White men on the Talking River in Ungava camp
Alan Cameron and Noel Leloup stumble on a large log camp on the Talking River headwaters. A bearded giant, John McCord, welcomes them with caribou stew after they admit they are starved. McCord explains he came from Rupert House with Indians and dogs to the Sinking Lakes, hinting at a larger, unsettled interior.
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Gar
Alan
Noel
Talking River
Alan Cameron
Mad River
Fort George
Rough
Roughy
Wolf
Ungava
Noel Leloup
John McCord
Castle McCord
McCord
Cameron
Rupert House
East Main
Talking River Country
Windigo
Unvaga
Rough Journey to the North Coast Camp
Alan Cameron and Noel wake after a long trek, receive food, and recount leaving their camp ten days ago with three rabbits. A husky dog is brought in from the sled, then McCord questions the dog’s origin while Alan introduces himself and hints at his father’s name.
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Alan
Noel
Dwarf Stars Reveal Striking Findings At Conference
Dr. G. P. Kuiper of the University of Chicago described eighteen dwarf stars at an astrophysics conference. These fire masses range from Earth to Moon size yet weigh 150000 to 800000 times Earth, with surface flames only a few feet high compared with the sun’s flames far higher.
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G. P. Kuiper
University of Chicago
Romance In The North Bride Arrives At Baker Lake Post
Miss Jean Warren Stephen a Scottish lass arrives at Baker Lake Hudson's Bay post from Edinburgh to wed Peter Dalrymple post manager at Baker Lake. She is daughter of Alexander Stephen of Edinburgh while Peter is son of Alexander Dalrymple of Midlothian. The couple plan two years at Baker Lake before a holiday.
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Jean Warren Stephen
Churchill
Edinburgh
Scotland
Hudson’s Bay Company
Baker Lake
Hudson Bay
Alexander Stephen
Peter Dalrymple
Alexander Dalrymple
Midlothian
Miss Stephen
Temperature swing across 11 miles shocks Miami readings
Weather man Ernest Carson reports 75 in Miami while a reading 93 below zero was recorded 11 miles away, the distance measured straight up. Periodic talk surfaces about moving all public holidays to Monday. A physics lab suggests a meat tenderizing method using rays.
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Ernest Carson
Miami
Spider Lady Spun Silk Supplies Telescopes in Hoboken
Miss Mary Pfeiffer marks her 51st year at Keuffler and Esser in Hoboken NJ as the spider silk caretaker. She captures, breeds, and spins gossamer thread for diaphragms in surveying telescopes, praising the spiders for their fine elastic silk.
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Mary Pfeiffer
Keuffer and
Esser
Hoboken
Miss Pfeiffer
Bear Creek church hosts its first wedding after 94 years
Bear Creek Presbyterian church near Sarnia Ontario opened 94 years ago and celebrated a first wedding this month. Congregation members toasted the couple and presented the bride with a Bible marking the historic occasion.
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Bear Creek Presbyterian Church
Sarnia
Ont
Women Aviators Rise in Numbers Across United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority data show women pilots nearly doubling from 444 to 761 since February 1937 and include 19 girl flyers in Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Alaska. Among licensed pilots 70 have solo 200 hours for a commercial or transport license, with 27 holding 60-hour limited commercial licenses. Edith Clark, 61, of Porterville, California, is the oldest reported pilot.
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United States
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Edith Clark
Porterville
Cal
Sharks Surround Boat Off Campbeltown In Argyllshire
Three men on a fishing trip near Campbeltown Argyllshire Scotland escaped a school of 51 basking sharks that surrounded their boat and flipped it from the water. Owner Hugh Cameron clung to the wheel to right the Maggie after a shark struck the propeller and they reached land.
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Scotland
Peniiver
Campbelltown
Argyllshire
Hugh Cameron
Cameron
English trend favors light meals over large roasts
P A Francis of Ruislip arriving in Quebec from the Empress of Australia says England is shifting to salads eggs and greens and away from large daily meat meals. He will represent Britain at the world poultry congress noting improved poultry demand and Canada’s significant yet constrained role due to Danish competition.
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P. A. Francis
Ruislip
London
Quebec
Francis
Cleveland
Canada
England
Parliamentarians Face Imprisonment for Absence in Clock Tower
Members of the House of Commons risk imprisonment by order of the Speaker for continued failure to attend sittings. The last confinement occurred in 1526, marking a historic enforcement of attendance rules.
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House of Commons
Prince Edward Island Ranks Fourth in Canadian Fur Industry
Prince Edward Island, a pioneer in fur farming, now sits fourth among Canada's nine provinces in the industry. The shift reflects regional growth and evolving markets guiding PEI’s fur sector and its producers.
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Prince Edward Island
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Bride
Physics Laboratory
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SERIA
Philo Vancne
Star Weekly
S. S. van Dine
Great Britain
Harold Hartley
Fuel Research Board
Soviet Russia
U.S
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