Mountie Lectures Become Popular School Teachers Across Canada
The RCMP speaker program, begun four years ago, has delivered about 17,000 talks to over 1.5 million children, linking law and public service with Western Canadian history and youth development. Teachers praise the approach, noting its impact on citizenship and community policing.
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Prairies
Canada
RCMP
Police” Department
Mounted Police
R.C
Whitehorse
Yukon
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
R.cm.p
Regina R
United States
Reclaiming a Paint Brush with Simple Cleaning Steps
A salvaged paint brush can be reused with home methods. Soak in turpentine or cleaner, scrape away old paint, soak in hot soapy water, rub on a soap board, press bristles flat, rinse in cold water, comb and dry. Include steps to loosen stiff bristles, rewet, and finish with complete rinse.
United States Senate Honors Sister Kenny
The Senate sent a resolution to the House to allow Sister Elizabeth Kenny to enter the United States at any time without standard immigration procedures. Kenny, an Australian nurse famed for infantile paralysis work, would be granted special entry rights.
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Washington
Elizabeth Kenny
Senate
House of Representatives
United States
Unique Invention Weather Station Operates Remote Months
A weather station designed to function for weeks or months without human observers has been developed for deployment in inhospitable locations. The device aims to gather climate data where direct monitoring is impossible.
Scanty bathing suits stir North America tale and incubator babies rise
The column recalls the Pacific Coast bathing suit first worn by An nette Kellerman at Revere Beach around 1919 and contrasts it with modern French Riviera styles. It also notes incubator babies growing healthy with care, a London premature birth, red haired genetics, early talk in children, and a large custom auto built for ex king Carol of Romania.
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North America
Pacific Coast
Annette Kellerman
Revere Beach
Mass
Riviera
London
Design tips for a small teenage bedroom makeover
A mother seeks advice on enlarging a 10 by 11 foot room via diagonal furniture placement. The plan favors removing a bookcase, adding corner shelving, and using lime green walls with light wallpaper, grey accents, and a diagonal dark linoleum floor to create a sophisticated look.
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Francis James
Miss James
J. R
Country Kids and a Country Home
A poem by Edna Jaques evokes the enduring tie of children to their birthplace. It speaks of a gray old house and weathered barn as a timeless family landmark. The verses reflect on childhood memories, the first breaths, games, and the enduring pull of land and trees across seas and years.
Gadget Cuts Metal With Shock Wave Record Speed
A research lab reports a high speed device that slices metal two millionths of an inch thick without the blade touching the metal. The knife blade spins at sound speed, creating a shock wave of high compression that forms ahead of the moving edge.
Scrambled or sunny side up a prehistoric puzzle
A roundup of light humorous items notes that archeologists found ham and eggs remains, prompts a joke about toast crusts, bacteria knowledge, a divorce over beer, a so called ten million dollar sale, a thief who grabbed shoes worth 105 dollars, and quips about sprint er shoes.
Britain To Obtain Snow Geese From Canada
London reports that Britain will acquire two Snow Geese from the Canadian northwest. Peter Scott of the Severn Wild Fowl Trust, who captured the pair, says they will be housed with care and bred to help prevent extinction. The note ends with a stray line about Chinese drama from A D 720.
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London
Britain
Peter Scott
Severn Wild Fowl Trust
Scott
Honest Man Does Forgery As Business
New York report profiles John Braungard a forger who signs others letters for a firm producing forged personal correspondence. He claims to study signatures, enters a photographic trance with cigars, and can handle hundreds of letters to as many as 500000. He notes ink, pens, and a Hancock signature as his best.
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New York
John Braungard
Law and Order
Braungard
Graf Zeppelin Stamps and Global Airship Memorabilia
The Graf Zeppelin airship sparked extensive stamp issuance by 19 countries, highlighting its historic flights from Germany to the United States and South America. Early special issues included Russia and others. U S airmail stamps associated with the Zeppelin fetch high value. Also notes new stamp sets from Brunei Peru Finland Luxembourg Sweden Haiti Denmark Austria Bulgaria Algeria and more with anniversaries and figures.
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Canada
Atlantic Ocean
Great Britain
Russia
United States
Germany
South America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
U.S
North Pole
Mediterranean
Arca
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
San Marino
Brunei
Borneo
Peru
Lima
Universal Postal Union
Luxembourg
Sweden
Haiti
Denmark
Conrad Kreutzer
Gustav Werner
Austria
Johann Strauss the Elder
Bulgaria
Algeria
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Mountie
Ottawa
United States Senate
Kenny
Roxbury
Papa
FIRST
Boston
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
Carol of
Romania
Paris
Centrail Press
Desist
Edna Jaques
Donlea Drive
Toronto
Story
James Montagnes
Adve
Pratt Kuhn
Waton St. W
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