Wireless Pioneer C P Edwards Shaped Canadian Transport
Profile of Cmdr C P Edwards deputy minister of transport Ottawa reflecting his role since 1903 with Marconi, wireless stations, air service leadership, naval service during WWI, and influence on civil aviation, radio and meteorology in Canada. He blends administration with technical prowess in a frontier era.
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Canada
Cmdr C P Edwards
Signor
Guglielmo
Marconi
Chile
Edwards
Camperdown
N'S
Sable Island
Hunter Building
Ottawa
Canadian National Railways
Reeve Edwards
Rockcliffe
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Lighthouse Board of Canada
Cmdr. Edwards
Department of Marine
Naval Services Branch
Marine Department
Cmdr
Order of the British Empire
Britain
Edward
Air Services Division
Transport Department
Air Services
King George Visits U S Navy Vessels in British Port
King George visited American warships in a British port, reviewed crews, and dined with Rear Admiral Robert C. Giffen. He praised the ships and officers in a message to Admiral Giffen and ordered the royal signal to splice the main brace, though grog is not part of U S Navy practice.
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George
British Port
Robert C. Giffen
Duke of York
Giffen
United States
United States Navy
Harold R. Stark
Britain
Royal Navy
Josephus Daniels
Buffalo Courier- Express
Queen Elizabeth Serves as Wrens Commandant at Plymouth Visit
The Queen accompanied by the King visited Plymouth where Wrens manned a motor launch to the Royal Naval Barracks. A Wren broke the Queen’s standard on board, first time flown on a naval vessel, as escorts of Wrens launches saluted. The Queen praised the coxswain’s handling and shook the crew’s hands. Later at an AMA center she spoke with an Australian pilot and signed the visitors book, gifting flowers with a light remark about sending them home.
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Queen Elizabeth
Wrens
Women's Royal Naval Service
Plymouth
Royal Naval Barracks
An.m.c.a
Indian leader resigns from Congress council calls for unity
Chakravarthi Rapagopalachariar resigns from the All-India Congress party council and urges all Indians to join him in defending India and seeking a path to independence. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix notes that even if he succeeds, his name is unlikely to make headlines.
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Chakravarthi Rapagopalachariar
All-India Congress Party Council
India
Saskatoon Star- Phoenix
Unbeliever served coffee by Arabian sheiks described
The passage notes that Arabian sheiks pour coffee slowly two or three drops at a time. They control the vapor to prevent it from rising into the spout and defiling the coffee pot.
First Enclosed Cabin Plane Built in 1912
The first enclosed cabin airplane was built in 1912 by Biennot and flown by Legagneaux, marking an early milestone in aircraft design.
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Biennot
Legagneaux
Good Boys Talk With A Birg America About A King
A Greek peanut vendor at the White House corner recounts a fanciful meeting with a king from his homeland. The vendor describes a lighthearted press conference at his stand in which the king asks about business and the vendor replies in a joking mix of Grik and English.
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Steve Vasilakes
White House
George II
Steve
Memorial for Alcock and Brown Flight Backed
A memorial is planned at the Newfoundland launch site of the 1919 Alcock and Brown trans Atlantic flight in a Vickers Vimy. The piece praises the courage of early ferry pilots and calls for fitting recognition of their endurance.
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Alcock
Brown
Newfoundland
Ferry Command
Brockville
Child's Prayer In Lovely Panel
Pattern 7206 offers a 14 by 18 inch juvenile panel transfer design for embroidery with color chart and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7206, include name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Man
Canadians buy more beef despite shortages says Ottawa Journal
The Ottawa Journal reports that Canadians have been consuming beef at above normal rates since 1914 despite rationing. Domestic disappearance runs 3000 head above normal weekly, with 40 000 extra cattle supplied to the home market in early 1915 and growing stocks. Demand rises as purchasing power increases and families substitute beef for pork, even as exports to the United States rise.
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United States
Ottawa Journal
Ready To Go Maj Gen Murchie Promises Canadian Soldiers Deliver
Maj Gen J C Murchie told a CBC national address that Canadian soldiers will be known as the men who delivered the goods. He lauded the Canadian in khaki as a key force and warned that total war requires total espionage, urging care to avoid talk. The trades training directorate now has over 10,000 tradesmen under instruction and women in the Canadian Women's Army Corps will be trained in some trades.
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J. C. Murchie
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Murchie
Trades Training Directorate
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Bromley Scout Leaders War Time Volunteer Work
Patrol Leader Hugh L. Sheppherd of Bromley Boy Scouts organized a cycle messenger squad for A R P telephone orderlies for the Home Guard a trek cart party for homeless after raids regular paper salvage collection and erection of 51 indoor shelters since the war began.
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Hugh L. Sheppherd
Boy Scouts
Bromley
England
A.R.P
Home Guard
Keep Them Small But Keep Them Coming War Mail Theme
Soldiers urge Canadian servicemen and women overseas to receive morale mail from home. The call stresses small parcels, sugar allowances, and practical home baked treats like hard cookies and fruit breads, with packing tips and a maximum parcel weight of 11 pounds noted.
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United Kingdom
Germination Of Seeds 237 Year Old Remark Sparks Interest
At Britain’s Natural History Museum South Kensington a Nelumbium speciosum seed germinated after acid and water treatment, growing a shoot within 21 hours. Seeds germinated by Robert Brown in 1843 55 were already 150 years old. Ramsbottom adds 87 years to reach 237. Warship counts and naval losses bulleted in Jane's Fighting Ships noted.
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Natural History Museum
South Kensington
The
Nile
Hans Sloan
Kew
Sloan
Robert Brown
Losses in Wheat Grade From Mixed Varieties and Melilot Taint
An agricultural note explains that mixing lower yielding varieties with wheat lowers grade, and the presence of sweet clover in the crop causes melilot taint. Wheat grown with sweet clover is rejected or discounted from its proper grade due to odor.
Record por Gardening
The oldest couple in England with a license to sell their own fruit vegetables and eggs to the public are Mr and Mrs James Smith aged 93 and 96 respectively. Their quarter acre allotment at Pentworth till themselves is stocked with fruit trees bushes and all types of vegetables. They have 50 hens.
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England
James Smith
Pentworth
Fisherman’s luck overrated says Minnesota zoologist
University of Minnesota zoology professor Samuel Eddy writes in the Minnesota Department of Conservation bulletin that fishing success depends more on knowledge of fish feeding habits than luck. He notes bass sunfish crappie and bullheads eat about one tenth of body weight daily in summer, with reduced feeding after the cap is reached. Walleye feed more after sunset while northern pike often stop at dusk. Water temperature drives feeding and growth, with summer feeding higher than winter.
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Samuel Eddy
University of Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Conservation
Eddy
Women’s Land Army mobilizes frontline agriculture in Britain
The Women's Land Army mobilizes trained girls to replace men in agriculture. Organized to meet farmer labor needs, they are trained by the British Ministry of Agriculture and receive a minimum wage. The force serves as frontline support, covering all farming tasks men would perform.
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Britain
Women's Land Army
Great Britain
British
Ministry of Agriculture
W.L.A
Carelessness Seen In Tailors’ Handling Of Pockets
An article notes that $11 865 was left in men’s suit pockets sent to cleaners last year, most of which was returned. It implies wives should check pockets first and jokes that finders keepers apply where wives are concerned, while praising honest workers who returned funds.
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Presser
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