Noted Scientist’s Alaska Trip Aims At Polar Life Mysteries
Montreal Star reports Dr. Nicholas Polunin, Macdonald Professor of Botany at McGill, studied plant and animal life in polar regions during a RC AF and US Air Force flight over the North Pole. Samples at 3,000 to 25,000 feet included moulds yeasts bacteria and pollen to help explain wind origins and wheat rusts impact.
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Alaska
Montreal
Nicholas Polunin
Macdonald
McGill University
RCAF
North Pole
Pole
Polunin
Stuart M. Pady
C. D. Kelly
North American
Canada
Arctic Ocean
Montreal Star
Hesperus the Greek name for the evening star Venus
The Greeks called the planet Venus Hesperus, referring to the evening star. The term denotes Venus as seen at dusk and reflects ancient astronomical naming.
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Hesperus
Venus
Syria shows flag on stamps in natural colors
Stamp Corner notes Syria is the latest country to issue stamps featuring its flag in natural colors. The article surveys various nations that produced multicolored flag stamps, including historical sets from the United States, Paraguay, Panama, and Europe, with multiple flags depicted on single issues.
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Syria
United States
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Norway
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Austria
Denmark
Korea
Paraguay
Uruguay
Peru
Chile
Brazil
Argentina
Panama
Venezuela
Colombia
Costa Rica
Europe
Russia
United Nations
Great Britain
Notable Canal Zone stamping leaders and early administrators
The article notes 1939 US volunteer firemen stamps and 1946 Egyptian Saudi flags in color. It highlights Who's Who on Postage Stamps Canal Zone with three stamps for early administrators George Whitfield Davis, Charles Edward Magoon, and John Findley Wallace.
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Canal Zone
George Whitfield Davis
Charles Edward Magoon
John Findley Wallace
Panama Canal
Sea serpents and stamps mix in odd summer scroll
Loch Ness hosts a buoyant year of sea serpent sightings from Georgian Bay to the Gulf of Mexico with brassy horns and cowardly dashes. Separately stamps from Ascension Island to Pakistan mark anniversaries and independence while an old collector seeks Canadian issues.
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Loch Ness
Georgian Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Ascension Island
St. Helena
Falkland Islands
United States
Hungary
Shakespeare
Goethe
Byron
Voltaire
Victor Hugo
Poe
Mark Twain
Sandor Petofi
Leon Tolstoy
Maxim Gorky
Belgium
Antwerp
Egypt
Cairo
Rome
Pakistan
Sudan
Adv
Pratt Kuhn
Witon St. W
Toronto
Addicts Cost Canada Millions in Drug Trade Loss
Vancouver report by K C Hossick, chief of Narcotic Control, estimates 2000 to 4000 addicts cause economic losses of many millions yearly. Losses stem from burglary, shoplifting, fraud, and enforcement costs. He notes daily drug costs of 20 to 30 dollars per addict and that 2,000 addicts using a grain a day could drive about 42 million dollars yearly. Figures vary and may be uncertain but total costs remain substantial.
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Vancouver
Canada
K. C. Hossick
National Health Department
Chief Constables Association of Canada
Hossick
Barbara Ferguson joins Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in New York
A Toronto dancer after five years of training earns a place with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Barbara Ferguson, age 21, was selected from 80 hopefuls for the ballet chorus after tryouts in June and will perform following her return home.
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Toronto
Barbara Ferguson
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Barbara
S.N.S
Butcher Pleads Guilty To Short Weight Case
Edward Renert, 40, owner of a Los Angeles butcher shop, pleaded guilty to short weighting a customer after using a fan aimed at the scales to blow air away from the meat. He faces a $150 fine or 30 days in jail.
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Los Angeles
Edward Renert
Renert
Bureau of Weights and Measures
Fall born pigs need extra sunshine substitute
Fall born pigs raised indoors lack sun exposure and may develop rickets despite mineral supplements. Vitamin D from sun or cod liver oil is essential. a half tablespoon per pig daily of a 200 unit vitamin D feeding oil is advised to prevent rickets and support growth. Feed cod liver oil until pigs reach about 100 pounds.
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W. J. Cuthbert
Dominion Experimental Station
Prince George
B.C
Grafting Knowledge Traced Back to Ancient Jurists
Fragmentary text notes grafting was known centuries before Christ, with jurists mentioning horticultural techniques over two millennia ago. The source preserves early references to plant grafting in legal or scholarly contexts.
If You Drink Think Of This
Chicago report highlights 1947 traffic data from Accident Facts. One in five fatal drivers had been drinking, with light drinkers 3 to 4 times more likely to crash and heavy drinkers 55 times more likely. One in four adult pedestrians killed were also drinking.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
San Diego
Calif
Patricia Bourne
Paris
Thomas Burbridk
Equiva
Longchamps
Sol
Melucine Hats by Hugh Beresford Introduce Town and Country Line
London milliner Hugh Beresford presents Melucine hats made from marabou and goose feathers. The autumn range, Town and Country, is mass produced yet finished by hand to retain model-like quality at a medium price.
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Hugh Beresford
London
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United States Volunteer Firemen
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Nemesis
Night
Carter
Sweigert
The
San Francisco Chronicle
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Southampton
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