Prediction of a common cold cure within five years
Dr John Dingle predicts a drug rather than a vaccine may be the future cure for the common cold within five years, noting immunity from natural infection lasts weeks and many viruses cause colds. Dr John Enders backs a drug approach but offers no rosy forecast. Families show high transmission from children. adults show lower susceptibility.
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John Dingle
Common Cold Foundation
John Enders
Harvard
Dingle
Cleveland
Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Directions from Cuero to Cheapside in Fortean terms
A local guide explains the route from Cuero to Cheapside using vivid landmarks. The dam road leads to a bridge called Hell's Gate, then the Devil's Backbone refers to jagged hills beyond the bridge, ending in the Lord family’s pasture.
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Texas
Cuero
Gonzales County
Cheapside
Hell's Gate
Lord's Pasture
Devil's Backbone
Lord’s Pasture
Lord
Practical Chair Change After Cat Takes Favorite Seat
The family should act pragmatically and avoid sentimentality by choosing a different chair for use. The cat has claimed the preferred spot, so select an alternative seating option to maintain comfort and order.
Red Cross aid to Turkish disaster victims
Canadian Red Cross authorizes shipment of thirty six cases from the League of Red Cross Societies warehouses in Geneva Marseilles and Istanbul to aid thousands of homeless in Turkey. Disasters hit Gerze Thracia and eastern Turkey with fires floods avalanches and 50 lives lost. Supplies include absorbent wool layettes clothing and hospital items knitted by Canadian volunteers.
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Red Cross
League of Red Cross Societies
Geneva
Marseilles
Istanbul
Tur
Canadian Red Cross
Turkish Red Crescent Society
Red Crescent Societies
Turkish Red Crescent
Gerze
Thracia
Turkey
Women’s Work Committee
Canada
League of Red Cross
Europe
Thatcher leads wheat growth across provinces
Thatcher variety dominated prairie wheat planting with Alberta at 53.6 percent and Saskatchewan at 59.3 percent. Manitoba Selkirk led at 64.6 percent, surpassing all other varieties combined in the latest tallies.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Selkirk
Thatcher
Rivalry Over Rich Newfoundland Waters Distinct History
The article recalls Newfoundland as the world’s tenth largest island with about 42 000 square miles, discovered by John Cabot in 1497 and soon a major international fishing hub. It notes rivalries and battles among nations’ fleets, Gilbert’s 1583 possession, and Newfoundland’s pre-Confederation status before joining Canada in 1949, including the 1934 surrender to a British commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Book of Knowledge
Great Britain
John Cabot
Humphrey Gilbert
Elizabeth I
Atlantic
Canada
Canada House Lottery For Trooping The Colour Seats
London. Canada House will run a Royal Lottery again to award tickets for seats to Britain�s trooping the color ceremony. Demand far exceeds the limited seats. about 100 bids per seat last year. Applications begin March 1 with a small ticket fee. The event is scheduled for May 31, Queen�s official birthday, on Horse Guards Parade.
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Canada House
London
Britain
Commonwealth Relations Office
Ellie McLoughlin
Horse Guards
Honey yields hinge on early hive placement in April
Saskatchewan Apiarist W. G. le Maistre urges placing package bees in the hive by the first week of April to allow nine weeks for colony buildup before the June honey flow. He notes bees placed in April produce about 35 percent more honey than those started after the third week, stressing early ordering and arrival.
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W. G. le Maistre
Saskatchewan
ORDER EARLY See shortage package bees this spring
Regina notes beekeepers plan to keep more bees in 1956 as demand rises in US and Canada and floods hit California. Early orders are advised due to April delivery focus. late orders risk delays. Apiary Division seeks equipment listings to help new and expanding beekeepers connect with sellers.
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Regina
Apiary
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
United States
Canada
California
Apiary Division
Plant Industry
Error leads to remarkable discovery
A small miscalculation in early planetary data led to predicting an unseen world. Mathematicians refined Uranus orbit predictions and, using the slight error as a guide, located Neptune, 2.7 billion miles from Earth, reshaping views of the solar system.
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Neptune
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
Saturn
William Herschel
Uranus
Ceres Named Largest Known Asteroid At 480 Mile Diameter
The asteroid Ceres is identified as the largest known asteroid with a diameter of 480 miles. This measurement places it as a major object in the asteroid belt, highlighting its size relative to other rocky bodies. The finding underscores long standing observations of Ceres’ scale among solar system objects.
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Ceres
Thrifty yardage apron pattern from Alice Brooks
Mice Brooks offers a 35 inch fabric yard apron pattern 7052 with tissue iron on color transfers in bright blue yellow and green. Medium size only and only twenty five cents to obtain the pattern through the Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalogue for knitting crochet embroidery iron-ons toys and novel ties.
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Alice Brooks
Swivel-top TV stand with storage pattern 420
Home Workshop pattern describes a 24 by 29 by 20 inch cabinet stand with a turntable top and under storage. It notes its corner or wall placement, use as room divider, two bearing options, and jig saw friendly ivy shelf designs with gift potential in fine woods.
Anne Adams Pattern Dept. at 60 Front Street W Toronto
Pattern department contact for Anne Adams located at 60 Front Street West Toronto. Customer inquiries and garment pattern requests handled through this address.
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Department P.P.L
Front Street W
Toronto
Anne Adams Pattern Dept
Department
P.P.L
Smog Stories From London Readers Speak Luridly
London smog prompts a flood of letters from Daily Mirror readers. Tales include a coalman misplacing coal into four phone booths, a trucker sleeping in icy water near a horse trough, and a man mistaken for a post box. Humorous misadventures amid a choking fog.
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London
Daily Mirror
Harrow
Jim Hagerty
Kent
I. T
Unusual Retriever Shocks Duck Hunters on Water
In a duck hunting tale a hunter boasted of an unusual retriever. A flight settled in and shots were fired. The dog jumped from the boat, ran over the water, retrieved a bird, and returned. His owner crowed that the dog did something unusual, while the partner quipped that the dog cannot swim.
Communist China plans 30 letter alphabet reform
The New China News Agency reports a campaign against illiteracy proposing a 30 letter English style alphabet to replace the vast 30,000 Chinese characters. A reform conference in Peiping urged Mandarin as the unified spoken form and to spell it in Roman letters, using all English letters except V plus five additional letters for Chinese sounds.
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Hong Kong
China
New China
Peiping
Saar Basin Dense Population Hub on Franco German Border
The coal rich Saar basin along the Franco German border is the most densely populated region in Europe. Covering about 900 square miles it sits on the Moselle river basin amid industrial activity and cross border coal mining.
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Saar
Europe
Moselle
New Oral Insulin Prospect For Diabetics
American scientists test a sulfa drug called orinase that may mimic insulin's effects when taken orally. German discovery raises hope of avoiding daily injections but concerns about potential liver damage persist as early reports compare it to prior failed oral insulin attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinald Bertram
Hamburg Barmbek Hospital
Hem-Roid Internal Pile Relief Tablet Ad
A vintage promotional note touts Hem-Roid tablets for internal relief of swollen painful piles. It promises quick, effective action with one tablet taken two or three times daily, easing itching and pain and aiding healing. Available at all drug stores with a money back guarantee.
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Marguerite Piazza
Chicago, Ill
Chelsea
Fleischmann
U.S
Tenley Albright
Cortina
Italy
Mice Brooks
Jfashions
Home Workshop Pattern Service
West Fifth Avenue
Vancouver
B.C
Bishmna Hbelams
Bozo
By Foxo Reardon
Dodd
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