Record Dive Sets Speed Mark For Hawk Pursuit
Chief test pilot H Lloyd Child of Abe Curtias Aeroplane Co. smashed records at Buffalo Municipal Airport in a free-power dive from 22 000 feet in a Hawk pursuit craft. The dive reached 575 miles per hour as instruments failed to register the peak, with the aircraft armed for test requirements and powered by a variable-pitch propeller.
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H Lloyd Child
Abe Curtias Aeroplane Company
Buffalo Municipal
Navy
War Departments
Washington
France
American War Department
Childs
Francesco Agello
Italy
Open Door for Orientals in U S Immigration Debate
Detroit Free Press argues that Japan may demand keeping doors open for Oriental migration as a trade price with China. It notes current restrictions provoke resentment in Japan and China, fears future mass migration, and warns of potential challenges from a half billion Chinese and Japanese if unregulated entry policies persist.
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United States
Tokyo
Japan
China
Canada
Latin America
Detroit Free Press
Antlers Versus Horns Distinguished By Growth and Shedding
An explanation contrasts antlers and horns. Horns possess a bone core attached to the skull and bleed when broken, while antlers shed annually with no blood flow after growth, dropping off cleanly.
Factory Floods Market With 30000 Rubber Articles
A Finnish factory has produced 30000 rubber articles, reflecting high factory output. The article notes widespread factory activity in Finland and mentions ten factories currently without workers, indicating unemployment amid ongoing production.
Snow, a Life-Saving Blanket for Crops and People
A New York Times column extols snow as essential to farming and soil health. It notes snow tidily blankets land, reduces erosion, preserves soil moisture, and promises bountiful summers, despite travel woes and nostalgia. It urges gratitude for snow’s quiet contribution.
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Chicago
New York Times
Prairie US Alaska highway urged by Saskatoon trade chief
J H Holmes Saskatoon board of trade commissioner supports a prairie route for the US Alaska highway. He argues it would be cheaper than a coast road and connect with the Hudson Bay route at Churchill, enabling rapid military shipments and transshipment of grains, flour, and industrial goods to the Orient via northern waters.
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Saskatoon
Canada
United States
Prairies
J. H. Holmes
Saskatoon Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Holmes
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Emerald hummingbird wins Scotland cage show trophy
A. Bo Anderson of Dunfermline keeps a tiny emerald hummingbird in a 60 degree heated cage and feeds it honey condensed milk and baby foods. The pet weighed under half an ounce and measured about an inch, winning best bird at the Scotland National Cage Bird Show and best foreign bird trophies.
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Bo Anderson
Dunfermline
Scotland
Anderson
East Texas Oil Field Highlighted as Nation’s Largest
The article notes that most current superstitions formed after Christ’s era while stating the United States holds the world’s largest oil field in East Texas, underscoring regional energy prominence.
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The
United States
East
Texas
British benefit from refugees brains and industry
The London Star reports that 12 600 refugees from Germany have boosted Britain since the Jewish pogrom began. They have created work for about 16 000 unemployed and spurred new factories in distressed areas. German Jewish capital previously moved to British banks funds Britain’s new industries.
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Great Britain
Germany
England
The
London Star
New Vaccine From University of Saskatchewan Aims to Prevent Sleeping Sickness
Dr J S Fulton of the animal diseases department at the University of Saskatchewan developed an encephalomyelitis vaccine claimed superior to others and to be available in quantity to meet provincial demand this year. Dean L E Kirk told Saskatchewan Dairy Association delegates in Saskatoon the product provides total protection against the sleeping sickness affecting horses in Western Canada last year.
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University of Saskatchewan
J. S. Fulton
Animal Diseases Department
L. E. Kirk
College of Agriculture
Saskatchewan Dairy Association
Saskatoon
Fulton
Canada
Just An Old Belief About Porcupine Quills
The piece debunks the belief that porcupines shoot quills. It notes quills are loosely attached and only dislodge when the animal swats with its tail, causing quills to fly off rarely and unintentionally.
British Museum Acquires 14000 Fern Collection
The British Museum has acquired a private fern collection said to be the most important of its kind, totaling more than 14 000 specimens.
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British Museum
Ancient city dig in Iraq eyed by Prof Meek for 5000 B.C. origins
Prof T. J. Meek of the University of Toronto plans an nine month excavation next year at Tepe Gawra in northern Iraq near Kurdistan. The project, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Bagdad school, aims to illuminate Neolithic life and predates Babylon and Nineveh. Excavation has run ten years with debris cleared to 100 feet.
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T. J. Meek
University of Toronto
Iraq
Tepe Gawra
Meek
Cleopatra
Antony
Egypt
Babylon
Ninevah
University of Pennsylvania Museum
Bagdad School
Kurdistan
Canada owes Greece and Roumania large postwar credits
Roumania owes Canada 23,969,720 borrowed after the Great War and Greece owes 9,174,148 from a 1919 credit extension to aid Greek purchases of Canadian goods. Hon. Charles Dunning, minister of finance, told a Commons questioner that none of the principal has been paid.
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Roumania
Canada
Charles Dunning
Commons
Greece
Accordeons Make Noise and Gold Hunt Grips Australia
Compact report notes accordions produce more sound per size than many instruments while a separate Australian tale reports a gold hunt sparked by sheep teeth plated with gold.
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Australia
Australia nears self sufficiency in munitions production
Australia has expanded its armament program to near self sufficiency in munitions manufacture. The workforce in munitions factories has doubled over four years. The plan covers artillery ammunition small arms respirators armoured vehicles depth charges mine filling and related products with naval cordite cartridge cases and mobile anti air guns now in full production.
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Australia
Telephones in Germany and Electric Fish Factoids
A statistic notes 3 245 854 telephones in Germany matching five phones per 100 people. The text also mentions dozens of fish species capable of delivering electric shocks.
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Germany
Century-Old Channel Tunnel Plan Prompts French Push
A French deputy urges fresh French approach to British allies on a Channel tunnel linking France and Britain. The piece traces history from 1802 discussions with Napoleon to 1930s votes, noting military, economic and shipping concerns and the likelihood the tunnel will be built someday despite repeated opposition.
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Chamber of Deputies
English Channel
Marcel Boucher
Vosges
France
Britain
England
Charles James Fox
Napoleon
Lord Wolseley
Committee of Imperial Defence
MacDonal
Chamberlain
Europe
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
Channel Tunnel
Uniform changes eyed for walking-out attire in 1939 army plans
The army considers new uniforms that drop the tight button up collar in favor of collar and tie for walking out wear. Commissioned officers wear collar and tie. non commissioned officers and other ranks may follow. Details await the 1939 army estimates.
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Tommy Atkins
War Office
Dressing Them Up Surgical Supply Store Finds Cellophane Skeleton Wrap
An Australian report notes a Sydney surgical supply shop created a six foot skeleton wrapped in cellophane in a sealed display. The proprietor says cello phane keeps bones clean and dust free and makes them look more attractive. In Rome families with seven or more children qualify for cheaper gas and electricity rates.
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Australian Press Bureau
Sydney Surgical Supply
Rome
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Bar
America
Finland
U.s.-Alaska Highway
Mrs. Watts
Mrs. Spotts
Baldwin
Sir John Macdonald
Hawaiian Islands
Sandwich Islands
NEW Ordnance Factory
Mr. Hore-Belisha
Nottingham
Royal Ordnance Factory
Mr. Belisha
Toronto University
Indians Affairs
Department of Mines and Resources
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Fort Alexander Reserve
Lake Winnipeg
Lac du Bois
Dominions
Southwark
London
Scotland Yard
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