Camilla Anson Rises as National Tiny Tot Presenter
Camilla Anson, a wealthy heiress’s adopted daughter and aspiring artist, marries Peter Anson in secret. Peter, a struggling sculptor, wins his own chance abroad while Camilla becomes a national radio figure creating Tiny Tot stories. The couple reels from jealousy and pride as Camilla’s career takes off and Peter contemplates their future.
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Camilla. Hoyt
Peter Anson
Peter
Camilla
Avia Werth
Peter Sylvia Todd
Perte
Avis
Thie
Camila
Avis Werth
Pete
Fager
Wheatheart
Minard's Liniment Praised for Stable Ailments
A Manitoba reader extols Minard's Liniment for horses and cattle with wire cuts and sores. He notes its usefulness in barns and homes over decades, praising its effectiveness for barbed wire injuries and general stable ailments.
France Plans Gas Defenses to Fight Gas Attacks
Military officials said France is prepared to use defensive gases to neutralize poison gases aimed at population centers. A second gas would kill microbes released over cities, and authorities say they are not alarmed by reports Germany studied flooding London and Paris underground systems with gas and germs.
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France
London
Germany
Paris
Marvels Of The Heavens Lecture At Royal Institution
The astronomer Sir James Jeans described vast cosmic scales. He spoke of 100 million stars arranged in a wheel like a cartwheel whose revolution spans 250 million years, with the entire civilized era passing in a single clock second. He used this to illustrate the age of the skies. He also noted poultry stock changes in Canada and provided incubation periods for several fowl species.
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James Jeans
Royal Institution
Endurance feats by women pilots echoed in mail flight talk
The London Times notes Miss Amy Johnson and Miss Jean Batten have pushed the endurance standard for flights to Australia. The Diana air line by Imperial Airways promises faster mail routes at 145 mph, daily from London to southern Australia, signaling a shift from solo stamina quests to routine air mail service.
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Mrs Mollison
Jean Batten
Amy Johnson
Australia
Karachi
Miss Batten
New Zealand
Darwin
London
Diana
Mollison
England
Imperial Airways
London Times
Cat Attacks Driver In Austria Near Klagenfurt
Peter Sussbauer blared at a black cat crossing the road. The cat leapt onto the car and attacked the driver, leaving him badly scratched and bitten near the neck and sending him to the hospital.
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Klagenfurt
Austria
Peter Sussbauer
Sussbauer
Canadian Wheat In US On June 8 By Bushels
Canadian wheat in the United States on June 8 totaled 6,613,977 bushels with 4,923,888 bushels in store at Buffalo, 125,984 at New York, and 1,540,000 at Erie.
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United States
Buffalo
New York
Erie
Manchurian Army Surplus Forces Spark Japanese Debate
Japanese advisers confront a budget crunch as Manchukuo fields about 125000 soldiers while over 50000 Japanese troops remain in Manchuria. Officials fear disbanding the extra force could breed banditry or mutiny, prompting calls to keep them in barracks under tight control.
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Manchukuo
Manchoukuo
Manchuria
Expert Fencer Baron von Smertzing Eyes 1936 Olympic Berlin
Baron Wolf von Smertzing, a Hungarian baron now a Canadian citizen, is rumored to carry the Maple Leaf for Canada in Berlin 1936. The 32 year old fencing prodigy trained at Winnipeg’s Blades Club after arriving in 1930, studying at the University of Manitoba while working odd jobs.
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Berlin
Baron Wolf von Smertzing
George Braund
Canada
Hudson Bay Railway
North Country
Trapping
Winnipeg
Baron von Smertzing
University of Manitoba
Blades
The Marvel of Man Loops the Rhythmic Optimist Verse
The poem extols mankind’s strength and invention from youth to ascent. It celebrates cities rising skyward conquests of sea and air and praises man’s lofty aims, fame, and wealth while noting that love remains his deepest longing.
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Earth
Canada Hardwood Exports Rise 100 Percent to Britain
For the first quarter of this year Canadian hardwood shipments to Great Britain total 1,206,000 cubic feet, up from 604,000 cubic feet in the same period of 1933. The wood is used for flooring furniture and automobile bodies in Britain.
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Great Britain
Barbados molasses demand rises after 1932 33 curtailment
The 1932 33 curtailment of lumbering in Canada and Newfoundland’s lumbering fishing and mining caused a heavy carryover of molasses in Barbados. This year demand from Canada for fancy molasses has been brisk.
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Newfoundland
Barbados
British West Indies
Canada
Little Helps For This Week
A period reflection urging charity, neighborly love, and virtue. Quoted lines from George Eliot and R W Emerson emphasize sacred life, patience, self sacrifice, and good manners as daily moral jewels guiding households and conduct.
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George Eliot
R. W. Emerson
Canada’s Sweet Tooth and Candy Trade in 1982
The Brandon Sun notes Canada’s chocolate and sugar confectionery output in 1982, with 19 million pounds of chocolate confections and 44 million pounds of sugar confectionery produced. It cites U S consumption rising 30 percent from last year and compares value to 1929. Canada also produced 1214 million dozen chocolate bars and imported 3 million pounds of confectionery mainly from the United Kingdom, with exports small.
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United States
Dominion
Canada
United Kingdom
Brandon Sun
Robot Runaway at Chicago World's Fair
A Chicago youngster used a flashlight on the robot Willie at the World's Fair causing it to walk in circles. The crowd watched its antics until attendants turned off the light and recovered Willie.
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Willie
Chicago
Labor Union Calls Off Strike After Car Theft
A labor union suspended its planned strike when the walking delegate reported the theft of their automobile. Police investigated the incident as a possible motive related to labor actions. The union planned to reconvene if vehicle recovery aided ongoing negotiations.
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Gienboro
Manitoba
Peety
Turkey
Lydia F. Pinkham
Lydia E. Penkham
Cat
Appleford
Mamelton
Ontario
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