Canadian aviation feats and world events summarized
Vancouver set a model airplane record with a flight of seven minutes and 46 seconds. Vancouver training school opens eleven months early with 24 pilots in preliminary instruction. Britain seeks victory in Belgian Congo air advance. Victoria raises train planes funds. contract signed for 400 engines by Menasco in Los Angeles. Rear Admiral E A Taylor recalled to active duty. famed captain of Renown in 1919 tour.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Canada
Menasco Manufacturing Company
Los Angeles
E. A. Taylor
South Paddington
Renown
Enigmatic Telegraph Salesman Pitches Photo Enlargements
A cheerful young man with a suitcase rings a door in London and reassures a wary woman he is no door-to-door seller. He denies selling insurance, toiletries, stockings, books, sewing machines, gramophones, or cleaners, charity appeals, or political causes. He finally reveals he represents a firm that deals in photographic enlargements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Learn To Speak English For Refugees In Britain
Thousands of British people scarred by war cannot speak English as they shelter in England. Refugees who fled to Belgium Poland and Germany returned home after the war outbreak and joined by 5000 from Holland and Belgium. A British War Refugees Fund helper notes many held high income or responsible positions before the conflict and now attend English classes in Britain.
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England
British War Refugees Fund
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Holland
Tam’s Jail Time For Rocking His Wife
In a Scottish exchange, Macpherson quips that Tam’s wife was jailed for rocking him to sleep, noting the absurdity of incarcerating a wife for such an act. The tale hinges on a humorous misunderstanding of “the rock.”
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Macpherson
Tam
Knitting a Tiny Locomotive by Louis E Worden
Louis E Worden a stationary engineer from Middlebury Vermont enjoys knitting and has created a miniature locomotive entirely in yarn. The model is complete in every detail except for a bell.
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Louis E. Worden
Middlebury
Vermont
Duke of Windsor to Govern Bahamas Under Historic Seal
The Duke of Windsor will govern the Bahamas using a 222 year old seal bearing the phrase Destroy the pirates, restore commerce. Capt. Woodes Rogers once ended the pirate era in Nassau after offering pardons and executing eight ringleaders at Execution Dock. Today Nassau thrives on tourism with about 18,000 visitors annually from Miami via cruise ships, yachts, airliners and steamships.
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Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Woodes Rogers
Nassau Harbor
Rogers
Alexander Selkirk
Robinet Crusoe
Juan Fernandez
Bahama Islands
Mexico
Peru
Nassau
Miami
Cool Slim Frock for Matrons
Anne Adams designs a chic gores skirt frock with uncluttered lines and slimming details. The pattern 4340 offers short or three quarter sleeves with bow bands, soft bust shaping, and optional evening length. available in misses and women's sizes 16 through 44, with fabric yardage listed for size 36. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Winnipeg for order.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg
McDermot Ave
How to write a strong employment letter and tourism gains noted
The text argues that job letters should highlight value and capabilities, not personal history, with an example of a financier emphasizing results over age schools or prior jobs. It cites tourism's economic impact in Canada and the United States, plus a brief note on Walnut Creek Canyon cliff dwellings in Arizona attracting visitors via improved trails and ranger work.
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United States
United States Travel Bureau
Canada
San Francisco
Walnut Creek Canyon
Arizona
Forest Rangers
Wicked and Righteous Paths in Psalm and Sermon
A Sunday school lesson analyzes Psalm 1 and Matthew 7 24 27 with devotional readings from Proverbs 2, contrasting the fate of the wicked like chaff against the righteous rooted in the rock. It notes adversity for both groups, warns the unjust remain unjust, and critiques material wealth in the afterlife.
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Moffatt
Jesus
J. E. McFadyen
Defence Minister Praises Canadian Recruitment Response
Defence Minister J L Ralston told a press conference that recruiting in Canada had been beyond expectations and that public support for the war effort had been unstinted. He said every appeal to the public had been met and lauded self sacrifice, while warning that further demands and sacrifices were ahead.
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Defence
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Bill extends rights to mines under soldier settlement lands
A bill to amend the Soldier Settlement Act provides disposal of mines and minerals underlying soldier settlement lands with emphasis on Alberta and Saskatchewan gold deposits. It passed final stages in the House of Commons. The director of Soldier Settlement may grant minerals to an original settler or dispose of the right if land leaves purchase. The act is retroactive to July 7, 1919.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
House of Commons
Soldier Settlement
Bomb Proof Head Gear Hits London Stores
The Contra Blast Bandeau debuts in London shops as a protective aerated rubber helmet style headgear for men and women. It resembles a football helmet with a removed top and extended ear muffs, designed to absorb blast shocks and guard nerve centers around the ears and skull base. Colors are brown blue or black and it sells for about $1.20 Canadian. The banded front rests above the eyes while ear muffs hang below the chin and are tied under the chin.
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London
Actress Mary Boland's orchid hobby noted in New Moon promo
New York report highlights Mary Boland growing rare orchids as a hobby. The article recalls her early MGM era on the lot with Thomas Ince in silent days and notes Jeanette MacDonald using Boland's fan from her collection as a prop for the musical romance New Moon.
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New York
N.Y
Mary Boland
Wiley
Miss Boland
Thomas Ince
Santa Monica
Jeanette MacDonald
Trench Queen
Wonders Of Science Promise Self Sufficient Nation
Dr. Robert C. Hockett of MIT argues that the United States can be virtually self sufficient even if war cuts off imports. He predicts plastics will replace rubber wood glass and metal and rayon and acetate will replace silk and cotton.
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America
Robert C. Hockett
Hackett
Deaf-aid teeth patent with jawbone microphone device
Two Nebraska inventors patent a deaf hearing aid hidden in a set of false teeth. The unit includes a microphone storage battery and two jaw touching contacts. Sound vibrations drive a diaphragm to transmit sound through the mouth’s bony structure to the auditory organs.
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Nebraska
Editorial supports government backing for voluntary health societies
The Health League of Canada’s Health magazine argues that private voluntary health organizations expand citizen participation in national movements and should be funded by governments. It warns that banning or neglecting these societies would slow progress toward national health and highlights differences with Germany where such groups have faded.
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The
Health League of Canada
Great Britain
Canada
Germany
Cancer articles offered free by Health League of Canada
Readers may obtain a valuable set of articles on the Cause and Control of Cancer without charge by writing to The Health League of Canada, Dept. W.N.Y., 111 Avenue Road, Toronto. Include the request and print name and address clearly.
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The
Health League of Canada
Dept. W.N.Y
111 Avenue Road
Toronto
Plans At A Standstill As Red Cross Halts Operations
American Red Cross relief operations in German occupied France are paused awaiting U S decision on feeding nations become part of the empire. Bordeaux offices closed. The Mercy ship McKeesport sailed to Marseilles and its supplies will go to unoccupied France with many refugees. Two more ships delayed due to global changes and unloading challenges.
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Red Cross
France
United States
Bordeaux
McKeesport
Bilbao
Spain
Marseilles
Britain's Food Supply Cushioned for Months
Robert Boothby told the House of Commons Britain has wheat to last many months even if sea routes are lost. He hoped winter rations might include larger supplies of tea sugar and possibly fats if the enemy attack on the islands is beaten. He noted wartime diet would be fortified with vitamin B1 and calcium salt in bread.
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Britain
Robert Boothby
Ministry of Food
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Boothby
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Pierre Ryckmans
Belgian Congo
E. & Perley
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Qu'Appelle
Gardiner
Nelson
Eddy
Wiley Padan
Sue
Nelson Eddy
Will
Mary
Mary Agan
Mmaranne
Arner
Wonders of Science
Hockett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ficient
DR. J. W. S. McCullough
American
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