Marconi Great Achievement Celebrated Across the World
The article recalls the December 12 1901 wireless first signal from Signal Hill Newfoundland and the 30 years of rapid global communication that followed. It notes the 1931 demonstration, the spread of radio and television era, and envisions unity beyond nations, urging brotherhood and end to prejudices.
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Signal Hill
Newfoundland
Marconi
Atlantic Ocean
Poldhu
Cornwall
England
Atlantic
New York
San Francisco
Ottawa
Vancouver
Edmonton
Mexico
London
Brussels
Paris
Berlin
Rome
Warsaw
Washington
Japan
Hawaii
Venezuela
Brazil
Java
Amsterdam
Globe
Brotherhood of Man
Expensive Lord Mayor Role Requires Private Wealth
London's Lord Mayor maintains £10,000 for expenses though costs run around £25,000. Banquets, luncheons, and charities dominate the account as the official calendar fills with public functions every two days. He delivers speeches at most events, works hard, and ends the year with potential honors such as a baronetcy or a peerage.
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City of
London
Pilchard Industry Drives British Columbia Fish Oils
The pilchard is the principal source of fish oil in British Columbia, producing over 3,200,000 gallons of oil in 1930 and about 19 000 tons of pilchard meal, two commercial products valued at 1,366,000 dollars. The only book owned by Eski mos of Labrador, printed in their language, is the Bible.
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British Columbia
Labrador
Australia ships first 1.6 million macaroni cartons to Britain
The steamer Balranald sailed from Australia to the United Kingdom carrying 1,600,000 cartons of spa ghetti and macaroni. This represents the first major export of its kind to Britain, as South Australia seeks to capture the British market which needs over 5,000 tons annually. The industry grew after growing a red wheat in South Australia, and previously Australia imported macaroni.
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Balranald
Australia
United Kingdom
Britain
South Australia
Canadians invest more at home amid depression lessons
Know Your Own Country notes Canadians increasingly spend money at home as the Depression shifts focus inward. While travel broadens, the piece argues no one should neglect their native land to learn about others.
Heart and Nerve Pills Help Midland Woman
Mrs. S Dragoman of Midland Ontario reports years of heart trouble with rapid beating headaches dizziness and fainting. After taking Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills she regained energy and can now manage housework. Available at drug stores or by mail from The Milburn Medical Co. Toronto.
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T Milburn
Magnito-Sorst: A Planned Communist Town Near Magnitogorsk
East of the Urals on Magnet Mountain, a 200000 population town named Magnito-Sorst is planned for completion in 1937. Architect E May outlines a vast campus with parks, centralized kitchens, and shared meals as part of a collectivist life, with education until age 16 in town institutions.
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Ural
Frankfort
E May
Stalingrad
Soffrino
Moscow
Worm Powders Promised to Cure Child Worms
Text asserts worms reside in children's digestive tracts causing health disturbances. It promotes Miller's Worm Powders as an immediate remedy to destroy the worms and correct conditions favorable to infestation.
Mount Sinai Opens White Collar Care Unit in New Plan
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York launches a white collar unit promising private hospital and nursing care at about half the usual city cost. The goal is to meet a peculiar need of workers between poverty and wealth, a neglected, demanding segment of the population.
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Mount Sinai Hospital
New York
Recipes For This Week by Betty Parclay
The column lists oyster bake instructions with liquor. Ingredients include 25 oysters, 2 cups bread crumbs, milk and cream, butter, salt, and pepper. Grease a dish, layer bread crumbs, oysters, season, top with crumbs and butter, then bake at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes.
Broadcasting apparatus installed in Vickers Victoria plane
The British Air Ministry announces an experimental broadcasting device has been installed in a Vickers Victoria transport aircraft for use among Irak natives. A voice speaking the native tongue from the sky is seen as a more effective medium than leaflets, and may be used to subdue rebellious tribesmen.
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Vickers-Victoria
Irak
British Air Ministry
London
New York Times
Lemon Apple Spice Filling For Pies And Turnovers
A fruit filling recipe uses 4 lemons 2 apples 1 pound currants 8 cup raisins 12 cup chopped nuts 15 cup melted butter 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon each cinnamon nutmeg cloves ginger allspice. Squeeze lemon juice cook peel until soft grind through sieve add apples and remaining ingredients mix and store in jars. Use as pie or turnover filling.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners Named for 1931
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1931 was awarded to Jane Addams and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, shared as half prizes each. Oslo announce at a Nobel Institute meeting, with Prof Frederik Stang revealing the split and fund-based prize values.
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Jane Addams
Nicholas Butler
Chic
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbi University
Nor Way
Nobel Institue
Oslo
Norway
Frederik Stang
Nobel Committee
Nobel
Amos
J. H. Montgomery
Kiel
United States
Peac
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihf
Woodrow Wilson
Charles G. Dawe
Montgomery
Frank B. Kellogg
Nathan Soederblom
Upsala
Ding
Old Coin Mistakenly Passed As Four Shillings At Bank
A man was given a 1677 King Charles II crown as a four shilling piece at an English bank. The coin’s design on one side resembled the modern florin, leading to the error. Both bank and customer were deceived. the crown is in fine condition with a well defined King’s head.
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Charles II
Asthma Remedy Claims Superior Relief For Many
An advertising claim touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy as highly effective, noting it has aided thousands where other preparations failed and provides relief to severe cases.
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J. D. Kellogg
Welfare Shelters Ordered in Twelve Czech Cities
The Czechoslovak Ministry of Social Welfare plans twelve shelters for unem ployed youths aged 14 to 16. A government appropriation funds the program, with each city supplying quarters fuel and lighting. Shelters provide warmth food and recreation during the day plus lessons in hygiene and related topics.
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Czechoslovakia
Ministry of Social Welfare
Cadet Reports Ambush Whispered By Bearded Stranger
A simulated wartime scene shows a cadet recounting an attack on patrol. A masked figure lunges from behind and grips the cadet, muffling the rifle. The cadet protests with a joking deflection calling the assailant “Honey.”
Scientist cites lower face as key to reading thoughts
A scientist argues that the lower part of the face reveals thoughts more than the eyes, especially when speaking or expressing emotion. The claim highlights the mouth and jaw as the main indicators of inner states.
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Arkansas Gazette
Unnecessary Loss Estimated By Banking Association
The American Bankers Association estimates this country's direct financial loss from crime at 3,860,000,000 dollars annually. A separate figure places the Federal Government's next fiscal year cost at 3,966,672,000 dollars.
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American Bankers’ Association
United States
Chinese Boycott in Kitchener Sparks Racial Hostility
The text describes Chinese residents in Kitchener Ontario boycotting Japanese goods and destroying items linked to Japan. It quotes a local Chinese man praising the anti Japanese actions and notes the broader effort to stop buying Japanese products.
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Confucius
Kitchener
Ontario
Japan
Oldest English knitter wins contest at 100
Mrs. Robert Moon, likely England’s oldest needlewoman and mother of Countess Ferrers, aged 100, recently received royal congratulations. She won a knitting contest for women over 70 with perfect 100 percent work.
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England
Robert Moon
Countess Ferrers
Playgrounds Expand In Salford To Protect Children
A city plan places playgrounds in crowded Salford areas across 102 streets used by vehicles. Authorities report a near halving in fatal street accidents involving children due to the new play spaces.
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che \ildren
Salford
Mystery Text Passes as Egypt Society Artifact History
A garbled, OCR like fragment references a green glazed bead necklace linked to the Egypt Exploration Society. It mentions age estimates, a man made object and a stray dialogue about a moon and a bridge, with a note on Pennsylvania importing most of its lumber.
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Egypt Exploration Society
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Downing Street
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Edward Sell
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