Scouts Do Good Turn Kamters In Inia During Pilgrimage
Indian scouts earned praise for public service at Kurukshetra during the Mela in June, aiding 300000 pilgrims. They ran mobile health brigades, water and fire services, and 25 lifebuoy rafts, preventing deaths from crowd crushes and cholera since 1928. The effort involved mixed creeds working together under scouting.
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Kamters
Inia
West
Kuruketre
India
Kurukshetra
Boy Scouts
Information Bureau
Prevention and treatment tips for heart disease by Dr Jamieson
Dr Jamieson urges early action to prevent heart damage and promote a rational lifestyle. Rest is key and exercise should avoid shortness of breath or chest palpitations. Diet matters, with moderate meals and avoiding overeating. medical drug therapy requires physician supervision.
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Jamieson
Dr. Jamieson
Auto Carriers From Trains And Steamers Seen
The growing business of transporting automobiles with travelers on trains and steamers may spawn new carrier designs. Rail and lake services have begun carrying cars, with Illinois Central leading Florida deliveries. Passenger car hauls rise as routes lengthen, signaling early infancy but promising growth for future railway and boat carriers. Also noted is a policy preventing officers from taking wives aboard ships like the Queen Mary, though their daughter Mary Britten could sail with her father someday.
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Plynto Port Arthur
United States
Illinoia Central
Florida
Port Arthur
Lady Britten
Mary Britten
Good Guide To Character Girls Advised To Give Prospect Husbands A Traffic Test
The American Automobile Association claims the best test of a man's character is how he drives. Bur ton Marsh, head of safety and traffic engineering, says a future wife should ride through a traffic jam with him. A half-mile, honking, screeching drives reveal temper, nerves, fatigue, timidity, manners, and sportsmanship.
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American Automobile Association
Bru
Burton Marsh
Safety and Traffc Engineering
Marsh
Mickey Mouse Celebrates Eighth Birthday With Fame
Popular with movie fans Mickey Mouse marks his eighth birthday as the top movie star. Disney notes he has 21 medals and attracts letters from 80 countries. The birthday arose after a real mouse befriended Disney in a Kansas City studio. A desk cage kept several tame mice, including one named Mortimer later shortened to Mickey.
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Mickey Mouse
Mouse
Disney
Kansas City
Mortimer
Mickey
Earliest use of term war arms and ammunition treaty note
The phrase weucemume oe War first appeared in a 1625 treaty between England and Spain. It concerned arms and ammunition rather than base materials, and applied to items carried by neutral vessels to belligerents.
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England
Spain
World sugar consumption hits record 27 million tons in 1995
Global sugar use climbed to 27,188,000 tons in 1995, marking a new high as analysts note rising demand across regions. Industry data show sustained growth in consumption, with implications for pricing and trade dynamics worldwide.
Owl Not A Wise Bird Says Scientist In 1900s Tale
A U S Biological Survey critique dismisses the owl as wise. Col. H. P. Sheldon argues the owl is dumb and overrated for night vision, noting humans use light and the bird’s supposed wisdom is a myth tied to ancient symbols and heraldry.
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United States Biological Survey
Col. H. P. Sheldon
Europe
Sheldon
Gold Leaf Fragility and Capitol Dome Durability
Gold leaf is described as about 120 times thinner than ordinary paper and prone to disintegration when handled by laypeople. Yet when placed on exterior surfaces like a State Capitol dome it endures for years.
Plastic Surgery Traces to Ancient India and Medievl Links
Dr. Joseph B. Altruda told Montreal hairdressers that plastic surgery dates back 2000 years in India where noses were trimmed as punishment for unfaithful wives. He cited forehead skin grafts and notes the craft persisted, with later Italian and gypsy practices mentioned.
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Joseph B. Altruda
New York
Paris
Montreal
India
Altruda
International Clinic of Plastic Surgery
Canada
Italy
Planning New Aerodromes for RAF Expansion
Since May 1935 a decision to grow the Royal Air Force has led to 39 new aerodromes being selected. Seven are ready, others are under prep. Seventeen are in the east, nine in the Midlands, eight in the west, three in the north, and two in the south. Some use former civil airfields with new buildings or enlargements. Thirteen training centres for the RAF volunteer reserve are to be formed by year end, with most contracts at existing aerodromes.
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Royal Air Force
Midlands
London
RAF
Doctor predicts Rockefeller to reach age 100 soon
Dr. augenaeust, Rockefeller's personal physician, says at 97 he is alert and keenly interested in worldly affairs and believes the financier will live to 100. He notes Rockefeller is 20 years younger than the century mark. Germany sharply increases imports of American cotton.
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Augeneaust
John D. Rockefeller
Austin
Rockfeller
180th anniversary of Mont Blanc first ascent celebrated
In Chamonix the 180th anniversary events honored Jacques Balmat and Gabriel Poccart for first climbing Mont Blanc in 1786. Alpine ceremonies included guides parade and life saving demonstrations as France awarded the Legion of Honor to the climbers’ body.
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Uary
Mount Blanc
Chamonix
Savoy Alps
Mont Blanc
Europe
Dent
Association of Guides
Lefson
Jacques Balmat
Gabriel Poccart
Princess Elizabeth to be educated by private tutors
Princess Elizabeth of York will not attend a school. A private instruction plan was approved at Balmoral by the King and the Duke and Duchess of York with Miss Crawford directing lessons aided by a French instructor and a music teacher. A classics and history tutor will join later.
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Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth of York
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Duke
Duchess of York
George V
Duke of York
Miss Crawford
Twenty one safe driving rules proposed at New York meeting
Twenty one rules for motorists were recommended to reduce auto accidents. Drawn up by a group of motoring students, the proposals urge proper vehicle condition, observance of laws and signals, consideration for others, cautious driving, alertness, speed suited to conditions, good training, no driving when drinking, passing only when safe, independent judgment, common sense, strict attention, enjoyment of driving, slow night driving, driving only when physically fit, yielding right of way, personal responsibility, avoiding hasty moves, and taking no chances.
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New York
Eastern Canada Airlines names five freighter aircraft fleet
The first complete fleet of siritusn aircraft built for Canada was named at Hamworth by Lady Shelmerdine wife of Britain's director-general of civil aviation. The five machines form the first units and are named Moncton Halifax Saint John Sydney and Charlottetown as they will operate between these chief cities. An eminent Cape Cod oyster grower notes 25 percent of oyster stew orders omit the oysters. The opossum tail is used to cling to branches. Japan relies heavily on outside coal sources.
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Canada
Hamworth
Lady Shelmerdine
Civil Aviation
Britain
General
Eastern Canada Airlines
Moncton
N.B
Halifax
Saint John
Sydney
N.S
Charlottetown
London Seer and the Dowsing Gift Tested
A London newspaperman joined a Gloucestershire test of dowsing to locate underground water. The diviner bent a hedge twig and pointed to a stream, with the twig twisting even when the tester held it. The experiment worked with or without the diviner, suggesting a claimed gift is real. The practice is recognized in England and abroad, aiding farm wells.
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London
England
Society of Dowsers
W. Fletcher Cooper
Gloucestershire
Mr. Fletcher
St. Thomas
Doctor Silm And Treat Body As Car To Century
Sir William Arbuthnot Lane, an 80 year old British specialist, urges viewing the body like a car to live to a hundred. He says staying slim and self care can extend life and that diagnosing death by a paunch can predict eight more years. He left lucrative practice to teach prevention, saying doctors profit from keeping people fit rather than curing them.
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Ody
Wiliam Arbuthnot Lane
Sir William
England
Diverse Sabbaths Across Cultures And Sponges Trade
The text links weekly sabbaths to nations with Monday Greek Tuesday Persian Wednesday Assyrian Thursday Egyptian Friday Turkish Saturday Jewish and Sunday Christian. It also notes Spanish grapefruit reaching Florida in the 16th century and Danae Manos receiving 500000 for sponges shipped last year.
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Florida
Danae Manos
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