World's Largest Telescope to Illuminate Cosmic Riddle
Scientists describe the Mount Palomar project, a 200 inch telescope planned after 1940 by Caltech with Mt. Wilson help. The instrument will gather light to reveal millions of galaxies and possible life clues, using a parabolic mirror and photographic techniques rather than direct viewing.
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Mars
Capitol
Washington
Mount
Palomar
San Diego
California Institute of Technology
Mt. Wilson Observatory
New York State Glass Works
Maiter
Mt Wilson
Edwin Hubble
Mt. Wilson
Potatoes Spark Soil Boost in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Scientific Agriculture reports Dr J D Newton says scabby potatoes at an Alberta station sparked trials that improved gray bush soils in Alberta and northern Saskatchewan. By adding alkali from lakes and sulphur balance, clover hay yields rose and crop potential rivaled black soils.
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Alberts
Saskatchewan
Alberta
J. D. Newton
University of Alberta
Newton
Canada
F. A. Wyatt
Breton
Frightened Lovers Mistaken Pin Ruse In Garden Tale
A near sighted woman pretends a pin on a distant tree to test her lover. He follows her claim and they walk toward the tree when the woman trips over a cow. The scene unfolds as a garden misdirection with a comic stumble.
Birthstone List Revision Likely by California Jewelers
R W Rinehart of Oakland president of the California Metal Jewelers Association says a revision of the 1912 birthstone list is planned. The group aims to add alternates such as aquamarine spina coral sardonyx tourmaline and gircon with cheaper options and broader popularity.
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California Metal Jewelers’ Association
R. W. Rinehart
Oakland
California
Rinehart
Wedding Gifts From Three Friends
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman discuss Smyth's wedding over lunch. Each reveals a gift they sent: a dinner service for twelve, a tea set for twenty four, and a pair of sugar tongs for a hundred.
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Smyth
McTavish
Painting with light in photography by John Van Guilder
Skillful use of light replaces brushstrokes to sculpt form and mood in photos. A viewer learns to position two photofloods and reflectors, adjust angles, and vary distance to create dramatic shadows. The piece outlines practical tips for amateur photographers to produce striking, high-contrast images at close range.
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John van Guilder
Remembrance for late Associate Justice Holmes
The Washington Star recalls Oliver Wendell Holmes with a March 6 1935 note from messenger Arthur A. Thomas at the Supreme Court. Thomas speaks of Holmes's lack of nearby kin and notes his long service. The feature also mentions a Penn baking bit and a historical Lambs bill to Ur circa 2350 BC.
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Washington Star
Holmes
Oliver Wendell
Supreme Court
Arthur A. Thomas
Messenger Thomas
University of Pennsylvania
Babylon
New York to Tighten Noise Rules with Mandatory Abatement
The New York city anti noise campaign moves toward legal enforcement. Alderman Murray Stand plans a comprehensive ordinance to empower police to curb horn honks radios whistles street cries loudspeakers and animal noises among others.
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New York
New York City
Murray Stand
Board of Aldermen
Frozen fish experiment by Toronto professor shocks readers
Dr J Satterly of the University of Toronto froze two goldfish in liquid air at 800 degrees below zero. One fish was struck with a board and broken into pieces, while the other thawed in water and swam again.
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J. Satterly
University of Toronto
Cross Stitch Sets Seven Day Tea Towels Pattern 6445
The notice promotes a cross stitch project titled seven motifs for tea towels, with daily costume motifs and color guidance. It offers transfer pattern 6445, detailing stitches and materials, and instructs sending 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept. in Winnipeg for the pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Exploration Work Carried On In 1935 Leads To Many Discoveries
A 1935 summary highlights a 50 000 outlay project yielding a 14 pound machine claiming to locate metals and other materials through rock to 500 feet and within 5 percent depth. The National Geographic Society notes Byrd Antarctic and Yukon expeditions mapping vast areas, locating peaks, glaciers, and geological features. It cites discoveries from Timor Sea to Chirripo, Arctic islands, and Gobi desert plant collections, plus studies at Kodiak and Salmon River canyons.
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Edmonton
James MacBrien
R.calp
I Ts
Saya
National Geographic Society
Antarctica
South Pole
Pole
Byrd
United States
Bradford Washburn
Yukon
Yukon Territory
Canada
George
Queen Mary
Great Britain
Mount Steele
Walter Wood
Charles Camsell
Rocky Mountains
Liard River
Timor Sea
Broome
Australia
Penny Rogers
Chirripo
Costa Rica
Atlantic
Madeira Islands
Bering Sea
Aleutian
Pribilof Islands
White Sea
Far East
Arctic
Siberia
Ushakoff
Sadko
North Land
Nicholas N. Land
Graham Bell Island
New Guinea
H. G. Hides
Annam
Indo-China
Gobi Desert
Mongolia
Nicholas Roerich
Otto Geist
St. Lawrence Island
Bening Sea
Asia
America
Kodiak Island
Ales Hrdlicka
Smithsonian Institution
San Juan
Colorado Rivers
United States National Park Service
Frst Geological Survey
Salmon River Canyon
Idaho
Loch Ness Monster Seen by Former Manitoba Mayor
Allan Chisholm, former mayor of Morris Manitoba, reports a Loch Ness sighting in Scotland. Despatch from Glen Urquhart says a creature about 800 feet long surfaced near Inversarigaig, moving with a long neck and a shaggy head for over two minutes.
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Allan Chisholm
Morris
Man
London Daily Mall
Glen Urquhart
Scotland
Chisholm
Glen
Marjorie McKenzie
Douglas Row
Inverneas
Inversarigaig
Agriculture Stands: Farmers Ready to Aid National Recovery
Henry A. Wallace declares farmers will do their full share for national recovery. They seek no more fees than industry enjoys, pledge not to reduce production below domestic needs, and aim for balanced output with prices that sustain both consumption and production, while protecting natural resources.
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Henry A. Wallace
Vancouver Port Exports 11 Million Bushels in February
Vancouver port exports show more than 11,000,000 bushels of grain in February the highest monthly figure in seasons. Total shipments for the season reach 81,332,893 bushels, compared with 29,406,762 bushels at the same point last year.
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Vancouver
Industrial chemists supply aids to beauty and fashion
Industrial chemists are responsible for many of the present aids to beauty including artificial silk, synthetic leather shoes, face powder, artificial teeth, and coloring matter for perfume and dress materials.
Doctor and patient spar over diagnosis over drink
A humorous exchange shows a patient insisting the doctor’s sobriety affects their judgment. The doctor mutters doubt while the patient proposes returning when the doctor is sober.
Balloon Test Flight Over Croydon Airport
In fog near London Croydon airport a balloon with instruments attached rose two to three thousand feet to test weather over the field amid low visibility.
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Croydon
London
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Tutror
Salpher
Snapshot Guild
Messenger
Alice Brooks
Brooks
Manitoba
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