Whaling Men Look for Big Season Off British Columbia
Victoria BC whaling season outlooks show six ships sailed north this year with veterans returning to the trade. Uboat fears linger as crews anticipate harpooning from guns and towed blubber, while whale oil prices hover around fourteen to fifteen dollars a barrel.
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Victoria
B. C
Queens Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
Rose Harbor
Queen Charlotte
Britain
Peter Rabbit Fleees From Fox and Hawk in Bramble Tangle
Peter Rabbit hides his unfinished path work as danger closes in. Reddy Fox stalks below and Redtail the Hawk circles above, forcing a desperate dash toward the Briar Patch with Sammy Jay warning him to flee.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Sammy Jay
Sammy
Reddy Fox
Redtail the
Redtail
Hawk
Briar
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Total War Doesn't Put Any Fear in U. S. Ants
Davis California report quotes University of California entomologist Dr. J. E. Eckert on ants as rapid reoccupiers after fires floods or winter. Ants retreat underground during fire and endure freezing or submersion for days. Workers live five to six years and queens nine to ten. one queen reached fifteen.
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Davis
Calif
J. E. Eckert
University of California
Eckert
Dr. Eckert
Dogs by Dozen Dine After Train Whistles
In Carrollton Missouri a Wabash train whistle brings about two dozen dogs to the depot. Roy Mack the dining car chef saved bones for the Carrollton canines, now drawing a growing parade of hungry passengers whenever the train stops.
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Carrollton
Roy Mack
Rookie Represents Make Believe in Easter Way
CAMP ROBINSON ARK The new army will have energy if recruits are like one at the training center. A sergeant ran a make believe air raid drill with green infantrymen. One recruit tired of diving into brush and stayed sitting center road claiming it is all make believe and he is under a culvert.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
Chester the Pup By George O Halloran
The story depicts a telephone repairman sent to fix a faulty line. A lanky worker, likened to a floor lamp with a wig, struggles to manage tools as Chester and companions rummage through his grip and chase him around the house. The tale ends with a humorous mishap during a sidewalk crack incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacTavish
Mac
Western Newspaper Union
Water as Gold in Luberitzbucht Desolate Southwest Africa
In Luberitzbucht, one of the world’s driest regions, water for bathing is rented at 25 cents per gallon. After bathing, used water is sprinkled on the scant plants that survive the blistering climate.
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Luberitzbucht
Africa
Young Medina Student Owns Plane Before 18
John Barber Jr., 17, Medina high school sophomore, bought a Piper Cub trainer with funds from an uncle's trust and landed at Albion airport after a Buffalo flight. The Orleans county judge allowed early ownership. Barber learned to fly last year, soloed after eight hours, and warns against stunting. He plans to enroll in Parks Air College after graduation.
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Medina
N. Y
John Barber Jr
Young Barber
Albion
Here
Buffalo
Barber
Orleans County
William H. Munson
John
Syracuse
Parks Air College
Halifax War Boom Strains City Housing and Dining
Halifax faces acute housing and dining pressures as wartime traffic swells population. Landladies overlook business girls seeking rooms amid servicemen’s demand and high rents. Government considers 300 to 400 new dwellings while hotels and restaurants struggle to feed a crowded port full of servicemen, sailors, and aviators.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Business Girls
Dominion
Air Force
Toronto
Winnipeg
British Columbia
Alberta
Dairymen Find Corn Syrup Cuts Cane Sugar Use
New York state dairy researchers report corn sugar or syrup can replace about 25 percent of cane sugar in ice cream ices and sherbets. Experiments show 25 percent substitution improves body and texture in ice cream with no noticeable taste difference. A domestic corn sweetener shift could save 25 000 tons annually for the U.S. ice cream industry.
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Geneva
N. Y
New York State Agricultural Station
A. C. Dahlberg
America
Blonde Gives Army Boys the Runaround
CAMP ROBINSON ARK Two dozen soldiers from the 137th Infantry Company F danced with a Little Rock blonde who shared a telephone number with each man. Afterward the men found all numbers were different and calls reached the fire department police station dog pound and other unwelcome responders.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
137Th Infantry
Little Rock
Dudgeon
Driver Follows Orders To Deliver Passenger To Isolated Spot
In New Bedford Massachusetts a taxi driver followed a visitor request to go to the nearest point to Cuttyhunk but did not mention boat service. He charged $2 and left the traveler on a deserted peninsula, reporting to the chamber of commerce.
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New Bedford
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Cuttyhunk
Army Maps Use Of Railroads
The War Department outlines a complete reorganization of the military railway service to plan wartime railroad operation in any theater. It details grand divisions and divisions with battalions for heavy repairs and active operation, training set for June 1, and the chain of command from chief engineer to theater operations. It notes mobilization plans, sponsorship by railroad companies, and the need to fill enlisted ranks from replacement centers.
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Washington
Military
War Department
Military Railway Service
Carl R. Gray
Army unveils snowmobile artillery transport at Lake Placid
The army revealed a new snowmobile capable of dragging a field gun at 170 miles per hour over waist high snow. About 1,500 ski troops trained in snow warfare using sleds and caterpillar wheeled machines. Two men suffered broken legs on a training trip, and a small dog was injured in a skating line incident.
Judge Holds Owner of Bull Liable in Death
Montreal report says Mrs. Philips Claude receives 2500 dollars after a farm accident ruling that her husband died in a bull attack rather than from lightning. Justice Archambault found the farm owner liable as the bull’s proprietor and employer.
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Montreal
Philips Claude
Archambault
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Rush
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Chester the Pup
George O'Halloran
United States Army
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