Weather modification moves from belief to method progress
Houghton of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told delegates that weather modification is advancing from optimism to demonstrable results. He cited limited rainfall increases in California, Oregon, and Washington and stressed the need for better data from rain gauges while noting the growing complexity of experiments across the atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ir Ht
Houghton
Department of Meteorology
Managhuaeus
Netitute
Tech Howe
Manitoba Adopts One Plate Licensing Rule
Manitoba motorists must display a single license plate with a rear validation strip under a new order in council. Front plates are to be removed to reuse plates for another year while public service buses long distance for hire trucks taxis and liveries remain unaffected. High speed tractors and motorcycles receive the existing front one or rear two plate setup as appropriate.
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Manitoba
Motor Carrier Board
Taxicab Board
Pubiic
C. L. Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Gulf Stream described as majestic warm water river
An analysis of the Gulf Stream portrays it as a vast warm water flow in the Atlantic Ocean. It originates in the Gulf of Mexico and travels about 6,000 miles to the Arctic, delivering immense heat to northern lands while remaining narrower toward the sea and shallower with distance.
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Strona
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
E. Griffiths
Nautical Magazine
Glasgow
Scotland
Gulf of Mexico
Arctic
Amazon
Arctic Circle
Greenland
Norway
Hammerfest
Riga
Gulf
Britain
America
Gulf Stream
Man in iron mask Beasley dies after 30000 mile world walk
Harry Beasley once famed for pushing a baby carriage around the world in an iron mask died in London. He walked 30000 miles through cities from New York to Sydney under a now famous wager that offered £21000 if he completed all conditions. He later returned with £4000, donated it to charity, and faded into obscurity.
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Harry Beasley
Bengies
Dartford
Kent
New York
Montreal
Sydney
Australia
Funny and Otherwise A Seaside Wardrobe of Quick Quips
A collection of light hearted jokes and anecdotes feature a river rescue, a misread book title, a logbook quip about a drunken mate, a travelling salesman and a comic misunderstanding over a piano sale, and a cup of tea misplacement with a cocoa tin marked matches.
False facial fashions drive roaring trade in wigs and beards
A Sunday paper notes a London wig maker thriving on false facial hair. Customers include engineers and earls, with moustaches priced from 1 shilling to five guineas. Fakers offer pre stained beards, tobacco tinged strands, or greyed tints, sometimes using women’s hair from Swiss and Italian sources to craft convincing disguises.
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Reynold's News
London
Nikolai Bulganin
Switzerland
Italy
Phiebitis treatment urged for swelling legs
A Los Angeles physician told the California Medical Association that about 10 million Americans have swollen legs from circulation problems. Phiebitis is an inflammation of leg veins and can cause clots and death in rare cases. Treatment focuses on reducing swelling and lifestyle changes including elevating the feet, wearing elastic stockings, avoiding long car rides, and a low salt diet.
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Los Angeles
Roy J. Popkin
Cedars of Lebanon
Popkin
California Medical Association
Punkin
No More Joking Paints His House In Jest
James Condon of Charles City Iowa warned friends they could paint his house while away in jest. Now back he is busy with a brush trying to cover up the mixed array of light blue cream green yellow pink and dark blue paints his friends applied.
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James Condon
Charles City
Iowa
Condon
Pepper’s colorful saga spans trade to empire and price
A dense overview traces pepper from ancient trade routes to European markets. It highlights its varied uses as a stimulant, preservative, and medicine, its political and economic power in medieval and early modern Europe, and its role in voyages, piracy, and national wealth. The piece notes planting realities, cultivation yields, and production shifts from Tranvancore and Malabar to Indonesia, with postwar disruption.
Easy 8-0-0 topper pattern for Misses’ sizes
Pattern 4841 offers a lightweight woolen, pastel linen, or pique topper with a jaunty collar and square pockets. Sizes 12 through 42 require yardage depending on size, with complete illustrated instructions and a fit tested pattern. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept., 60 Front Street W, Toronto.
Household Arts Department Embroidery Pattern Offer
Easy cross-stitch and outline embroidery to brighten kitchen towels. Pattern 7154 includes six motifs and gay checked trim directions. Send twenty five cents in coin stamps to Household Arts Department, 60 Front Street W, Toronto. Free patterns printed in the Alice Brooks Needlecraft book for 1956. Send 25 cents for your copy.
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Household Arts Department
Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Alice Brooks
Government plan to subsidize grasshopper control in Manitoba
Manitoba municipal representatives endorsed a plan to have the government subsidize half the cost of grasshopper control chemicals for purchases over ten dollars, with provincial and municipal dollar-for-dollar matching. Farmers could apply for rebates on purchases used on farms, adjacent roads, or vacant land, while commercial firms would stock and service the plan. Entomologists warned weather will greatly influence hatching. hot dry June favors grasshopper infestations from Neepawa and Gladstone toward the Assiniboine River, including Elms Creek Carman area and Dominion City.
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Manitoba
MacGregor
HB. Wood
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Wood
Commercia
RD. Bird
W. Romanow
Dominion Entomological Laboratory
Neepawa
Gladstone
Agsiniboine
Elms Creek
Carman
Dominion City
Side Notes on Names and Unions Across Time
A mosaic of snippets mentions trade skills like bricklaying, famed figures such as Churchill and Ben Johnson, and quirky facts about names laws in Belgium. It touches Monaco tax shifts, life habits of married couples, Babe Ruth’s World Series feats, and early views on visual telephony and long-ago telecommunication costs.
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Winston Churchill
Ben Johnson
Johnson
Shakespeare
Ben
Celia
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