Migration of Birds Is Studied
Washington scientists led by Dr. Alexander Wetmore examine migration complexity. They cite data from Salt Lake Valley to Patagonia, discuss flight speeds from 20 to 70 mph, altitude ranges, sense of direction, and banding efforts under the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey to advance understanding of why birds migrate and how they navigate.
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Washington
Alexander Wetmore
Smithsonian Institution
American Ornithologists' Union
Doctor Wetmore
Salt Lake Valley
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Pampas
Argentina
Uruguay
Buenos Aires
West Indies
Central Africa
Eurasia
Arctic
Antarctic
United States
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
C. C. Mortensen
Denmark
Bureau of Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Manhattan Boy Has Million on His Life
Franklin E Campbell Jr a fourteen year old from New York is noted as the most heavily insured boy. His father an undertaker secured a life policy worth 1 million dollars for twenty years with the cooperation of thirty seven insurers. The second highest policy for a boy belongs to Jackie Coogan at 650000 dollars.
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New York
Frank E. Campbell, Jr
Jackie Coogan
Young Campbell
Four Caldwell Siblings Attend Wisconsin Freshman Class
Four siblings from the Caldwell family attend the University of Wisconsin freshman class. Twins Mabel and Bernice, aged eighteen, study in the college of letters and science. Brothers Byron, twenty, and Donald, twenty-one, pursue commerce and geology respectively.
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Rio
Wis
University of Wisconsin
James Caldwell
Rilo
Mabel
Bernice
College of Letters and Science
Byron
Donald
Commerce Department
State Documents of Queen Liliuokalani Found in Archives
Valuable historical material uncovered in Hawaii archives includes state and personal letters once owned by Queen Liliuokalani. Col C P Iaukea, former chamberlain to King Kalawaua, contributed documents related to King Kalawaua's 1884 European visits.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Liliuokalani
C. P. Iaukea
Kalawaua
Arbor Day Romance Reunites Lovers After Fathers Death
Elaine and Eustace Lee, childhood sweethearts separated by Elaine's tyrannical father, reunite after years apart. Eustace becomes a renowned architect and returns to discover Elaine at the new Marsh villa, where she reveals her father has died and she has waited for him. They embrace at the two elm trees, now a symbolic home.
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John Marsh
Eustace Lee
Eustace
Elaine
Lee
Uotli
Marsh
Mr. Lee
Laywer
Elune
Relic of Czar’s Abdication Shelved Near Novy Peterhof
A 1917 dining car used by Nicholas II to sign his abdication has been moved from preservation to regular railway service. The Glavna nauka had kept it as a relic but, to save rolling stock, returned the car to the railway ministry. Only the small table remains as a memento of the imperial debacle.
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Nicholas Tl
Novy- Peterhof
Glavnauouka
Glavnaouka
Commissariat of Railways
L'Europe Nouvelle
Paris
Kansas City Star
New England minister buys mat with In God We Trust inscription
A New England minister purchases a front porch mat bearing In God We Trust and adds a strong chain to fasten it to the floor to avoid leading anyone into temptation.
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New England
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Dr. Sacasa
Juan Sacasa
Nicaragua
Sacasa
Army
Camp Meade
Hanford MacNider
B. F. Cheatham
Col
O. S. Eskridge
Arbor Day
W .G. Chapman
Czar
God
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