War Spending Boom Across World Hikes From 1933
An annexed chart titled Just Pocket Money shows world military outlays rising from 2.99 billion in 1933 to 19.73 billion last year and an estimated 12 billion for the current year. The piece argues democracies, led by Britain and the United States, must unite to curb the arms race and avert financial ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Nations
Group of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Henry Page Croft
Wales
Vitamin A Crystals Prove Pure Form After 23-Year Study
Yellow needle shaped crystals of pure vitamin A, 4 000 times stronger than cod liver oil, were shown at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chapel Hill North Carolina. This marks visual proof of success of a 23 year medical guest isolation of vitamin A the third pure form obtained. Vitamin B and vitamin C had been isolated earlier. The new crystals rated at 3 000 000 units per gram versus about 2 000 000 units for standard concentrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Chemical Society
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Victoria Regulates Barber Trade Schools Limiting Services
Policy aims to protect regular shops by capping haircut prices at five cents and facial treatments at ten, requiring barber trainees to complete 1,000 hours. The move targets school competition. Also notes historical trade claim in Kish and England’s small private airplane count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
British Columbia
How to Overcome Itching Piles Use Hemroid Remedy
An instructional notice promotes Hemroid to relieve itching and pain from piles. It claims internal use speeds healing, reduces soreness, and avoids surgery, urging readers to buy from a druggist and follow directions.
Real Magician Kettering Demonstrates Ice Frying Trick
Charles F. Kettering, GM vice president, wowed 1,000 attendees in Detroit's General Motors Auditorium by frying an egg on ice. A folded newspaper and a cold coil beneath the ice powered by 1,600 cycles per second made the egg sizzle atop a shiny pan. The demo opened GM's road show Previews of Progress to tour the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Kettering
General Motors
Detroit
Kettering
United States
Air mail service eyed for trans-Canada route on July first
Hon. C. D. Howe stated mail service on the trans Canada airways is planned to begin July 1 with passenger service soon after. Landing fields on the Montreal to Vancouver route are ready and the tentative schedule promises a 16 hour flight. Aircraft include Lockheed Electra planes with 10 passengers and superspeed Lockheed planes with 14 passengers and possibly a hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Howe
trans-Canada Airways
Montreal-Vancouver
Montreal
Vancouver
Ripley Remembers Long-Lost Mark on Hardwood
Cecil Ripley of Ambherst Nova Scotia received a letter from Charles Wilson a chairmaker in Hoxton England who found his name marked on a piece of hardwood from a year ago. The discovery sparked a surprising international connection through a simple carving.
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Cecil Ripley
Ambherst
Nova Scotia
Charles Wilson
Hoxton
England
New X ray Machine Demonstrated for Physicians
The lamino graph device, invented by Jean Kieffer, promises cross section imaging of any tissue. Dr. Sherwood Moore describes its ability to reveal layers with centimeter accuracy and to image marrow through bone. The machine may one day image brain sections and locate tumors, though first demonstrations target the breast bone and spine clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American College of Physicians
Sherwood Moore
Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Barnes Hospial
Moore
Jean Kieffer
Connecticut State Tuberculosis Hospital
Norwich
Conn
The Human Factor in Trans-Canada Air Route Completion
J A Wilson Dominion controller of civil aviation told the Toronto board of trade that the human factor may be the greatest handicap in completing the trans-Canada air route. Night flying is limited since the earlier inter city service was abandoned and training pilots to fly by radio beams is a personal challenge. He cited the overgrown railway system as a major obstacle and noted earlier attempts shifted focus to northern routes where a strong air service developed.
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J. A. Wilson
Dominion
Toronto Board of Trade
Wilson
Young Giant Wadlow Studied For Growth Hormone
At 19 and eight feet five inches tall Robert Wadlow of Alton Illinois is examined in a Clinic series by the American College of Physicians. Dr Louis H Behrens of Barnes Hospital St Louis calls him an ideal subject to study pituitary growth hormone tied to his extraordinary size. Indications suggest Wadlow may become a very large man possibly reaching nine feet or more.
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Robert Wadlow
Alton
American College of Physicians
Louis H. Behrens
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Wadlow
Secret radio spy device kept from public release by Navy
Rear Admiral Harold G Bowen disclosed a secret Navy project titled radio spy used to locate enemy ships at sea. Details were filed with congressional appropriations committees under a confidential supplement. Possible first tests may occur in Pacific maneuvers Alaska Hawaii sector under the same confidential terms. Bowen also sought funds for fleet cryptography to prevent enemy deciphering of signals.
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United States Navy Department
Harold G. Bowen
Navy
Department
Congressional Appropriations Committees
Bowen
Alaska- Hawaii
Pacific
Kipling Letter Describes Anger Over Coronation Postponement
A Rudyard Kipling letter describing England in gloom after Edward VII's coronation was postponed due to the king's illness. Dated June 26, 1902, the note to Mrs. H Wolcott Balestier details the stunned nation and halted activities as the royal plans were paused.
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England
Edward VII
Rudyard Kipling
New
H. Wolcott Balestier
Vermont
Kipling
Edward
Australian Gunner Sullivan V C Honored At Guard Chapel Funeral
Australian Gunner Arthur Percy Sullivan V C was honored in a Guards Chapel service at Wellington Barracks. Sullivan died suddenly after being struck by a cyclist near Birdcage Walk while in London for the coronation. The funeral drew soldiers and civilians including Australian high commissioner Stanley Bruce and other government representatives. He was a Manly Bank branch manager survived by a widow and four children. He earned the Victoria Cross in 1919 for rescuing four comrades from a Russian swamp under heavy fire.
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Arthur Percy Sullivan
V.c
London
Guards Chapel
Wellington Barracks
Sullivan
Stanley Bruce
Manley
New South Wales
Travel safety on Canadian railways and planetary facts
The piece notes Canada cannot remove all railroad grade crossings due to cost and suggests signals to protect the public while dangerous crossings are improved. It adds a sun attraction analogy for Jupiter and a Scotland gambling card myth about the nine of diamonds as the "Curse of Scotland."
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Canada
Jupiter
Proper Fare For Reducers Says Coffee And Doughnuts Help
Dr. Howard J. Crum, a plastic surgeon and beauty consultant from New York City, told the Southern Beauticians' Association in New Orleans that coffee and doughnuts are proper fare for seekers of slenderness and that this popular belief about diet is not correct.
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Howard J. Crum
Southern Beauticians’ Association
New Orleans
Selected Recipes for Crown Brand Corn Syrup Cookies
A vintage recipe set describes creaming butter and sugar with Crown Brand Corn Syrup, then folding in yolks, dry ingredients, and flavoring. The batter bakes in a 9 by 12 inch pan, topped with a meringue of egg whites and brown sugar, almonds, and Crown Brand syrup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ity
Benson's
Benson
Increase in Pensions Totals and Payouts Report
Departmental officials disclose end of last fiscal year March 31 shows 97 975 disability and dependent pensions in force up 975 from 1936. Annual payouts total 40 783 023 dollars a decline of 71 451. About 8 450 Canada UK pensions and 8 560 abroad. In Canada roughly 81 000 pensions with 67 824 disability pensions totaling 25 857 407 dollars and the rest 7 725 998 dollars for dependents.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Queen Mary Asked to Lend Tapestry for Sydney Exhibit
World famous women are to contribute tapestries to an international exhibition in Sydney to celebrate Australia’s 150th anniversary. Queen Mary is being asked to lend a sample, and Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt may also contribute. Lady Gowrie proposed the idea, with Australian weavers invited to join interdistrict competition and have winning pieces displayed.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Queen Mary
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Lady Gowrie
Aus
Death of Col J Obed Smith During World Cruise
Lieut Col J Obed Smith 73 former Canadian immigration chief in England died in Yokohama Japan while aboard the Empress of Britain on a world cruise. A Birmingham England native and Manitoba bar member, he served as Dominion immigration commissioner for western Canada before retiring in 1924 to manage Hudsons Bay Overseas Settlement. He leaves a widow and two daughters.
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Col
J. Obed Smith
Canadian Government Immigration Department
England
Yokohama
Japan
Canadian Pacific Steamships
Montreal
Col. Smith
Birmingham
Eny
Canada
Liverpool College
Manitoba
Dominion
Western Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Overseas Settlement Limited
Richmond
Surrey
Harry Barton Rose
Winnipeg
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Kish
Physicians
Lee
Air Mail Service
AMD Stove CO. Ltd
Gaso
Gallia of Fur
Hawaiian Islands
Radio Spy
Forward VII
York
Scotland
Country
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton - Ont
Calgary
Regina
Meringup
Tralia
Col. J. Obed Smith
Immigration Department
China
Dr. Pierce
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