Radio Telescope Opens New Window For Looking At Heavens
Ithaca reports the unveiling of a 17 foot diameter wire basket radio telescope that acts as both eye and ear for space signals. It records radio data in sound and can detect sun radar signals. The device costs about 30000 dollars, far less than California’s main telescope, with signals reaching from the Milky Way center 30000 light years away.
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Ithaca
Httle
California
Space
Earth
Milky Way
Moon
Venus
Mars
Planets
The paca and earth facts from an old reference
The passage describes the paca as a single species rodent in the Americas with distinctive cheek bones and pale longitudinal bands. It also states Earth orbits the Sun at about 18.5 miles per second, completing 360 degrees in 365 days, with a roughly 600 million mile orbit, and notes egg stains on silver can be removed with plain salt.
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Central
South America
Housing units rise in eight months across Canada in 1948
The Bureau of Statistics reports 43 600 housing units built in the first eight months of 1948, including detached houses and apartments. Ontario led with 15 274 single houses, Quebec 11 817, Montreal 5 341 and Toronto 2 488. Rental share dropped to 28 percent from six months earlier.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Bureau
Ontario
Quebec
Ocean farming and deep diving plans from 20th century scientists
The article notes a Canadian writer predicting vast ocean vegetation could bolster world food stocks. Professors Auguste Picard and Max Cosyns aim to descend two and a half miles in a specialized diving hall. It also mentions a $200 bonus for Japanese union members working under two bosses and other brief items.
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Auguste Picard
Max Cosyns
Davy Jones
Neptune
Jap Labor Union
Japanese doctor claims growth of leprosy germs in tube
Tokyo reports that Dr. Keizo Nakamura of the preventive medicine research institute says he has grown leprosy germs in test tubes using mucin from a cow jaw gland combined with an unnamed compound. The claim marks a long-sought step in leprosy research.
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Tokyo
Keizo Nakamura
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
Size and population of Matto Grosso in Brazil
Matto Grosso in western Brazil covers about 532,683 square miles, ranking as the second largest state. It has a low population density with roughly one person per two square miles.
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Matto Grosso
Brazil
On the Side and Odds of Marriages Across Time
A blended column blends light musings on dogs abandoned by drivers in Nebraska with Confucius wisdom, reflections on betting on horses, and a mass wedding in Peiping. It notes fertility statistics, asks playful questions, and preserves a quirky old newspaper voice.
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Peiping
China
Act of 1850 Authorized England Public Libraries
The first act of parliament authorizing the establishment of public libraries in England was passed in 1850.
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Parliament
England
Ten costliest air mail stamps and their value
The ten most valuable air mail stamps in existence today total 51860 dollars. At issue each stamp was valued under ten dollars, highlighting how rarity and demand boosted value over time.
Jet Planes May Prove Answer To Arctic Flying
Wing Cmdr Cameron from Stellarton Nova Scotia notes jet engines simplify Arctic starts with fewer moving parts but face fuel use and ice on intakes. Winter Experimental Establishment at Edmonton conducts tests with Watson Lake and Churchill operations.
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Cameron
Stellarton
N.S
Arctic
Edmonton
Watson Lake
British Columbia-Yukon
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Cmir
Dallas skater Patricia Jones named queen at tobacco sellers convention
At a ball game a Dallas woman Patricia Jones, 1942 national figure skating champion, was invited by a Retail Tobacco Dealers of America official to be queen of the next convention after a playful remark about enjoying a cigar. The unexpected encounter led to the title.
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New York
Retail Tobacco Dealers of America
Patrici Jones
Dallas
Scott's Stamp Catalogue 1949 Part One Published in New York
The 105th edition covers the Americas and the British Commonwealth with minor price changes noted. Higher value and older stamps show increases while some World War I and pre war European issues may soften as imports rise. New issues include Panama Netherlands Indies Curacao Suriname Queen Wilhelmina commemoratives, Israel airmail stamps, New Zealand Health Stamps, and King George VI era British stamps with colony names. Ed note invites stamp sellers to contact Mr Pratt Kuhn in Toronto.
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Scott
New York
Americas
British Commonwealth
Great Britain
Aden
Philippines
Gordon R. Harmer
Europe
Panama
Franklin Roosevelt
Netherlands Indies
Curacao
Suriname
Wilhelmina
Switzerland
Bar International
New Zealand
Creech
Crete
George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Bulgaria
Turkey
Argentina
Pratt Kuhn
Welington St. W
Toronto
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Alberta
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Manitoba
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Prince Edward Island
Montreal
Vancouver
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Australia
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U.N
Genral
Hartley Shawcross
Britain
S.N.S
E. ¥. Darling
Nebraska
Dot
Chinatown
Confucius
Richard A
Richard
Wing Cmdr
Victoria
Halifax
United States
Juliette Low
The
Girl Scouts
James Montagnes
Gold Coast
West African
Holland
Yemen
Red Sea
United Nations
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