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...review of Nature Notes by Radioman John Kieran (Information, Please), the Chicago Daily News called on eight-year-old Radiomoppet Gerard Darrow (Quiz Kids). Reviewer Darrow, a naturalist himself, called in his stenographer and dictated the book review of the week. Excerpts...
...Kieran writes this book over again, I wish he would put in a little more detailed information. On the hummingbird, for example, I would have said their wings go over 60 times a second, that a lot of people don't know that they are the only birds that can fly backward...
...take bumblebees. Mr. Kieran tells that they have long tongues, but he didn't say anything about their stingers and how they can use their stingers more than once. That's important information...
...Here's what's good about Nature Notes: Well, I found it very simple and interesting to read. Mr. Kieran writes very well. And the description of birds is very good...
...second successive year, Massachusetts' lantern-jawed Governor Leverett Saltonstall outskated lantern-jawed Quizman John Kieran in two grueling races (one a dash, the other an "endurance race" of two laps) at Boston's Country Club. Back at the State House, the Governor remarked easily, when Elevator Operator Dick Morrissey congratulated him: "It's good to keep in condition." Result: the Governor, challenged by Morrissey, went into training for a foot race to be held along the Charles River Esplanade...