First Military Airplane Built In United States
The United States Army ordered from the Wright brothers the first military airplane about thirty years ago. Early planes were to serve as eyes for commanders, with later models expanding to long range flights and global reach. The piece also notes royal Britain’s motor car culture and King George VI’s use of state cars, highlighting design features like fluid flywheels and special royal equipment.
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United States
United States Army
Wright Brothers
Army
Wrights
Air Corps
Orville Wright
Atlantic
Pacific
Coventry
George VI
Buckingham Palace
John Smith
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Great Britain
Britain
Edward VII
George V
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
Seeding Grain by Airplane and Farm Trends
Prof J J Barrington of the University of Saskatchewan described seeding grain by airplane at over an acre per minute during a Saskatoon address on his return from a U S tour. He noted U S farmers rely on federal aid and research, saw vast irrigated lands, and praised soil conservation, fertilization, contour farming, and irrigation for arable land. He cautioned Canadian farmers are largely one crop while Western Canada trends toward mixed farming for stability.
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J. J. Barrington
University of Saskatowan
Saskatoon
United States
America
Harrington
Canada
King Carol of Romania Orders English Wardrobe and Harness
King Carol of Romania orders most of his personal wardrobe from England and a telegram at the Romanian Legation in London requests a complete new outfit for the royal coach. A west end firm will craft state harness for eight horses with silver embossed pieces bearing the royal crest and the king’s initial under a crown. The old harness is 30 years old and originally came from England. The Scythians, a nomadic tribe, once roamed the area north of ancient Greece and lived in ox-drawn house trailers before 200 B.C.
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Carol of
Rumania
England
London
West End
Carol
Ancient
Greece
Bastille Key Hangs in Mount Vernon Hall
The article notes that the key to the main Bastille entrance survives and is displayed in the central hall at George Washington’s Mount Vernon home. It came to Washington via General Lafayette after the Bastille’s demolition, along with a Bastille model in another room.
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Bastille
George Washington
Mount Vernon
General Lafayette
Mount Vernon House
An Excellent Idea by Thomas F Pratt Loafing at Work
A Missouri retiree Thomas F Pratt fits up a downtown office to loaf seven hours daily. He hosts friends who loaf with him, while others work, presenting loafing as a notable personal project. The piece notes a world problem solution via humorous perspective.
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Thomas F. Pratt
Missouri
Thomas Pratt
Hamilton Spectator
Wright Views London As Safe Yet Immature In Homesick Talk
Frank Lloyd Wright touring London as part of the St George Watson Memorial lectures denounces the city as not fit for human habitation. He praises parks, derides skyscrapers, cites evacuation plans, and urges living above ground while warning civilization may not be worth saving if roots are not addressed.
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London
Frank Lloyd Wright
Spring Green Wis
Tokio
England
Wright
Russia
United States
Health resort at South Pole eyed by Dr. Hussey
Dr. Leonard Hussey, London scientist and Shackleton era veteran, visits Ottawa and says the pole could host a fountain of continual health. He notes no germ can live near the pole and that easier transport and airplanes could make the idea feasible in the near future.
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South Pole
Leonard Hussey
London
Pole
Sudan
Africa
Ottawa
Hussey
Sir Ernest Shackleton
South Georgia Island
Cape Horn
Shackleton
Quaint Doll Pattern 6433 For Sale In Winnipeg
Pattern 6433 offers a vintage doll that can serve as decoration or toy with simple instructions and illustrations. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg for the pattern. no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
Harvard Professor Plans Voyage To Retrace Columbus Route
Harvard historian Professor Samuel E Morison leads an expedition from Oyster Bay to reenact Columbus fourth voyage with two ketches Capitana and Mary Otis. The crew includes Dwight Whitney Morrow Jr and a Harvard funded project aims to clarify Columbus routes with six months at sea.
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Harvard
Christopher Columbus
Samuel E. Morison
Columbus
America
Mary Otis
Oyster Bay
Prof. Morison
Columbiana
Dwight Whitney Morrow, Jr
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Capitana
Mellon Foundaion
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Corporaion
New York
Milton Fund
Honduras
North American
Pacific
Crowds Pack Cleveland Poultry Congress Exhibition
In Cleveland the seventh world poultry congress drew nearly 500000 visitors in six days at a 22 acre grounds. The best day saw 117000 paid admissions as people toured the show with diverse motives from retirement dreams to farm memories and art inspiration.
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Cleveland
Brothers Reunite After Fifty-Seven Years at Black Lion
John Montgomery of Montreal boarded a train at Enniskillen Ireland and said he was bound for Black Lion County Cavan to visit relatives. A stranger aboard proved to be his brother William Montgomery of Newbliss County Monaghan also traveling to Black Lion. They had not met in 57 years.
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John Montgomery
Montreal
Enniskillen
Ireland
Black Lion
County Cavan
John
William
Newbliss
County Monaghan
Imperial solidarity urged as Britain seeks world peace
The Saint John Telegraph Journal argues this is the time for all interests across the British Empire to promote Imperial solidarity while the Motherland seeks to maintain world peace.
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Saint John Telegraph-Journal
British Empire
Japanese seizure spurs coastal Chinese inland development
The seizure of Chinese sea ports by Japan pressures China to develop inland territory that would likely have remained untouched by progress for another generation.
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China
Imland
Psychoanalysis Starts With The Cow In London
The Hamilton Spectator notes psychologist Malcolm Bradbury told an international psychology summer school in London that he cured a prize cow of an inferiority complex after her calf was taken away. He treats cows as individuals by mood and fancy.
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Malcolm Bradbury
International Psychology Summer School
London
Hamilton Spectator
General Sir Hugh Elles and Cambrai Tank Corps Legend
The News of the World credits General Sir Hugh Elles with leading the Tank Corps at Cambrai in November 1917, saying his actions in the battle helped break the Hindenburg Line. It notes he flew a tank named Hilda and that a Nelson parody claim is false, while also mentioning a hotel joke about Britannica. The piece ends with a statistic claiming about half the U.S. population belongs to active church denominations.
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Sir Hugh Elles
Tank Corps
Cambrai
News of the World
Hindenburg
Hilda
Frank Mitchell
Nelson
England
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Observer
Allied News Organization
St. Bride's Church
Fleet Street
Julius de Reuter
Baron de Reuter
Aix-la- Chappelle
Germany
Brussels
Reuter
Aix
France
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Broadcast Wireless
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Rugby
Sir Edwin Lutyens
St Bride’s
Edwin
Salisbury Court
World Poultry Congress
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