Canadians urged to visit Russia to see life under communism
Major C E Dowding of Oakville Ontario says Canadians with communist ideas should visit Russia to learn. He toured Finland, Sweden, Leningrad and found life dire, people terrified, and children educated to bolshevism while mothers work in rest homes. He contrasts Russia with Finland and Scandinavia, noting rapid progress elsewhere.
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Russia
C .E. Dowding
Oakville
Ontario
Doowding
Finland
Leningrad
Becaus
Major Dowding
Fire fans called nuisance by Stratford police chief
Stratford Ontario chief of police Beatty says motorists must stay 200 feet from fire scenes or face court. He notes sightseeing crowds hinder firemen who must back up to locate fires, a problem common in communities with fire departments, and predicts legal action to curb the practice. The Peterborough Examiner comments that such action has been overdue.
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Beatty
Stratford
Ont
Peterborough
Water expert T C Main named Ducks Unlimited Canada head
Water specialist T C Main appointed general manager of Ducks Unlimited Canada to lead water conservation efforts. He will establish the Winnipeg office and appoint provincial managers to restore water levels and boost waterfowl populations in Western Canada. Main previously chaired the Engineering Institute of Canada and worked with Canadian National Railways. he has advised Bermuda on reclamation and studied Saskatchewan conditions.
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T. C. Main
Ducks Unlimited (Canada
Mr. Main
Ducks Unlimited
Winnipeg
Canada
Bermuda
Brouth
Saskatchewan
Women radio announcers eyed by CBC chief
Major Gladstone Murray general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation told a parliamentary radio committee that CBC would soon test women as announcers and seek radio personalities. He outlined plans for broadcasts and staff expansion and said the push aims to find voices for the microphone and broaden programming.
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Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Parliamentary Committee On Radio
C.B.C
Murray
Corporation
Canada
George Bouchard
Lib
Kamouraska
Bold General Rebukes Frederick Over Holy Communion
Frederick the Great hosts a dinner while a veteran general, planning to receive Holy Communion, refuses to mock his faith. The king shows no anger, only sorrow, as he kneels to clasp the general’s hand and laments inability to share his conviction.
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Frederick the Great
Frederick
Christian Science Monitor
Preference In Literature Across Canada Reveals Tastes
Lady Tweedsmuir in Montreal notes Canadian reading preferences with fiction favored in Manitoba and non fiction in Saskatchewan. Hadassah, wife of the governor general, thanks contributors to prairie libraries scheme and aims to send 30,000 books to form a library nucleus for universities to take over.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Tweedsmuir
Montreal
Hadassah
Canada
Prairie
Too Clever For Robbers In Chicago
Milton Berg reports two robbers accosted him in Chicago and he used magic tricks to foil them. He recalled catching a finger in his watch pocket and tossing his wallet over a fence as one robber searched him. He then placed his watch on his hat to distract the other. The robbers fled.
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Milton Berg
Chicago
Sergt
Walter Thomas
Russian politics bury the opposition as power shifts
In the political arena Russia, analysts note strategic moves to sidelining rivals. Authority consolidates as opposition voices are muted, with reforms and tactics shaping governance amid ongoing power realignments.
Radio power and infantile paralysis in wartime era science
A London paper reports on wireless power for lighting and signaling, and notes infantile paralysis vaccines and convalescent serum as unproven yet key hope. It cites a fly popgun for pest control, and a Buffalo teen's multi invention cane with light and police ID use for hikers.
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London Sunday Referee
Saskatchewan Miner Field Belief Prompts North Reach Claim
Prospector Jack Hebden told a Prince Albert service club a vast mineral field lies north of the city near Lac La Ronge with 24 mile apart gold showings and samples from Sulphide Lake returning up to 60 dollars an ounce and a vein northward yielding as high as 80 dollars. Also noted is a Chinese candy made from sugar and rose petals.
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Saskatchewan
Lac la Ronge
Jack Hebden
Prince Albert
Robert Caldwell
Hebden
Shirley Temple Plans Callander Visit During Vacation
Shirley Temple will visit the Dionne quintuplets in Callander Ontario during a six week vacation starting in June. Her mother Mrs Gertrude Temple says the trip includes New York and other stops by car. The article also notes a band leader’s comment on microphone distance and Ontario government art committee's yearly $50 allowance for art purchases or donations.
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Shirley Temple
Callander
Ont
Gertrude Temple
Shirley
New York
Ontario
Amazing discovery links liquor to shorter life span
Dr Arthur Hunter of the New York Life Insurance Company reports a survey finding that each drink reduces life expectancy by 25 minutes. The study, based on records from sixty life insurers covering over two million people, also notes moderate drinking lowers life expectancy by four to six years. Excessive drinkers are refused insurance.
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J. E. Kahler
Kankakee
Lil
National Inventors’ Congress
Chicago
Mr. Fly
Fly
Papa
Albert Lange
Junior Inventors of
Buffalo
N.Y
Albert
Arthur Hunter
New York Life Insurance Company
Hunter
National City Weekly
Still Good Gold Producer After 50 Years in Klondike
After half a century of output the Klondike gold fields remain productive with vast reserves. Yukon placer gold totals about 200 million dollars historically, while proven gravels reach nearly 100 million cubic yards. Modern dredges powered by Yukon river water push output, with seven dredges handling about 8 million cubic yards this season and another to come next year.
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Klondike
Yukon
Mayo
Keno Hill
Apoplexy Risk Warned By Medical College
The American College of Physicians heard that apoplexy or stroke can be foreseen by eight warning signs described by Dr. Albert S. Hyman. The signs occur with high blood pressure in the danger zone before a stroke. The Witkin Foundation treatment lowers blood pressure temporarily and is effective in a small fraction of cases.
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American College of Physicians
United States
Albert S. Hyman
The
Witkin Foundation For
Hyman
King Christian’s Shy Call Ends With Chocolate Gift
In Copenhagen a royal joke ends with a confectionery gesture. King Christian asked to use a department store telephone and spoke to the director after the exchange girl doubted the caller’s claim. He bought chocolates and sent them to her with a note reading with kind regards from the Old Chap.
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Copenhagen
King Christian
Denmark
Christian
Final Plans For Paris to Buenos Aires Air Service
Preparations for the first Paris to Buenos Aires air passenger service proceed with a summer launch. An eight passenger seaplane will cover 9000 miles in four days with stops, cruise around 200 mph, and a regular schedule is planned. The project follows 15 years of effort with over 100 pilots officials and engineers losing their lives.
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Paris
South America
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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