Royal Visit Demonstrated Essential Unity Across Canada
The King and Queen's tour touched nine provinces and over six cities, drawing praise from premiers and papers for unifying Canada. Editors hailed the trip as advancing national spirit, with French and English presses noting broad sympathy and renewed hope. The royal couple travelled by rail and ship, delivering memorable appearances and ending the voyage aboard the Empress of Britain.
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Canada
King George
Queen Elizabeth
North America
Thane Campbell
Prince Edward Island
John Bracken
Manitoba
W. J. Patterson
Saskatchewan
London
Ontario
the Journal
Quebec
Quebec L’evenement-Journal
Washington
New York
Saint John
New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal
Vimt
Kingston
Whig- Standard
Ottawa Journal
Halifax
Newfoundland
King
Empress
Trade With Russia extends 40 million minimum under new pact
The United States and Soviet Russia extend a commercial agreement requiring Soviet purchases of at least 40 million dollars in American goods over the next year and matching tariff reductions. Soviet coal exports to the United States are limited to 400 thousand tons for the period.
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United States
Soviet Russia
Russia
State Department
People’s Commissar For Foreign Trade
Soviet Union
A. I. Mikoyan
Stuart E. Grumman
Moscow
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Ice locked water could lift sea levels 150 feet
The earth contains vast ice reserves in polar regions that could raise global sea levels by about 150 feet. Such a rise would devastate the Netherlands and inundate the lower Mississippi valley along with many harbors.
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Holland
Mississippi Valley
Harvard study reveals insect wing flutters at 300 oscillations per second
Researchers at Harvard University captured high speed motion pictures showing that certain flying insect wings beat about 300 times each second. The speed measurements illuminate rapid wing mechanics and may inform aerodynamics research.
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Harvard University
Speeding Train Kills 92-Year-Old Driver in Ontario Crossing
A Detroit Toronto flyer ran 70 mph and struck a buggy driven by Thomas Clements aged 92 at a level crossing. The engineer testified at a Peterborough inquest. The horse was found alive after being severed by the engine and wandering in a field.
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CPR
Thomas Clements
Japanese Navy Promises Unyielding Spirit Against All Navies
A Japanese naval spokesman rejects inferiority claims saying the Japanese fleet will defeat any navy. He cites Japan's spirit and strength while contrasting with Admiral Leahy's forecast that the US fleet can defeat the fleet of any single naval power. Police in France urged to adopt Esperanto.
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Japan
Wiliam Leahy
United States
Leahy
Police
France
Canaries Dock Tea Strike Sparks Stevedore Stand
300 stevedores at Canary Wharf refuse tea break ban by Fruit Lines Ltd. They stage a lightning strike to reclaim their post lunch tea, threatening to halt unloading. Union officials broker a tentative truce. final settlement pending.
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Buffalo Courier-Express
Fruit Lines, Ltd
Canary Wharf
West Indies
Dispatches
Not Working As Hard Alexander Campbell Reaches 100
Alexander J. Campbell, at his Maxville Ontario farm fifty miles southeast of Ottawa, quietly marked his centennial birthday. He admits neglecting chores recently though still fondly recalls hard work and a simple diet of oatmeal and catechism that he says helped his longevity. He planted a potato crop this spring and cut hay with a scythe last year.
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Alexander J. Campbell
Maxville
Ont
Ottawa
Mr. Campbell
Secret Of Edison's Success And Sudan Parcel Post
A portrait of Thomas A Edison emphasizes his patience and persistence in testing ideas. The article notes his insistence on thorough work. It adds that insured parcel post service has just begun in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan.
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Thomas A. Edison
Sudan
Pattern 6429 Hair and buffet posy medallion baskets
Pattern instructions describe easy to make hair or buffet posy baskets using identical medallion flowers with leaves. The finished piece can be worn as a scarf or joined to a basket. Send 20 cents and address to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
General Sir Edmund Ironside Britain's tallest army officer
General Sir Edmund Ironside, 59, Britain's tallest officer at six feet four, weighs 252 pounds and has been named Inspector General of Overseas Forces. Recalled from Gibraltar, he now leads Britain's overseas troops and will potentially command the expeditionary force if war comes, as part of a broader War Office reshuffle aimed at strengthening military preparedness.
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Great Britain
Europe
Edmund Ironside
British War Office
Ironside
Tatest
Gibraltar
Britain
Tower of London
Meerut
India
Sir Edmund
Spain
Spanish
Morocco
Viscount Gort
Hore- Belisha
Imperial General Staff
Army Council
Walter Kirke
War Office
Middle East
Palestine
Edmund
Aberdeenshire
Royal Artillery
Leutenant
Africa
France
Boulogne
99Th Infantry Brigade
Imperial
Russia
St. Vladimir
Archangel
North
Encyclopedia Britannica
Ismid
Anatolia
Kemal Ataturk
Turkey
Army Staff College
Camberley
Surrey
Edmund Long
Long-Winded Politicians Criticized for Euphemistic Language
A. P. Herbert, MP for Oxford University, laments verbose rhetoric creeping into defence and public life. He jokes Lord Nelson would pledge duties with a bland modern twist and notes incongruent grand statements despite millions spent on sweets and a Berlin zoo addition.
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A. P. Herbert
Oxford University
London Times
Defence Services
Lord Nelson
England
Herbert
Anti-Aircraft Defence General Questions City Air Raid Threats
General Weiss of France's air ministry says wartime raiders could inflict damage but not destroy great cities. He notes advanced anti-aircraft defences and countermeasures against incendiary bombs. He also cites US fire fatalities at ten thousand annually. A personal line about a missed meeting ends the report.
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T. Weiss
France
Air Ministry
Paris
London
Weiss
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Winnipeg Free Press
British Commonwealth
Nova Scotia
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Margaret Rose
King and Queen
Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Germany
Austria
Norway
Sweden
England and
Wales
Edison
Army
Berlin
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