Tesla Claims Three Amazing Developments In Science
Nikola Tesla, celebrating his 79th birthday, described three breakthroughs in energy transmission, induction currents, and cosmic ray studies. He claimed a new energy transmi sion method could aid navigation geology and physics and warned relativity may be misinterpreted. He offered no calculations or lab proof and noted potential wartime dangers while predicting a ship could follow a true course using his system. A separate note recounts a royal-error tale about a minister who received a gold communion set from King Oscar, later clarified as a gift from Norway to rescue Norwegian sailors.
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Nikola Tesla
Tesla
Farmingham
Mass
Robert Atkinson Smith
Nova Scotian
Oscar II
Sweden
Oscar
Norway
Education Fund From Lawrence of Arabia Support RAF Orphans
In London a education fund for children of killed or wounded Royal Air Force officers shows a legacy from Col. T. E. Lawrence. Since 1928 the endowment from Revolt In The Desert sales has spent £4000 to aid these dependents. The fund derives from the author’s wartime chronicle.
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Col
T. E Lawrence
Lawrence of Arabia
London
Royal Air Force
Desert
Lawrence
Man Demands Meeting Partner at Law Firm
A young man visits the offices of Smith Smith Smith and Brown seeking the partner. The office boy says Mr Brown is out and suggests the Smiths, but the man declares he wants a smart lawyer and praises Brown’s alleged cleverness. Scientists at State College Pennsylvania design a tillage meter to test plows and related tools.
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Messrs
State College
Pennsylvania
The Vegetable Garden and Farm Home Costs
The article discusses vegetable growing as a means to cut farm household costs, citing a crop value of 30 dollars per quarter acre and Nova Scotia’s 50 000 holdings potentially producing 1.5 million dollars in value for home use. It notes key garden details and points to The Vegetable Garden by W S Blair for full guidance.
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Nova Scotia
W. S. Blair
Dominion Experimental Farm
Kentville
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Europe
South America
Dominion
Council
Department of National Health
King George V. Jubilee Cancer Fund
Greater Vancouver
Canada seeks US aid against cannabis menace
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the World Narcotic Defence Association in New York that cannabis sativa hashish and marijuana pose a growing danger nation wide, especially to youth, and praised the close cooperation with Canadian narcotics authorities in controlling traffic.
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Canada
United States
Cordell Hull
World Narcotic Defence Association
New York
Global Wheat Harvest Area Down Slightly in 1934 35
The total wheat area for harvest in 1935 in the 26 principal wheat growing countries is estimated at about 190,954,000 acres, compared with 185,276,000 acres in 1934 and with 191,132,000 acres in 1933.
Opera Star Mary Garden Urges Singers Not To Drink
Mary Garden advises singers to avoid alcohol in a public note. The column playfully suggests a flip side where drinkers should not sing, and mentions onions as Egypt's second best money crop this year.
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Mary Garden
Egypt
Miss Lerman and the candy counter error
A shopper, Miss Lerman, paid with a five dollar bill at a candy store lunch counter. The clerk gave 75 cents change and then counted four one dollar bills, admitting the error with a flippant remark. Officials of Germany, including Storm Troops leaders, have been ordered to learn shorthand.
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Miss Lerman
Miss Sherman
New Yorker
Germany
Storm Troops
Advertising boosts brand familiarity and trials
A study by Charles C. Stech finds advertising doubles familiarity with a brand, triples the number who try it, and quintuple the number of users. The average advertiser gains more, while small advertisers see smaller returns and large advertisers gain more.
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Charles C. Stech
Cleveland Airport Beacon Brightness Distances Noted
The Cleveland airport beacon can be seen from 125 miles by flyers and the newspaper readable by its light up to five miles away, per the report.
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Cleveland
Lighting and depth in snapshots for artistic photography
A guide to using shadows reflections and lighting to create depth in photographs. It advises on foreground shade water reflections and sun shafts through trees to enhance perspective and urges thoughtful composition and viewpoint choices.
Social Hygiene Council Drives On Against Diseases
The Canadian Social Hygiene Council remains determined to carry on an aggressive health campaign despite cuts. They report four years of activity including film showings, 30 radio talks annually, health leagues, literature, and a health magazine. A Royal Commission on Public Health followed a cabinet of health effort, with a push for nationwide health leadership and future grants.
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Social Hygiene Council
Dominion
Canadian Social Hygiene Council
Government of Canada
Canada
Council
Royal
Toronto
Ontario
Quebec
Montreal
Hollywood
Great Britain
Marketing Research in Agricultural Markets
Farmers shift focus from production to demand as a key price determinant. The Economics Branch of the Dominion Department of Agriculture supports comprehensive marketing studies from producer to consumer to boost returns. Research also assesses quality’s impact on price and overseas competition to expand Canadian exports.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Former Millionaires Seek Trade Training on Relief
A Windsor Star account notes several ex millionaires in Los Angeles now receiving $33 monthly to study trades. One claimed $6,000,000 wealth applied for teaching work while others who once had $150,000 to $200,000 are at a trade school under welfare. The piece argues they aim to regain security and independence and will avoid past mistakes once back in money.
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Los Angeles
Windsor Star
Baltic Sea Ring Highway Planned by Joint Scandinavian Tourists Committee
The committee proposes an eight country circumferential road around the Baltic Sea to connect nations via a new route. It will be ready once the major Norwegian state highway is finished.
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Baltic Sea
Joint
New Sugar Lump Wrapper Easier To Open
A company has developed a sugar lump wrapper that opens more easily, potentially improving convenience for consumers and reducing waste from damaged wrappers. The innovation targets everyday kitchen use and may influence future packaging designs.
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Henry A. Barton
American Institute of Physics
Education Fund
Man
Zoological Gardens
England
Zoo
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