Queen Frederika Of Greece A Power In Troubled Athens
By Ross Munro Queen Frederika, wife of King Paul I, wields unusual influence in Greece. Known for intelligence and political acumen, she advises the king and others on delicate questions. She remains popular in Athens and likely collaborates with UN officials aiding Greece. Previously a Victoria descendant, she became queen consort nine years ago and has three children.
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Greece
Paul 1
Athens
George
United Nations
Frederika
Victoria
Paul
Secret Reich reports sold cheaply in London stationery office
British intelligence reports reveal cheap publication of Reich secrets in London with 1,750 reports issued weekly 20 to 30. Britain and the United States share material and 5,000,000 microfilmed patent documents have arrived. A BIUS library offers 300,000 photostat copies and new 9.5 mm microfilm patents from the war period.
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His Majesty's Stationery Office
London
France
Britain
U.S
B.I.U.S
Florida's St Augustine Known as Oldest European City
Florida, the last developed state east of the Mississippi, contains St Augustine recognized as the oldest city with European pedigree in the United States.
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Florida
Mississippi River
St. Augustine
United States
Penicillin inhalation technique tested by Rochester doctors
Rochester doctors George W. Taplin and Fred A. Bryan perfected inhaled penicillin delivery. The aerosol method uses ground penicillin as a fine smoke like dust, delivering higher blood concentrations with less waste and longer duration. It uses a small atomizer device and targets lung and respiratory infections.
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Rochester
N.Y
University of Rochester Medical School
George W. Taplin
Fred A. Bryan
Proper Sun-Baths For Safe suntan and care
Sunshine in proper doses boosts health. Start with ten minutes day one and increase gradually. It takes sixteen days to safely suntan a child. Treat burns like any burn and avoid poison ivy. Exposed skin should be washed with soap, rinsed, and repeated. Use soothing lotions or hot compresses for relief.
Court Rules Blinded Driver Negligence At Night
Texas courts rule a motorist blinded by oncoming headlights must slow or stop until vision returns. If he fails to do so and strikes an object, he is negligent. The ruling arose after a night crash at forty mph that killed the other driver and sparked a heirs suit.
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Texas
Last Supper of a Stated Love and a New Union
A fragmentary dialogue reveals a woman saying farewell to a former lover and announcing plans to marry someone else, vowing to burn old love letters and end nightly visits while planning a new union. The exchange hints at reconciliation themes and a decisive shift in relationships.
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Jeannette
Peach Symbol in China Ties Marriage to Spring Blossoms
In China the peach is the emblem of marriage and the most fitting time for wedlock is spring or the second moon when the peach tree blossoms.
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China
Edwin A Rowlands gathers odd hobbies across America
Pittsburgh resident Ed win A Rowlands catalogs unusual hobbies from a Rehoboth Beach rooster skating hobbyist to a Du Bois girl profiting by mimicking baby cries. He notes a Minnesota doctor turning to violin making for major orchestras, a nurse making catsup bottle sprinklers, and his own collection of 3071 authentic autographs including Man o War hoofprint and Admiral Byrd’s lead dog.
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Edwin A. Rowlands
Pittsburgh
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Rowlands
Minnesota
United States
Admiral Byrd
South Pole
Philadelphia Faces Ancient Laws Still On City Books
A column lists lingering Philadelphia ordinances such as stocks for public drinkers owing a shilling and sixpence, nuisance charges for boiling bones, heavy fines for ferries refusing passage, and five pound fines for holding stray sheep without Gazette notice since the Gazette stopped in 1840.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Gazette
The
Gazette
No Doubt About Neighbors Opinion Repossession Note
A Seattle firm credit department failed to collect on an account in north neighborhoods. A letter returned with the signatory noting neighbors think repossessing the car would be a lousy trick, signed Lester Jones.
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Seattle
Lester Jones
Australian Girls Earn Less Than Collections
Australian business girls earn less than Canadian counterparts, yet remain content. The Sydney Telegraph notes skilled workers earn 16 to 27 dollars weekly, conductresses about 19, office workers 8 to 14, nurses around 6 training and near 16 as qualified. Many stay with parents, buy home knitted sweaters, and live modestly.
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Leone Kirkwood
Sydney
Australia
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Bach
Wild Plant May Provide Diabetes Cure
A wild Indian plant named Serphunja Tephrosia Valosa shows promise as a diabetes treatment after limited Delhi tests. The oral remedy, cheaper than insulin, could benefit patients in India and across Asia, with traditional use noted by indigenous communities.
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New Delhi
India
Delhi
Asia
Shipyards Build Over Two Million Tons of Merchant Vessels
Lloyds register of shipping reports British and Northern Irish shipyards currently constructing more than 2,000,000 tons of merchant ships, accounting for about 54.3 percent of the world total.
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Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
Laboratory to test cancer drugs on humans in UC and PHS study
A $250000 cancer research lab to open by mid summer will test anti cancer agents on human volunteers in groups of 25 under a staff of over 30 doctors scientists and nurses. The project, a joint effort of the University of California and the U S Public Health Service, aims to uncover cancer causes as well as treatments.
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Michael Shimkin
University of California
U.S. Public Health Service
Health Agency
Shimkin
Automatic door mat wipes shoes rings bell and lights
Frank Carnahan, a mushroom grower in New Philadelphia, invents an automatic door mat that wipes shoes, rings the doorbell, and turns on the porch light. He has applied for a patent to protect the idea aimed at reducing dirt entering his mushroom factory.
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Philadelphia
Frank Carnahan
Carnahan
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