Small Curiosities Collector Tells World Tour Tale
Jules Charbneau details 38 years of collecting tiny objects and travels to over 40 countries. He describes 26 000 items including a miniature menagerie in a cherry pit and a needle eye sized camel, plus a broadcasting station three inches square. The interview notes his search for a six inch petrol driven car and mentions Queen Mary's Doll's House.
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Jules Charbneau
Mr. Charbneau
Tokyo
Windsor Castle
BBC Listener
London
Small Details Shape Visitor Impressions at Algoma Hotels
The Sault Ste. Marie Star notes a traveler who complained meals at two Algoma hotels arrived on cold plates, cooling before serving. It argues minor courtesies or timely service can turn a first time tourist into a returning guest, urging attentiveness to small needs as well as large.
Wrong Kind Of Shot In Lafayette Dog Shot By Stranger
A stranger brought a Spitz to Poundkeeper Ray Hernes in Lafayette Indiana and said he wanted to shoot the dog because he could not bear its suffering. Two pistol shots were heard after Hernes led the dog out. The man confessed he had shot the dog. He joked his wife would be mad and claimed the dog was to be vac cinated.
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Ray Hernes
Lafayette
Ind
Hernes
Richard T. F. Harding
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Horse and Mule Association of America
Home Canning In Tin Cans Gains Popularity and Tips
The article explains tin canning as faster cheaper and easier than glass and outlines needed equipment a can sealer and pressure sterilizer. It notes cooperative buying for larger models helps communities preserve more food and describes enamel linings for colored fruits and Lima beans and corn to prevent discoloration. It ends with a view on liberty of thought quoted from Dr. Samuel Guy Inman.
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R. W. Argengo-Jones
Central Experimental Farm
Samuel Guy Inman
League of Nations
Britain launches £20 million campaign against rheumatic disease
Britain begins a national drive to fight rheumatic diseases, costing £20 million annually and crippling many. The Royal Bath hospital leads the effort and seeks £70,000 from public subscription in its first appeal in 50 years.
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Britain
Royal Bath Hospital
Two Villages Clash in Football Scoring Binge
A fierce rivalry match sees both villages promise beer for goals. At halftime a boy reports a surreal score of 23 to 22 with one side supposedly leading. The humorous tally hints at an overblown, farcical scoreline in a local contest.
Huge Sun Dial to Mark Time in Paris Roadway
The Place de la Concorde will host a giant sun dial with hours marked in the roadway and the obelisk’s shadow indicating the time, a function the site reportedly performed during its 3,000 years in Luxor, Egypt.
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Paris
Luxor
Egypt
Egyptian Priests Said to Have Been Poisoned by Peach Stone Extract
A chemist studying papyrus manuscripts reports that Egyptian priests who disclosed their order’s secrets were killed using a poison derived from peach stones. The claim links royal or priestly intrigue to a fatal toxin.
Birthday Of Big Ben Celebrates Eightieth year
A London bell expert notes Big Ben weighs about thirteen tons and notes the single clear tone E. The actual casting took under thirty minutes after months of prep. the unique timbre and weight cannot be replicated. The source cites A A Hughes of the London Bell Foundry, active since 1570, with remarks on the bell and its note.
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Big Ben
A. A. Hughes
London Bell Foundry
B.bc
Listener
London
Education in China to win war claims amid Regina address
Dr Heng Chi Tao, a Chinese educationist, told Regina that China would win the war with Japan because the Chinese sing as they fight. He described rapid, cheap relay-teacher education and every student becoming a teacher to unify China quickly. He rejected the idea of a Japanese paradise in China and noted Manchuria’s living standards have fallen since conquest.
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Heng Chi Tao
Regina
China
Japan
Manchuria
Rich Linens at Little Cost Cross Stitch Pattern
Pattern 6038 offers two motifs 34 x 12 inches and several others with a four inch edging plan. Includes chart directions materials and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Visualize Motor Road From Alaska to Buenos Aires
International talks push a 14 000 mile all weather road from Alaska through British Columbia and the United States toward Buenos Aires. Plans cover 2200 miles Seattle to Fairbanks with nine tenths in Canada and US Alaska benefits. cost largely BC funded. Inter-American highway from Panama to Buenos Aires spans about 6500 miles shortest route, with total alternates near 16500 miles.
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Alaska
British Columbia
United States
Buenos
Seattle
Fairbanks
Hazelton
B.C
Mexico City
Yukon Territory
Canada
United States War and Navy Departments
American Northwest
Texas
Mexico
Guatemala
el Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Santiago
Chile
South America
Canal Zone
la Guaira
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Buenos Aires
Pan-American Union
First Woman Fellow of Royal Society of Canada Honored
Miss Alice E. Wilson a geologist in the Department of Mines becomes the first woman named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. A. G. Huntsman notes the medal for imaginative writing awarded to Miss Mazo de la Roche. Wilson specializes in stratigraphy and paleontology, born in Cobourg Ontario, educated at the University of Toronto and the University of Chicago, and has long been with the Geological Survey in Ottawa.
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Alice E. Wilson
Department of Mines
Royal Society of Canada
A. G. Huntsman
Society
Miss Wilson
Mazo de la Roche
Wilson
Cobourg
Ont
University of Toronto
University of Chicago
Well Provided For Charlie McCarthy Vent Fig Dummy
Edgar Bergen leaves 10000 to the Actors Fund of America for Charlie McCarthy the ventriloquist dummy to be kept in repair and used to promote ventriloquism. The transfer ensures Charlie will receive hinge oil sand paper paint and a tuxedo as needed. Letters may travel by air mail from London to India and the Far East for three cents.
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Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Actors’ Fund of America
Charlie
London
India
Far East
Alfalfa Meal Promoted For Poultry Rations
Wyoming poultry specialist O N Summers urges wider use of alfalfa meal in poultry rations. He notes its benefits for chickens turkeys and mash mixes on range and its role in preventing crooked breast bones and aiding digestion. It lowers costs while adding vitamins and minerals essential to absorption.
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O. N. Summers
Wyoming
Sweden's youth offender plan shows better results
Stockholm reports indicate Sweden's new plan for youthful offenders yields better outcomes than expected. Boys are sent to special youth prisons for fixed periods with release based on conduct and successful training. A committee reviews each case much like doctors assess a patient.
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Sweden
Stockholm
Jumble Sale Announcement Sparks Church Vestry Plan
The minister urged parishioners to attend four jumble sales in the church vestry to clear out items not worth keeping yet too good to discard. He joked about bringing husbands, promising a fine opportunity to declutter. In other notes Lieut Tale and Captain Jenks were described as calm after an early morning accident, with Col Spin remarking he is still being collected.
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Lieut
Tale
Jenks
Col. Spin
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Cedillo
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Crochet
B. C
U. S
Aires
Charley McCarthy
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