Memory Lingers Queen Victoria Revered At Balmoral
Balmoral in Scotland recalls Queen Victoria who transformed the Highlands into a fashionable royal retreat. Locals remember her as a devoted Scot by adoption and note how Balmoral Castle became a summer residence for the royal family across generations.
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Queen Victoria
Balmoral
Scotland
Palmoral
Dee Valley
Highlands
Balmers
Prince Consort
Aberdeen
Lochnagar
Albert
Highland Glen
Balmoral Castle
Deeside
Brown
Herdiary
George VI
Queen's Castle
Edward VII
Royal Castle
Crathie
Baggage Tips For Overseas Travellers
Overseas travellers may carry foodstuffs with limits per person. Total not to exceed 100 Ibs. Butter cheese rice and shortening up to 5 Ibs. Soap and sugar up to 10 Ibs. Flour up to 7 lbs. Contact local Customs for blank permit forms before forwarding baggage to avoid port checks.
Stamp Corner examines 1949 British Empire catalogue Part I
James Montagnes notes Stanley Gibbons new British Empire catalogue Part I covering George VI era stamps in former empire territories, with later sections planned. editors critique post office policy and discuss wartime papers watermarks perforations and regional changes. They warn against overproduction of high value sets and highlight new issues from Finland Ryukyu Island China and others. Ed note invites buyers and exchanges for Canadian Newfoundland or British North American stamps.
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Stanley Gibbons
London
George VI
British Empire
England
Post Office
Canada
Newfoundland
Finland
Ryukyu Island
China
Germany
Spanish Guinea
Spanish
Western Sahara
Guatemala
Israel
Austria
Ecuador
Simplified iron lungs for infantile paralysis victims
New Haven reports two Yale scientists proposed featherweight cloth or transparent plastic iron lungs for polio patients. A small rubberized cloth model worked on a cat. larger human versions could be mass produced. The design uses a vacuum seal and air pulses to expand the chest, aiding breathing during diaphragm paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Yale University
Drs
Harold Lampert
Ralph D. Eichhorn
Science
Lamport
Psologuoise spelling reform discussed by Northwestern scholar
Evanston students and faculty hear Falk Johnson explain psologuoise as a phonetic spelling system for English. He notes widespread spelling losses and suggests gradual changes such as removing silent letters one by one, citing knickknack as an example.
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Evanston
Iil
Falk Johnson
Northwestern University
Johnson
Rooster Claims Right To Crow Defies Suit
In Louisville a man sues for damages over a rooster’s crowing. Hugh Browning seeks 20500 for malicious prosecution after a warrant tied to Thelma Blevins. Judge Homer McLellan cites a rooster’s constitutional right to crow and dismisses the case.
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Louisville
Hugh Browning
Thelma Blevins
Browning
Homer McLellan
Blevins
Mental profile of abilities signals new work on aptitudes
Washington reports a new method to gauge career fit using a mental profile. Dr. Louis L. Thurstone, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, outlined primary abilities—space, number, verbal, and fluency—within a diagram to describe a person’s talents beyond IQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Louis L. Thurstone
University of Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Thurstone
Two-Belt Frock Sparks Paris Fashion Wrinkle
Paris reports a new fashion wrinkle with a frock styled with two belts. One belt goes at the waist while the second belt can be worn around the hips or under the bust to emphasize the Directoire line. Drawstrings replace belts in many models to slim the waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Directoire
Talk kindly to ducks for more eggs in London
Poultry-keeper A. S. Parsons says speaking softly to ducks yields more eggs. He claims ducks are more intelligent and responsive than hens. By gentle talk to young ducks about to lay, they become tame and docile and will lay more eggs than frightened birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. S. Parsons
Displaced Toronto Girl Wins Music Prize Runner-Up Award
A Polish born 12 year old, who recently arrived in Canada and spoke little English, won the violin class at the Canadian National Exhibition but was disqualified for lacking Canadian citizenship. The $500 scholarship went to runner-up Josephine Chuchman, 16, of Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bionde Halma Builoshysky
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Josephine Chuchman
S.N.S
Economic Study Of B C Poultry Farms
A survey of lower mainland and Vancouver Island poultry farms will collect production and maintenance cost data to compare management methods. Economics Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture, based at the University of British Columbia, will undertake the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C. Lower Mainland
Vancouver Island
Dominion Department of Agriculture
University of British Columbia
Radar in spotting icebergs aids Churchill voyage
The Canadian destroyers Nootka and Haida, on a Halifax to Churchill run, used radar to spot icebergs in Hudson Bay. Cmdr. Storrs and Lt Cmdr Picard reported a nine day voyage and praised the cruise as a useful Arctic exposure.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Nootka
Haida
Halifax
A. H. G. Sorrs
Victoria
Manitoba
Cmdr. Storrs
A. F. Picard
Arctic
Canada
Mezurka dance of Polish Magurs traced to 16th century
The mezurka is a Polish dance named for the Magurs, a branch of the Polish nation. Its history goes back to the 16th century when it was a song accompanied by a dance.
Horses and Hats and Secrets in a Fragmented Column
A nostalgic column with assorted observations on fashion hats past and present, magicians, secrecy, and horse racing. The author muses on women and hats, fashion revival, and notes playful anecdotes about Dublin, Paris, Monte Carlo, and Saint-Gaudens. The piece ends reflecting on what makes a great horse or man by leading from the front.
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James Montagnes
Burma
Malaya
Pratt Kuhn
Wellington St. W
Who & Jam
Japan
Jugoslavia
George Dani¢ic
Argentina
Plata River
Holland
Wilhelmina
Juliana
Central Press
Psologuoise
Forward Marcus
Hungerford
The
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
B.C
E. V. Darling
Magic Circle
Great Britain
Grife
T. P. O'Connor
Dublin
Europe
Birmingham
Eng
Monte Carlo
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Saint-Gaucens
Ireland
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