Trapper Alan Cameron Entangled With Wilderness Pact
Alan Cameron and his partners search Northern Canada for Montagnais trappers. They find a log house and meet John McCord who lures Alan toward a perilous mission beyond Sinking Lakes. Heather McCord's affections complicate loyalties as police seek a guide to the Big River region.
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Alan Cameron
Noel
Rough
Ungara Bleddoe
Big River
Canada
Talking River
John McCord
Hunter
Alan
Fort George
McQueen
Slade
Arsene Rivard
Berthe Dessane
McCord
Chase for River Headway Deepens as Police Close In
Alan Cameron faces Provincial Police from Quebec who question the men about a money bill found in his pouch. He deflects and schemes to meet Neil Campbell at Whale River while plotting a future escape before authorities close in.
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Pierre
Noel
Alan
Rivard
Gabriel
Hudson's Bay
Dessane
Manon
Alee
Berthe
Arsene
Roughy
Berthe Dessane
Cameron
Father
Trade-House
Alan Cameron
Duncan McNab
Hudson’s Bay Company
Whale River
Hudson’s Bay
Rough
McQueen
Slade
Quebec
Neil Campbell
Fort George
Vanguards Reach Fort George in May Coastal Chase
Alan Cameron faces police suspicions over Canadian money as McQueen and Slade pursue John McCord, a murder suspect. With floe ice blocking Whale River, Alan plans a rapid ascent to find dogs from Eskimos and outpace authorities, while he cherishes a distant romance with Berthe before departure.
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Fort George
Great Salt Bay
James Bay
Cape of the Four Winds
Whale River
Alan
McQueen
Slade
Gabriel Dessane
Gabriel
Nichicon
Rupert House
John McCord
East Main
Dessane
Neil Campbell
Berthe
Talking River
Noel
Neil
Hudson’s Bay
Revillon Freres
Richmond Gulf
Arsene
Father
Fort Forty Acre Fort Hidden in Shawnee Hills
A circular 40 acre walled enclosure high cliffs, once a horse thief cache, now a popular Shawnee unit sight. Indian graves and relics found inside. Visitors access via a narrow passage with a tumble wall. spring water and heavy vegetation sustain wildlife.
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United States Forest Service
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Forestry Service
National Forest
First Hungary Water Records Date and Claim
Alcoholic perfumes trace back to the fourteenth century with the first documented example being Hungary water. Queen Elizabeth of Hungary is said to have distilled rosemary in 1870 using a hermit’s recipe to preserve beauty into old age.
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Hungary
Elizabeth
Millikan Reveals Cosmic Rays From Annihilated Elements
Dr. Robert A. Millikan and colleagues report evidence that powerful cosmic rays arise from annihilation of common elements scattered across space. Balloon probes show the sun's magnetic field extends into space, steering less powerful hydrogen and helium rays away from Earth.
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Space
Washington
National Academy of Science
Robert A. Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Earth
Solar
Millikan
I. S. Bowen
H. Victor Neher
Windmill autogiro eyed for wide military and civilian uses
Washington reports rapid hopes for the autogiro, a windmill craft without wings, as engineers predict broad adoption within five years. Leonard Engel describes hovering, sideward movements, and precise landings, noting military and civilian interests from artillery spotting to air mail and forestry, with possible chemical cloud dispersion and naval gunfire spotting.
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Leonard H. Engel Washington
W. Wallace Kellett
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Senor
Juan de la Cierva
United States
Kellett
Washington
Seedless Tomatoes Grown by the Use of Chemicals
In Missouri horticulture, tomatoes are grown without seeds by pinching pollen-producing parts of the flower to halt fertilization and applying indoleacetic acid in lanum paste as a growth hormone. About three applications, spaced a week to ten days apart, produce normal-sized fruit that is solid meat weighing more due to lack of pulp.
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Columbia
Department of Horticulture
University of Missouri
Missouri
Crusher Destroys Water Hyacinth in the South
The United States Army Engineer Corps tests a new boat named Kenny to curb water hyacinth in the South. It uses a wide chain conveyor to scoop plants, then crushes them between heavy rollers, pulped remains washed overboard and sink to the bottom.
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New Orleans
South
United States Army Engineer Corps
Longest Single Span Girder in New York
New York City’s West Side express highway features the nation’s longest single-span plate girder. The 190 ft 2 in overall length spans the New York Central tracks at West 100th Street, with 188 ft 1 1/2 in between supports. Fabricated in two lengths to meet railroad loading and shipping needs.
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New York
New York City
United States
New York Central Railroad
West One Hundred and Sixtieth Street
Lindberghs Glass Heart Keeps Organs Alive
Dr Alexis Carrel announced at the American Philosophical Society that Lindberghs glass heart has been used in over 900 experiments totaling about 100000 hours to keep alive and sustain a wide range of organs from humans and animals. Hearts lungs livers kidneys and other glands and tissues stayed active for periods from two to thirty days.
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Philadelphia
Charles Lindbergh
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
American Philosophical Society
Vegetable Sheep from Colombian Mountains
The Smithsonian described new plants in the United States National Herbarium by Dr. S. F. Blake. From the Santa Marta mountains in Colombia the aster family plants resemble woolly sheep, previously only known from New Zealand. A second plant, named monk plant, resembles robed priests in light fog.
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Washington
United States National Herbarium
Smithsonian Institution
New Zealand
Santa Marta Mountains
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