Great Bear Lake Mineral Field Poised to Lead Canada in Radium
J C McNabb engineer for Canadian Pacific Railways sees Great Bear Lake as a vast mineral district with radium wealth and other metals. The Ottawa reduction plant has achieved 97 to 98 percent radium extraction, cheaper ore shipping than sending acid, and could make Canada a world leader in radium production.
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Great Bear Lake
Canada
J. C McNabb
Canadian Pacific Railways
Ottawa
Great Bear
British Empire
Belgium
Czecho-Slovakia
McNabb
Problem Solved By Cook And The Refrigerator Tale
A New Yorker piece recounts a humorous clash between human and machine in a household. A refrigerator wastes energy until a service man finds no technical fault while a cook jokes that leaving the door open cools the kitchen, underscoring human perception over device diagnostics.
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the New Yorker
Gold production rises in British Columbia in early 1932
British Columbia reports a 25 percent increase in gold output in the first half of the year. Placer mining employs about 5,000 men as overall mineral production for the six months totals 14,360,60?0 dollars.
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British Columbia
Blagray House in Glasgow to Be Torn Down
A 300 year old Blagray farm house in Glasgow Scotland is slated for demolition to make way for new construction. The note mentions a long standing historic site and the plan to replace it with modern buildings. Beaver related anecdote appears in source text.
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Blagray
Glasgow
Scotland
New University of London Buildings Planned in Bloomsbury
A 15 million project under Charles Holden aims to reshape Bloomsbury with new University of London buildings. Foundation stone set for next year, partial completion anticipated by 1936 celebrations, though full construction will take years. The university, Europe’s largest, occupies landmark sites as thousands of drawings guide the plan.
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London
Bloomsbury
University of London
Charles Holden
London University
Europe
Pocket radio perfected for police pocket use
Tests at Brighton with Home Office officials show a pocket wireless weighing 1 lb 12 oz, 6 in by 4 in by 1 in, fitted with a bell to signal incoming messages. Earphone lets the wearer hear spoken messages clearly up to 50 miles. Inventor is C I P Dean of Slough Buckinghamshire.
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Brighton
Home Office
C. I. P. Dean
Slough
Buckinghamshire
Fewer Giants and Dwarfs worldwide as heights stabilize
The World-Wide News Service reports the death of Vlado Velokovitch in Ljubljana near Belgrade, noting a decline in extreme heights due to medieval science. Giants like Machnow reach nine feet eight inches, while Velokovitch stood 23 inches, with his widow four inches taller amid a shift toward fewer extremes.
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Vlado Velokovitch
Ljubljana
Belgrade
Vlado
Machnow
Viado
Madinow
John Middleton
Snappy Blouse Pattern in Crepe Fabrics
A versatile blouse pattern described with options in crepe silk print and crepe satin in pastels or white. It notes sporty rough crepe silks, easy construction, and a cost save with a medium size using 2 percent yards of 39 inch material. Style No. 838 covers bust sizes 36 to 42 inches. Price 25 cents.
How To Order Patterns Address Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Pattern number details appear to be listed with the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. The source mentions ordering patterns and provides an address for the union.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Canadian Troops Prove Trade Emissaries in France
Canadian soldiers who served in France acted as trade emissaries for Canadian products. Col H Barre Dominion Trade Commissioner in France says troops shared their cheese and jam rations with French people. French demand for Canadian cheese and jam grew, especially in the north.
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France
Col. H. Barre
Dominion
Briand Recalled For Golf Loss At Cannes 1922
In a club chat a young colleague who was dismissed for golf absence is reminded of Briand’s 1922 Cannes clash with Lloyd George. Briand, new to the game, played poorly and each shot was lampooned by the press. France reacted with anger over the perceived humiliation.
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Briand
Lloyd George
Cannes
M. Briand
Pressemn
France
Centenary of the lawnmower marks a hundred years
The lawnmower's centenary recalls Edwin Budding, a textile engineer who first used a cloth mower to trim nap from woven fabric. The device prompted rioting in weaving districts before Budding adapted it for lawn use, producing a large early model and later smaller machines.
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Edwin Budding
Budding
Airplane Delivers Daily Newspapers to Remote Lookout
At Frazier Peak California fire lookout a pilot flies twice daily to drop a San Francisco paper northbound to Los Angeles and a Los Angeles paper southbound toward the north. Engineer Jess Hart reports a letter from A L Ellis thanking him for the service.
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Frazier Peak
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Jess Hart
A. L. Ellis
Tehachapi Range
Durum Wheat Research Lab Planned in Manitoba
The Associate Committee on Grain Research funds a durum testing lab at the University of Manitoba under Dr. W F Geddes. Equipment includes an experimental mill purifier macaroni unit and spectrophotometer to study semolina quality and carotene content for pasta production.
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Associate Committee On
Associate Committee On Grain Research
Department of Agricultural Chemistry
University of Manitoba
W. F. Geddes
Canada
Short surnames and place names spark global trivia
French claim the shortest surname is O with common use in Paris, while Ireland and Sweden share Ek. Sweden leads in shortest place names with A followed by O as a Henan town. Holland boasts Y as a boy's name in the Zuyder Zee. A Scottish river E rises in Mouadhliath, feeds Gaurag, then Foyers, and into Loch Ness.
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Paris
Sweden
Henan
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Inverness-shire
Mouadhliath Mountains
Loch Ness
Musketry Drill Tale and Windmill Soup Exchange
A sergeant paces a class of recruits and scolds Private Smithers for a mistaken notion of a fine sight. In a humorous exchange a lodger asks for soup and the landlady quips about windmill soup if it goes round.
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Smithers
Atlantic
Largest railway hubs and curious notes from Britain
The piece notes Waterloo as Britain’s largest station with 1400 trains per day and Clapham Junction as the busiest junction with over 2000 trains daily. It cites a physicist's finding that a room of men hears better than a room of women due to heavier clothing absorbing sound. It ends with quirky lines about pelicans, notes, and a Stockholm proverb on a drunken man being ferried in and out of a chain letter.
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Great Britain
Waterloo
Clapham Junction
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B.C. Gold
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Tafoyt
Lonely Fire Lookout
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Antarctic
Sir Walter Scott
National Gallery
Edinburgh
St. Giles’ Cathedral
Princess Street
Britain
Stockholm
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