National Trust preserves Britain's heritage for posterity
A look at the National Trust founded by Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter, and Canon Rawnsley shows how 110000 acres owned and 40000 acres under covenants protect nearly 500 properties. Its funds come from profits and donations, enabling preservation without government subsidies.
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Montague Smith
Britain
National Trust
Octavia Hill
Acreen Belt
Robert Hunter
Canon Rawnsley
Wray
Westmorland
Fanny Talbot
Barmouth
North Wales
London
Dinas Oleu
Cardigan Bay
Avebury
Stonehenge
Thames
Runnymede
Windsor
Light Returns to Broadway After Cornea Transplant
Bernice Biggs of Armstrong British Columbia, blind for nearly 18 years from keratoconus, regained sight after a rare cornea transplant in New York. She toured Manhattan alone, learned to navigate streets again and resumed independence, saying riding a Fifth Avenue bus and paying fare by herself proved her new life.
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Broadway
Bernice Biggs
Bernice
Manhattan
Armstrong
B.C
Okanagan Valley
Canadian Institute For the Blind
Victoria
New York
Fifth Avenue
LNER Reveals Wartime Rail Efforts For Bombing Campaign
Wonderful Job Sir Charles Newton, chief general manager of the London and North Eastern Railway, disclosed that to send 1 000 bombers to Germany the LNER operated 36 special trains carrying 2 600 000 gallons of petrol and 362 trucks with 2 900 tons of bombs. One thousand seven hundred trains ran in a month using rubble from blitzed London for American and RAF airfields. Nine hundred trains carried cement to build runways, and some East Anglia stations handled 80 to 160 times more traffic than designed.
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Charles Newton
London and North Eastern Railway
Germany
L.N E.R
London
East Anglia
Grow Their Own Otters Attract High Prices For Extinct Species
A government protected Aleutian sea otter faces near extinction despite conservation efforts. Prospective buyers offer $1,000 for a fur coat, yet the animal remains out of reach as authorities and activists push preservation.
Obsolete Air Power Hinted By Guided Missile Advances
California manufacturers reveal progress on unmanned guided missiles and radio controlled aircraft. Lockheed President Robert E. Gross predicts manned bombers could become obsolete within ten years while Ferris Smith of Menasco demonstrates a small radio controlled target plane capable of carrying 50 pounds of explosives and reaching 400 miles per hour.
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California
George Marshall
H. H. Arnold
Washington
Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Ferris Smith
Menasco Corp
Healthful Exercise and the Lean Postman
The article extols walking daily as a way to stay lean and happy, citing postmen who walk hundreds of miles yearly as living proof. It notes New Zealand became a self governing dominion on September 26, 1907.
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New Zealand
Tojo's Rise Fueled by Ambitious Wife Katsuko
The article paints Katsuko Tojo as a controlling, scandalous influence who steered Hideki Tojo toward power. It portrays him as a henpecked husband manipulated into leadership, with neighbors recalling her public criticisms and her domination of political appointments. The piece notes her alleged neglect of housework and her handling of Tojo's career and personal life.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
America
Tokyo
Katsuko Tojo
Katsuko
Tojo
Tojos
Peach Symbolism in Chinese Art Through Ages
In China the peach has long symbolized longevity and immortality, appearing frequently in traditional Chinese artworks and literature. Its auspicious associations reflect cultural beliefs linking peaches with eternal life and health.
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China
Wartime Explosive Plants That Became A Giant Industry
A look at Defence Industries Limited the wartime unit of Canadian Industries Limited which built and ran Canada's vast explosive complex from Beloeil Shawinigan Falls Nobel and Winnipeg. By August 1945 DIL designed and operated plants valued over 100 million with peak employment 33 000 and output totaling hundreds of millions in TNT cordite and shells for Allied forces. Most plants remain government owned with DIL managing under a small fee and will be wound down as assets are disposed by government students.
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Defence Industries Limited
D.I.L
Dominioa
Quebec
Canada
Shawinigan Falls
Que
Winnipeg
Westmount
Canadian Industries Limited
C-I-L
C-I-L Commercial Explosives Works
Beloceil
Great Britain
Dept. of Munitions, and Supply
Nobel, Ont
Dunkirk
D.L
T.N.T
Belveil
D.ii
Government of Canada
Europe
St. Paul l'Ermite
Wrokers
Dil
Dept. of Munitions and Supply
DILL
Montreal
Radar to aid trans Atlantic shipping after the war
The article notes radar will stay and boost Atlantic steamship service, especially on the Canadian route. It promises warnings of icebergs and reduced fog, improving safety and comfort for travelers preferring sea voyages to air travel.
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Canada
London
Knit On Two Needles Mittens Pattern 7063 Details
The note promotes cable-stitch mittens knitted on two needles with worsted yarn in contrasting colors. It claims affordability and winter readiness. Pattern 7063 offers sizes small, medium and large. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
General Marshall Warns Allies’ Narrow Margin of Victory
General George Marshall, Chief of Staff, said Germany and Japan nearly dominated the world, and the Allied survival was only saved by the British and Russian refusal to accept defeat. He stressed the critical role of Allied perseverance in preserving civilization.
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George Marshall
U.S. Army
Germany
Japan
The Solomon Islands Vanished After Discovery
The islands were lost after their discovery and not seen again for twenty years, a puzzling voyage spanning decades and leaving explorers seeking clues to their elusive location.
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Solomon Islands
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British Columbia
al Jennings
Oklahoma
Los Angeles
Don Lee Broadcasting Co
Lone Ranger
Jennings
Big Chief
Hastings and Prince Edward
Belleville
Ont
Atlantic Service
Alice Brooks
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