The Human Factor In Automobile Accidents
The article argues that human error drives most road crashes in Canada, not faulty equipment. It cites 1935 Ontario data showing over 10,000 of 10,918 cars in accidents were in apparent good condition, urging individual and collective action by women to promote safer driving and broader safety education and funding.
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Canada
Dominion
Prairie Province
United States
Merrill Denison
Canadian Home Journal
Ontario
Motor Vehicles Department
Detroit teen’s rare anatomy reveals third kidney
San ford Getz Jr., 17, of Brown City Michigan, is recovering after a recent operation disclosed by Dr. George C. Burr. The unusual anatomy shows he has three kidneys, a case likened to the rare upside down stomach.
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Detroit
Sanford Getz, Jr
Brown City
Mich
George C. Burr
Alfred scientist to develop hairy bees with longer tongues
Dr. Lloyd R. Watson of Alfred University has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to pursue a project breeding hairy bees. He aims to create fuzzy bees with extended tongues to improve pollen transfer, noting current breeds pollinate less deeply into flowers yet still carry pollen well.
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Lloyd R. Watson
Alfred University
Guggenheim Foundation
Watson
Occupation lifespans: doctors short, judges long
An upcoming analysis shows doctors average about sixty years, blamed on long shifts and exposure. Steel puddlers top mortality with under sixty years. Judges and parsons live longest among professionals, according to the registrar general and remarks by Dr. Anderson of the BMA.
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Britain
Dr. Anderson
British Medical Association
Judges
Parsons
French war hero clue sought to find long lost parents
An unknown English officer found Louis Albert de la Rue as an infant on a 1918 Bailleul Hazebrouck front line road. Raised by Rouen nuns he now lives in Bruges and appeals to English authorities to locate the officer and the exact location and date of his rescue to aid a search for his birth parents.
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Louis Albert de la Rue
Bruges
de la Rue
Bailleul-Hazebrouck
Bailleul
Rouen
Sisters of Our Lady of Ypres
Louis
France
Albert
Belgium
George
Representation plan for imperial conference delegates
At the Western Agricultural Conference in Calgary in 1937 a resolution urged the Dominion government to invite primary producer organizations to nominate representatives to join government delegates as an advisory body for the London Imperial Conference. It also called for broad-based provincial and export-sector representation at a pre imperial conference gathering.
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Dominion
London
Calgary
Supreme Court of Canada
Seismograph Aids Aviation At Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
A new seismograph announced at MIT records imitation earthquakes caused by engine vibration in aircraft. The shocks travel through planes and locating their epicenters has proven essential to prevent rapid weakening and breakage of parts as power and speed rise.
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Massachusetts Institution of Tech
Century-Old Pickwick Coach Reenacts Dickens Centenary
The Commodore Coach reenacts the Pickwick Papers centenary in London with five named passengers including Mr Pickwick and Jingle. Dickens Fellowship holds its 49th convention as 49 branches from cities such as Toronto Philadelphia and Copenhagen attend the event.
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Pickwick Papers
Charles Dickens
Commodore
Pickwickians
Rochester
London
Golden Cross
Dickens Fellowship
Pickwick
Tupman
Winkle
Alfred Jingle
Bertram Mills
Toronto
Edmonton
Victoria
Vancouver
Philadelphia
Copenhagen
Brisbane
Alberta Dry Belts Under Special Municipal Areas Act
A special survey committee led by O. S. Longman recommends placing Alberta dry belts under the Special Municipal Areas Act. The panel urges direct relief, ending special agricultural relief, and backing water resource development, irrigation, and improved farming practices.
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Alberta
Special Survey Committee
O. S. Longman
Record-Setting Log Haul by 75-Horsepower Tractor
E J Morris, ex city engineer of Regina, piloted a 75 HP caterpillar tractor at Sipanok River camp The Pas Lumber Co. Nine miles driven into the bush pulled 34 loads of spruce logs to mill yards The log train stretched about 300 yards weighing an estimated 1400 tons Location 70 miles northeast of Nipawin.
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Sipanok River
Pas Lumber Company
Sipanok River Camp
Nipa
Possibilities of Television and Sound Conditioning Devices
Andrew W Cruse of the U S Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce outlined potential future television aided developments including silent building shrouds and devices to reveal enemy maneuvers and speed up messages. He cautioned that these plans are far from practical. The piece also notes a survey suggesting the safest driving hour in Pennsylvania is six to seven am on Wednesday.
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Andrew W. Cruse
Electrical Division
U.S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Pennsylvania
Swedish sailboat mast invention enables solo sail handling
A Sweden designed mast rotates to roll the sail, allowing a single person to manage the vessel. The feature reduces crew needs and simplifies rigging, promising easier navigation and operation in various wind conditions.
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Sweden
Ice disks fool gas meters in London scam
Gas inspectors in London reveal a businessman used ice disks to fool meters. He dropped ice disks into coin slots causing high gas use while collectors found few coins. The meter was unusually damp, and investigators confirmed the deception.
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London
Selected Recipes Include Dates and Bran in Batter
A recipe note lists ingredients for a date and bran cake with butter brown sugar milk water Quaker bran and flour. The method creames butter and sugar adds egg milk and water then folds in dry ingredients dates and bakes at 375 degrees F.
Coin weighs 312 pounds from 1719 Sweden mint
Carl Sakiison of Chimney Rock Wisconsin a collector of old documents and coins owns a coin weighing 312 pounds and valued at $2 when minted in Sweden in 1719 during a war with Russia and Denmark to prevent export of money.
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Carl Sakiison
Chimney Rock
Wis
Sweden
Russia
Denmark
Relief Loans To Provinces Exceed One Hundred Eleven Million
Federal treasury loans to provinces under relief legislation total more than 111 million with Manitoba 15,028,686 Saskatchewan 46,834,986 Alberta 22,779,000 and British Columbia 26,947,680. Additional Dominion housing loans outstanding include Prince Edward Island 21,500 Nova Scotia 682,000 New Brunswick 648,700 Quebec 2,609,687 Manitoba 1,095,000 and British Columbia 1,701,500.
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House of Commons
W. M. Ryan
Dominion
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Manitoba
British Columbia
Radio News Service Costs and Language Coverage Report
In the House of Commons reply Joseph Mallette notes the Radio News Service operates in French and English for newspapers magazines and broadcasting stations since July 1 at a cost of 999 for the first six months. Marine Minister Howe confirms the service and the bilingual program delivery.
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House of Commons
Joseph Mallette
Jacques Cartier
Howe
Catherine the Great Guards Violet for 150 Years
Catherine the Great reportedly placed a sentry over a violet in a park to prevent plucking and forgot to lift the order. Sentries reportedly guarded the spot for 150 years, an anecdote reflecting eccentric royal caution.
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Catherine the Great
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E. J. Morris
City Engineer’s Department
Regina
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Ogden
Vogue
P.S
Furree
Radio
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