Rescue on frozen road ends in reunion for Frieda
In a rugged Alaska scene, Carol Coburn helps search for Frieda Eckström after the six year old disappears. Sidney Lander drives a rescue effort with a dog Sandy, leading to Frieda found asleep in a wolfskin under a haystack. Lander and Coburn share a tense, heartfelt moment as the child is saved.
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Carol Coburn
Sidney Lander
Eric
the Red
Olié Eckstrom
Olie
Ole
Frieda
Eckstrom
Katie
Birch Grove
Schlupp
Lander
Sandy
Sander
Jansen Shack
Val
Harvards Conant Chosen to Lead British Scientific Mission
In 1918 a young James Bryant Conant helped develop lewisite gas and later became Harvard president in 1936. President Roosevelt selects him to head a scientific mission to Britain, reflecting his prominence as a leading chemist and wartime defense expert. He is an alpinist and educator who aimed to banish war gases.
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James Bryant Conant
Harvard
Roosevelt
Britain
British War Office
Bureau of Mines
Chemical Warfare Service
North Palisade
California Sierra
Dorchester
Mass
Charles *W. Eliot
Conant
Royal Air Force College
London
Imperial Defense College
Canada
Beginner Driver Frustrations and Instructor Tips
The instructor guides a reluctant beginner through basic car control steps. The learner asks if their nose could help and questions the usefulness of any action beyond focusing on the road ahead.
U S Canada Boundary Sutured by Varied Markers Across 5600 Miles
The boundary between the United States and Canada stretches 5,600 miles and features 8,060 monuments of diverse types. Cast iron posts in concrete, aluminum bronze five foot posts, large concrete range markers in Great Lakes passages, and small manganese bronze posts line waterways. In key fishing grounds on the West Coast, lighted steel towers mark the boundary, with 30-foot vistas cleared through timbered regions.
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Great Lakes
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Lamp
Lemuel’ F
New York
el Ok Ieee
Air Chief
Robert Brooke
Popham
British Empire
British Far East
Far East
Sandhurst
France
U. S.-Canada Boundary
Smorolinen
la, Rochefoucauld
Lice
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