Giving Without Season Echoes Across the Globe
The piece argues that true generosity transcends Christmas and is shown by countless acts year round. It cites women sharing ration coupons before lifting limits, Americans funding a church bell, Dutch children aiding parents, Calgary transit free rides for pensioners, and an engineer aiding a stranded motorist in a blizzard.
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England
Colorado
Nunspeet
Holland
Thoughtful Transit Company
Calgary
Christmas tree safety tips to prevent fires
Advice to keep Christmas trees in water from purchase to disposal to reduce fire risk. Water keeps needles green and less inflammable, outperforming fire retardant chemicals. Also trim the trunk, set up promptly, and avoid placing decorations near light sockets.
Educated Santas Learn the Art at Albion Santa School
The world’s only Santa Claus School in Albion New York trains would be Santas with white wigs red suits and wide belts. Graduates earn credits for hearty laughter and twinkling eyes and learn to stay calm when children doubt Santa.
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Santa Claus School
Albion
New York
Santa Claus
Caroling Held Favorite at Christmas Eve Gatherings
The article notes Christmas carols as a favored custom across many regions with origins tied to the term noels from France and a Latin meaning cry of joy. It mentions carol tradition includes round dances and references an early carol collection published around 1521.
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France
Yule Log Message Describes Medieval Christmas Toast
A medieval toast accompanied the Yule log with a saying that the log burns to destroy old hatreds and bring good fellowship for the season and year. It notes preferred wood types for a Yule log such as oak ash olive apple or pine.
Epiphany Eve Trees Bow to Christ in Syria Legend
An Epiphany Eve legend from Syria describes trees bowing at midnight to honor the Christ child in the night called Lallat al Qadr or night of destiny. A Syrian writer notes Epiphany celebrations recalling Jesus baptism in the Jordan 12 days after Christmas and the rivers becoming holy at sunset.
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Christ
Syria
Lief
Jesus
Jordan
Iturbi Tamps Pipe Sparks New Smoking Aid
Jose Iturbi burned fingers tamping his pipe leading to an automatic spring tamper named Pak A Pipe. MGM figures Pasternak Sidney and Freed helped design it before Joseph Ross of John Surrey Pipe Ltd. purchased the device for market. The overlit pipe promises easier tamping without burns.
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New York
Jose Iturbi
Iturbi
MGM Commissary
Joe Pasternak
Pasternak
George Sidney
Arthur Freed
Iturbs
Freed
Joseph Ross
John Surrey Pipe, Ltd
Ross
Secret award helps solve murder of elderly recluse
Chicago Sun Times reveals its $100000 secret witness reward led to the arrest and confession of Calvin Hoffman and exposure of a six man gang in Herman Engelhard slaying. Hoff mans tip implicated Mrs Earline Madison and other gang members tied to a South Side flat robbery shroud.
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Chicago
Chicago Sun- Times
Calvin Hoffman
Sun-Times
Hoffman
Harry Deas
Abbey Blautberg
Herman Engelhard
Earline Madison
Engelhard
South Side
Silkworms Made Radioactive for Cancer Growth Study
A Harvard University lab and the Collis p Huntington Memorial Hospital group announced radioactive silkworms to illuminate protein synthesis in growth and cancer research. They injected radioactive carbon into alanine and glycine to trace silk fibroin formation, revealing internal processes via photographs.
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New York
Science
Official Journal of American Scientists
Collis P. Huntington Memorial Hospital
Chemical and Biological Laboratories
Harvard University
Harvard
Ant psychologist studies ant behavior to illuminate human patterns
In New York a scientist at the American Museum of Natural History guides a global program of ant studies. Dr Theodore G Schneirla observes army ants in Central America and tests learning in mazes to link insect behavior to human actions.
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New York
American Museum of Natural History
Theodore G. Schneirla
Schneirla
Auckland Hot Springs Prove Value in Actual Instance
Maoris long trusted Keteahi hot springs for cures. A native party carried a 250 pound invalid by stretcher four miles uphill to a bath in the spring stream, housed him in a tent, and after days he walked to the springs unaided and left largely recovered.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Book of Paper Matches Helps Identify Citizen
Hamilton police solved an amnesia case after a man entered headquarters asking his name. A matchbook from Graham Service Station in Covington Kentucky carried the clue. Police traced it to John Graham Sr. 54 Covington owner of the station. his son John Jr. said the elder man had been ill.
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Hamilton
Ohio
Covington
John A. Bippus
Graham
Robert Welch
John Graham Sr
Madison Ave
John Graham Jr
Mr. Graham
War Surplus Finds New Uses Across Nebraska Schools
War surplus materials worth about two million dollars have been distributed to Nebraska colleges and schools in the past year. Floyd Parker notes items ranging from 10 cent disinfectant bottles to radar sets are repurposed for peacetime uses. Rubber tanks become stair pads, gym gear uses gas mask cases, Pup tents become drop cloths, radios aid school systems, snow shoes aid instruction, baking powder fills home economics, and even sample false teeth are repurposed.
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Lincoln
Nebr
Nebraska
Floyd Parker
United States
Parker
Dumb Animals Thrive Amid Civilization in Survival Battle
New York report details three wild animals once deemed dumb proving adept at coexisting with humans. The coyote leads the trend by expanding from the west into Ohio and Alaska, capitalizing on secrecy, speed, and adaptability. Wolves clash with coyotes in the north, but the coyote often evades conflict and traps.
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New York
United States
Smart
Ohio
Alaska
Anthony
North
Francis the Democratic mule heads to Washington as mascot
Francis, a Missouri born mule, replaces Marilla as the Democratic party mascot. Governor Forrest Smith attended a farewell with Ed Frazier of Drexel, who sold Francis for 225 dollars to serve nationally. Francis was airlifted from Kansas City to Washington bearing a sign greeting readers from Missouri.
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Jefferson City
Francis
Democratic Party
Marilla
Washington
Forrest Smith
Smith
Ed Frazier
Drexel
Party
Frazier
Truman
Missouri
Kansas City
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