Epitome of the Week News from Bulldog Drummond
A wide array of world events and accidents are reported from many regions. Highlights include battles and air raids in Shanghai, political upheaval in Paraguay, memorials and veterans preparations in the United States, violent riots in Brazil, and notable deaths including Edith Wharton. The digest also notes disasters from fires freight crashes and weather, plus various local incidents across North America.
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London
Manitoba
Canada
Sigismund Svaneffsky
Soviet Union
New York
Pacific Coast
Iraq
Baghdad
Edith Wharton
Paris
Indians Columbus First Met Traced
Smithsonian curator Herbert W. Krieger reports excavations on New Providence Long Island and Andros in the Bahamas show celts of greenstone from Haiti linking Bahama artifacts to Haitian origins. Wood seats incised pottery and shell carvings found. Bahamas Indians believed iron thunderbolts fall from the sky. The findings support the view that western Indians hunted in the Bahamas, with ties to Arawaks Columbus encountered in Cuba and Hispaniola.
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Washington, D. C
Ction Ogee
Sithamehe
Herbert W. Krieger
Smithsonian Institution
America
San Salvador
Watling Island
Bahamas
Mr. Krieger
New Providence
Long Island
Andros
Krieger
Haiti
Jute Fiber Use in Bengal Across Class and Trade
The material is sourced mainly from Bengal, India, cut from jute. It serves clothing for the poor yet is chiefly utilized for bagging and wrapping goods, reflecting its industrial role and social reach.
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Bengal
India
Lower and Upper Case Letters Origin in Typography
The phrase lower case and upper case come from early movable type. Smaller letters were stored in cases below the capital letters used for headings. Printers arranged cases to speed composing lines and kept lowercase letters in a lower cabinet.
Algebraic Unknown Denoted by Letter Used in Equations
The phrase identifies the algebraic practice of using a single letter to represent an unknown quantity in equations and expressions. It highlights the role of symbols in simplifying problem solving and abstract reasoning across mathematical contexts.
Why Iodine Was Named For Violet Light
Iodine derives its name from a Greek word meaning violet light due to the color of its vapor. The element was discovered in 1811 by Courtois.
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Courtois
University Dean Beasts of 2000 Flawless Gems
Tucson, Ariz. Dr. G M Butler dean of the University of Arizona college of mines and engineering preserves a thirty year collection of about 2000 gem stones. The set includes diamonds rubies sapphires pearls and many specimens with a star ruby and an opal among his favorites.
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Tucson
Ariz
G. M. Butler
University of Arizona College of Mines and Engineering
Halved Stamps Found in Hull Solicitor Office
A Hull solicitor's office yielded halved stamps once used, recognized by Lowe of London as a philatelic discovery of notable significance.
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Hull
Lowe
London
Starving Tribesmen Sell Girls at Six Cents in India
Reported in Allahabad that Pattagabh Banswara and Turlam tribesmen sell young girls for as little as six cents each as famine decimates crops for 2,000,000 people. American and Canadian missions try to address the relief crisis.
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Allahabad
India
Pattagabh
Banswara
Turlam
Aged Navajo Slave Scout and Shepherd in Colorado
Francisco Gallegos, eighty eight, Navajo born in a raiding tribe, was raised as a slave by the Gallegos family near Alamosa Colorado. He speaks Spanish as his native tongue and lives in an adobe hut after inheriting sheep reseeding on his master’s death. He hunts daily, guiding in mountains and defending his flock against predators.
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Alamosa
Colo
Francisco Gallegos
Alamosa Canyon
Here
Colorado
Gallegos
Juan de Jesus Gallegos
Milwaukee Model Railroad Club Opens Hobby Run
Forty men aged twenty one to forty eight operate a miniature railway for six months under construction. The Milwaukee club uses an abandoned track as their layout with the Waukesha Express model train reaching 120 miles an hour on curves and trestles as the board gathers around. The railroad president insists it is his turn at the controls during a regular club meeting at the Milwaukee terminal.
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Joseph S. Long
Riverside
American Legion
Stockton
San Francisco
Klum Hi
Chinatown
California
Central America
Fresno
Metal
WPA
Ventura
Elizabeth Ann Gomez
Lefty Gomez
New York Yankee
Rodeo
Los Angeles
Andy
Radio Fame
Alyce McLauglin
Hollywood
Charles Correll
Pacific Ocean
Chicago
Will Rogers
Oo Waite
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Terminal
Milwaukee Model Railroad Club
Youth Collects Ancient Toy Banks That Perform
A brief item notes a youth who gathers old toy banks. The piece humorously suggests the hobby partly funds itself as a family tale unfolds about a son and a coin that won’t return to the head of an apple.
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Minneapolis
Grant
Rio Bravo Notes: Local Visits and Travel News
Local column lists visitors and travels across Bakersfield, Kernville, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Taft, Shafter, Arvin, Keene, Rosemead, and nearby homes. Guests include families of Haag, Totton, Wilsons, White, Fisher, McKinnon, and others.
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Carl W. Haag
T. R. Totton
Bakersfield
H. H. Saunders
Kernville
W. B. Wilson
Paul
Long Beach
E. E. Fisher
Blanche Duke
Tennessee
Harlin Wilson
Shafter
Cecil White
Harlen White
Albert Lane
Donald Suydam
Ralph Ware
Fern Calvert
Santa Cruz
Tommy
Katie Bratton
P. L. Bergen
Walter
Deanna
J. R. Berweck
Rosee
J. C. Ramsey
John
Taft
J. C. Coble
Eula Purtle
Robert Tucker
Arvin
J. H. Peterson
Sy Pies
Ilene
Shirley
Walter E. Haag
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Alabama
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Supreme Court
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Ida
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Fitz Mann
Bridgeport
Jack Nolan
San Mateo
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Feather River
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Indio
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Robert A. Cronin
West
Angels Camp
John Nill
McFarland
Buford Fox
Fox Museum
Kern County
Victoria
British Columbia
Bob Montgomery
Kern River Bridge
Ray Corrigan
Charles Scott
Fellows
Andrew H. Bradley
Maricopa
Lizzard
Muroc Lake
Hubert Carver
Army Air Corps
March Field
Kern General Hspital
Edward Phillip Leib
South Fork
Kern River
Harry Condon
el Paso Range
Red Rock Canyon
T. C. Hubble
Kern
Santa Maria
J. E. Anderson
Barbara Jean Walton
Oildale
Columbus
APEX
Shafter Furniture Co
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Santa Fe Railway
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T. 0. M. Sopwith
Atlantic Ocean
Jimmie Horton
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