British Factories Build Faster Airliners Driving Global Demand
British aircraft makers have produced civil airliners that outpace rivals with speeds from 170 to nearly 200 mph. The Diana four engine model operates on empire airways from Singapore to Brisbane, while a DH 89 twin engine design matches speed and efficiency. Three more machines nearing completion aim for top speeds around 170 mph, with one close to 200 mph, all using two engines and carrying crews of two with passenger loads from six to ten.
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Air Ministry
Loneliest Australian Telegraph Line Handler Retires
W Holtze ends a 52 year career on the overhead telegraph line from Ade laide to Darwin. Linesmen endure extended solitude with two to three colleagues at stations and occasional days of isolation during north or south trouble. Camels aid travel across arid wastes, while posts maintain gardens and livestock enclosures.
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W. Holtze
Australia
Robinson Crusoe
Adelaide
Darwin
Inverts Weather Machine Proposes Utopian Detroit Climate
Joseph A. Shires of Denver writes the Detroit common council claiming a perfected weather machine can deliver a steady mild climate by cooling and filtering in summer and heating in winter. He suggests placing devices in alleys or across streets and notes foreign powers have sought to investigate the idea.
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Detroit
Common Council
Joseph A. Shires
Denver
Cole
Shires
Not Finding Much Treasure From Nelson Lake Divers
George Munroe and Ras tus Woolf of Nelson B C pursue underwater treasure hunting at Nelson lake using a homemade gear including a glass window pail air line from garden hose and bicycle pumps They descend 25 to 30 feet for five to ten minutes finding a hammer cans and gravel as the sole finds yet they savor the thrill of the dives.
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Nelson Lake
George Munroe
Rastus Woolf
Nelson
B.C
Canada Leather Exports Grow in Global Demand
Canada expands leather production with high quality patent leather leading the market abroad. The industrial department of the Canadian National Railways notes strong demand for Canadian leather products.
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Canada
Canadian National Railways
Versatile cape pattern for sizes 36 to 48 bust
The cape design uses a wrap over arrangement that flatters fuller figures and features sleeves at the front when worn. Made from maize eyelet batiste for cool comfort, the pattern offers materials like chiffon cotton voile and linen prints, with Style No. 381 covering sizes 36 through 48. The pattern costs 20 cents in stamps or coin.
Britain leads world in return to work as 8 million re employed
International Office report from 34 nations shows 8 million workers re absorbed into industry since the low period. Great Britain reaches 10,140,000 employed, the highest since 1929, with Germany Japan and others also recovering at varied rates.
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Great Britain
South Africa
Japan
International Labor Office
Britain
Germany
Holland
Canada
Estonia
France
Finland
GG Liaw
Latvia
Sweden
Poland
Navy’s Bizerta Armada Question Who Owns It
The Straits Commissioner of the League of Nations reports a detritus of Czarist Russia’s sea power remains in Bizerta North Africa. A 1920 evacuation left a dreadnought cruiser destroyers and a submarine untouched since 1924. France has refused surrender. the Soviet government claims them, but ownership remains undecided.
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Bizerta
North Africa
Russia
Straits Commissioner
League of Nations
Black Sea
France
No Ticket Given For Noted Guest Mystery
A famous divine attended a function and left his hat and coat in the cloak room. The attendant, recognizing him by sight, did not issue a ticket. Upon leaving the guest asked how he would know the belongings were his, and the attendant replied I only know that you handed them to me.
Canadian sheep feeding habits and grain use
Canadian sheep flocks rely less on grain than many countries due to small flock sizes. Summer pastures and hay meadows predominate. winter grazing with hay and straw is common. Range flocks differ but ewe bands still graze on range pastures with little grain unless severe weather. A. A. Mac Millan suggests expanding home grown grains like oats and barley and using milling by products to fatten lambs. bran recommended as protein for pregnant ewes and post lambing ewes.
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Canada
A. A. MacMillan
Dominion Livestock Branch
First Christian Church Unearthed Near St John Lateran
Papal archaeologists unearthed ruins believed to be the first Christian church and early papal residence beneath St. John Lateran the Cathedral of the Pope begun in 324 by Constantine. The site is linked to St. Peter's tomb and the Mother Church status. Australia’s sparse population area contrasts with high auto ownership per capita noted alongside.
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St. John Lateran
Constantine the First
Basilica of the Saviour
Vatican Hill
St. Peter's Tomb
The Rise of Chemically Aided Agriculture
The article explains how chemicals, artificial light, and electricity accelerate crop growth, reduce heat buildup, and improve fodder quality. It cites Dr Spangenberg and other experiments showing faster germination, higher yields, and year round feeding. it warns of rapid modernization altering farming as population grows.
Zinc Globes in Seine Ferry Letters Back After 30 Years
During the 1870 siege of Paris authorities used zinc globes to send letters by river. Germans blocked the method with a net at Villeneuve Saint Georges. About twenty years ago a fisherman found a zinc globe in the Seine containing 300 legible letters dated December 1870. The letters were delivered to the postal authorities and forwarded.
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Paris
Post Office Administration
Seine
Villeneuve Saint Georges
Villeneuve
Sweden’s Gotland Carrier Nears Completion
Sweden readies its first aeroplane carrier the armored cruiser Gotland for fleet service. At 443 feet overall she will be the largest Swedish navy unit and will carry eight naval aircraft on the aft deck discharged by a catapult and hoisted aboard by a davit crane.
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Sweden
Gotland
Differential analyzer at UPenn to weigh over three tons
A machine that will weigh more than three tons and think faster than the human brain is being built at the University of Pennsylvania. It is the second differential analyzer, 26 feet long and 10 feet wide, capable of in 15 minutes what twelve mathematicians would take a week to do. It will aid engineering work and especially firing-range calculations for the army and navy.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Army
Navy
The Sugar Heist and New Shoes
A man boasts of cheap sugar bought at a rival shop. The grocer weighs the package and finds it two pounds short. The man, puzzled, explains that while he was getting the sugar he stole two pairs of shoes.
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Darkey
Carrie Proves Actions Speak Louder Than Words
The passage highlights Mme. Carrie as a figure who, through tireless work, shows that deeds outrun talk. It emphasizes her lack of time for conversation as she focuses on productive effort and tangible impact.
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Mme
Carrie
The Clever Leader Leads You Into Trouble
A wary observer notes that a cunning figure who guides you into danger may depart as soon as trouble begins, leaving you to face the consequences alone. The remark emphasizes caution when following charismatic but risky leadership.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
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Strube
Daily Express
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First Christian Church
Rome
United States
Dr Spangsberg
Spangenberg
the River Postman
Viscount Allenby
Palestine
Reginald Tyrwhitt
Dogger Bank
Heligoland Bight
Tyrwhitt
Allenby
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