Sentiment Toward Canada Warmer Cooperation Growing
Sir Herbert Marier Canada's minister to Washington says U S Canada and Britain now enjoy warmer cooperation than in earlier years. He refused to discuss politics or trade treaties but cited aviation talks and shared broadcasting wavelengths as signs of closer ties. He notes more U S visitors to Canada and hopes for Canadian golfers in Washington.
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United States
Canada
Great Britain
Sir Herbert Marier
Washington
Herbert
Lady Marier
Bonaventure
Montreal
British naval officers chess match ends in London with decisive one move win
In a 22 year chess duel begun by Lieut Commander George McNamee and Lieut Commander James Rogers during 1915, Eileen McNamee finishes the second game in a single move after decades of unfinished play. Rogers honors the memory of his rival as McNamee secures victory.
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London
Eileen McNamee
Hull
Jutland
George McNamee
James Rogers
Port McNamee
Queen Mary
Rogers
Miss McNamee
Pileen
Government study outlines daily cost of prisoners
Ottawa officials report average prisoner cost at over two dollars daily, about seven hundred fifty dollars yearly, covering food clothing heating buildings and staff. The note cites provincial farms reformatories and police, urging continued crime prevention.
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Ottawa
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Visited Japan Markets Offer Humble Hospitality and Glitzy Stores
Margot Gordon describes a trip to Tokyo department stores with marble staircases and elevators, crowded taxi traffic, and courteous large family staff. She notes small shops where tea is offered, and the Oobi market selling old yet beautiful kimono and obi. Impressive food displays and numbered dish checks guide meals, with hot towels at nicer eateries.
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Margot Gordon
Whonnock
B.C
Japan
The Word’s Unrest at Scout Dinner in Toronto
Lord Tweedsmuir addressed the Canadian general council of the Boy Scout Association in Toronto, urging optimism amid world unrest. He compared the hopeful leaven to work slowly but surely and urged resilience in adversity as a test of ability and earning capacity.
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Lord Tweedsmuir
Canadian General Council of the
Boy Scout Association
Toronto
Burke's Peerage Nobility Classifications And Dress Codes
The article explains Burke's Peerage classification of British nobility by assigning numbers to dukes such as the Duke of Norfolk's top status and the Duke of Northumberland's rank. It also compares a yardage system for royal dress, noting 31 current duchesses and 412 historical dukes.
Newspaper Circulation Leads Canadian Advertisers
The Kitchener Record notes 2,252,729 Canadian households and 2,246,361 newspaper readers, implying most homes subscribe to papers. It cites 1,059,101 radios nationwide with 418,990 in Ontario and 274,312 in Quebec, arguing newspapers reach the greatest audience and attract savvy advertisers.
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Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Shewd
Kitchener
Princess Elizabeth Learns Cooking From Buckingham Palace Chef
The young princess takes two weekly lessons with M. Rene Roussin and begins in the pastry room. She bakes her first cake before Christmas and keeps it for the festive season. Her icing is done after the family departs to Sandringham and she later sends a larger cake to a Welsh village children's group.
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Princess Elizabeth
M. Rene Roussin
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
Elizabeth
Wales
British pick a back plane launches midair in test
Great Britain conducted a midair launch test near Rochester with a smaller plane released from the back of a larger carrier. The two-aircraft unit lifted together then separated at about 700 feet as pilots maintained telephonic contact. The aim is to enable heavy mail and fuel loaded planes to take off in midair for long trans Atlantic flights. Eastern oysters will grow in the Pacific Ocean but cannot breed there.
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Great Britain
Rochester
Pacific Ocean
Catering On Ocean: Ship Normandie Supplies For Rio Voyage
The Normandie stocked for a Rio cruise with four tons of duck five tons of turkey ten chickens fifteen butter twenty five milk and cream seven tons of cheese one hundred tons of ice and large quantities of eggs fruit cigarettes cigars and meat. Purser and chief steward forecast exact needs from passenger lists and allow for hearty light and non sailing eaters. In earlier days ships faced food limits with canning sparse and lime juice used to prevent scurvy while rum remained official Jack’s ration with teetotalers allowed a small daily allotment.
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Rio de Janeiro
Canada
St. Thomas Times-Journal
New Topic Of Conversation On Ocean Ages
The United States Geological Survey reports a shift in thinking about ocean age. Geologists Arthur C. Spencer and J. K. Murata told the Cosmos Club that oceans may be five hundred to seven hundred million years old, much older than the previously cited 360 million years.
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United States Geological Survey
Arthur C. Spencer
J. K. Murata
Cosmos Club
Washington
Bridge Club
Continents
Moving pictures in schools expand visual education use
Statistics show 360 motion picture slide projectors in Canadian schools 10 000 in U S city schools and 7700 placed in German classrooms last year Educational bodies in Great Britain France Italy and other countries push use of visual education supplied by Ottawa Technical School The approach aims to make knowledge presentation more vivid in schools
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
France
Italy
Ottawa
Artificial emerald shown by American Museum in New York
The American Museum of Natural History displays a 25 carat artificial emerald made by I G Farbenindustrie of Germany. Dr Frederick Pough explains the stone marks a major advance toward replicating emeralds, with tower like form and hexagonal facets showing the beginnings of real emeralds.
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New York
American Museum of Natural
I. C. Farbenindustrie
Germany
Frederick Pough
Pough
Niagara Falls Stunt Ends Bridge Crash Bridges to Be Rebuilt
The Falls remain the main attraction while the Falls View Bridge wreckage is cleared. Engineers plan a new bridge better than the last, and the view remains intact for visitors who recall the event.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara
Falls View Bridge
Buffalo Courier-Express
Tarkington Defends Clean Writing From Critics
Detroit Free Press notes Mr. Booth Tarkington, a Hoosier novelist, rebukes writers who think dirt is needed for art. He cites The Gentle Man from Indiana (1899) and argues lasting truth comes from tasteful storytelling rather than pandering to morons. He spoke in Indianapolis urging realism without offense.
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Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
Detroit Free Press
Official Denial on Queen Mary Visit to Welsh Distress Area
Marlborough House rejected an announcement that Queen Mary would visit the distressed area in Wales. Viscount Biledisloe, president of the National Council for Social Service, made the statement at a luncheon yesterday.
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Queen Mary
Wales
Marlborough House
Viscount Biledisloe
National Council For Social Service
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