Toy factory uses Mice in cylinders as motive power
World brief notes report a Dayton Ohio toy maker Harry Rudy uses mice in small cylinders to drive a toy factory. A Southampton angler’s catch of cheese-like matter burned on landing due to phosphorous. Jamaica suspends import licenses amid dollar crisis. A green locust found in Tiverton England. 16,000,000 missing German POWs listed by French Military Government. Princess Sadako becomes president of Japan Silk Thread Association to boost the industry.
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Harry Rudy
Dayton
Ohio
Tiverton
England
Italy
Berlin
Hamburg
Sadako
Japan Silk Thread Association
Hearty Homespun Dishes For Cold Weather Meals
Nostalgic reader recipe collection features stick to the ribs dishes ideal for frosty mornings. Baked Corn And Sausage and Breaded Pork Chops exemplify traditional family meals with ingredients like corn, sausage, onion, green pepper, corn flakes, and eggs.
Crossword Puzzle Clues From An Old Sheet
A compact listing of crosswords clues with horizontal and vertical entries including notes of scale, places, measures, and names. The readable items reference puzzle language such as musical notes, compass points, river nymphs, and land measures, suggesting a vintage puzzle page format.
Pole shifts 200 miles in 50 years near Canadian Arctic
Ottawa report says North Magnetic Pole has moved about 200 miles north in the last five decades. Paul H. Lerson, 23, a junior field worker, states the pole now revolves near Somerset and Prince of Wales Islands at about 73 north, 96 west, almost due north of Churchill.
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Dominion Conservatory
Paul H. Lerson
Ottawa
Somerset
Prince of Wales Islands
Canada
Arctic
Churchill
North Pole
Arctic Expedition Sails From London To Jan Mayen
A postwar Arctic expedition sails from London to Jan Mayen to recover instruments left ten years ago. The team aims to study cosmic ray effects by examining the equipment on the bleak island off Greenland’s east coast.
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London
Jan Mayen
Greenland
Health tips on drowning rescues and CPR duration
Dr. Gordon Bates of the Health League of Canada urges persistence in artificial respiration for drowning victims. He cites cases of revival after long submersion and notes life can be saved after up to four hours of resuscitation. Three essentials: clear air passages, apply artificial respiration, and continue for hours or until rigor mortis.
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Gordon Bates
Health League of Canada
Bates
Dr. Bate
Schaeffer
Ordinary prejudices governed by sight
The piece argues that many common prejudices depend on sight and would fade if people were blind. It questions how people would determine race without speech cues and suggests that visual bias shapes much of social judgment.
Woman’s purse dropped during joy ride found in field
In Fort Wayne Indiana a farmer found a woman's purse in a wheat field sparking fears of foul play. Margaret Ferne Rennie of Detroit later said she dropped it from an airplane while taking a brief joy ride.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Margaret Ferne Rennie
Detroit
Dollar Bills Scarce in Shanghai Slander Case
In Shanghai Chou Chu-fu faced a fine of one Chinese dollar in a slander case but could not use small currency. The judge insisted the fine be one dollar. After days of searching Chou offered a 10 000 yuan note worth about 25 cents, yet the court stuck to one dollar and eight days later he found an ordinary dollar bill.
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Shanghai
Chou Chu-fu
Chou
World Food Council Proposed by UN FAO Conference
The FAO conference in Geneva unanimously approved creating a World Food Council. The advisory body will be less powerful than the World Food Board proposed by Sir John Boyd Orr at Copenhagen.
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Geneva
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
World Food Council
World Food Board
John Boyd Orr
FAO
Copenhagen
Greeks First to Use Bedsprings Crafter
The Greeks pioneered bedsprings using braided leather thongs suspended between heavy boards beside the bed.
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Southampton
Moscow Radio
Jamaica
General Foods
Arxgar Savecne
Theodore Gregor
Frank Polanski
Whitby
Ont
Mohammedan
Quebec
New France
Lower Canada
Canada East
GOPR
NEA Service, Inc
1. M. Reg
V. S. Pat
Panama Canal Zone
Little Reggie
Margarita
Peggy
Chuck Thurston
Priscilla
al Vermeer
Minard’s Liniment
China
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