar
Hand Laundered Swans Cleared of Nazi Oil Tide
Thirty swans on the Thames were washed to remove oil from bombs by Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals men. The King’s swans keeper said the birds were in terrible shape and refused to return to the polluted stretch after washing, so they were moved to cleaner waters upstream.
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Thames
Royal Society For Prevention of
Pets Face War Bombs in London Homes
A London report notes 45 million domestic animals endure air raids alongside people. Pets join shelters when sirens sound, with cats hiding in rooms or cats and dogs heading to shelters as thunder returns. Some owners ration pets with human food, risking fines, while wealthier owners relocate animals to safer kennels.
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Limehouse
Buckingham Palace
Associated Press
London
Northern deep air raid shelter planned at Seaham colliery
The first deep air raid shelter in northern England will be dug in lime stone at a Seaham colliery. The colliery company will supply the labor and the shelter is expected to accommodate 4,000 persons.
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England
Seaham
Wise up: Mars nears Earth as father and son contrast
The text notes a moral twist with a miserly father and spendthrift son. It also states Mars comes within 35,000,000 miles of Earth at times.
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Mars
Earth
Public Health Costs in Canada Hit High Mark
The National Mental Hygiene Committee reports Canada spends about 193 million dollars annually on public health and medical services. It notes 55,000 Canadians work in public health, with 72 percent funded by private individuals and 21 percent by government. It calls for more beds for tuberculosis and mental illness and highlights progressive municipal physician schemes in Saskatchewan.
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Canada
Pensions and Health Department
National Committee For Mental Hygiene
Quebec
Maritimes
Dominion
Western
Saskatchewan
Two-person bicycle gun unit deployed in Greece terrain
The Italians fielded a dual rider bicycle with a front driver and a rear machine gunner for Greece. The contraption features two-wheel brakes three speeds and foldable design to navigate narrow roads and steep paths. Romford England shows a single MP from a 230,002 population borough.
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Greece
The Flippant Answer and Social Lubricants in Greetings
The piece mocks the crotchety ogre who answers Good Morning with What’s good about it and criticizes long winded replies to How are you. It argues greetings are social lubricant evolving toward brief, nonconfrontational responses.
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May
Minneapolis Star Journal
Air Raid Wardens Uncover Parachute Turned Pajamas
An air raid warden tripped over a large blue green parachute while seeking a dud bomb. He kept it and gave it to his tailor who crafted a full suit of pajamas with cold and air. King Leopold walks sadly behind garden walls as the crown weighs uneasily.
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Leopold
Belgium
Backers Recoup 38 Cents on Dollar After World’s Fair
The New York World’s Fair ended but financiers still felt the sting as creditors received only 38 cents per dollar owed, underscoring the event’s lasting debt burden.
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