Those Who Seek Pirate Treasure Rated as Chumps
Lt Cmdr K D Ian Murray warns treasure hunters are fools chasing myths. He notes possible vast pirate caches on Trinidad and Cocos Island but says most loot is lost to ocean depths or changed terrain. Murray, now a technical adviser, doubts major advances since diving bells and sees mine detectors as promising.
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Washington
Cmdr
K. D
Ian Murray
British Merchant Marine
Pirate Tore
Treasure Island
Trinidad
Cocos Island
Central America
Murray
China
Capt Roberts
Roberts
Hollywood
Wake Island War Remains of a Forgotten Battle
Wake Island is depicted as a graveyard of war with dead Americans and Japanese, wrecked ships, and abandoned hopes. The piece notes 200 Americans killed defending the atoll, 3,000 Japanese deaths, a mass grave of 42 Americans, and two years of siege under brutal conditions.
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Wake Island
Wake
Japan
Pacific
Three Square Mile
Egyptian Cemetery Dating Back Five Thousand Years Found
In El Quatta, western desert, excavators under Abdul Hamada reveal a vast Old Kingdom cemetery dating to 3200 2630 B.C. The site is dry and well suited for burials, but many tombs have been looted by modern robbers.
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Cairog
Egypt
el Quatta
Western
Desert
Abdul Hamada
Entering Contests for Amateur Photographers
A veteran photographer offers practical tips for summer photo contest entrants. Read rules, keep entries simple, avoid personal favorites, seek originality, and don’t imitate prior winners. Maintain concise information, show clear details, and choose publishable subjects over familiar scenes.
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Little Sister
Sister
John van Guilder
Improving Your Snapshots With Filters
A guide on using a K2 yellow filter to darken skies and brighten clouds, noting sky correction and exposure adjustments. It explains filter factor of 2, doubled exposure, and how fast panchromatic film can simplify use on non adjustable cameras for bright beach or lake scenes.
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Pew
John van Guilder
Ancient artistic depictions of ships and harvest scenes
Early Bronze Age Scandinavian art before 2000 B C shows ships and seafaring people. Egyptian reliefs about 4000 years old depict farm and harvest scenes. Nineveh palace reliefs of nearly 3000 years ago illustrate battles.
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Sennacharib
Nineveh
Sandwich Filling From Leftover Meat and Fish
Leftover cooked meat and fish can be chopped and mixed with hard cooked eggs and salad dressing to make a sandwich filling.
Prepare to Fight Pests This Year on Crops
Farmers face usual pest hordes and diseases this year. Entomologists and plant pathologists advise using recommended insecticides and fungicides to protect crops and improve yields.
Moisture in Lumber Reaches Similar Content Quickly
Moisture in lumber regardless of species tends toward a common level in a short time when exposed to similar atmospheric conditions.
Elsie Hitz discusses life and radio career at luncheon
Elsie Hitz known as Alice Swanson on Life Can Be Beautiful shares her radio start in Cleveland and New York. She recalls a fan letter leading to a dinner with a New England businessman and chats about her hobby of interior decorating and stage work.
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Elsie Hitz
Alice Swanson
NBC
Fanchon & Arnold
Park Avenue
CBS
Wendy Warren
Elsie
Cleveland
New York
Cleveland Stock Company
Manhattan
New England
Rosemary” Rice
Rosemary
Katrin
Australian Heeler Traveller Visits Central Park on TV
Jack Barry and Elizabeth Watson stroll with Traveller the Australian Cattle Dog in New York's Central Park. The sober guest, first of his breed in these parts, is mobile, bright, and nicknamed the Australian Heeler for driving cattle by nipping heels.
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Jack Barry
M.c
MBS
Elizabeth Watson
New York
Central Park
Heeler
Wyoming Fields and Parks Grow With Rockefeller Gift
The Rockefeller family's donation adds over 33 000 acres to Jackson Hole area and Grand Teton park preserving the Wild West landscape alongside modern ranching. The land spans near Yellowstone in northwest Wyoming, linking historic routes and the Majestic Teton Range with protected open spaces for future generations.
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Wyoming
Uncle Sam
Jackson Hole National Monument
Grand Teton National Park
Rockefeller
U.S
America
Yellowstone
Jackson Hole
Teton
Rocky Mountain
Teton Range
John Colter
Colter
Warning on BHC use for farm animals by veterinarians
Veterinarians warn that the insecticide benzene hexa chloride BHC must be used with care on livestock and seeds they eat. Improper or untimely application may impart a moldy hay flavor to hog meat poultry eggs and milk per the American Veterinary Medical Association urging farmers to weigh disadvantages and advantages of BHC and its specific indications.
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American Veterinary Medical Association
Birds That Use Snake Skins In Nests
A short list of birds that habitually use snake skins in their nests. Includes Great crested flycatchers in eastern North America nesting in holes, Arizona crested flycatcher, Blue grosbeak, Black crested titmouse, Bank Mynab in southern Asia nesting in bank holes, Rifle bird in Australia with cup shaped nests, and Madagascar bulbul making cup shaped nests in trees.
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North America
Radio women and actors inspire public imagination
A magazine piece imagines Faye Emerson as national president and racks up cabinet fantasies. Marvin Miller expands from announcer to versatile radio actor in The Railroad Hour, while Mary Jane Higby hosts a marriage contest and Rhoda Williams and Norma Jean Nilsson continue a long running radio sister act on Father Knows Best.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Faye Emerson
Faye
Sherman Billingsley
War
Humphrey Bogart
Navy
Errol Flynn
Sec. of
Treasury
Branch Rickey
Marvin Miller
Marvin
Mary Jane Higby
Joan Davis
NBC
Radio Mirror
Rhoda Williams
Betty
Norma Jean Nilsson
Kathy
Nora Rhoda Williams Madean
Rhoda
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P Oul Crosley
Joe
National
U. S
U.S. Treasury Department
Charrie Brooks
Senator Smith
Colin L. Smith
Big Rapids
Grand Rapids
G.O.P
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