Educational Needs Of Canada Differ From Great Britain
Governor General Tweedsmuir told Ontario educators that Canada must tailor education to prepare youth for honest work and broad horizons. He praised integrating humanities into technical training and urged elastic schooling beyond pedantry while highlighting prairie teachers' dedication amid drought and hardship.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Lord Tweedsmuir
Goveror
Ontario Educational Association
Toronto
Canada
Ontario
Great Britain
Drouth
Prairies
Miss Cecilia Colledge Wins World Skating Championship at 17
London based Miss Cecilia Colledge daughter of a West End surgeon has become a world skating champion at seventeen after years of daily training. She began with no skating experience before 1928 and trained hours daily mostly on London rinks and in Switzerland. She is also an accomplished dancer swimmer and tennis player.
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Cecilia Colledge
Canada
London West-end
London
Switzerland
Rules Of Happiness From R C Smith On His Birthday
R C Smith Toronto advertising dean outlined happiness rules: do what is asked and willingly, and always do your duty while giving clients full benefit of knowledge and experience. He noted England carried over one hundred million railway passengers last November and that Russian squirrels are used to make camel hair brushes.
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R. C. Smith
Toronto
England
California
East Pasadena
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
New York Sun
The Crooked House of Alfred Maine and Its Builder Eliphalet Coffin
In Alfred Maine an old two story house remains famously crooked since its postwar construction on Shaker Pond road. Built by town blacksmith Eliphalet Coffin the home mirrors a road crook and showcases his ironmongery art including a bow and arrow design on the verandah.
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Alfred
York County
Maine
Eliphalet Coffin
Shaker Pond
Coffin
John Holmes
Senator Holmes
Massabesh
Canada Steps Up Bacon Exports to Britain
Canada reports rising Wiltshire bacon exports to Great Britain from 1933 to 1936 with shipments reaching 147,688,800 pounds valued at 25,138,590 dollars. All export plants must be licensed, bacon graded and stamped Canada A B or C, and Canadian inspectors verify stock on arrival. Each packing house estimates monthly shipments to keep weekly totals within five percent.
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Great Britain
Canada
England
79 year old Goderich man rides a motorcycle
Walter R. Henry of Goderich at 79 years old rides a motorcycle after starting on a bicycle at age 72. He prefers an even 45 miles per hour and says the new 50 mile per hour speed limit will suit him. The Morse newspaper notes his steady chugging may become a local record.
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Walter R. Henry
Goderich
Peterborough Examiner
Speaks For Itself A Talking Cigarette Box Item
A novelty cigarette box appears ordinary but speaks when opened asking will you have a cigarette. Keeper A Hopper at the London zoo has caught 500 rats in 12 years and 2198 in total.
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A. Hopper
London Zoo
Courtesy At Sea Shows Universal Aid Among Sailors
The article praises the maritime code of aiding ships in distress across nations. It highlights British, German, Italian, Greek, American crews rescuing others in peril, and shows camaraderie at sea and in port, contrasted with drivers ignoring breakdowns on highways.
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Pacific
Orkney Islands
Tume
Urges Fixed Easter Date by Toronto Clergyman
Rev Dr C A Williams of Howard Park United Church Toronto argues for setting Easter on the third Sunday in April and adding a public holiday on Monday. He says current calendar shifts spoil the Easter season and hinder church school trade and travel while contrasting with the Christmas spirit.
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C. A. Williams
Howard Park United Church
Toronto
Dr. Williams
Safety In The Air In Britain And Abroad
Safety in air travel shows 12 deaths among 200 000 passengers carried by British airlines last year in Britain and overseas. Foreign airlines have similarly strong records as Imperial Airways expects to cover 8 000 000 miles this year. The Daily Mail notes the rare disasters amid vast, safe miles flown.
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Britain
Imperial Airways
London Daily Mail
Lag in Production Delays Soviet 1937 Planting Campaign
The Soviet government reports industrial and agricultural lag in early 1937 under the push to exceed the second five year plan. Spring planting is about 315 million acres behind schedule, with only 13.2 million acres planted by late March compared to 54.4 million a year ago, fueling fears the year end targets may not be met. Farmers blame spring delays. officials cite poor preparation and carelessness amid a shortened growing season.
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U.S
Wonderful New Organ At Paris Opera House
A vast semi circular panorama eighty five feet high and twenty tons supports a new light organ at the recently reopened Paris Opera House. The steel asbestos and mica panorama reflects sound without echo and is split into two parts hoisted by a crane. Lighting is fully automated from a control post opposite the prompter.
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Paris Opera House
M. Lebrun
Canadian Tire staff roll to better service in new Toronto space
In Toronto 18 Canadian Tire employees roll across 100000 square feet on roller skates to speed customer service. Manager Alfred Stevens admits some comic tumbles while the plan proves popular, leading to 18 pairs of skates being ordered for staff.
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Canadian Tire Corporation
Toronto
Alfred Stevens
Cobwebs and the spider behind dusty legends
A note explains cobwebs come from a tiny spider kept rarely at work. It debunks the myth that webs are merely dust and lint, adding that cob is an old English word for spider.
Pattern 57 Monograms and Embroidery Transfer
Pattern 5782 offers five alphabets and stitching guides for initials and monograms. It provides transfer patterns, stitch illustrations, and placement tips for simple embroideries on blouses hankies and linens. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Climate Shift Spurred by Continuous Geological Change
Ottawa Journal reports eminent meteorologist Dr. Moses B. Cotsworth of Vancouver and London argues Canada’s climate is steadily warming. He cites geological and climatic cycles, glacier retreat, and ocean current shifts as forces driving long term change toward milder conditions across North America and Western Canada.
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Canada
Moses B. Cotsworth
Vancouver
London
British Association of Science
Cotnworth
Cotsworth
Canadian
United States
Rocky Mountains
Bermuda
Scotland
Ottawa Journal
Blood Transfusion Institutes Aiding Loyalist Spain
Loyalist Spain has established blood transfusion institutes under Dr. Norman Bethune to support war efforts. Madrid leads with mass donation, two week blood storage, and refrigerated trucks delivering blood to front lines for transfusions. In three months Madrid recorded 193 transfusions from 2,000 donors totaling over 45 gallons.
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Norman Bethune
Montreal
Madrid Institute
Bethune
Madrid
Spain
Age of the Ocean Estimated at 70 Million Years
Dr Lawrence Irving of the University of Toronto calculates ocean age from river salt discharge. He notes annual inputs around 2 316 000 000 tons and uniform salinity, estimating the ocean’s approximate age at 70 000 000 years based on salt accumulation.
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Lawrence Irving
University of Toronto
Irving
Beecham Says He Scores Anyway in Opera Tale
A Daily Sketch story recounts Sir Thomas Beecham noting that a Continental impresario asked for a score amendment before Figaro, then found the score improved. Beecham quips that the score was Parsifal upside down, illustrating his joke that he scores anyway.
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Sir Thomas Beecham
The
Daily Sketch
Sir Thomas
Rising steel costs lift price of cars and homes in Britain
British consumers face higher living costs as steel prices rise on May 31 after government agreement. The move affects automobiles, housing materials, textiles, and clothing as demand for uniforms and blankets drives up wool. The public pays more for suits, overcoats, underwear, shirts, and blankets amid rearmament.
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Britain
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Taken For Granted A Judge Loses Hat and Coat
A judge attended a function and left his hat and coat in the cloakroom without a ticket. The attendant, who knew him by sight, did not issue a ticket. On departure the judge questioned the belongings, and the attendant admitted he could not prove ownership beyond receiving the items.
Apple a Day Keeps Doctor Away Joke
A humorous exchange about an apple supposedly keeping doctors away and a child breaking a window leads to a quip about the machine age and removing cellophane. The joke blends health lore with a playful critique of modernity.
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Blacksraith
Courtesy At Sea
St. Thomas Times Journal
Opera
Tire Corporation
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