Astronomers Pick Leningrad for Union Meeting
The International Astronomical Union will hold its next general assembly in Leningrad, Soviet Russia, likely in August 1951. Attendees from around the world are invited as the U S withdrawn its bid due to visa issues and lack of American scholars, with assurances later received that all participating bodies would be invited.
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Tuscan Ariz
Leningrad
Soviet
Russia
International Astronomical Union
Giv
Tlean Wire
EA. U
Y .Nassau
U. 2
American Astro-nomical Society
A. Mikhailov
Academy of Sciences
United States
U. S
Invita
Struve
State Department
D. Chalonge
Paris
Chalonge
Ben
France
America
Harold Spencer Jones
Astronomer Royal
England
Union
Surance
Bertine Lindbald
Lund Observatory
Stockholm
Sweden
Humane Death Method Via Partial Vacuum Tested
Los Angeles city animal regulation department officials describe a humane method for destroying animals using partial vacuum to reduce air pressure. Manager Richard L. Bonner explains that lowered oxygen leads to loss of consciousness followed by cardiac stop. The unit operates as altitude test results from pilots informed the approach.
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Los Angeles
City Animal Regulation Department
Richard L. Bonner
Bonner
Tribal Custom Calls For Removal Of Teeth
A report notes a tribal practice in Northern Regdessa where six upper front teeth were removed as a customary rite. The procedure, described as a fanisaya among the Chik sare, was said to occur around the time of puberty.
Father John's Medicine Promises Quick Cold Relief
An OTC remedy touts non alcoholic ingredients to soothe a raspy throat during colds. It claims fast relief and strong defense against colds, with millions using it over the past year.
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Father John
Jon
Refuge For Wife Wary Husbands In Recruiting Posters
An exhibit in a downtown subway displays forty old British Army posters. One poster for the 14th Light Dragoons appeals to men with too much wife or hardship at home, inviting them to apply to Sergeant Hammond at the Rose and Crown in Whitechapel for refuge from domestic pressure.
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London
14Th Light Dragoons
Hammond
Rose
Crown
Whitechapel
Dinner Plates Cause Juggler Ramone Injury Mishap
Chicago fi John Ramone, known for juggling, tossed three dinner plates. He caught plates one and two, while the third struck his forehead, requiring three stitches. He quipped that it always worked with rubber halls.
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Chicago
John Ramone
Bremen Ships 35000 Tree Seedlings For Tiergarten Replanting
The City of Bremen sent 35000 oak and linden seedlings to Berlin to restore Tiergarten after war damage and prior use as firewood by Berliners.
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Berlin
Bremen
Library Photographs Religious Manuscripts in Sinai Mission
A Congressional Library expedition in Atab-helé Jerusalen has produced 8,000 photographic reproductions of religious manuscripts. The team, aided by Egyptian scholars, will also photograph 3,000 ancient volumes and 2,000 scrolls at Saint Catherine's Monastery in Mount Sinai Península.
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Atab-helé Jerusalen
Saint Catherine's Monastery
Egypt
Mount Sinai Penimula
Tas Baint Catherias Project Illuminates Islamic History
A fragment suggests Tas Baint Catherias's project aims to shed new light on Islamic and religious history, potentially surpassing recent scholarly efforts in scope and depth.
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Tas Baint Catherias
Jeny
Farmers Fight Fire Delays Alarm As Barns Burn
William Yahn shouted at phone lines during a frenzied call as flames nearly destroyed his barns. The alarm was delayed five minutes before firefighters arrived, while responders spoke to bystanders and others on the line.
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William Yahn
Yahn
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