True Democratic Ideal Hard to Attain Says Tweedsmuir
Baron Tweedsmuir warns that true democracy remains elusive and warns against the perils of mass politics and impersonal machines. He urges preserving individual conscience and liberty while noting the need to modernize constitutional machinery without eroding personal freedom. He also muses on sleep habits and rocking beds as a reflection on human physiology and ancestral instincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Tweedsmuir
University of Toronto
James Bryce
Washington
United States
Harvard Creates Million-Psi Pressure Apparatus
Harvard University researchers led by Dr. P W Bridgman produced a new apparatus that generates pressures of one million pounds per square inch in the laboratory. The device simulates pressures near the earth’s interior and reportedly dwarfs typical lab conditions while affecting materials like ice and graphite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Harvard
P. W. Bridgman
Australian skipp er completes 600 mile Melbourne to Sydney feat
Tom Morris, a skipping enthusiast, covers 600 miles from Melbourne to Sydney along the Hume highway in 28 days. He estimates about 472000 turns, 800 turns per mile, wears out five skipping ropes but uses one pair of shoes. Three cyclists supported with food and clothing to promote skipping as exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morris
Melbourne
Sydney
Hume Highway
Collector Walter Dannatt Returns With Amazon Butterflies
Walter Dannatt of Lee, aged 73, after a two month Amazon jungle hunt, adds 500 to 600 new varieties to his butterfly collection totaling 18 000 to 19 000. He traveled from the coast to Manaos 1 000 miles from the river mouth and brought back a six inch iridescent butterfly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dannatt
Lee
Amazon
Brazil
Manaos
Forest Research Conference Outlines Three Division Setup
At Ottawa a session proposed a Research Bureau under the national research council with three divisions covering forest soils harvesting methods and logging practices. A separate note estimated that if one robin nest per acre in Pennsylvania housed four young, 3000 tons of insects would be needed to feed them for a day.
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National Research Council
Conference On Forestry Research
Ottawa
Pennsylvania
The Man Who Never Changes His Mind
A concise aphorism notes that a person who never changes his mind may lack a mind capable of change. The line suggests rigidity in thinking and questions the value of steadfastness without adaptability.
Biscuit Meaning Twice Cooked In French
A concise note explains that biscuit is a French loanword meaning twice baked or cooked. The term describes the twice baked bread or cookie that becomes dry and crisp after the second bake.
Snapshot memories of babies through home photography
A nostalgic guide urges parents to capture babies at key moments with simple lighting setups using Photoflood bulbs or Photoflash. It emphasizes daily picture opportunities from first smiles to first steps and offers practical steps for framing, exposure, and ready camera readiness to create lasting memories.
Vision Changes Signal Lifespan Says Nice Scientist
A Nice, France, scientist claims eye examination of middle aged people reveals approximate death date. He notes the eye lens loses elasticity around age 50, causing long sight, and the extent of this change may indicate remaining years of life.
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Nice
France
Trachoma Affects 80,000 in Spain as Leading Blindness Cause
The eye disease trachoma infects about 80,000 people in Spain and ranks as the chief cause of blindness there. The report highlights the widespread impact of the illness and its public health significance.
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Spain
McGill Professor Visits Russian Prison During Tour
Welfare official F R Scott of McGill University, a prison welfare worker, toured Russia this summer with a party of tourists. He asked to inspect a large penitentiary near Kharkov but was told the prison was closed as inmates were on holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Scott
McGill
Russia
Kharkov
Ostrich Vision and Ideal Husband Quip
Mrs Brown remarks an ostrich can see little and digest anything. Mrs Smith responds with a quip calling her husband ideal. The exchange captures old fashioned humor and banter about perception and marriage.
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Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Smith
Crochet Set For Young Girls And Mothers Christmas Gift
Crochet set designed for a girl age five to twelve includes a pom pom beret and muff purse. Pattern 5488 provides complete instructions, stitch guides, and color ideas. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern details. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Plowing Pioneer Horatio Webb of Chilliwack Passes Landmark Life
Horatio Webb of Chilliwack British Columbia still active at 83 after introducing plowing matches 62 years ago. He crossed the coast to coast train route in 14 days seeking gold but turned to farming and won a major plowing contest with a custom English plow. Webb helped move a church by canoe, judged or exhibited at many fairs since 1869 and signs his travels as Tchullehaywahyuck the old First Nations name for Chilliwack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cornelius Celsus
Horth Magnetic Pole
Donald Laird
Sir Alfred Yarrow
C. E. Sanders
Kansas City
Sanders
New York Herald-Tribune
Western Canada
Horatio Webb
Chilliwack
B.C
Webb
England
Fort Douglas
British Columbia
Promising 1935 Salmon Pack For British Columbia
Prospects indicate BC 1935 canned salmon output will surpass the 1925–1934 ten year average of about 1.542 million cases. Through mid October cannery output reached about 1.425 million cases with last year adding over 250 thousand more in the late season. Sockeye production may total around 350 thousand cases this year, pinks and chums show gains, while springs and steelheads dip slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Department of Fsheries
Chum
Automatic gun and mugging machines showcased at crime conference
In Cleveland a crime conference demonstrated two new devices. The gun detector uses an electric eye to detect concealed guns knives or saw blades on suspects or visitors to jails. The mugging machine speeds Bertillon style identification by a simple push of a button.
Thought Question Foolish Liza Voice Response
A newspaper reader recalls a morning telephone call to Liza the Negro cook who, faced with a cheerful querier asking for the number, answers curtly that the caller should know it since they already dialed it.
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Liza
England Radio Industry Employs Fifty Thousand People
A statement notes that about fifty thousand individuals work in the English radio sector. The figure reflects the size of employment across broadcasting and related services within the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Esks Mounties Judge on Eski mos and Hollywood
Major-General Sir James MacBrien, RCMP commissioner, served as judge at the National Horse Show in New York. He called Eskimos peaceful and law abiding, noted a wife shortage, and criticized Rose Marie for misrepresenting the Mounties while defending their pursuit of cold cases from decades past. He said Americans write more letters than others about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James MacBrien
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New York
Eski
Sir James
Hollywood
Mounted Police
Royal Mounted
Fortune for Seamen Donation from Former Sailor
T. B. Davis owner of the racing schooner Westward sent a check near 100000 dollars to the merchant navy benevolent fund of which the Prince of Wales is Master. The gesture honors a former crew member. Japanese motorists face strict anti splashing device rules on many days to protect pedestrians in narrow New York streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Davis
Merchant Navy
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Keener
For Research Bureau
the Snapshot Guild
Hopq Yoego
KODAK
Crochet
Aits
Brooke
Prince of Wales
Institute of International Affairs
Vincent Massey
London
Samuel Hoare
Canada
Massey
Cleveland
R.C.M.P
Mos
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