The Human Factor In Automobile Accidents
A Canadian and U S warning on rising automobile death and injury tolls through 1935. Human frailty drives most crashes, not faulty equipment. calls for responsible driving, public campaigns, and safety education spearheaded by Merrill Denison and cited data from Ontario studies.
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United States
Canada
Merrill Denison
Canadian Home Journal
Ontario
Motor Vehicles Department
Detroit boy age 17 found to have three kidneys
San ford Getz Jr of Brown City Michigan, seventeen, underwent surgery in Detroit for an unusual anatomy described as an upside down stomach-like condition. A third kidney was discovered by Dr. George C. Burr during the operation.
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Detroit
Sanford Getz, Jr
Brown City
Mich
George C. Burr
Prolific Beekeeping Researcher Pursues Hairy Bees
Alfred University scientist Dr Loyd R Watson awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to extend his work on a breed of hairy bees. The project aims to create fuzzy bees with longer tongues to improve pollen transfer, though current specimens reach less deeply into honey towers.
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Loyd R. Watson
Alfred Unieraity
Enda
Guggenheim Foundation
Watson
Doctors Have Shortest Lifespan Among British Professionals
An analysis from the registrar general indicates doctors average about sixty years of life, with steel puddlers under sixty, while judges and parsons live longer than other professionals. Dr. Anderson of the British Medical Association points to doctors’ round-the-clock duties and infection risks as key factors.
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Britain
Anderson
British Medical Association
Deeclares
Judges
Parsons
Englishman Holds Clue To Missing Parents Of Warborn
An unknown Englishman may hold the vital clue to the identity of Louis Albert de la Rue, a child found on a 1918 battlefield near Bailleul Hazebrouck. Now living in Bruges, he seeks English help to locate his parents, hoping the rescuer can recall where and when he was found to aid the search.
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Louis Albert de la Rue
Bruges
de la Rue
Bailleul-Hazebrouck
Bailleul
Rouen
Sisters of Our Lady of
Western Agricultural Conference in Calgary Recap
The report notes plans for a proposed conference of British Empire primary producers in London in 1987 and calls for unity among ranchers and producers. It discusses seeking provincial cooperation to ensure immediate support for uniform enabling legislation if the Natural Products Marketing Act is declared valid by the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Nester Froiers
Supreme Court of Canada
Seismograph Aimed at Aircraft Vibration At MIT
A new seismograph for aircraft was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to record imitation earthquakes created by engine vibration. Airborne seismic shocks have long baffled aviation by spreading through a plane while epicenters remain hard to locate. Enhanced power and speed make these shocks essential to mitigate danger. A sailboat mast invention from Sweden allows single-handed sail handling by rotating the mast to roll the sail.
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Massachusetts Institution of Technology
Century-Old Dickens Celebration Draws Global Fans
The Dickens Fellowship marked its 49th convention amid centenary ceremonies for Mr Pickwick and other characters. Enthusiasts gathered as legendary coachman Bertrait Milla drove the Commodore with yellow wheels, while participants from Toronto, Edmonton, Victor Vancouver, Philadelphia, Copenhagen and Brisbane filled 40 branches in a festive parade of nostalgia.
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Dickens Fellowship
Mr. Pickwick
Tupman
Alfred Jingle
Bertrait Milla
Commsodore
Commodore
Toronto
Eamonton
Victor Vancouver
Philadelphia
Copenagen
Brisbane
Alberta Dry Regions Urged Under Special Act
The special survey committee led by O. S. Longman recommends placing dry belt areas with unproductive soil and adverse weather under the Special Municipal Areas Act. It urges direct relief within administered zones, ending special agricultural relief, and advancing water resources, small irrigation, and improved farming practices.
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Alberta
O. S. Longman
Ice road haul sets log tractor record at Sipanok camp
Northern Transportation crews smashed ice road hauling records with a 75 horsepower caterpillar diesel tractor at Sipanok River camp of The Pas Lumber Company. Driven nine miles into the bush the tractor pulled 034 loads of spruce logs nearly 300 yards to mill yards, estimated weight about 1400 tons. E. J. Morris, ex city engineer of Regina, controlled the tractor and had prior aviation and technical school ties.
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Maury
Sipanok River
Pas Lumber Company
Sipanok River Camp
Nipawin
E. J. Morris
City Engineer's Department
Regina
Regina Flying Club
Balfour Technical School
Developments Seen From Television Wake
Andrew W Cruse jchler of the US Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce describes possible post television advances including sound conditioned buildings and devices to reveal enemy maneuvers and speed message transmission. He cautions plans are not yet practical. A Pennsylvania survey finds the safest driving hour is six to seven am on Wednesdays.
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Ing
Andrew W. Cruse Jchler
Electrical Division
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Pennsylvania
Original fan used ice disks in gas meters in London
Gas inspectors found a consumer used ice disks to abuse a meter by dropping disks instead of coins. The meter stayed damp and large gas consumption occurred. Investigation showed the ice disks were placed in the slot to evade payment.
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Fan
London
Selected Recipes and Old Coinage Find in Wisconsin
A mixed article notes a recipe titled Selected Recipes with ingredients like brown sugar milk water bran flour dates and method to bake at 375 degrees F. It also reports Sakrison of Chimney Rock Wisconsin a coin collector possessing a 1719 Sweden minted coin weighing 34 pounds valued at $2 when minted during Sweden’s war with Russia and Denmark to prevent export.
Relief Loans to Provinces Under Relief Legislation
Federal government reports relief loans outstanding total more than 111 million to provinces. Four provinces account for the balance: Manitoba 15,028,086 Saskatchewan 46,834,986 Alberta 22,779,000 and British Columbia 26,947,680. Additional Dominion housing loans from 1919 show outstanding amounts in Prince Edward Island 31,500 Nova Scotia 68,000 New Brunswick 648,700 Quebec 2,600,687 Manitoba 1,095,000 and British Columbia 1,701,500.
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House of Commons
W. M. Ryan
Lib
Saint John Albert
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Dominion
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Dual Language Radio News Service Details
The reply to a Commons question shows Both Languages Radio News aecree provides bilingual programming for newspapers magazines and broadcasting stations since July 1 with six months cost of 999 dollars. Catherine the Great placed a sentry over a park violet and never rescinded the order, keeping guards for 150 years.
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Radio News Aecree
House of Commons
Joseph Mallette
Lib
Jacques Cartier
Marine
Howe
Catherine the Great
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Prairie Provinces
Suas
Muaney
Sweden
Northern Transportation
Champion
Ogden’s
Ogden
Vogue’ Papers
Times
P.S
Radio
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