Century old dream becomes reality solar cell unveiled
The solar cell, disc sized device developed by Bell Telephone laboratories, uses purified sand to create a silicon crystal that operates from light. It runs motors and a voice amplifier with only a single lamp source and is claimed to be over twenty times more efficient than prior devices. Sold to about 70 firms at 25 dollars each for trials, with rural telephone lines already using multiple cells to boost power.
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Western Electronics Show
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Fred Pollack
Pollack
Grandma
Marine gas stations serve all in BC coast equally
Vancouver report notes marine gas docks along the British Columbia coast function as self service ports open day and night. Yacht owners, fish boat crews and lamp users fill their own tanks while operators provide weather and tides data, fresh water, and basic first aid. Credit systems and coupons are common during fishing season.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Alaska
Joe
Painless dental drill advances eyed for future clinics
A new dental drilling method uses aluminum oxide as the cutting agent with vibration at 29,000 cycles per second producing near painless effect. A second electro anesthesia drill delivers a desensitizing current to reduce pain, with 91 percent of patients reportedly not feeling the drill.
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New York
Kensaku Suzuki
Toyke Medical and Dental University
Suzuki
Columbia University
Carl R. Oman
Edmond Applebaum
Bridge bidding chaos in two rooms ends in double
In room play West opened One Club and North replied One Heart. East bid Two Diamonds and South's Three Hearts couldn't stop West. Four Diamonds hit, with West scoring overtricks. room two saw East’s Two Diamonds rejected and South's Three Hearts went down two doubled.
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West
North
South
Ocean levels differ at Isthmus of Panama by eight inches
The Pacific Ocean shows a mean level about eight inches higher than the Atlantic at the Isthmus of Panama. This small but notable discrepancy helps explain local tidal and navigational differences observed in the region.
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Pacific Ocean
Panama
Atlantic
Dairy Farmers Linked to Hardware Disease and Cost Cuts
Alberta dairy studies show rising deaths from hardware disease due to baled hay as sharp metal pieces injure cows. Farmers cut costs by twine tying bales and clearing grain bins while statisticians note seasonal changes, improved breeding, and workers with stable wages. The link to ice cream prices emerges from cost control insights.
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B. J. McBain
Alberta
Fresh Good Samaritan finds payroll, gets five shillings reward
A Johannesburg resident turned in a found payroll amounting to $7,000 in a black bag and received five shillings seven tenths in reward. The note shifts to Canadian crop costs with oats rising 20 percent in Alberta and weather-driven dairy cost increases in Calgary.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Alberta
McBain
Canada tops 1955 wheat crop amid higher production forecast
Canada forecasts its 1955 wheat harvest at 500.6 million bushels, up 67 percent from last year and 13 percent above the ten year average. Other crops also rise with barley and flax near record yields. poultry on farms falls 8 percent by June.
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Canada
Zesty Steak Sauce and Cauliflower Pickle Recipes
Step by step two recipes for a zesty steak sauce with lemon and a cauliflower pickle. Ingredients include lemon juice tomato sauce salt mustard Worcestershire honey Tabasco oil and onions with directions to marinate broil and serve. The pickle uses cauliflower onions salt sugar turmeric mustard seed celery seed red pepper cloves vinegar water and a hot packing method.
Caribou Herd Decline Prompts Action Plan
In Fort Smith NWT federal commissioner R G Robertson notes a survey showing caribou numbers halved, calling it highly distressing. An aerial census places the herd around 300000 across barren lands from the Mackenzie to Hudson Bay, far below 665000 in 1948 49. A wildlife service report suggests reducing human use to minimum until recovery. Consideration of distributing low cost buffalo meat from Wood Buffalo Park slaughter is discussed.
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Fort Smith, N.W.T
the Northwest Territories
R. G. Robertson
Territories
The
Territories Council
Robertson
Mackenzie River
Hudson Bay
Wildlife Service
Wood Buffalo Park
Saskatchewan woman Spoils Elite With Family Mountain Vacation
A Saskatchewan woman at a Lake Louise resort chatted with the elite about chauffeurs and maids before revealing her husband gave a three week all expenses paid mountain vacation to their cook, cleaning woman, and gardener. She noted she was all three, ending the conversation.
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Saskatchewan
Lake Louise
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