Automatic weather observers forecast for poles and ships
Dr W F Gregg announced at the AAAS meeting plans to establish robot weather observers at the North and South Poles, on mountains, and on remote islands. The system uses radio meteorographs to send continuous atmospheric data to a central observatory for world wide distribution.
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Poles
W. FR. Gregg
1. S. Weather Bureau
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Gregg
Equator
North Pole
Fed Up With News We Just Thought We'd Tell You
A Vancouver Sun moment notes daily life details amid travel, work, laughter, and ordinary scenes. It mentions 48 nations at peace, many Canadians employed, safe driving through Vancouver, spinach appeal, and a couple lost in a lunchtime glance on Victory Square bench.
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Vancouver
Victory Square
Vancouver Sun
Reopening of Elevators Across Alberta and Saskatchewan
W H Blatchford says elevators shut for years in poor crop districts will reopen. Winnipeg office reports licenses already received to operate former closed elevators, many in Saskatchewan dust bowl areas and several in Alberta.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
W. H. Blatchford
Calgary
Board of Grain Commissioners
Winnipeg
Board
Dust Bowl
The Fascination of Prizefights
The piece argues prizefights attract interest because they let people vent suppressed impulses without real-world consequences. It notes audiences project personal grievances onto fighters, bet on outcomes, and seek pure athletic display unrelated to broader social issues. The New York Times stance is that prizefighting is a transient distraction, not a meaningful event.
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Wall Street
New York Times
Chimney Swift Banding Traces Northern Nesting Return
The Canadian Resources Bulletin reports a Chimney Swift marked with leg band No. 37-30249 in Atlanta on Oct 11, 1936, returned to Sundridge Ontario around June 24, 1937, and again June 3, 1938, illustrating long migratory trips between nesting and wintering grounds likely in northern South America. Banding by Canadian and U S authorities aims to map swift movements and life histories alongside other native birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Resources Bulletin
Atlanta
Georgia
Sundridge
Ontario
South America
Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship Fund Established
Zonta International unveiled an Amelia Earhart Memorial Scholarship at Banff to aid young women engineering students with an aeronautics focus. The fund honors Earhart who urged action to advance aviation and who disappeared in July 1937 during a round‑the‑world flight.
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Amelia Earhart
Zonta International
Banff
Miss Earhart
Zonta Club
South Pacific
Happier Homes Suggest Dishes Welfare Boost
Mrs Harriette Quiesenberry of El Paso says a husband who abides by duties at home would spark divorce decline and a boom in work saving gadget sales. He would tire of dishwashing and buy a dishwasher boosting business and home harmony. A working wife would value partnership reducing divorce.
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Harriette Quiesenberry
el Paso
Texas
Altrusa International Woman's Executive and Professional Club
Wig garb sparks clash over comfort and dignity
In London on a hot day Lord Carnock urged barristers to shed wigs for comfort while Sir Patrick Hastings, a mining engineer turned MP, defended wearing the badge of office saying it gives him confidence. Lord Birkenhead recalled a jockey’s garb could still convey a sensible judgment.
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Lord Carnock
House of Lords
London
Patrick Hastings
Labor
Lord Birkenhead
Ottawa Journal
No Pacific Islands Between Hawaii and Mainland America
Flies can carry more than 30 different disease germs and parasitic worms, highlighting public health risks from contaminated insects.
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Pacific
Hawaii
America
Modern Highway to India Link Aims For Fast London Istanbul Route
The Indian Empire Press Union reports a planned modern highway linking Britain to India via Turkey Syria Iraq Iran Afghanistan and Delhi to Calcutta and Bombay. Western India Automobile Association leaders say the Istanbul segment is nearly complete and a 8000 mile Bombay to London drive may soon be reality with 5 day travel to Istanbul.
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The
Indian Empire Press Union
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Syria
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
India
Bombay
London
Western India Automobile Association
H. E. Ormerod
Istanbul
Antalia
Delhi
Calcutta
A. H. C. Sykes
Automobile Association
Alliance Internationale de Tourisme
Thrifty Tips and Early Baby Carriage Use
The thrift book cites changing shoelace positions twice weekly to double lifespan, and striking matches vertically when edges wear. It notes baby carriages began usage around the mid 19th century, reflecting early adoption in households.
Empire Migration To British Dominions Urged By Board
The Overseas Settlement Board urges urgent action to promote migration from the United Kingdom to the Dominions. It argues migration is not a cure for UK unemployment and favors a regulated flow of assimilable foreign settlers if needed.
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British Dominions
Overseas Settlement Board
Overseas Setttlement Board
United Kingdom
Dominions
Marquess of Hartington
Duke of Devonshire
The
Dominons
Dominion
Rural change erodes village church life in Canada
An elderly observer in St Mary's Ontario notes a shift from taverns and blacksmiths to gas stations in a rural hamlet of fifty. Few local families attend church, and the piece warns that Canada may pay a high price in years to come for failing to solve the rural church problem.
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St. Mary's
Ont
Journal- Argus
Canada
Some Ministers and Others Might Be Square Pegs
In Ottawa the Ottawa Journal discusses how people in all professions can end up in jobs ill suited to them. It notes many examples from ministers to poets and urges that misfit careers are common and hard to remedy, yet providence may guide some into the right path.
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James’ United Church
Ottawa
Craig
St. That
Providence
Ottawa Journal
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