Four Barnardo’s retirees meet annual pact on St Paul’s steps
Four elderly men who created a pact in 1905 met on St Paul’s Cathedral steps in London to sing Auld Lang Syne and renew their vow to gather each year on the first Saturday in November. The 14th reunion brought H J Arliss 75, J B Duerdon 68, Wilfred E Horn and Rev J P Goodenough with a commemorative cake of 33 candles after dinner at a city restaurant.
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St Paul's Cathedral
London
Barnardo
St. Paul's Steps
H. J. Arliss
Slough
Duerdon
Upminster
Wilfred E. Horn
Hayes Kent
J. P. Goodenough
Walworth
Horn
Arliss
Mr. Goodenough
Strict Baptists
The
G.P.O
Rhodes Scholar Named for British Columbia
John Davis, 22, a Kamloops science student, chosen by BC scholarship committee. Franco predicts quick victory in Spain and a tougher foreign policy. Sir Thomas Callender, 83, England’s cable king, dead, credited with lighting London streets. Air League receives £10,000 from Viscount Nuffield for Air Defence Cadets. Canada’s 1938 principal field crops area 57,121,000 acres versus 56,678,900 in 1937. Education minister Schultz unveils recreation department plans in Manitoba. Police and fire brigades now eligible for King's Police Medal. Invitations issued to 52 countries for world winter sports championship in Trondheim, Norway, Feb 1926. Skiing hockey and speed skating on the program.
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John Davis
Kamloops
B.C
British Columbia
Franco
New Spain
Thomas Callender
England
Tom
Callender
Cable and Construction
London
Air League of the British Empire
Viscount Nuffield
Air Defence Cadets Corps
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ivan Schultz
Manitoba
Vancouver
Recreation and Physical Education
King's Police
Trondheim
Norway
Fourteen Billion Gold Stock And Unemployment Crisis
The Ottawa Journal notes that US monetary gold stocks now total 14 billion dollars after new cargoes, accounting for 58 percent of world reserve gold and far exceeding prewar holdings. The piece links the vast gold stock to about 10 million unemployed and 20 million on government assistance, calling the situation a devastating answer.
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United States
Ottawa Journal
Last of His Line Marquis Rangoni Macchiavelli Dies
Rome reports the death of Marquis Lorenzo Rangoni Macchiavelli 64 the last direct descendant of Niccolo Macchiavelli famed for The Prince and other works. Niccolo Macchiavelli born 1469 died 1537, central government and realpolitik ideas.
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Lorenzo Rangoni-Macchiavelli
Niccolo Macchiavelli
Rome
Italy
Macchiavelli
Polar regions compose fifth largest land mass on earth
The polar regions comprise the fifth largest land mass, covering about 4,892,000 square miles. This area marks their vast expanse beyond temperate zones and highlights their global geographic significance.
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Polar Regions
England and Wales see double aged women versus men
A brief survey notes that England and Wales have twice as many women aged 65 and over as men in the same age band. Separately, reports mention live fish routinely shipped long distances packed in blocks of ice.
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England
Wales
Democracy's Standard: Defend Humanity Over Power
A New York Times editorial laments threats to democracy from both extreme power and unengaged citizens. It argues that democracy serves humanity, not a system, and urges active defense against prejudice and the erosion of human dignity for all races and religions.
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Commonwealth
New York Times
McGill Opens World-Unique Brain Waves Lab for Epilepsy
McGill University's Neurological Institute announces a new electroencephalography lab to map epileptic sources. Led by Dr. H. H. Jasper, the facility will record brain impulses to locate seizure origins and guide surgical options. The project, funded by a $50,000 Rockefeller Grant and McGill funds, also plans drug-effect research.
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McGill University
Neurological Institute
H. H. Jasper
Rockefeller Foundation
McGill
Canned Flowers touted as new romance gesture
Dr J S Turner of Melbourne University explained to seedsmen and florists that canning flowers could soon become the right way for a young man to delight the feminine heart. The idea will be taken up and the canned flowers put on the market.
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J. S. Turner
Melbourne University
Australia
Rice straw in Japan and wheat flour production in Canada
The article notes that rice is an indispensable material in Japan with beds and horse shoes made from rice straw and that rural houses are thatched with it. It also states that in 1937 Canada produced 13,576,800 barrels of wheat flour.
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Dominion of Canada
Nazi farm congress hears mass farm labor drain rising
Walter Darre states 700000 to 800000 farm workers have left agriculture since the Nazi revolution for jobs in commerce and industry. He notes shrinking Reich farming land since 1933 and cautions against underestimating agriculture in national life. He compares milk value to coal and meat output to Germany’s 1933–1936 export value.
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Walter Darre
Goslar
Reich
Darre
Germany
Giant Mount Wilson Mirror Detects Candle Light From NYC
A photo electric cell at Mount Wilson California, paired with a 200 inch mirror, can detect light from a candle 3000 miles away in New York City. The mirror collects and focuses the light into a narrow beam, making the observer see as if his eye were 200 inches in diameter.
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Mount Wilson
California
New York City
Tuesday Morning Driving Safest 4 to 5 Says Insurance Stats
Insurance company statistics show driving is safest on Tuesday mornings between 4 and 5. The finding emphasizes a narrow time window with lower accident risk.
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Insurance Company
Dirndl Dress Pattern 4930 By Anne Adams
Simple to sew dirndl style pattern 4930 by Anne Adams with few pieces. Sizes 6 to 16 offered in wool crepe for school or silk cotton for parties. Price 20 cents. mail order to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Will Hold First Place Canada In World Agriculture
Russell P. Kelly of Toronto told the York County Jersey Breeders Club banquet in Unionville Ontario that Canada will hold first place in global agriculture. He praised rural clubs and associations and said young people choosing farming will enjoy real prosperity in coming years.
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Canada
Russell P. Kelly
Toronto
York County Jersey Breeders’ Club
Unionville
Ont
Mr. Kelly
Sunday School Lesson Emphasizes Love One Another
Golden text commands readers to love one another as Jesus loved. Lesson references Matthew 5 43 48 22 34 40 Luke 10 25 37 John 13 34 35 15 12 14 Galatians 5 13 14 and devotional reading Romans 5 1 8.
Love a Universal Debt Sermon on Love and Duty
A sermon discusses Jesus command to love one another as he loved, contrasting Old Testament and rabbinic interpretations of loving enemies. It cites God’s character as purity truth and love and emphasizes self sacrificing action as true discipleship.
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Sulla
Rome
God
Frederick William Robertson
Jesus
Mounted Police Plan Air Patrols in North West Territories
The North West Territories will host an airplane base next spring for Mounted Police patrols. Deputy Commissioner Dann announced the shift from horses and automobiles to aviation, marking a new era for law enforcement in the Dominion's hinterlands.
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Dann
The
Mounted
Ottawa
North West Territories
North Country
Mounted Police
Dominion
Plains
Lethbridge Herald
Young Wood Engraver Beatrice Christy Finds Royal Favor
Beatrice M Christy, a young unknown wood engraver, gains rapid success after White Lodge Richmond Park project proofs are bought by the Queen and Queen Mary. Her spring study and winter engraving of White Lodge have drawn royal interest while Lord Lee of Fareham vacates the residence. Her works hung at the Royal Academy last year and the British Museum has bought a proof. Christy trained at a London polytechnic and now explores colored woodcuts for interior decor.
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White Lodge
Royal Home
Beatrice M. Christy
Richmond Park
Queen Mary
Lord Lee
Fareham
Royal Academy
British Museum
Christy
London
Bennett and Beaverbrook to share proximity at Juniper Hill
The future neighbors will be Richard Bennett, ex prime minister of Canada, and Max Aitken lord Beaverbrook, who once apprenticed with Bennett in a Chatham law firm. Juniper hall and Juniper hill evoke historic figures from French émigré circles and Talleyrand lore as their ghosts linger near the Bennett residence.
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R. B. Bennett
Mickleham
Eng
Juniper Hill
Richard Bedford Bennett
Chatham
N.B
Max Aitken
Bennett
Canada
Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Peer
Surrey
Juniper Hall
London
Switzerland
Juniper Ha
Louis VII
Caada
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Mme. de Stael
Mme
Recamier
Mme. Recamier
Talleyrand
le Stael
Mr. Bennett
Jacoby on Bridge Partner Skill and Luck
Oswald Jacoby says there is no perfect partner in contract bridge and no player can achieve better than 75 percent perfection. He notes luck and card distribution heavily affect outcomes and that even top players are limited by how cards are dealt.
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Oswald Jacoby
United States
Jacoby
Briton Empire Covers One Quarter of World Population
An article notes that about a quarter of the earths population resides in countries within the British Empire. It emphasizes the empire's global reach and demographic weight across its colonies and dominions.
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Earth
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Tedar
Torente Star
Ring St
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Terente
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