Exploration trends point to Arctic regions for future ventures
The article notes geographers push explorers toward Arctic Asia, Arctic North America, and remote Siberia. It highlights discoveries like Kulik’s meteorite site in Siberia, the pole of cold, and Samoyede origins, while Iceland plans to grow bananas via hot springs. It also discusses Soviet efforts to breed crops surviving Siberian winters.
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Hughes
Iceland
Arctic
Africa
West
Arctic Asia
North America
Siberian
Kulik
Moscow
Siberia
Samoyedes
Arctic North America
Alaska
Canada
Greenland
New York
Russia
New York Herald Tribune
Bachelor rector cuts debt at St Hilda’s church
Rev A J Jackson of St Hilda’s Anglican Church in Fairbank Toronto began living in a church gallery camp cot and basement stove to reduce debt. He refused salary until obligations liquidated. Church mortgage fell from 25 000 to 16 000 and a 1000 addition was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Jackson
St Hilda's Anglican Church
Fairbank
Toronto
Jackson
St. Hilda's
Why hot drinks cool the body more than cold drinks
McGill researchers explain the body as a combustion engine where a hot drink pushes blood to surface vessels and triggers perspiration, causing evaporation cooling. They estimate hot beverages can produce far greater cooling than cold due to increased skin blood flow and water loss through evaporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine
McGill University
Statue of Liberty Undergoing Major Restoration
The Statue of Liberty is undergoing a major restoration costing 1.7 million dollars. Workers are removing seven spikes from the crown as part of a general reconditioning of the 71 year old monument. The statue, a gift from France, originally cost 700 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Harbor
France
Speaks From Experience Mrs Violet McNaughton OBE
Mrs Violet McNaughton OBE former vice president of the Womens Press Club for Saskatchewan recounts her life starting from Kent in 1909 living in a sod house with a leaking roof. She details early newspaper work and leadership in the Grain Growers movement and United Farm Workers before becoming editor of the Western Producer women’s section.
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Violet McNaughton
O.B.E
Women's Press Club For
Saskatchewan
Kent
Prairie
United Farmers of Saskatchewan
Canada invited to world concert by International Union
Gladstone Murray of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp announces the International Broadcasters Union in Geneva invited CBC to provide a world concert on Oct 23. About 40 countries will receive and distribute from Canada with 54 union members expected to join. The CBC aims to showcase its high program standards and recent improvements recognized abroad.
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Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
International Broadcasters’ Union
Geneva
C.B.C
Canada
International Union
Eire Name Origin for Ireland Traced to Ancient Usage
A note explains that Eire became the new name for Ireland about 2,000 years ago. It gives the pronunciation as Air-a with the main stress on the first syllable.
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Eire
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Peaceful vision from Hughes on moral disarmament after world flight
The Ottawa Journal notes Hughes, celebrated for his four day high altitude flight, urged radio operators of all nations to view each other as brothers not pawns. He warned a hidden force drives war and called for moral disarmament to advance civilization.
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Hughes
New York
Ottawa Journal
Postmen Urged as Best Pedestrian Practitioners by Official
Ontario highways minister T. B. McQuesten praised postal workers for their street use and claimed they face few accidents. He attributed most pedestrian crashes to crossings between intersections, urging better crossing design and practice.
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Ontario
T. B. McQuesten
Fresh Eggs Inquiries Prompt Country Clarification
A brief kitchen dialogue over eggs prompts a humorous question about origin. One speaker confirms freshness and country provenance, while the other asks for the country of origin, highlighting curiosity about farm-to-table sourcing. Expert sourcing details are not provided.
Scientists Probe Ancient Minnesota Man Claim From Ice Age Remains
Researchers study an oddly shaped bone found with two giant beaver skeletons uncovered by WPA workers along a Mississippi River cliff. If the bone is a weapon, it could bolster the theory that a primitive woman lived near Pelican Rapids about 20,000 years ago during the last ice retreat, a counterpoint to earlier finds of a “Minnesota man.”
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Minnesota
Works Progress Administration
Pelican Rapids
The Fires Of Freedom Must Burn Brighter Quote
Franklin D. Roosevelt warns that civil liberty in some lands remains fragile and urges those with free thought to strengthen it. He cautions against burning libraries exiling scholars dispersing universities and censoring culture while urging brighter freedoms at home.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Arctic tern named world’s champion migrant
The Arctic tern is described as the world's champion migrant. It nests near the North Pole and journeys to the Antarctic, about 11 000 miles away, around late August when the young are fully grown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Antarctic
Mono Lake Declared Endorser of the Dead Sea of America
Mono Lake in California earns the nickname Dead Sea of America for its unique water balance and lack of a measurable outlet. Local observers note its salinity and mineral richness as defining traits of the basin.
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Mono Lake
Calif
Dead Sea of America
Crochet Squares Pattern 6187 From Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Instructions for crochet square with stitches illustration and materals list. Pattern 6187 costs 20 cents and is obtained from Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. Ad notes no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot
Alice Brooks
Rapid development of transatlantic commercial aeroplanes
Windsor Ont Star reports Detroit engineer William B. Stout predicting 100 passenger planes within three years. Plans estimate 3 million dollar cost per ship and profits higher than transoceanic steamers, claiming a daily Europe America service could materialize in four years.
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William B. Stout
Detroit
Windsor
Stout
Henry Ford
Ford
Mr. Stout
Europe
America
Howard Hughes
Atlantic
France
Lindbergh
Ont
Star
Dramatic Mormon Pageant Enchants 5000 At Palmyra Amphitheatre
More than 150 missionaries staged a belief pageant on three large stages in a natural Palmyra amphitheatre. The crowd heard a 100 person chorus and 4 trumpets played Mormon hymns at Hill Cumorah. Visitors traveled from Utah western states and Canada.
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Mormon Church
America
Palmyra
N.Y
Hill
Cemorah
Joseph Smith
Moroni
Utah
Canada
Russian Thistle Proves Valuable Against Soil Drift
A. E. Palmer of the Dominion Experimental Station at Lethbridge says Russian thistle, once a major farming nuisance, ranks second in value in the West for checking soil drift. He notes that drifting soil can erase fertility equivalent to 485 bushels of wheat, with 1.25 inches of soil drift observed in a Regina district season.
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A. E. Palmer
Dominion Experimental Station
Lethbridge
Palmer
Regina
Three Traits Keep Elderly People Lively
A prominent writer argues three enduring traits sustain mood and appeal across ages. Enthusiasm, the power to make new friends, and a lively sense of humor keep older individuals popular and beloved.
Glasgow and Sydney Vie for Empire Second City Title
Glasgow, site of the Empire Exhibition, is the second largest city in Great Britain with a population over 1,100,000. Sydney, Australia, in a building boom, claims the position of second city in the Empire.
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Glasgow
Great Britain
Sydney
N.S.W
Ail Hidden in Plain Money Woes Spark Confusion
The bride questions the groom about money, accusing him of seeming to have none while he insists she is his ail a homely misheard phrase. The exchange highlights a domestic quarrel over finances and affection.
Rich man entertained royalty in London invitation
Leonard Lyons reports that Harry Richman entertained King George V and Queen Mary at Lord and Lady Stanley’s London home last month. The King asked for Birth of the Blues and claimed to have Richman’s records. Richman's bride Hazel Forbes curtsied to Queen Elizabeth as guests departed.
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London
Harry Richman
England
Lord
Lady Stanley
Lord Stanley
Richman
King George
Harry
Hazel Forbes
Elizabeth
Simple method used by Toronto Chinese to enforce war fund
The Chinese community enforces contributions to the Chinese National War Fund by exposing delinquents. A man who misses his share is publicly shamed with a sandwich board declaring he is a traitor. The Patriotic League has begun a Court of Patriots to handle such cases. A tram passenger quips about size related fares.
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Toronto
Chinese National War Fund
The
Patriotic League
Do Not Let Others Lead You Into Trouble
A cautious note urges self reliance and prudence. It counsels avoiding reliance on others to obtain needed things and endorses doing without when necessary. The message emphasizes personal responsibility and steady judgment.
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