RCMP Chief Warns Against Propaganda Aiming at Police
Commissioner 8. T. Woott outlines RCMP efforts to counter deliberate propaganda aimed at eroding public confidence in law enforcement. He cites increased accusations after police action and urges careful analysis of charges, noting training needs and pressures from media and nonessential duties that distract from crime prevention.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
T Woot
RCMP
House of Commons
Ernest Lapointe
Col. Wood
What makes a good policeman beyond grades and sports
Supreme Court justice McLaughlin notes extra credit for college or football should not determine police hires. He says courage and fitness matter, but public preference leans toward attitudes, personality, and composure, with ideal traits like kindness, resolve, diplomacy, and readiness to aid in diverse crises.
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Supreme Court
Charles B. McLaughlin
New York
England
Crown Jewels for Poland Under Soviet Default
Poland gains ownership of Russian crown jewels worth about 7 million dollars after the Soviet Union defaulted on a 1921 Riga treaty payment. The jewels, deposited as collateral valued at 15 million rubles for 15 years, became Poland’s property on January 1 when the debt remained unpaid.
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Soviet Union
Poland
Riga
Latvia
Russia
The Light That Failed Confession About a Dull Evening
A man laments being downcast as his wife returns after six weeks away and the light bill arrives for 50c. He notes his letters to his wife and spent evenings at home, finding relief in her presence now.
Salted Ocean Block and Floating Cranes
An odd science note claims oceans hold enough salt to form a solid block of about 4 000 cubic miles. It also mentions crane flies that can hover, their tiny balloon-like feet aiding their buoyancy.
Ill Fares in Trade Claims and Counterfeit Naming Practices
A St. Thomas Times-Journal piece cites Western traders praising Chinese honesty while condemning Japanese branding schemes. It recounts how regions such as Macclesfield Sweden and Aberdeen were used to label goods pieces like silk and matches, and recalls a Glasgow shipbuilding tale of duplicated blueprints followed by a sunk freighter to illustrate deceit.
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Far East
Macclesfield
Cheshire
Manchester
Sweden
Aberdeen
Great Britain
Toronto
Japan
Glasgow
St. Thomas
Garden of Eden dam completes irrigation project in Iraq
British engineers finish the Kut Dam irrigation scheme between the Tigris and Euphrates to flood arid lands. A 1500 foot dam will release water into a 2? mile canal, with locks enabling ships from Baghdad to Basra. Glenn W. Watson claims a cold coil steam power unit to run aircraft on water, but keeps the core invention secret.
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Garden of Eden
Kut Dam
Tigris
Euphrates
Shatt-el Gharraf
Glenn W. Watson
Fireproof Gasoline Demonstrated at Roosevelt Field
Assen Jordanoff, a 42 year old aeronautical engineer and Bulgarian World War ace, showcased a gasoline that remains unfired by a blowtorch. By cooling with alcohol and dry ice to about 150 below zero Fahrenheit it stops vapors from igniting while remaining liquid enough to flow to a heater for engine use.
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Roosevelt Field
New York
Assen Jordanoff
Army Cooking School Opens for Canadian Soldiers
The Canadian Government plans nutritious army meals and opens a cooking school for the permanent force in Military District No 3. Sergeant Hird of P.P.C.L.I. leads nine volunteers eager to learn culinary skills to improve army rations and dispel wartime food criticism.
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Webster
Military District No. 3
Hird
P.P.C.L.I
Winnipeg
Gifts Of Chinaware To World Leaders
Limoges announced readiness to present gifts to President Roosevelt and Premiers Chamberlain and Daladier for keeping the world out of war. A popular subscription begun last October after Munich will fund dinner services for Roosevelt and Chamberlain, while Daladier will receive a table centre-piece and vase.
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China
Limoges
France
Roosevelt
Neville Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Christmas Day Feasts Made The Heaviest Day For Stomachs
A New York Post summary notes that a life insurance company finds the average American consumes five or six meals on Christmas Day. It breaks down meals into breakfast main course dessert nuts and candy and supper with candy and cookies between meals cited as making Christmas the busiest eating day.
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Near O'Hara
New York Post
Origin of Friday the 13th superstition
The article surveys theories on Friday the 13th as unlucky. It cites Friday as a dangerous day in maritime tradition and thirteen as linked to the Last Supper and Judas.
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Judas
Dress Shop Fire Traced to Magnifying Glasses In Sun
A fire in Riversdale South Africa started when sun focused through magnifying glasses ignited a dress shop. Local fire brigade contained the blaze with limited damage reported.
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Riversdale
South Africa
Fingerprint Records Vast at Justice Bureau
The fingerprint is a sure method of identification and files of the Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice in Washington contain more than 4 400 000 sets of them.
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Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington
East African Natives Use Milk Butter for Hair Care
Report notes some East African communities churn milk into butter not for eating but for hair treatment and cosmetic use, reflecting local traditions and practical dairy practices.
Reformers Question Debt Prison Fate
A reformer questions the justice of imprisoning people for debts. He argues that debtors can recover or service obligations by remaining at home, challenging the rationale behind imprisonments for debt. The remark suggests a critique of debtor prisons and calls for change.
Quite Impossible Harrison Aims for Big Golf Drive
Harrison boasts about his golf skill and takes his mother-in-law to a game with a friend. He says he wants to make a terrific drive while his friend teases him that he cannot hit the mother-in-law at 200 yards.
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Harrison
Fish migration path to Yellowstone described
Researchers hypothesize fish moved from the Pacific into the Columbia River then Pacific Creek headwaters mingling with Atlantic Creek at Two Ocean Pass Wyoming. From there the fish crossed over and descended Atlantic Creek into the Yellowstone River.
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Rocky Mountain
Pacific Ocean
Columbia River
Pacific Creek
Two-Ocean Pass
Wyoming
Atlantic Creek
Yellowstone River
Electric soil shredder offered with new farm equipment
An up to date farm comes with an electric soil shredder. Reports note rapid growth of a bamboo tree can be observed under a microscope, illustrating fast plant development.
Anonymity in Newsrooms Cited as Dangerous
The Owen Sound Sun Times discusses hidden phone complaints and anonymous tips, urging that communications to papers be signed or verifiably identified. Editors warn anonymous sources risk libel and harm, stressing responsible vouching before publication and editor discretion.
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Sun-Times
Owen Sound Sun-Times
Simple Precautions to Ward Off Influenza Illness
The article urges individuals to use old fashioned remedies like physic and mustard plasters for early flu symptoms. It cites Hippocrates on mustard and recommends rest after a mustard bath to let pores close, promoting self guardianship and responsible prevention during cold season.
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Hippocrates
British union broadcasts to German workers on the continent
The Railway Review reports that leaders of the British National Union of Railwaymen have broadcast to German workers from a continental station. General secretary John Marchbank and former president J Henderson led the transmissions to keep German workers informed on the European situation.
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British National Union of Railwaymen
Germany
Railway Review
John Marchbank
J. Henderson
Youngest CPR Roadmaster Appointed at Deloraine Manitoba
Robert A. Emerson, 27, becomes Canadian Pacific roadmaster at Deloraine Manitoba. A University of Manitoba graduate, he later studied transportation at Yale. Diamonds are the hardest of all minerals.
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Robert A. Emerson
Canadian Pacific
Deloraine
CPR
University of Manitoba
Emerson
Yale
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