New Light On Historic Figure From Renowned Historian
Lord Tweedsmuir analyzes Lawrence of Arabia’s postwar life and Air Force enlistment. The study reveals nerves and hardships, plus his later work on high speed boats for seaplanes and bombing experiments. The RAC Review features the lecture given at the Royal Military College.
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Offen
Piryal Mi College Review
Rabat Dhetary
Air Force
Lawrence
Shaw
Noboly
Patire Torbeamer
Burhan
Canal
John Burhan
RAC
Lord Teeedamulr
Air
Tank Corps
Lord Tweedsmuir
Iraq
Transjordan
Ufe
Loni Tweedsmuir
Royal Military College
Family of Lawerees Converkilion in Legal Turn
A fragmented note mentions a legal turn involving a person named Seay gbens and the April event. Grace Guriton, sister of Gordon, is described as Assistant Official at Osgoode Mall, with unclear roles and dates.
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Converkilion
Gonion
Seay
Sibtfuchia
Gordon
Grace Guriton
Offiewia Gnandan
Osgoode Mall
Nuwragua Ranks Third in Central American Republic Population
A readable fragment notes Nuwragua as the largest country by area in Central America and third in population. It mentions a boy who wins a spelling bee may become a businessman avoiding reliance on an alenagrapher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Res
Hus
Foe Of Germs Drug Sulfanilamide Attracts Medical Notice
Doctora Ralph R. Mellon and Lawrence E. Shinn described a new drug called auifiemian aide that smothers disease germs. They explained sulfanilamide, first used in 1935, fights infections by disrupting the germ’s oxygen source and enzyme ecatalage, impacting blood poisoning pneumonia meningitis erysipelas gonorrhea and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haeman Turdy
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Ralph R. Mellon
Lawrence E. Shinn
Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Pittsburgh
Home Farm Repairs Use Old Vehicle Wheels For Implements
Dominion Experimental Farms in Nova Scotia study practical repairs for farm tools. On wheelless setups like cultivators plows and wagons drivers adapt old car or truck wheels by welding splined hubs to axles and securing hubs to wheels. Costs depend on axles and wheels but completion yields reliable wheels at low expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Nova Scotia
Fragmented wartime note hints at light and aims to see
A garbled account mentions a volunteer regiment dying and a captain lighting a pipe to shed light. It also notes Condon’s discovery of a population over 75 and cites 1948 US appendicitis deaths at 15,040, illustrating scattered historical scraps.
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Urigade
Arctic Veteran MacMillan Sets 18th Expedition From Boothbay Harbor
Commander Donald B. MacMillan sails from Boothbay Harbor Maine on his 18th Arctic voyage to North Greenland to study glaciers and wildlife. Mrs MacMillan leads a 12 man crew plus nine New England students on a 60 000 mile trip to Labrador and Baffin Land with Bowdoin as base.
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Marmulan Starta
Arctic
Donald B. MacMillan
Boothbay Harbor
Maine
Greenland
Denmark
Uveasbles
Bowdoin
Labrador
Baffin Land
Nain
Harold B. Evans
Newton
Mass
Dartmouth College
MacMillan
George F. Murphy, Jr
Pleasantville
N.Y
James F. Wiles
Norway
Wayne Moulton
Boston
John Bert Banga
Provinestown
Market gardeners ship rhubarb to House of Commons
Market gardeners sent 30 pounds of rhubarb to the British House of Commons where it was cooked in a different way. A lidless eyed snake will detect a moving object even when asleep.
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House of Cormmunions
Canadian educationist warns isolationism in North America
At Canton New York Professor W A Mackintosh of Queen's University Kingston Ont urged Britain Canada and the United States to pursue economic cooperation as an alternative to isolationism. He praised Fiull's trade program and warned totalitarian powers seek to dominate world trade. He argued nations must seek economic integration or face war, blaming nationalism for hindering cooperation born from postwar economic adjustments.
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Canton
N.Y
North America
Great Britain
Canada
United States
W. A. Mackintosh
Queens University
Kingston
Ont
Fiull
Mackintosh
Gideons Distribute Bible Totals Across Canada
The Gideons placed 19 406 Bibles in Canada last year with 7 298 to schools and 2 119 to hotels. They also distribute in hospitals suitors and penal institutions and on Trans Canada Airlines planes. A London novelist laments writer’s block while Bolivia’s Tin exports stand out.
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Toronto
Gideons
Canada
Trans- Canada Airlines
Alice Brooks Medallion Easy To Do Pattern
Modern women use time well and crochet medallions to create affordable accessories. Pattern 6394 includes instructions, illustrations, and materials. cost 20 cents, send to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDerisnot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Air travel meal trials face high altitude difficulties
Reports detail how serving meals aboard planes at 1000 to 29000 feet tests temperature, texture, and timing. Passengers on United Air Lines experience improved service with an a la carte menu on the Atlantic Clipper, while crews adapt cooking times and storage to endure cold, dry air and rapid thawing.
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Tomado
Mombasa
Kenya
Udesa
Aa Magers
Vladimr Kokicna
New York City
United Air Lines
New York Sur
Clever Chinese Mother at New York Baby Parade
The New York baby parade judges sought the infant with the healthiest lungs but Allan Lui, 16 months, sat silent while his mother styled his hair. His cry proved to be a cup-winner, reflecting the crowd’s reaction and the boy’s persona.
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New York
la Guardia
Allan Lui
Allan
New York Times
Manitoba Lakes and Scenic Rivers Attract Tourists
Manitoba covers 252000 square miles with about 15 percent lakes and rivers. The three largest lakes Winnipeg Winnipegosia and Manitoba span roughly 24000 square miles. The region’s many island studded lakes and waterfalls offer camping and canoe routes for visitors.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Winnipegosia
Marie Dionne Is Put Forward As The Smartest Sister
New York gossip notes Marie Dionne drew attention when Alexander Woollcott visited Callander Ontario. He asked the quintuplets who was the smartest with Marie answering her own name. The scene highlights the famous sisters amid other quick cultural curiosities and trivia of the era.
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Marie Dionne
Alexander Woollcott
Callander
Leonard Lyons
New York Post
Woollcott
Marie
Visitors From Many Lands at Banff Park May Rise
The Department of Mines and Resources reports strong international interest in Canada’s national parks. May registrations at the government museum in Paris show travellers from the United States Australia New Zealand the British Isles Africa India China Hawaii Iceland and Russia, while inquiries at the park information bureau come from the United States England Scotland Australia Hawaii China France and various parts of Canada. Banff National Park attendance increased year over year with 4 422 cars and 15 250 passengers entering through the eastern gateway, up 1 156 cars and 8 258 passengers from May 1928.
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Canada
Government
Paris
Park Information Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
United States
Australia
New Zealand
British Isles
Africa
India
China
Hawaii
Iceland
Russia
The
Information Bureau
England
Scotland
Hawai
France
Banff National Park
Women of Runswick Launch Lifeboat In Heavy Sea
Famous for bravery, the wives of Runswick fishermen launched and manned a lifeboat in a rough sea. While the men fished, a gale rose and the boats were in danger. The women answered the calls, went into the water, launched the lifeboats, rowed out, and guided all fishing boats safely into the harbor.
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Runswick
England
Rude Self-Rointed Doer Faces Collected Banter
A fragment laments a person convinced his method is the sole valid approach, labeling him a bore and a menace. The text mocks a banana producing claim and references fruit by products and unrelated notes.
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Wigalpeg
Sonb
Anaesafoam
Wacorta
Aeniur
Winnipeg Laboratory
Tate
Goulden
Home Farm
Condon
Zana
Indiana
Rensselaer
Larry McQuinn
Ontario
Gideon Society
London
Tin
Bolivia
Alice Brooks
Canwla
Department of Mp
Ctiawa
Batriet
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Quick Thinking
Manitoba Lakes
Russel Sage
Exiavtente
Banff Lanka
League OF Nations
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