Canada to Join Trans Atlantic Air Scheme
Hon D Howe announced Canada would join a joint company with the United Kingdom and Irish Free State to conduct experimental flights over the North Atlantic and later operate a commercial service. Pan American Airways also to participate in the survey with a reciprocal Atlantic service planned.
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D. Howe
Canada
North Atlantic
London
Philip Sassoon
Air
Mr Howe
United Kingdom
Irish Free State
Britain
Imperial Airways
Pan-American Airways
Pan- American
United States
Newfoundland
Howes
Dominion
Ireland
Bermuda
Joint Committee
Grasse's Scent Traditions Shift to Tomato Juice Bottling
Grasse, famed for roses jasmine and perfume, now also bottles tomato juice and grape juice as British duties shrink the scent trade. The change follows long-standing rose and jasmine crops and a rise in homegrown beverages.
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Grasse
Riviera
Russia
Paris
France
Great Britain
England
United States
No Motor Boats In Venice Sparked by Gondola Aesthetics
Venice authorities have ordered motorized gondolas withdrawn after futile attempts to win public approval. Motorboats failed to win favor as gondolas remained the preferred symbol of the floating city, with officials deeming motors disruptive to Venice’s esthetic identity.
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Venice
Comfort Demands Radio Train Crew Comforts and Umbrella Tale
Train operators press for softer engine cab seats foot warmers and padded arm rests as the US Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen seeks passenger comfort upgrades. A London man reportedly kept the same umbrella since 1920 and dined with it at a restaurant decades later.
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Brotherhood of Railway
London
Aviation Growth Accelerates In Australia
A defence ministry survey shows Australia has 411 government controlled aerodromes 225 commercial pilots and 262 civil aeroplanes for defense use. It lists 17000 miles of air routes and 3150000 total annual air miles with plans for nine new aerodromes Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and improved night navigation radios. The report warns a pilot shortage may occur as aviation expands rapidly.
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Australia
Defence
Brisbane
Sidney
Melbourne
Flying squads eyed to curb Malay big game threats
Sir Thomas Comyn-Platt weighs jungle protection measures after tours of Ceylon and Malaya for the Society for the Preservation of Empire Fauna. Ideas include flying squads to control elephants, tigers, and other large wildlife in British Malaya.
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British
Malaya
Thomas Comyn-Platt
Ceylon
Society For the Preservation of Empire
Vicksburg Rotary Pledges Full Stop at Rail Crossings
The Vicksburg Michigan Rotary Club vows to stop completely before railroad crossings. The pledge follows five village deaths at crossings in 16 months and echoes calls for safer crossings and cautious driving.
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Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Mich
Rotary Club
Michigan
Detroit Free Press
Man Survives Ten Hours Adrift In Red Sea
A German passenger sleeping on the Wangoni’s deck in intense heat fell overboard near Southampton while en route from Cape Town to Hamburg. The liner circled and fired searchlights as a wireless warning went out. About ten hours later a Dutch steamer reported rescuing the survivor alive.
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Red Sea
Wangoni
Southampton
Cape Town
Hamburg
Menace To Wild Life In Raner Lake Ontario Fire
A close observant account from Raner Lake Ontario details the threat of a wildfire to wildlife. The witness recalls six deer three moose and several foxes and porcupines attempting to escape the blaze by swimming a lake with many others likely perishing. Rabbits cannot escape small game are trapped partridge and other animals risked returning to flames and bears and other wildlife face habitat loss and resource damage.
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Raner Lake
Ontario
Drought Harms Ducks On Prairies Near Wood Buffalo Park
A. L. Cummings district agent at Fort Smith reports western drought reduces duck flocks in Wood Buffalo park the northern nesting limit on the Alberta Northwest Territories boundary. Ducks there are at the lowest since 1925.
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Prairies
A. L. Cummings
Fort Smith
Northwest Territories
Department of the Interior
Wood Buffalo Park
Alberta
Gas Mask Marathon by Four Russian Workers
Four Russian workers lived in gas masks for ten days straight performing normal tasks. They wore masks day and night with only four half-hour mask-free periods daily for washing and eating. Each night they slept in the masks while one man gave a daily speech about the experience.
Candlewicking Pattern 5402 Offers Easy Heirloom Spread
Pattern 5402 includes a 15 by 20 inch basket transfer and instructions for candlewicking or French knots in heavy cotton. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain the pattern at 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Serious Threat From Soil Erosion in Western Canada
An article warns Western Canada faces grave soil erosion risk akin to the U.S. plains. It cites farmers and scientists noting wind erosion, loss of phosphorus and nitrogen, and vast potential economic losses. It urges immediate, standardized farming practices to stem damage and preserve agriculture.
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Canada
North America
Wyatt
University of Alberta
United States
Sub Stratosphere Plane Aims for High Altitude Flight
Transcontinental and Western Air Line near completion tests a new sub stratosphere passenger plane designed to fly 20 000 to 30 000 feet. Projections show speeds around 250 mph at 25 000 feet with reduced weather and air resistance.
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Transcontinental and Western Air Line
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
For Door Handles Sign At London Station Puzzle
A Sydenham Hill platform sign reads For Door Handles with towels beneath. Regulars pull a towel to clean grime from door handles as trains enter via a long tunnel, keeping hands clean. The quirk appears in the St Thomas Times Journal.
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Sydenham Hill
Crystal Palace
London
St. Thomas Times- Journal
Unwanted Ramsay MacDonald painting sold in Sunderland
A painting of Ramsay MacDonald, former British Premier, stored away for five years as unwanted, has been sold for 125 dollars in Sunderland England. The cartoonish remark about incompetence attributes blame to bad luck.
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McDonald Charlies Miller
Dayton
Donald H. Miller
Miller
Sunshine Mac
Ramsay MacDonald
Sunderland
Eng
Giraffes Blocked by Bridge on Kenya Uganda Rail Line
The Kenya Uganda Railway in South Africa faced a bizarre hurdle as bridges were too low for giraffes. Six giraffes were crated and railed, but upon approach to a bridge their necks were too long to pass. The crates were carried past the bridge and re loaded on the next train.
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Kenya-Uganda
South Africa
Mombasa
Turkey to tax women for road work exemption
The new Turkish tax law enforces an exemption tax on women aged 18 to 60, requiring six Turkish pounds annually to avoid a week of road labor. Previously only men paid this tax.
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Turkey
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