Path to Health Shows Ten Year Decline in Canadian Death Rates
An insurance company report notes a 25 percent fall in deaths from all diseases and accidents over the last decade in Canada, with 1939 recording the lowest mortality in history for tuberculosis pneumonia scarlet fever diarrhoeal diseases and accidents. Cancer deaths rose 35 percent in 1939 prompting calls for earlier diagnosis and stronger public health campaigns. Mortality from influenza measles whooping cough diphtheria and diarrhoea fell significantly while automobile deaths did not drop. The piece urges continued cooperation among the public health system researchers and insurers to further reduce deaths in the next decade.
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Dominion
Canada
Industrial Department
Simple Courtesy and Human Relations
Simple courtesy injected into everyday relations fosters calm, kindness, and goodwill. Courtesy awakens kindness and confidence, ripening into understanding, and understanding is peace.
Craig Harbor Post Office Stands as Empire’s Northern Outpost
Craig Harbor in the Northwest Territories Canada is noted as the most northerly post office in the British Empire marking a remote communications hub in the Arctic region.
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Craig Harbor
Northwest Territories
Canada
British Empire
Right of Way Dilemma for Pedestrians and Motorists
A quoted exchange weighs pedestrian versus motorist at crossroads with the claim that the pedestrian’s right of way is often uncertain. The dialogue suggests drivers and walkers face equal risk when crossing paths.
World Fair Canada Pavilion Draws Crowds at NY Exhibit
The Canadian Pavilion at the 1939 New York World Fair welcomed about 20,000 visitors daily, drawing steady crowds to the exhibit area. The record shows strong public interest and high foot traffic throughout the fair period.
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New York
Contagious claim about whooping cough
The statement claims whooping cough is the most contagious childhood disease. No corroborating data or sources are provided in the text.
Rabbit drives aid Red Cross funding in Saskatchewan
Mary Gardner reports on Auburnton district residents staging rabbit drives to raise money for the Red Cross. The six mile Saturday hunts use a central rabbit corral, four advancing lines, and a dispatch crew. Proceeds fund local Red Cross while removing pests and supplying pelts to hat makers and meat to fox farms.
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Saskatchewan
Red Cross
Mary Gardner
Manor
Auburnton
Red Cross Society
Winter Travel Slump Hits Swiss Ski Trade
In London the Victoria Station rush for Channel boats is down as British visitors for Swiss hotels stay home. Skiers wander English slopes while Thomas Cook staff keep their polite detachment, even as a curious traveler asks about a Paris route to Switzerland.
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Victoria Station
Channel Boats
Thomas Cook
Berkeley Square
Paris
London
The
New Yorker
Selected Recipes Yielding Nutty Butter Cakes
Cream butter and sugar then beat in one whole egg and one yolk. Add corn syrup milk and lemon rind. Mix in flour baking powder and salt with chopped nuts. Drop onto buttered tins, brush tops with egg white, sprinkle nuts. Bake 350F for 10 to 15 minutes yields about three dozen.
Cherry Jell-O Pear Mold Serves Four
Dish gives steps to dissolve Jell-O in hot water then add pear juice and ginger. Fill molds with pear segments, chill until firm, unmold, and garnish with pear sections for four servings.
Silk Secret via Monks Aided By Justinian
Justinian I allegedly secured a silk secret from China by bribing two monks to smuggle silkworms in bamboo staffs. Silk then spread in use though it stayed costly.
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Justinian
China
England Names Smith and Jones Prevalence Estimate
A recent estimate places one in every 73 people in England named Smith and one in every 76 named Jones, highlighting surname distribution patterns across the population.
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England
Smith
Jones
Trans-Canada Air Lines Might Double Transcontinental Service
S J Hungerford, chairman of Canadian National Railways and TCA, suggested in Vancouver that two daily planes a day could fly east and west soon. He spoke during a cross country inspection tour, noting the potential for expanded air service.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver
Montreal
S. J. Hungerford
Canadian National Railways
T.C.A
Lady Tweedsmuir Seeks Longer Stay In Ottawa
Her Excellency Lady Tweedsmuir praised Canadians after addressing the Bronson Memorial annual meeting in Ottawa. She thanked locals for their kindness loyalty and warm welcome and said she wished her stay could be longer.
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Canada
Lady Tweedsmuir
Ottawa
Bronson Memorial
Havana Marks 425th Anniversary in Historic Breath
The Havana capital, celebrating its 425th anniversary, stood as a city a century before the first houses were built in the area that became New York, highlighting long colonial urban roots.
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Havana
New York
Missing Key Returns to Cincinnati Hotel After 58 Years
A historic hotel key once carried away in 1882 by Mrs. H Marette Jr of Fast Cleveland returns to the Hotel Gibson in Cincinnati. The key, linked to a wedding trip, was recovered after the grandparents who took it passed away last year and Mrs. Marette inherited the heirloom.
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Gibson
Cincinnati
H. Marette, Jr
Fast Cleveland
Storks Use Own Glue to Nail Nests to Sloped Roofs
Birds construct nests on steep roofs and seal them with a paste they produce themselves. The glue, a sticky saliva, helps secure the nests where the slope is too sharp for other anchoring methods.
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Ontario
Canada Starch Home
Peg
Mrs. H
Red Cross Fund
Switzerland
Kellogg’s
Kellogg's
Kellogg Company of Canada Limited
Finan
Neavy
Para-Sani
Appleford Paper Products Limited
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg - Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
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