Colchicine Sparks Big Hopes In Plant Science
A historic review notes colchicine’s powerful effects on cell division and plant growth. It highlights doubling chromosome numbers in diploids, enlarged stems and seeds, longer blooming, and a 13–15 percent boost in sugar beets. Potential forestry and reforestation benefits are emphasized, with continued medical research for safe therapeutic use.
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Toronto Daily Star
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Toronto Star
F. H. Peto
Ottawa
Peto
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Sidney M. Katz
Digest
Mr. Katz
Sweden
Canada
Walter Mulford
University of California
Canada as Centre of the British Empire Worthy and Possible
The editorial argues Canada could become the center of the British Empire if it proves worthy through strong political organization and broad outlook. It notes Europe’s upheavals and Canada’s growing industrial, financial strength and vast resources as factors in a potential shift, with Ottawa’s parliament as a logical central assembly.
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United States
Canada
Europe
British Commonwealth of Nations
Sault Daily Star
The Law of Increasing Returns in Education
Professor William Pepperell Montague argues for a unified course of study at Barnard College. He says concentrating on a single field creates a quick, living body of knowledge and growing enthusiasm, while broad liberal education leaves few ideas retained after years.
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William Pepperell Montague
Barnard College
Columbia University
Montague
Oxford
Cambridge
India Ends Hoarding by Issuing One Rupee Bills
Government of India announces immediate issue of one-rupee notes to curb hoarding modeled on wartime measures. Rupee value described as about 33 cents, equating to one shilling sixpence. Also notes large coal and iron deposits in Manchuria estimated at 4.8 trillion and 800 million tons respectively.
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Government of India
Manchuria
Pudden-spoiler Parson Dims Visitor Charm
A visitor praised a village church and asked about the parson. The verger whispered that they have a pudden-spoiler in the pulpit, implying the preacher spoils the pudding of the sermon.
Discovery of $24000 Hidden Cash in Glen Rock Home
In Glen Rock New Jersey friends cleaning the late Fred Kooreman estate found 24000 dollars tucked away in a crude tin box. Kooreman an immigrant from the Netherlands lived frugally and left no will. The story notes a separate aside on tea fermentation.
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Glen Rock
N.J
Fred Kooreman
Netherlands
Blockade Weapon May Decide Britain’s War Outcome
British experts say the war hinges on Britain’s ability to cut German access to essential supplies from the western world. Even if invasion is repulsed, defeating continental Germany requires severing post from Spain. Observers see a moment approaching when such action will be needed.
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Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Italy imposes four meatless days weekly and bread rationing
The government decreed meatless Tuesdays and four meatless days per week with strict bread rationing in restaurants. It also urged higher fruit consumption as part of the new food policy.
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Ministry of Agriculture
Britannia in Atlantic crossing marks Cunard pioneer voyage
One hundred years ago the paddle wheel steamer Britannia sailed from Liverpool toward Halifax and Boston, the first Cunarder to cross the Atlantic. Though earlier steamships had reached America, Britannia signaled a shift from sail to steam, triggering jubilation in Boston as Cunard prepared further centenary celebrations.
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Liverpool
America
Britannia
Halifax
Boston
Atlantic
Savannah
Sirius
Cunard Line
Cunard White Star Ltd
Portland Receives World’s First Disaster Car
A local Portland merchant donates a red and white 60 mph disaster car. It carries an emergency hospital with two operating tables and oxygen, an outboard motorboat, a portable generator, flood lights, a two way radio, a movie camera, toboggans, skis, and a field kitchen. The six man crew can provide medical aid and perform heavy rescue tasks such as cutting through metal or wood, removing obstructions, and lifting heavy objects from victims.
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Portland
Oregon
Selected Recipes: Nut Dates Rice Krispie Cookies
Cream fat and honey. Add well beaten eggs and sour cream. Sift flour with baking powder salt and soda. Combine with first mixture. Stir in nut meats dates flavoring and Rice Krispies. Drop from a dessert spoon onto greased baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven 375 degrees F for about 20 minutes. Yield two dozen cookies.
Christie's Soda Wafers Lamb Casserole Dish
A recipe for lamb casserole uses canned tomatoes cinnamon allspice salt pepper and chopped lamb browned in fat. Mix with crushed soda wafers and cheese then bake in a greased dish at 425 degrees F for about 15 minutes yields six portions.
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Christie's
Ticket Collector Warns Secretary of Bigamy Scandal
At a concert an elderly man collecting tickets warned the secretary of trouble. He whispered that two women claimed to be the secretary's wives and a third arrived, creating a chaotic scene about bigamy at the door.
British princes in wartime exile and blitz roles
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm’s grandsons face wartime roles and surveillance in Britain. Prince Louis Ferdinand, now a Luftwaffe lieutenant in blitz squads, has spent years in the United States and Ford’s Detroit plant. Prince Frederick of Prussia remains under government protection in Mayfair awaiting events. Queen Mary sought secrecy for his movements early in the war.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
England
London
West End
Louis Ferdinand
Hitler
Mayfair
Prince Frederick
Prussia
Prince Freddy
Canada
Queen Mary
Prince Louis Ferdinand
United States
Ford
Detroit
John Benjamin French Called For British Service
John Benjamin French, reputedly Canada’s most decorated NCO, is called for British service from his minor Ontario government role. Holder of the DCM and two bars, the Military Medal with two bars, the French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, and 14 mentions in dispatches with the 2nd Infantry Battalion in WWI, he was also recommended for the Victoria Cross and appointed a King's Sergeant for gallantry.
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John Benjamin French
N.C.O
Canada
Ontario
French
D.C.M
British Laugh at Italian Broadcaster’s Ancient Diatribe
Britain mocks an Italian Rome radio report that quoted Lady Stanhope from Arabia claiming shame to be English. The piece, published over a century ago, was written by eccentric Lady Hester Stanhope and misused to smear England.
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Britain
England
Rome
Lady Stanhope
Arabia
Hester Stanhope
East Chicago Postal Clerks Face Stress in Illinois City
Postal clerks in East Chicago, Indiana cope with high workload and local tensions amid service demands. Community officials highlight cross state confusion as residents seek accurate postal guidance.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
St. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
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