Radium Warning At Conference Highlights Dangers
National Radium Commission Chairman Viscount Lee warned at a British radiology conference that radium in any form can be a lethal poison in the hands of the unscrupulous. He urged strict government control and prohibition of importation or sale except under license, citing dangerous patent remedies and the perils of radium waters.
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Viscount Lee of
Fareham
National
Radium Commission
London
Lord Lee
Silvanus Thompson
British Institute of Radiology
Central Halls
Westminster
New Jersey
Pittsburg
Himelf
New Narcotic Dilaudid Said To Surpass Morphine
A new pain relief derivative, dilaudid, is hailed as more effective than morphine and heroin and non habit forming. US Public Health Service and Mayo Clinic studies suggest strong efficacy in obstetrical, cancer and intestinal care, with German doctors noting low habit formation. Dilaudid is di-hydromorphine hydrochloride, a heroin cousin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Public Health Service
Mayo Brothers Clinic
Harry J. Angslinger
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Mayo Clinic
Island Tristan da Cunha appoints first native governor
Rev. A G Partridge, former governor, returns to London after serving on Tristan da Cunha where potatoes now scarce and population of 162. He appoints a native chief, houses a lazy woman on stocks, and departs with a Japanese war ship still in port. A Brazilian expedition was planned but abandoned. The island will wait for another ship for years to come.
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Britain
Tristan da Cunha
South Atlantic Ocean
A. G. Partridge
London
Partridge
Mr. Partridge
Paderewski Declines Hair Memento With Silly Request
Autograph seekers exhausted patience as famed pianist Paderewski refused to supply locks of hair. A society woman asked through his private car window for a sample, prompting his secretary to joke that hair had been collected from his staff and even the cat to avoid disappointment.
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Paderwski
America
Paderewski
M. Paderewski
Eskimos Struggle For Existence In Hudsons Bay Region
Canadian Aviation describes Toront o prospecting aviator Bob Cockeram’s summer flight along Hudsons Bay and Ungava Peninsula where timber is nearly gone. Eskimos survive with sapling lashings for tent poles and primus stoves for cooking while paddles and kayak components are made from small wooden pieces. Fire is scarce and food is eaten raw from the frigid bay.
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Hudson's Bay
Bob Cockeram
Toronto
Ungava Peninsula
Port Harrison
Provagnituk
Cockeram
James Bay
Cholula Declared World’s Most Churched City
Statistics from a Mexican department rank Cholula as the most churched city, with 365 churches for 6,200 residents. The comparison cites London’s 2000 churches for 7,476,000 people and New York’s under 1,500 churches for about 6,000,600 residents.
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Mexico City
Jerusalem
Mecca
Cholula
Mexico
Greater London
England
New York
Secret Service heroine gains French honor in wartime exploits
Winnipeg Free Press recounts Marthe Richard, Mme Richard, a leading French Secret Service member, who after an aviator start joined espionage. She misled Baron von Kolberg for fifteen months, exposing German ink, spies in France, explosive toys, and Germany’s submarine plan. She warned Allies of unrestricted warfare before leaving the spy role.
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Paris
Thomas Crompton
Rusald
Mrs. Ting
Legion of Honour
France
Mme. Richard
Secret Service
Marthe Richard
Spain
Richard
Baron von Kolberg
Iberian Peninsula
Mme
Berlin
Germany
Winnipeg
Peculiar Hobby Networks Spiders By Marquess Of Tavistock
The Marquess of Tavistock the Duke of Bedford's son, an famed ornithologist, has taken up spiders as a hobby. He studies breeds and feeds them and keeps them roaming his Peasmarsh home in Sussex. He claims fears about spiders are mythical and notes their intelligence. He describes courtship by male spiders as deft and even calming to a peevish Mrs Spider by gentle web shaking.
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Marquess of
Tavistock
Duke of Bedford
Peasmarsh
Sussex
Governor Pollard Coines Connotary From War Echoes
Virginia governor Pollard popularizes connotary a term coined from phrases not in dictionaries. He describes it as a collection of wisdom and sayings. He distributed 500 copies of his connotary to friends.
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Pollard
Virginia
Afterthought at the Meektons Club Visit
A neighbor calls at the Meektons and a short talk ends with both rising to leave. Mrs Meekton eyes her husband as he declares he must go to the club and Red finishes Meekton miserably.
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Meektons
Meekton
Mrs. Meekton
Did Not Need Finding Bobby in Class Question
A teacher tests Bobby Jones by asking where elephants are found. Bobby answers that elephants are so big they aren’t very often lost, revealing his playful misdirection and cheerful disregard for the lesson.
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Bobby
Bobby Jones
Jockey Caps Go Fashionable for Women in London
In London, jockey caps are gaining traction as a stylish accessory for women. The trend spots women embracing sporty millinery with casual outfits, signaling a shift toward practical yet chic headwear in urban fashion circles.
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London
Greenland Route for Fast Air Travel Proposed
Dr W H Hobbs of the University of Michigan told the Royal Canadian Institute in Toronto that a Greenland route via Labrador and Iceland could enable regular air service between America and Europe. He noted the longest water jump would be 600 miles and the path offers fewer fogs, favorable winds, and near great circle sailing.
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America
Europe
Convocation Hall
Toronto
W. H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Royal Canadian Institute
Greenland
Labbrador
Iceland
Hobbs
Winter Brings Hope as Spring Edges Closer
The Weather Bureau reports 118 years of charts show winters growing milder and shorter since the Civil War era. J B Kinnear notes colder seasons were longest then, with recent decades easing in severity though future trends remain uncertain. England distributes shoe coupons while rail employment runs around 1.5 million.
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United States Weather Bureau
J. B. Kinear
Bureau
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National Radium Commission
Ruth Rogers
Sachse
Trisan da Cunha
Hudson Bay
Lord Leconfield
Royal West Sussex Hospital
Chichester
British Empire Cancer Campaign
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Brighton
Hove
Shoreham
Worthing
Percy Greenaway
Victoria Station
T. E. Hawkins
Frank G. Beal
Red Rover
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