Study on Weed Control and Germination Methods
A Saskatchewan study led by W. B. Chepil analyzes weed seed dormancy and germination in cultivated soil. Over 58 species show varied dormancy periods from under a year to many years, with clean fallow effective mainly for short dormancy weeds. Results advise species specific control as germination patterns depend on each weed.
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Soil Research Laboratory
Swift Current
Saskatchewan
Chepil
Canada
Tiny But Vicious Hummingbirds Threaten Each Other
August P Abendroth of St Louis 200 explains hummingbirds are the most destructive to their own species. They fight to death at feeding grounds, use a sharp beak, and fly at 250 miles per hour with 600 wing beats per minute. Zoos pay 20 to 30 dollars for birds and captivity limits keep cages to three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August P. Abendroth
St. Louis
Abendroth
Whistle Opens Garage Door With Supersonic System
A new door opener lets motorists whistle to raise the garage door. A dashboard whistle activates a microphone above the door, amplified to drive a motor that lifts the door.
Discovery of copper alloy predates earliest records
The article notes the first alloy, copper, existed before written records and that new alloys continue to be discovered, highlighting ongoing materials development.
Growing Up Princess Margaret Turns Sixteen
A Buckingham Palace spokesman said Princess Margaret will see fewer childhood barriers after her 16th birthday but will not attend endless parties. A royal friend said she is like an American girl in many ways, loves dancing and gadgets, dislikes hats, and notes Britain’s 12 ounce monthly candy ration.
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Margaret
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Margaret Rose
King’s oil paintings loaned to Canada and the United States
Paintings valued at £500000 including works by Constable Hogarth and Turner are being lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum the Tate and the National Galleries for exhibition in Toronto Chicago and New York.
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John Constable
William Hogarth
Joseph Turner
Canada
United States
Victoria and Albert Museum
Tate and
National Galleries
Toronto
Chicago
New York
City Lad Sees Calf Grow on Vermont Grandparents Farm
A city youth spending summer with his grandparents in Vermont expresses fascination with a new calf. He writes that the calf is getting bigger every day and, with childlike awe, notes it grows sometimes twice a day.
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Vermont
A Snappy Reply to Churchill on First Night Tickets
A conceited young playwright sent two tickets for his revue to Mr. Churchill with a note claiming one ticket was for Churchill and the other for a friend. Churchill replied he could not attend the first night but would try the second if there was one.
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Mr. Churchill
Ancient superstition ties eyeball eating to better sight
A historic belief claimed swallowing night-dwelling animal eyeballs would improve vision. The lore linked spectral creatures to human sight, a practice condemned by modern science as dangerous and unfounded.
Viscount Montgomery A Portrait Of A War Leader
A profile of World War II figure Viscount Montgomery highlighting his dour, single minded focus on work, his disdain for indulgence, and his showman image. He preferred simple uniforms and beret over Rommel’s more formal dress during the African campaign.
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Viscount Montgomery of
Alamein
Bernard Law Montgomery
Montgomery
Rommel
Ecuador Name Origins Tied to the Equator
The country Ecuador derives its name from the equator, which runs just north of Quito. This geographic landmark has long defined national identity and is often cited in cultural and historical discussions about Ecuador.
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Ecuador
Equator
Quito
Childhood Grief and Growing Pains Across the Years
A Windsor Star reflection notes that childhood brings brighter disappointments, injuries, and fears magnified at the time. Small misdeeds and rain delays trigger intense suffering, while adulthood carries different burdens but not lighter feelings.
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Windsor Star
Ocean Depth Patterns Near Continental Shelves
The National Geographic Society notes that ocean depth does not keep increasing with distance from shore. Deepest areas commonly occur along the edges of continental shelves, shaping submarine geology.
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National Geographic Society
Public Archives at Ottawa a mine of information on Canada
Ottawa archives showcase vast resources for history research with a 2,250,000 card index a 50,000 volume library and a museum featuring Wolfe boots Col McCrae’s poem and royal garments. The reading room is open day and night and staff assist genealogists and researchers.
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Public Archives At
Ottawa
Canada
Brault
Public Arcot
St. Lawrence
Public Archives
General Wolfe
Col
John McCrae
Flanders’ Fields
Grover
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
Queen Victoria
Westminster
King
France
Arthur G. Doughty
Dominion
Notable feat as Russia returns farm animals to liberated areas
Collier's reports the Soviet government conducted the largest ever movement of animals on foot, distributing 1,000,000 cows sheep and goats to returning families in liberated regions. It took six months to deliver after mapping 23 routes totaling 25 000 miles and setting up camps dispatch stations feeding watering and veterinary care while employing 7 500 herdsmen.
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Russia
Collier’s
Japanese women propose 487 foot peace tower project
Japanese Diet members plan a 487 foot peace tower in Tokyo to be funded by public subscriptions. The monument would feature a great bell a light and a statue symbolizing the goddess of peace. Kiyo Takeda from Hiroshima leads the effort.
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Diet
Tokyo
Kiyo Takeda
Hiroshima
Night blooming cereus blooms in three hours size nine inches
Mrs. Fred Foote of Lisbon Falls Maine cared for a cereus flagelliformis night blooming cereus for four years waiting for bloom. The blossom opened and measured over nine inches before she returned from vacation.
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Fred Foote
Lisbon Falls
Maine
Foote
Queen Elizabeth Hull Shaped After 7000 Tank Tests
Cunard White Star officials in New York say the Queen Elizabeth, the world’s largest passenger liner, underwent extensive trials in a Clydebank tank to simulate storms and seas. Designers tested scale models through thousands of experiments to finalize the hull form before keel laying.
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Southampton
Cunard
White Star
New York
Clydebank
Items Of Interest From Ancient Knowledge And Facts
The notes cover El Azhar University Cairo founded 972 A D as the oldest in the world. The taipan is an Australian snake deadly to horses within four minutes. Bats emit cries at 50 000 cycles per second beyond human hearing. Pompeii houses a soap factory buried by Vesuvius in 79 A D. Some insects and butterflies have leg taste organs. Ancient cosmographers believed parts of the earth under the sun were too hot for life.
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el Azhar At
Cairo
Simple filet crochet doilies pattern 7247 from Winnipeg
Three sizes of elegant filet crochet doilies offered as a luncheon table buffet set. The largest doily measures 164 inches in fine cotton. Pattern 7247 includes directions and charts for all three doilies and costs twenty cents in coins. Send to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
Pocketless suits tease future fashion
A Winnipeg Tribune snippet notes some manufacturers question the short life of material for pockets in suit production. The idea is that after paying for a suit customers may not need pockets, suggesting a shift in tailoring and wardrobe practicality.
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The
Winnipeg Tribune
Coronet Name Origin Traced to Hairlike Comet Tails
A linguistic note explains the coronet title derives from Greek and Latin terms for hair, inspired by the imagined look of comet tails streaming in the wind.
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Orangeville
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