Canadian Van-Side Billboards Target British Market
Canada launches a major nine month advertising push in England using color messages on 4000 van side billboard vehicles. The Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce promotes Canadian foodstuffs through this mobile, far reaching campaign. Officials and advertising circles in Britain and Ottawa show extreme interest in the effort.
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Canada
England
Isles
Dominion Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominions
Great Britain
Ottawa
Ontario eyes Calgary style child health index
Dr B T McGhie deputy minister of public health tours Calgary and considers adopting a complete follow up card index for every Calgary child born since 1925. He praises Calgary's health records system and notes plans to introduce it in Ontario.
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Calgary Medical Health Department
Calgary
Ontario
B. T. McGhie
W H. Hill
McGhie
Hil
Travelling Orange Tree Heads To World's Fair Route
An orange tree nine feet high bearing about five hundred oranges crossed the Peace Bridge at Fort Erie en route to New York. Owned by Jesse Stubbs of Anaheim California it was moved with eight tons of soil. Stubbs left Anaheim three weeks ago and expects the tree to attract crowds as it travels Ontario on Highway 3 Windsor to Fort Erie.
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Peace Bridge
Fort Erie
New York
Jesse Stubbs
Anaheim
California
Stubbs
Ontario
Windsor
Freeman challenges noise theory on worker output
Dr. G L Freeman of Northwestern University psychology department in Chicago conducted experiments showing that noise does not significantly affect worker efficiency. Students worked at top speed under both noisy and quiet conditions and produced nearly the same amount of work.
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G. L. Freeman
Northwestern University Psychology Department
Chicago
Fire alarm prompts arrest after lone plea for police
In New York a 21 year old identified as Marierie Jessup was found beside a fire box after firemen answered an alarm. She said it was lonely and she wanted to see a cop. Eight radio patrolmen took her to jail on a charge of malicious mischief.
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New York
Marierie Jessup
Factory workers of Russia take flying lessons
Factory workers in Russia begin taking flying lessons between shifts to boost skills and morale, with instructors from a regional aviation program guiding trainees during break periods.
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Russia
Elevating Civil Service Postmasters Demand Fair Promotion
Regina Leader Post reports at Saskatoon Sas katchewan postmasters convention that promotion in the civil service should be possible beyond local postings. They condemn political patronage and demand an outlet for ambition and efficiency, arguing promotion improves government service.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Great Britain
Canada
Regina
Value of museums in Canada urges preservation drive
J R Diamond of the Royal Ontario Museum warns Canadian museums lag in development and that National Museum staff and collections have largely moved out. He urges preserving complete fauna and flora collections now to study Canada's natural life for present and future students.
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Canada
National Museum
J. R. Dymond
Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology
Toronto
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Ottawa Journal
Death tolls mark Independence Day across states
The Fourth of July toll rose with 449 deaths nationwide. New York led with 37 fatalities, while traffic deaths reached 225 and drownings 123. Fireworks caused three deaths. shootings, self-inflicted deaths, trains, burns, and other causes filled the remaining totals. Pennsylvania had 30 deaths. Michigan and Illinois 26 each.
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United States
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Gateshead Tops Thrift Rankings On National Savings
Gateshead on the Tyne’s south bank near Newcastle leads thrift rankings with one in eighteen residents as National Savings members, compared with one in thirty two across England and Wales.
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Gateshead
The
Tyne
Newcastle
British Isles
England and
Wales
Moose Factory Location Note and Sound Conduction Fact
Moose Factory is located in Ontario. A fact about air temperature is noted: hot air conducts sound slightly better than cold air.
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Town of
Moose Factory
Province
Ontario
Police Sergeant Ross Confronted With Unusual Request
A Goderich Ontario police sergeant, long confident in his duties, was baffled when a motorist asked him to make his wife sit in the front seat. The wife refused to speak to her husband, leaving Ross unable to intervene. He later quips that he could not help with the domestic matter. Maclean's Magazine.
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Goderich
Ont
A. C. Ross
Ross
Maclean's Magazine
Three-Eyed Herring Captured at Grey Mouth New Zealand
A herring with three perfectly formed eyes was caught by a fisherman at Grey Mouth in New Zealand. The oddity raises questions about whether the extra eye aided avoidance or if the fish simply failed to escape. Japan operates fifteen airplane manufacturing firms with capital over one million dollars.
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Greymouth
New Zealand
Persistent Advertising Drives New Customer Reach
Roger Babson argues persistence is essential in advertising across industries. He notes daily 6 000 new customers enter the market and that continuous messages hammer the idea home, as brands must repeat to be heard by fresh audiences.
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Roger Babson
Lord Baden-Powell urged to rest amid overwork
In a letter to The Boy Scouts' News Lady Baden-Powell reports her husband Lord Baden-Powell, aged 81, is told by physicians to take it easy as his heart is tired from constant overwork. She praises the Scout fund drive but warns his good turn must now be an arm chair one.
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Lord Baden-Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scouts
Baden-Powell
Question on insulation sways new home builders
Builders say advertising power hinges on insulation questions from prospective clients. Ten years ago most people did not know what the word meant.
Diamonds From Kasia Field Dominate Congo Air Shipments
It is estimated that aircraft transport more than a quarter of a ton of diamonds each year from the Kasia field in the Belgian Congo. The remark highlights the scale of the mining output and the reliance on air cargo for export.
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Kasia
Belgian Congo
Cure For Insanity Affects Divorce Law View
A British Medical Journal report describes a seven year asylum confinement for a schizophrenic woman and a proposed divorce due to incurable insanity. Doctors induced epilepsy with pentarethy lenotetrazol injections, causing rapid physical and mental improvement. She shows potential recovery and gains in personal appearance though therapy continues.
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British Medical Journal
Eskimo and Indian Life Painted by Johnston in Arctic Study
Franz Johnston of Balm Beach Ontario, famed Canadian artist, is commissioned by Gilbert Labine to paint Eskimo and Indian life in the Arctic Circle. He will travel 1100 miles north in December and live all winter in an outpost with a missionary to study communities far from civilization.
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Franz Johnston
Balm Beach
Midland
Ont
Arctic Circle
Johnston
Gilbert Labine
Great Bear Lake
Northwest Territories
Labine
Giant Australian earthworms May Grow To Unusual Lengths
Reports suggest earthworms in Australia can reach extraordinary sizes, potentially growing up to twelve feet or more in length, highlighting notable size variation among species and habitats.
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Australia
Blaming the Machine in Unemployment Debate
In Philadelphia Prof. Leo Wolman argues technology can both cause and prevent unemployment. He notes coal mining, construction and railroading saw little change yet suffered the worst downturn and slow recovery. The “villain” lies in fear, prejudice, and poor adaptation, not technology itself.
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American Engineering Council
Philadelphia
Leo Wolman
Columbia University
Wolman
Prof. Wolman
Eskimo Bible Translation Progress Report
Dr Whittaker, former Archdeacon of the Mackenzie River diocese, continues translating New Testament portions into the Mackenzie River Delta Eskimo dialect. The St Luke manuscript will be published by the British and Foreign Bible Society in London. He also works on Acts of the Apostles in the same dialect and seeks approval for his manuscripts.
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Mackenzie River
Ontario
C. E. Whittaker
Mackenzie River Delta
British and Foreign Bible Society
London
England
Whittaker
Baffin Land
E. J. Peck
Labrador
Prisoners Remove Tree Over Old Cistern in Simcoe Yard
Prisoners at the Simcoe Ontario county jail were ordered to chop down a 30 year old mountain ash in the exercise yard but were startled when the trunk dropped away stopping on upper branches. Investigations showed the tree was planted over an old cistern about 15 feet deep and nine feet wide.
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Simcoe
Ont
Not if we see him first
A college professor declares that the average man can tell you all he knows in two hours, but the article hints at deeper or hidden insights beyond first impressions.
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