Veterans Seize Vancouver Hotel As Shelter for Homeless
Canadian veterans occupy the ornate redstone Vancouver Hotel to house the homeless during a housing shortage. About 60 veterans lead the action, 200 residents register, and by the next night 700 are living there as townspeople donate food and blankets while officials debate responsibility and funding.
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Ottawa
Canada
Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway
New Veterans’ League
Highland Guard
Sun” Fact News Bureau
New Airline Features Planned by Chicago and Southern
Chicago and Southern Air Lines announced upcoming features including individual radio reception, television and motion picture provision, and a teletype reflector system for navigation with satellite data indicating direction position and altitude.
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AIR Lines
Chicago and
Southern Air Lines
Man Attends Own Funeral Relishing Episode in New York
A New York man, Jacob dioldis aged 69, attended his own funeral with 40 friends and relatives. He bought a coffin and arranged a gravestone, then told attendees the service was a grand affair and made him feel better.
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New York
Ninh Lenner
Jacob Dioldis
Goldie
Ghostly claims sway crew fears after suicide on steamer
The 14 merchant seamen including six Negroes were charged with refusing to sail on the steamer. They say the ghost of a departed crewman haunts the ship and feared watches after the third engineer John Finn’s suicide. Richard Bainbridge testified Finn’s spirit haunted the crew, but all involved were found guilty yet the cases were dismissed.
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Sal Sry
Milnepool
Richard Bainbridge
John Finn
Bainbridge
Finn
War Wrecks Hit Wildlife Across Seas and Skies
The Interior Department reports drastic wartime effects on wildlife. Thousands of auks murres gusts seagulls and ducks are casualties and unknown whale deaths occur due to submarine warfare. Oil on the water and damaged plumage left birds unable to float and drown. Jungle fighting also destroyed seabird nesting grounds.
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New York
U.S. Dept. of Interior
Supersonic Rope Detects Flaws in Materials
Sperry Corp engineers unveil the Supersonic Reflectoscope, a nondestructive tester using high pitched inaudible waves to penetrate steel and other mater ials. It records flaws by measuring wave travel times and displays a pattern on a screen to locate defects.
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Sperry Corp
Metter windmill improves storm proofing and self oiling
New Windmills All the latest features are shown in the Metter windmill type K. It is storm proof self governing and adaptable to 3 or 4 large towers with automatic self oiling. The main casting and oil container are in one piece to prevent leaks and the design includes a lubricated main spindle sleeve. The mill starts with any breeze and is built to pump more water than expected for its size despite severe storms.
Nylon fuel tanks propel aircraft industry advances
Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company announces a nylon rubberized fabric fuel tank. The tank, devised by its engineers, is being tested extensively by major commercial military and private plane builders nationwide.
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Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company
Sarawak Sale Sparks Debate Over British Rule
Background outlines Sarawak history from 1842 to 1917 with Rajah Charles Vyner Brooke ruling, the heir Bertram Brooke challenging a proposed sale to Britain, and notes on administration exports and geography including Kuching, rubber, and petroleum fields.
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Sarawak
Charles Brooke
Borneo
Brunei
James Brooke
Rajah Brooke of
Charles Vyner Brooke
Charles Johnson Brooke
Bertram Willes Brooke
Tuan Muda
England
Kuching
Mediums Mislead In U S Racket Quiz
Investigators questioned 20 mediums in several cities about a fictitious dead Marine George Bartlett. They reported divergent answers on Barbara Bartlett's life choices and whether George was happy in the spirit world, with many questions evading or conflicting. Regular customers and advance bookings noted.
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George Bartlett
Bartlett
Barbara
New York
George
London Hunt for Missing Girls Triggers Police Raids
London women police conducted a raid within a mile of Marble Arch targeting pubs clubs and hideouts. They found 40 girls many aged 14 to 18 away from home without satisfactory jobs and prompted others to leave London. Provincial reports note rising returns of girls labeled missing from home sometimes for five years back with parents.
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London
Marble Arch
London smugglers trap exposed in Belgian border haul
Parcels packed as wire bound cases arrived at Georges Zelatti's Paris home to hide a clothes and textiles haul. A Customs officer jumped from a case and a truck at Bestignies near the Belgian frontier led to the arrest. The driver had claimed empty cases for the British as a ruse.
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New York
Paris
Georges Zelatti
Hollywood
Zelatti
Bestignies
Sun” Fact News Bureau
Mysterious Illness Worries Health Officials in UK
Health Ministry experts warn of a mysterious peripheral neuritis causing temporary paralysis of hands and feet. Reports come from Merseyside and North Wales with victims unable to lift feet or grasp objects. Vitamin B deficiency is suspected though another theory cites a harmful food or drink contaminant.
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London
Health Ministry
Merseyside
North Wales
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United Nations Organisation
Spaak
General Assembly
AIF
Suzanne
Anne Sayer
Wool Growers
Cooper E.B
Dalgety & Company Ltd
National Library of Australia
U.S
L. W. Emery
C. 8, Baty & Co
Research Laboratory Radio Corporation
Melb
Western Electronics
Hay Street
Perth
John
Nla.gov
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