Nick Parker Faces Family Rift in Silent Summer Wedding
Nick Parker and Linda Weston plan a quiet wedding while rival brothers Alf Bob and Lew stir a long simmering feud over orchard methods and inheritance. A transcontinental call from Bob in Poland confirms the distance and the unresolved tensions, as Nick contemplates a future without his fractured family nearby.
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Joan
Bob
Lew
Alf
Joann Parker
Nick
Linda
Intercontinental calls tie wedding plans in distant romance
Nick and Alf exchange long distance banter across Poland and Melbourne as Nick prepares to marry. The Voice of the Future narrates live from the International Date Line while Alf’s birthday looms and a wedding emerges as the cost of calls climbs.
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Nick
Lew
Melbourne
Australia
Bob
Poland
Pacific Ocean
Alf
Voice of the Future
Parsley Germination Quickened by Hot Water Method
Canadian Speeding seed germination Parsley seeds are slow and weeded out by fast growers. Garden Graph shows a hot water treatment to speed germination after planting. Pour boiling water on planted seeds, cover lightly, and in three weeks seedlings appear above ground. Parsley can be stored over winter by lifting in fall and repotting in sunny basement windows.
Overdoing It. A Joke About Poverty and Education
A humorous exchange features Weary Bill blaming overeducation for his condition and a kind lady asking how he became so. He explains as a child he read about the blessings of poverty and grew to believe he could not work.
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Vd Nave
Alf
Bill
Kiwanis Elects Bennett O Knudson President for 1939 40
Kiwanis International elected Bennett O Knudson of Albert Lea Minnesota as president for 1939 40 at the annual Chicago convention. Knudson also served as International Vice President for the prior year and has been an active Kiwanian since 1922.
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Bennett. O. Knudson
Albert Leaf
Minn
Kiwanis International
Chicago
Jar. Knudson
International
Kiwanian
Royal visit highlights Indian signs of road safety in Canada
The King and Queen showed keen interest in Indian Canadians as Calgary hosts a chief called White Chief. Safety expert W J Davidson compares Indian signs to highway cues, urging drivers to react instinctively to signs like mud tracks, dust clouds, rain on the windshield, and changing road surfaces to prevent accidents.
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Canada
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Calgary
Albino
British Isles
W. J. Davidson
Society of Automotive Engineers
Davidson
Judge Cashier Returns Fire In Bank Test
An American judge who failed re election becomes a local bank cashier. A man tries to cash a cheque but is refused. The cashier cites insufficient identity and the judge notes that paying out money requires caution, remarking that one has hanged men on less evidence. The scene ends with sly humor about verification.
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Bydgoszcz
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George
H. Elon
Toronto
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Hamilton
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DEAN
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Central Press Canadian
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Kiwanis President
Breeted
Department of Transports
James K. Lawrence
Myrtle
Atoes Bright's
Queenland
Special
Wagstaffe
Lynn Valley
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Jer
TOC
Ibs
Del
Jolly
Hawes
Cello
Pke
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