Former French Premier Forecasts Fast Atlantic Air Travel
Former French premier Paul Painleve predicts trans Atlantic service within reach as aeroplanes soar above 32 000 feet at 300 to 400 mph. He credits Lindbergh and early aviation pioneers and argues high altitude flight or floating landing fields will shape the future of air travel.
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Paris
New York
M. Paul Painleve
France
The
United Press
Lindbergh
North America
M. Painleve
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Avia
Atlantic
Painleve
Painleve Mlopes
One Civilization But Two Nations and Two Governments
Chancellor Schober of Austria spoke with a Paris interviewer about Austro German relations. He said Austria and Germany are one people but two nations, a statement misrendered in French as one nation but two states, triggering French nationalist uproar and a series of clarifications that failed to preserve the meaning.
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Schober
Austria
Paris
London
Germany
Navy crepe dress pattern No 3248 for girls ages 8 10 12 14
The pattern No 3248 offers a navy wool crepe dress with red ribbon belt and self fabric bow, cut to fit sizes 8 10 12 and 14 years. It outlines materials 175 yards of 39 inch for size 8 and promotes other fabrics like crepe de chine and rayon crepe. Pattern price 25 cents.
The Power Of Lightning Thunderstorm Sparks Show Electric Might
An article in Tit-Bits describes lightning power and thunder as immense, likening earth to a hand and clouds to a cat. It notes voltages up to a billion volts, a scientist's test producing a million volt spark, and that most lightning travels cloud to cloud while some forks reach earth destroying objects.
Resents Removal Of Indian Carvings From BC
A letter to the national museum Ottawa from a British Columbia official protests removing Indian carvings to the United States. It cites totem poles grave monuments rock inscriptions cliff paintings and boulders as objects favored for retention in the province. An archaeologist notes a retired U S naval officer recently took spindle whorls from the country during a museum search for similar pieces.
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British Columbia
United States
National Museum
Ottawa
Dominion
World Poultry Congress Draws Fifty Five Cities
Fifty five cities in the United States and Canada will attend the fourth World Poultry Congress organized by Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Many poultrymen will sail from Montreal on July 12 aboard the Duchess of York to attend the Congress at Crystal Palace London from July 22 to 30. A new radiophone can talk 200 feet underground through stone. German workers' singing clubs grow in popularity.
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United States
Canada
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Montreal
Crystal Palace
London
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper
A fragmented notice from Winnipeg lists an address at 37s McDermott Ave for pattern ordering services. Reader may contact local patterns supplier in Beeee Rone area for procurement details.
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Winnipeg
Unicn
McDermott Ave
Poultry From E P Ranch Heads to World Congress
Birds from H R H Prince of Wales Pekisko Alberta will join Canadian exhibitors at the World's Poultry Congress in London July 22 to 28 1930. Windsor Castle aviary and a 1000 bird Canada exhibit are also featured. Canada's gift of Barred Rocks to King George V from 1924 is highlighted.
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Prince of Wales
Pekisko
High River
Alberta
Crystal Palace
London
England
Windsor Castle
Canada
George V
Barcelona
Spain
Great War Costs Measured By League Of Nations
The League of Nations cites the Great War cost at 363 billion dollars and 37 million lives. It argues the death toll exceeds Canada’s population and notes the money could have funded 181,500 garden cities to end urban squalor and its social ills.
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League of Nations
Canada
Canadian Firm Beatty Brothers Ship 8000 Laundry Sets
The Beatty Brothers factory in Fergus Ontario shipped about 8000 laundry equipment sets via Canadian Pacific lines. Every item was made in Canada and all officials and employees are Canadian, underscoring national production.
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Beatty Brothers
Fergus
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Lines
Canada
California fan palm longevity reaches two centuries
Some specimens of the California fan palm reach an age of 200 years, illustrating remarkable longevity in a species noted for its distinctive fronds and slow growth.
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California
Provinces Seek Federal Help for National Highway
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics urges a nationwide June agricultural census using simple schedules to measure field crops and livestock. Parliament debate on a transcontinental highway notes only 330 miles remain, urging Dominion support, especially through northern Ontario.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ontario
British Columbia
Canada
Manion
Charles Stewart
Hugh Guthrie
Charles Dunging
R. B. Bennett
Woodsworth
Dominion
House of Commons
Great Lakes
King
Sudbury
Manitoba
Germany
France
Doing Good Work on Child Mortality and Prevention
Dr J F Rogers notes alarms over school age child deaths and preventable diseases. In a 103 million population, about one child in every five hundred dies yearly, with autos causing seven percent and other accidents twenty one percent. Red Cross junior work reaches about 12 million youths.
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J. F. Rogers
Physical Education
Washington
Navajo Rug Tradition Says Perfection Brings Blindness
A Navajo proverb warns that attempting a perfect rug is taboo and may bring blindness. Separately, Czecho-Slovakia produced coal in a year of notable historic output.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Watercress beds define Ewelme village in England
A London Evening News writer visits Ewelme between Henley and Nettlebed. The village famed as Watercress Village features a crystal clear stream running through the street, with watercress growing abundantly. Rustic bridges lead to cottage gardens as residents make a living from watercress.
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Nettlebed
London Evening News
Watercress
England
Ewelme
Biggest Loafer in Tokio Sign Through Japanese Baker
A Tokyo baker displays a sign read as idiomatic English that quips he is the "Biggest Loafer in Toki," illustrating the humorous foreign language errors seen in shops. The sign showcases misused words and local flavor, reflecting cross cultural learning in commerce.
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Tokio
A. Kashinura
Toki
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