The Best Kept Secret Of War Revealed In Wartime Tanks
In 1916 17 and 18 near Tiverton England a covert testing ground built a replica Flanders field with no man’s land trenches barbed wire and machine gun nests. Major General Sir Ernest Swinton led the drive to create armored tanks secretly produced in Birmingham Sheffield and Glasgow. The tanks were rumored as water carriers or snow plows but proved their worth at Cambrai 1917 aiding a breakthrough with 400 tanks advancing on a wide front.
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Tretlog
Ares Jn
Flanders
No Man's Land
No Man’s Lami
Birmingham
Sheffield
Glasgow
Rall
Ernest Swinton
Palestine
Germany
Swinton
Cambrai
England
London
Elles
Tank Corps
Bathtub Store Uses Bold Window Trick in Paris
A Paris bathtub shop covered nine tenths of its window with black paper and left a bottom strip for “Peeping Toms” with the sign You Are Forbidden To Look. A roaming reporter counted 342 passersby in half an hour, eight stopped and looked, and two children attempted to peep but could not.
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America
Paris
Rue 4 Septembre
Daring rescue and a test of memory at the pier
A man recalls a 1000 dollar gift after saving the rescuee's daughter from drowning two years ago. He visits to ask if the daughter has learned to swim yet, and the son learns the father remembers the deed.
Funeral Test Tragedy Leaves Friend Dead After Collapse
Leon Barat invited friends to his funeral in Marseilles to test their opinions. He rose to thank them and a friend collapsed with head trouble and died soon after. The widow sued Barat for damages. Argentina imposes tax on gasoline and lubricants to fund a good rear effort.
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Marseilles
France
Leon Barat
Fay
It Is Me in Colloquial Use Gains Endorsement
A survey for the National Council of Teachers of English at Memphis approves "It is me" as good colloquial usage and weighs the impact on efficiency. The piece notes debates over "farther" vs "further" and "shall" vs "will" while stressing clarity of thought over strict formality. It cites Henry James dropping commas with adjectives.
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National Council of Teachers of English
Memphis
Henry James
James
Pandora
Ontario Judge Adopts Broad Dusk Lighting Rule
In a London Ontario highway collision case Judge Wearing held that vehicles must carry lights after sunset. The ruling interprets dusk as a time after sunset, despite varied private meanings, and may set a legal precedent for motorist lighting obligations.
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Ontario
London
Wearing
A Funny Classroom Moment with Red Indians Lesson
A senior class in Red Indians history features a teacher quizzing two students. The question about tribe leaders yields Chiefs, while a slip leads Jones to answer BMachiefs, prompting a humorous classroom moment.
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Smith
Jones
One In Every Home Without Newspaper
Figures from the Association of Canadian Advertisers at Toronto show daily newspaper sales of two and a quarter million copies in Canada. Officials say every accessible family in the Dominion receives its daily paper, underscoring the ubiquity of newspapers in daily life.
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Canada
Association of Canadian Advertisers
Toronto
Dominion
Regina
Politeness That Pays Back Is Not Just a Myth
A London Sunday Pictorial note recalls a Welsh girl who lent £3 000 and received repayment after years. The piece argues politeness costs little and can inspire chivalry, even if such repayment is not universal.
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London Sunday Pictorial
Test for Left Handedness and Right Eyeedness
Opticians and engineers have developed a test to determine handedness and eye dominance. The subject looks through a funnel shaped device at a cardboard bearing two letters. seeing L indicates left eyedness and left handedness, while R indicates the opposite. Employment in Chile is increasing.
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Opticians
Forgotten Balances Remain Unclaimed Across Dominion Banks
The House of Commons reports unclaimed bank balances in Dominion banks at not less than 3 200 954 dollars as of December 31. The notes recount long-forgotten deposits including a Brockville building project deposit that remained credit for decades. Heirs may soon benefit as forgotten funds accumulate.
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House of Commons
Dominion
Brockville
Ontario
Chemistry students study petrified potato in gas tank cap theft
At Taft California a theft of a gasoline tank cap led W L Altmiller to substitute a potato. The potato shrank and dropped into the tank where it later hardened into a stone mass as chemists investigated the unusual reaction and cause.
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Taft
California
W. L. Altmiller
Altmiller
World War Widows Re-marry in Europe at Guarded Pace
Report notes widows in Europe marry again at about 2000 each year on average. Affected regions include multiple nations and civilian widows increasingly form new attachments amid postwar adjustments.
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Europe
Ratios For Hogs Feeding Guidelines From Agriculture Dept
The Do minion Department of Agriculture recommends feeding hogs with tight troughs to reduce waste and using fine ground grain for young pigs. Feed three times daily after weaning, later two feeds, provide fresh water between meals, and include green and fibrous matter such as clover alfalfa mangels and vegetable scraps. A box of earth, suds mineral supplement, and milk or tank age as a protein substitute support winter feeding.
Italian experts to attend Regina grain exhibition
Twenty Italian scientists and agricultural experts will represent Italy at the World Grain Exhibition and Conference in Regina next summer. Senator Nazzareno Strampelli will head the technical team and lead wheat hybridization discussion, with Professors Todaro and Gilbertini presenting on wheat selection and fertilization methods.
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Italy
Regina
Franco Angelini
National Syndicate of Technical Agriculturists
Nazzareno Strampelli
Francesco Todaro
Dante Gilbertini
Duty Of the Pedestrian Warns Drivers and Walkers Alike
The article urges caution on highways for all users not just motorists. It calls out bicyclists riding at night without lights and notes rain reduces visibility. Pedestrians should walk facing traffic and use headlights on wet pavements to improve safety for everyone on the road.
Spoiled Everything and the Car Talk
A cautious young man visits a sporting old uncle to meet his fiancée. The woman charms but talks a lot. The uncle privately assesses the girl’s qualities, praising her looks and speed while critiquing the car’s noise and safety features.
The Crookedest River in Kentucky Highlighted
The Nolin River in Kentucky is described as the crookedest in the United States. It winds about twenty miles of meandered course from two points that are exactly six miles apart as the crow flies.
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United States
Nolin
Kentucky
Secret drug traffic network exposed in London report
A veteran customs officer outlines a secret service style drug network centered in London. He notes a small inner circle guiding runners across the Thames and the continent, with Pennyfields no longer the hub. Smugglers carry small quantities, adulterate cocaine here, and profit from 50 to 100 pounds per sale.
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London
England
Ships’ Crown
Thames
Pennyfields
Poplar
Customs
Police Service
Secret Service
Mounties To Dismount Scarlet Rider Of Plains
Winnipeg reports the Northwest Mounted Police will abandon horses for motor cars as roads expand and new enforcement methods evolve. The shift ends a era of romance and heroism tied to the scarlet-coated force, though some mourn the change and hope the motor will still symbolize justice.
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Winnipeg
Royal Canadian
W Northwest Mounted Police
Canadian Prairies
Northwest Mounted
James Oliver Curwood
Christian Science Monitor
Two Mistakes In A Jumbled Watch Repair
The owner brought a cheap watch to a jeweller after dropping it. The jeweller notes the initial mistake was dropping it, but adds the bigger error was picking it up again and trying to fix it, leaving the device in a heap of wheels and screws.
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