Prairie highways blocking tourist wealth from western Canada
The article argues that prairie provinces miss a major revenue in tourist traffic from the United States. It cites 1935 Canadian tourism income of about 202 million dollars, notes Saskatchewan’s share was only 1.47 million, and calls for better highway maintenance and dust reduction to attract more visitors, with British Columbia and Ontario leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Provinces
Canada
United States
Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
British Columbia
Saskatchewan Motor Club
International Boundary Line
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Toc H Movement Celebrates Its Coming of Age in London
The Toc H movement traced its growth from a Poperinghe dugout in 1915 to a June 28 ceremony at the Crystal Palace London. Duke of Kent noted Canada 38 units and two houses South Africa 87 units one house and Australia 140 units one house. The king sent greetings and recalled his yearly lamp lighting for maintenance. The lamp symbolizes keeping alive the movement’s ideals of cheerful self sacrifice and mutual help across classes and creeds. Tubby Clayton’s eastern Mediterranean visit inspired Toc H activity in that region among army navy and air force members.
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Poperinghe
Ypres Road
Crystal Palace
London
Duke of Kent
Empire
Canada
South Africa
Australia
Britain extends BBC charter and expands governance
London reports the government will extend the British Broadcasting Corporation charter for ten years from December 31, raise the governors from seven to ten and boost revenue from licences while keeping the licence cost at 10 shillings. The plan endorses empire service expansion, relay station licensing for three more years, and continued ban on advertisements, with no transfer of cultural duties to a cabinet minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Empire Broadcasting Service
Broadcasting Committee
Lord Illwater
Belgian Defense Plan Expands Frontline Gun Nests and Service
General Maglinse submits a defense package to Belgium's military committee proposing a network of small machine gun nests along the frontier. The plan, approved by the superior defense council, would extend obligatory military service from eight to 18 months and include a destruction system mining bridges, roads and railways to slow invaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
General Maglinse
Superior Defence Council
Maglinse
Modernizing Turkey Under Mustapha Kemal Pasha
The Turkish leader Mustapha Kemal Pasha known as Grey Wolf has ruled since 1923 and modernized the state. He survived eight assassination attempts in fifteen years and pays a servant to taste his food before meals. He shifted from fez to modern dress, reformed women’s veils and the calendar, separated church and state, and opened art schools. Ankara hosts seven monuments to him. He enjoys dancing and social life, guiding the youth, and is 56, son of a minor official, educated at the Military College.
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Mustapha Kemal Fasha
Mustapha Kemal
Grey Wolf
Turkey
Ankara
Military College
Library Elevates Softball and Bridge to Fine Arts
Vancouver Public Library places the official softball rules book and a bridge handbook in the fine arts section alongside hobbies like hand loom weaving and metalcraft in its latest annual report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Public Library
Musical instruments of Chinese traditions
The text lists drums cymbals horns lutes castanets and flutes as Chinese instruments and identifies three bell varieties namely po chung te chung and pien chung.
New Fire Extinguisher Demonstrated in France
Three inventors from Italy and Austria demonstrated a bomb that extinguishes fire by cooling materials it touches and smothering flames. Strasbourg Fire Brigade staged fires with houses petrol and rubber, then the bombs rapidly killed all fires and impressed observers.
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France
Signor Redaelli
Signor Finzi
Italy
Herr Puschner
Austria
Strasbourg
New Grain Testing Station to Be Set Up North of Davidson
An experimental sub station is to be established north of Davidson in Central Saskatchewan for grain and grasses testing. There are already 25 such stations in the province conducting tests under varying cultivation methods.
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Davidson
Saskatchewan
Bees and wine figures in postwar German life
The note highlights a massive bee labor figure tied to auto manufacturing and notes Germans drink more sparkling wine after the war era. It cites 93 million bees needed for wax production and observes rising consumption of sparkling wine in Germany since World War II.
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Germany
Giant Amazon fish named pirarucu shocks early biologists
The pirarucu, a freshwater Amazon river fish, is noted for whale like size and can reach weights around 200 pounds. Found only in the Amazon basin and its tributaries, it challenges explorers with its bulk and range.
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Amazon River
Bath Mineral Springs Health Water Output
The renowned Bath mineral springs in England yield 500000 gallons of medicated water daily, underscoring the site’s enduring popularity and health appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
England
Canada records higher violent deaths in 1935 total
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 6 885 deaths from external violence in 1935, up from 6 469 in 1934. Automobile crashes caused 1 224 deaths, personal crisis 902, and homicides 153. Rates rose across most provinces, with PEI the lowest at 2.2 and Saskatchewan 4.1 per 100 000.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Alberta
New Brunwick
Saskatchewan
Selected Recipes Dessert Cake with Chocolate Marshmallow Glaze
Recipe outlines making a rich chocolate cake with unsweetened chocolate and milk, flour, baking powder, salt, butter and sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla. Chocolate folded with cooled ganache, bake slowly then finish with marshmallow topping and chocolate frosting.
Invisible light lamps foreseen by Hull official
J N Waite of Hull Corporation Electrical Department predicts lamps will emit invisible light in the near future. He notes scientists aim for greater beauty and efficiency alongside visible illumination.
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J. N. Waite
Hull (England
Kashmir’s Wicker Bridge Over Jhelum River
A wickerwork bridge spans the Jhelum in Kashmir built from hazel twig ropes. Three cords form the walking path and support, stabilized by V shaped branches at six foot intervals. Despite its frail look it is described as very strong even in a gale.
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Jhelum River
Kashmir
Dwarf in Zululand Stands 20 Inches Tall at Age Fourteen
A Zululand dwarf, aged 14, remains only 20 inches tall after years of no growth. The case draws medical interest as researchers seek underlying causes behind the stunted development.
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Zululand
Woman Trader Remains Lone Operator in British Guiana
Mrs Violet McTurk, long resident of British Guiana, told reporters she continued her husband Mick McTurk’s gold and diamond trading business after his death. She ran a river boat, guided tourists, and operated a post 200 miles inland from Demerara, selling rum to ammunition. Born in Barbados, she plans to visit Boston and New York on her first trip to the United States.
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Boston
Canadian National
Lady Nelson
British Guiana
Violet McTurk
Mick” McTurk
Mick
Demerara
Kate Teeur
Niagara Falls
McTurk
New York
Barbados
The Shetland Islands and Their People
The Shetland group has 100 islands with 27 inhabited. Largest are Mainland Yell Unst Fetlar Bressay and Whalsay. Land mostly peaty soil with limited cultivation. Cattle sheep ponies and wool are notable. Fishing and whale industry important. Settled by Norse and ruled by Norway until James III of Scotland married Margaret of Norway.
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Shetland
Mainland
Yell
Unst
Fetlar
Bressay
Whalsay
James III. of
Scotland
Margaret
Princess of
Norway
Dangers of the Great Salt Lake For Swimmers
An inexperienced swimmer can drown in Utah's Great Salt Lake if they go beyond their depth and lose balance. The brine may suffocate, but the body would still float on the surface.
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Utah
Great
Salt Lake
Population Ratio Between Age Groups
The data shows that for every three men aged 75 to 80 there are four women, and for every four men over 85 there are seven women.
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Toc H Movement
British Broadcasting
B.B.C
of Republic
Fine
India
Ogden
Ogden’s
Ogden's
Tallormades
Chantecler
Vogue
P.S
Lonely District
The
Shetland Islands
Great Salt Lake
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
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