Canada as Land of Vast Contrasts Described by Lady Tweedemuir
Lady Tweedemuir writes from the Lemion Sunday Times describing Canada as a land of vast contrasts. She notes the immense territory, diverse climates, and varied lifestyles from Montreal to Vancouver, Winnipeg to Ottawa, with distances measured in hundreds of miles and travelers embracing long journeys.
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Lady Tweedemuir
Lemion Sunday Times
England
Canada
Maritime Provinces
Atlantic
British Isles
France
Germany
Russia
United States of America
Winnipeg
Mackenzie River
Women’s Institute
British Columbia
Women's Institute
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
Ottawa
Sze
Frohman to vacate Lyceum apartment after foreclosure
Daniel Frohman, longtime Lyceum Theatre resident, may be forced to vacate the unique top floor apartment after Bowery Savings Bank foreclosed the first mortgage. Heat is cut off, the private elevator no longer operates, and the space contains an art collection and stage-views used for gatherings by theatre notables. The article also notes south US paper industry investment, with Moon forecasting further spending and growth in pulp and paper production based on pine and hardwoods.
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Daniel Frohman
Lyceum
New York
Bowery Savings Bank
Actors Fund
Frohman
Endorsement Confusion at Los Angeles Post Office
A woman attempted to cash a postal money order at a Los Angeles office but the clerk saw no endorsement. She followed the clerk’s instruction to endorse it at a desk and returned to the window to reveal the back read I heartily endorse this. Invention of the ukulele is attributed to Manuel Munez. China tops world population with 450 million, then India and Russia.
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Los Angeles
Manuel Munez
Hawaiian Islands
China
India
Russia
Dining case and biology notes from a mixed topics piece
A humorous anecdote contrasts spending with saving in lunch etiquette. The piece then notes polar temperature variation in spiny anteaters, and comments on orchid growing and starfish learning despite lacking a brain.
Japanese Canned Salmon Sparks Trade Alarm in Commonwealth
Documents tabled in the House of Commons reveal Do minion officials in Australia warn of a Japanese effort to mislead buyers by stamping Can on cans to imitate Canadian packed salmon. Canadian trade commissioners fear Japanese salmon could undercut the Australian market despite tariff preferences. They view the influx as a foreign exchange pressure and BC’s salmon pack industry is kept informed.
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Australia
England
House of Commons
Dominion
Secret formula for panic proof vitamin kept at Health Ministry
The London Daily Sketch reports a claimed secret chemical formula for a new glandular vitamin stored in a safe at the Ministry of Health. The government reportedly hopes the formula could help Britain’s population stay calm in wartime.
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London Daily Sketch
Britain
Ministry of Health
Florida Swamps and Wetlands Span Vast Acreage
The state of Florida contains swamps and wetlands totaling about 19,800,000 acres. This bulk area highlights Florida's extensive wetland landscape and its ecological significance for habitat, water management, and conservation efforts.
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State of
Florida
Scientists Use Tobacco Leaves To Gauge Soil Health
A botanist explains leaf symptoms reveal soil nutrition. Dr J E MecMurtrey at the USDA shows nitrogen deficiency turns leaves pale and yellow, phosphorus absence yields dark narrow leaves with stunted growth, iron starvation shows green only along veins.
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J. E. MecMurtrey
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Popular
Ear-clip punishment for traitors in Singapore warned
Nigel G. Morris, assistant commissioner of police at Singapore, arrived in Victoria aboard the Empress of Japan en route to England on furlough. He said ear- clipping as punishment is still practised by some in Singapore and noted traitors to China face harsh penalties in the Straits Settlements during hostilities with Japan. He described coin making terms cast and struck as used for metal currency.
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Straits Settlement
China
Japan
Nigel G. Morris
Singapore
Victoria
England
Magna Charta Copy At New York World Fair Kept Safe
The Times-Journal notes a historic Magna Charta copy on display at the New York World's Fair. Four copies exist. the Lincoln Diocese holds the Lincoln charter believed to be the original. The document shaped English and American law, with Runnymeade readings by Stephen Langton and seals by King John.
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New York’s
Atlantic
England
New York
Diocese of
Lincoln
British Empire
United States
John
Runnymede
Windsor Castle
Stephen Langton
Canterbury
Himelf
British Museum
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Marvelous Mechanical Man Elektro Debuts at World Fair Luncheon
Elektro, a seven foot tall mechanical man weighing 260 pounds, debuted at a Pittsburgh luncheon. Built by Westinghouse engineers led by J. M. Barnett, he walks talks counts to ten and has a 36 trick repertoire. He weighs 260 pounds and uses a steel frame with an aluminum body.
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Pittsburgh
Elektro
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
J. M. Barnett
Elektra
More Food Required Eat more to grow hair says biologist
Prof Earl O Butcher of Hamilton College in Clinton New York reports experiments with white rats showing that energy and body repair must be met before hair can receive nutrition. He notes hair grows every 35 days in fed rats, but underfed rats show hair growth delayed to 50 or 60 days if at all.
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Earl O. Butcher
Hamilton College
Clinton
N.Y
Soviet Motorship Chelyus Kinetz Wrecked Near Tallinn
The 6,598 ton Soviet motorship Chelyus Kinetz was wrecked in Esthonian waters after running aground in a storm near Tallinn. The ship broke in two during the incident while a steamship Ashkhabad rescued 36 crew members after its recent round the world voyage.
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Tallinn
Ashkhabad
Diamonds Never Form In Masses Only Single Crystals
The assertion states that diamonds occur as single crystals rather than in mass formations, implying that bulk diamond material is not typically composed of multiple fused crystals.
Meteorological Flight Marks 15 Years Of Flight Feats
RAF pilots fly daily to 25 000 feet from Mildenhall for weather data guiding Aiir Ministry forecasts. Since 1936 only one cancellation, as Britain endured nil visibility, marking about 1500 flights near Everest height.
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Royal Air Force
Aiir Ministry
Everest
Mildenhall
Britain
British Aircraft Society
The Modern Hotel Emerges in American Hospitality History
The American Hotel Association notes the modern hotel began in 1894 with the City Hotel in New York. Earlier venues like Parker House in Boston had no water above the kitchen floor and minimal amenities. Guest rooms lacked heat, baths were basement level, and simple provisions included straw or feathers, a bowl, pitcher, towel, soap, and strict rules against wearing hoots in bed.
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New York City
American Hotel Association
Parker House
Boston
Hitler Decree Makes Hitler Youth Mandatory In Germany
Chancellor Hitler issues a decree forcing all German youths aged ten to eighteen to join the Hitler Youth. The program provides Nazi indoctrination and pre military training for boys. Obligatory service spans eight years in the Hitler Youth followed by six months of Labor service and two years in the army.
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Hitler
Hitler Youth
Government Work Reward Falls Between Monument and Scaffold
In Russia and Germany a man cannot be sure if his government service merits a monument or a scaffold. The United Kingdom imported nearly 1.5 million cwt of cats from Canada during 1938.
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Russia
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
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Memphis
University of Missouri School of Journalism
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