Newfoundland Airport Construction Speeds Toward Trans Atlantic Route
A thousand men and half a million dollars in machinery drive Newfoundland airport work 213 miles from St Johns by rail 130 by air. Under resident engineer T B Woodyatt crews push 24 hour shifts clearing grading and surfacing four runways 4800 by 1200 feet and 4500 by 600 feet. A wireless station nearby will guide planes while a rumored wheel-equipped aircraft tests in England for a possible 10 hour Atlantic dash this summer.
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Newfoundland
T. B. Woodyatt
Toronto
St. Huberts
Montreal
St. John's
No. 3
No. 1
England
Local self government must be kept strong
The piece argues against abolishing municipal government amid economic concerns. It warns centralizing control would raise costs, reduce local responsiveness, and erode democracy, calling local government the keystone of democratic rule and the training ground for higher office.
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Prairie
Dominion
Flourishing Boy Players Revived by King George V Notes
King George V helped revive the Boy Players of London just before his death. The reformed troupe, dating to 1419, now performs at the Old Vic and Sadler Wells, sings madrigals, and appears in pageants, after a long earlier decline. The note also explains quarantine derives from Latin quadraginta meaning 40.
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George V
London
Henry V
Boy Players
Financial District
The
Old Vic
Sadlers Wells
Charlottetown
Baden-Powell Attacks Youth Gymnastics Training
Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell criticized gymnastic training for youths at a Grosvenor House dinner. He argued that healthy outdoor activity and plain food build stronger individuals and warned that pushing physical training on poor boys is not the right path for a robust nation.
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Baden-Powell
100 Club
Grosvenor House
Overseas Daily Mail
Weel, I notice ye're a fine dribbler but ye're nae guid at passing
Two Scotsmen watch a game with one drinking loudly and boasting of skill. The thirsty man mocks the other as a poor passer while he drinks. Desert animals and humans often quench thirst from barrel cactus water barrels. 2212
Peel commission proposes three way partition of Palestine
The Royal Palestine Commission led by Lord Peel urges dividing Palestine into three zones. A Jewish national home on the seacoast area, a British-administered neutral zone including Jerusalem, and two thirds for a Moslem sovereign state.
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Royal Palestine Commission
Lord Peel
Palestine
Jerusalem
No Liquor Advertising by Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Major W E Gladstone Murray announces that CBC stations will not accept programs sponsored to sell spirits wine or beer. The broadcaster notes it controls all Canadian broadcasting and is considering revised rules including private Quebec stations where such programs were aired under provincial law and prior regulations.
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W. E. Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Quebec
Old Radio Commission
Selected Recipes Pruit Salad Dressing
A dated fruit salad dressing recipe using egg sugar Crown Brand Corn Syrup Benson's Corn Starch mustard salt pineapple juice orange juice cider vinegar cream. Mix and cook to thickened, then fold in whipped cream for serving.
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Crown Brand
Benson's
Queen Mary Attends Lambeth Palace Children's Party
Since the royal accession Queen Mary has often helped with princesses at public events. On June 12 she visited a garden party at Lambeth Palace where schoolchildren and committee members handed purses to her on a terrace. She shows strong support for the Invalid Children's Aid Association, having previously sent primroses and sweets to patients.
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Queen Mary
Lambeth Palace
Invalid Children's Aid Association
Buckingham Palace
Actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke’s early stage struggles and war service
London born actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke faced parental resistance to acting and was dismissed as no good at seventeen. A wartime return led to a career rethink until a chance meeting with Sir Barry Jackson redirected him. He claims to be the last British officer to leave France after the war and helped guard the Unknown Warrior’s body.
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Sir Cedric Hardwicke
London
Hollywood
Lyceum
Barry Jackson
Cedric
France
St. Pol
England
Nizam of Hyderabad Said to Surpass Rockefeller Wealth
Dispatch from Calcutta claims the Nizam of Hyderabad has a wealth of gold ingots and gems valued at 900 million dollars. It argues Rockefeller’s fortune never reached that bullion-and-gem total, stressing the broader impact of wealth used to drive industry and livelihoods. A brick retort innovation converts coal into smokeless fuel gasoline and heavy oils.
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Calcutta
Hyderabad
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Detroit Free Press
Canada Sells Onions to Britain for First Time
Canada exports onions to the United Kingdom for the first time in the last fiscal year ending March. The result reflects wartime shifts and a need to supply British households long used to Spanish onions. Basque traders have been displaced. many Basque refugees now seek safety abroad.
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Canada
England
Department of Trade and Commerce
London
United Kingdom
Deaf drivers safer on road says Ontario Association for the Deaf
The Ontario Association for the Deaf notes that deaf and hard of hearing drivers have a better safety record than normal hearers. Over eight years only five deaf drivers were in accidents, none fatal or with serious injury. Three crashes blamed on normal hearing drivers, two due to speeding.
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Ontario Association For the Deaf
St. Thomas
A Pretty Young Lady Encounters Gracious Post Office Attitude
In an office building elevator a Postal Telegraph messenger removes his hat and holds it to his heart. A second messenger does the same, prompting the woman to ask about the gesture. He shows a badge reading Ask me about the new twenty five word message.
Oats production concentrates in six nations
Oats rank second to wheat in world production with about 75 percent grown in six countries: Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, and Russia. The term call money refers to loans repayable when the lender calls for repayment.
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Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Germany
France
Russia
Woman inquires about astronomy at dinner with famed astronomer
A high school girl asks a renowned astronomer what he does. He replies he studies astronomy. She quips she finished astronomy last year. An accident notes absence of body beats presence of mind. Finland shipyards run 24 hours daily.
Versatile Ontario man overcomes blindness to run diverse trades
Orville Frayne of Forest Ontario, despite losing sight at 21, runs a tobacco and soft drink shop selling rubber mats bead work and leather belts. He trades livestock wool shears sheep rents jacks for building work and is an expert euchre player who uses Braille and New York point to read cards, claiming sharp memory and focus give him an edge.
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Orville Frayne
Forest
Ontario
Orville
New York Point
Frayne
New BoneSetting Formula Described by Dr Stader
Dr Otto Stader of Ardmore Pennsylvania describes a bone setting method using small aluminum pins and an adjustable brace to allow dogs to walk during healing. The approach promises to save many animals from destruction and reflects a view that dissatisfaction drives progress.
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Eastern States Veterinary Association
Otto Stader
Ardmore
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