Animals in Zoos Require Most Careful Attention
A National Zoo cub, a rare polar brown hybrid, died after two weeks amid questions of captive animal health. The piece notes zoo medicine, climate changes, stress, acclimation, and the need for vigilant care from zoo doctors to prevent disease and injuries in confined animals.
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Washington
National Zoological Park
National Geographic Society
Uoon
Andes
California
Iquique
Chile
Los Angeles
Tropics
Dachshund Uses Phone to Call Its Way Home
In Great Falls Montana a dachshund named Spotty proves clever by responding when two year old Ruth Lofstrom calls on the telephone. Spotty trots from his grandmother’s home to play with Ruth and returns on the same line, showing a surprising understanding of the home’s phone calls.
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Great Falls
Mont
Ruth Lofstrom
Ruth
Spotty
Zoo Hospital In-Depth View Of Animal Sidelights
A vivid tour shows hospital wards in a large zoo where injured animals receive care. Elephants, hippos, chimpanzees and birds suffer broken teeth, limbs, and fractures while nurses and veterinarians treat them under bandages, casts, and careful observation.
New Apparatus Probes Into Earth's Core at Harvard
Harvard University physicists unveil a dual high temperature and high pressure device to study minerals 20 miles underground. Drs. Francis Birch and R R Law lead the effort at Gordon McKay and Dunbar labs, enabling combined temperature up to 1000 C and pressures up to 10 000 atmospheres. The technique uses a nitrogen medium and two methods to apply heat and pressure for mineral experiments.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Gordon McKay and Dunbar Physics Laboratories
Francis Birch
R. R. Law
Harvard
Admiral Henry V Butler and aviation’s rise in navy
Rear Admiral Henry V Butler was raised to Vice Admiral as he took command of the American fleet’s aircraft battle force. The appointment underscored aviation’s growing role in naval power and strategy.
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Henry V. Butler
Graveyard of Prehistoric Animals Found Near Death Valley
In Pasadena area, scientists from the California Institute of Technology excavate in Armargossa desert, unearthing fossils from the lower oligocene era. A perfect titanothere skull leads a collection that includes now extinct rodents and various mammals, with ongoing exploration for more fossils along the rock seam.
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Pasadena
Calif
North America
Armargossa
California Institute of Technology
Chester Stock
Desert
Death Valley
Doctor Stock
Dense vegetation once covered bone dry rocky wastes
The area was likely lush with dense vegetation and well watered by rains in the past, according to the speaker.
Mischievous Belgian Princess Spotted On Brussels Walk
Princess Josephine Charlotte, seven and a half, the Belgians' king and queen's daughter, was seen en route to her Brussels public school where her teacher calls her the most mischievous pupil in her class.
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Josephine Charlotte
Brussels
Ohio Horses Decline On Ohio Farms Since 1920
The number of horses on Ohio farms fell from 811 000 in 1920 to 541 000 in 1984 a 45 percent drop in 14 years. L P McCann extension specialist at Ohio State University reported. Farmers have started efforts to boost colt raising.
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Ohio
Marysville
Ohio Farms
L. P. McCann
Ohio State University
Eye Lens Says How Old You Are
A Chicago scientist tells the National Academy that the eye lens reveals age, hardening by fifty and overall aging of the body. The piece cites a fatal fright by two teens that killed a boy, a six month jail term and fine for the pranksters, and broad comments by Ickes Long Wallace on leaders and Earth’s blue view from Mars, with other reflections on war, Formosa, and editors predicting better times.
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Felix Bernstein
Columbia University
National Academy of Science
Chicago
George Bond
Carl McMurty
Poplar Bluff
James Ainley
Odd Foods That Find Favor Around the World
Dr. Charles H. LaWall notes global gastronomic daring as people eat live baby crabs in China and Chilean dishes, live shrimps in Hawaii, balachong in Burma, buried decomposed eggs in China, and a wide range of unusual foods from snails to horse meat. He cites extensive consumption of diverse animals and insects across regions, including elephants, hippos, lizards, snakes, and birds nests soup, highlighting global culinary diversity.
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Charles H. LaWall
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science
China
la Wall
Orient
Japan
LaWall
Trinidad
Africa
Australia
Florida
France
Germany
Switzerland
America
New York
New Jersey
Spirits Paintings on California Rocks Solved
Dr. John P. Harrington of the Bureau of American Ethnology concludes medicine men are the spirits behind rock paintings etched at night by Indian tribes. The enduring pigments come from chilecothe seed oil, with designs often dreamt by the medicine men and seen as sacred, temple like faces and symbols.
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California
Kansas City Star
Science Service
John P. Harrington
Bureau of American Ethnology
Dizzy Dean Winners Ad Offers Free Prizes
Read the Grape Nuts ad in another column and learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners program for a chance to win valuable free prizes.
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Adv
Giant Japanese apples grow eight-pound fruit in Nagano
Ichitaro Matsuda of NaganoJapan grows apples weighing about eight pounds each after many experiments. Though sour in taste they carry a strong flavor and reflect extensive trial planting.
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Ichitaro Matsuda
Nagano
Japan
Dr. Pierce's Favorite gh tee claim features slogans
The item promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite gh tee as a tonic to strengthen women and notes it is non alcoholic. It is sold by druggists in tablet and liquid forms. The remark about a skunk entering a house reflects a humorous or unrelated aside from the main ad copy.
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Dr. Pierce
No Strain on Purse The Easiest Thing to Pay
A light column argues respect costs little yet carries lasting value in daily life, urging readers to prioritize courtesy over cost. The piece frames respect as simple and universal, contrasting it with financial concerns and social strain.
Cardui Helps Mrs Pike In Run Down Condition And Cramps
Mrs Albert Pike of St Joseph Missouri writes she was run down with cramps and nervousness yet Cardui helped. She notes she never has a bad day using Cardui and recommends others try it, while urging medical consultation if it does not benefit.
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Cardui
Albert Pike
R.F.D
St. Joseph
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Iowa
Formosa
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