Lost Colony History Sheds Light On Virginia Dare Tale
The Roanoke saga returns to attention as a storm exposes a ship fragment amid dunes. The search recalls Elinor Dare and Virginia Dare, with theories of Croatoan linkage and later expeditions. A 1591 massacre theory vies with a 1591 sickness story and a quartz inscription in New York. An aside recalls a royal visit to Pictou in 1869 and a local legend of a Scotsman asking Queen Victoria for land.
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Roanoke
New World
Sir Walter Raleigh
Viremnia Dare
America
Roanoke Colony
Raleigh
Indiana
Sir Francis Drake
England
John White
Elinor Dare
Virginia
White
Croatoan
West Indies
John Smith
Chowan
Samuel Argall
Hatteras
Elinor
Virginia Dare
Carolina
New York
Emory University
Georgia
Chowan River
Anamas
New York Sun
English girl bagpipers visit Canada from New York
Twenty five English schoolgirl bagpipers from Dagenham, led by Pipe Major Edith Turnbull, travel from the New York World's Fair to Canada. The group, ages around 14 to 18, proudly wear kilts and sporrans though not Scottish by blood, with manager W. Graves having formed the band in 1930.
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Canada
Dagenham
England
Edith Turnbull
W. Graves
Europe
New Royal Chair Among Halifax Ceremonial Treasures
A delicate mahogany royal chair crafted by A H MacMillan of Halifax serves as the throne for King George VI during a visit to Province House. Queen Elizabeth sits beside him in the same chair once used by King Edward VII when he visited Halifax as Prince of Wales sixty years earlier.
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George
Queen Elizabeth
Pictou
N.S
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
George VI
Province House
Halifax
Elizabeth
King Edward VII
A H. MacMillan
Canada
Name Elizabeth and Isabel evolve in European royal usage
The piece traces Elis heth from Elisheba to Isabel and notes royal usage in France England and Spain. It lists language variants such as Isabeau Isabelle Ysabel Bela and Isavel with Isabel variants common in Scotland and Spain while Elizabeth prevails in English and German contexts.
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Elizabeth
Elishehba
Isabel
Europe
Brantford Expositor
France
England
Spain
Bell
Ibbot
Isbel
Tibdbie
Isabeau
Isabelle
Ysabel
Bela
Isavel
Isabelhina
Scotland
Useful Household Hints From A Vintage Page
Practical tips including sealing envelopes without steaming, keeping knife handles dry, cleaning hats with a rubber sponge, using rubber rings to stabilize items on ice, a bread crust in a muslin bag to curb green boil smells, and a joke about a young woman’s religious views with picture postcards.
Typewriters with Huge Letters Aid Hitler Speeches
A Windsor Star report notes Hitler uses three oversized typewriters with large letters to read speeches privately, avoiding glasses in public. The machines, intended for his secretaries, help him read ordinary manuscripts more easily as his eyesight ages at fifty.
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Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
Hiller
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
Royal visit makes monarchy real to children
A royal visit challenges childish views of kings and queens as fairy tale figures by presenting the King and Queen as real, humane, and gracious. Separately a claim of a world’s longest locomotive, 100 feet long with 28 wheels and 166 tons, tested near Valenciennes, France, to be sent to West Africa. A hippopotamus sinks when killed in water.
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Valenciennes
France
West Africa
Remarkable Tour Devotion Displayed By The Masses To Our System Of Government
The Ottawa Journal notes a Canadian tour where King George and Queen Elizabeth were greeted by massive crowds in Northern Ontario and Western Canada. Miners, farmers, clerks, and children cheered openly, showing deep respect for Canada’s system of government and monarchy. The piece contrasts this warmth with prior formalities and highlights a genuine democratic connection. Also cited are historical and international notes on Lucullus and Russia’s planned retail expansion.
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Ontario
Canada
Dominion
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Ottawa Journal
Mid-Air Fuel Transfer Technique For Trans-Atlantic Planes
Britain's seaplane fleet conducts final trials showcasing mid-air refueling between tanker and airliner. The system allows 1,000 gallons in under 15 minutes, boosting range and payload while minimizing take-off strain.
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Britain
British Isles
Alan Cobham
The
British Aircraft Society
Australian Anthropologist Plans Year With Abelam Tribe
Dr Phyllis Karberry leaves Sydney for Western New Guinea to study the Abelam people alone for a year. She travels by plane and foot, expects a peaceful relation with a cultured tribe, and plans to trade for food and shelter using matches razor blades cloth and beads.
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Phyllis Karberry
Sydney
Australia
New Guinea
Abelam
Karberry
Distinguished honorees in king's honors list
Two men of high distinction receive Royal recognition. Lieut Colonel Frederick Peake is awarded the CMG after 26 years with Arab affairs and leadership of the Arab Legion in Transjordan. Derek McCulloch earns the OBE as head of BBC children's hour, having endured 40 operations, many from war wounds, including a 1938 leg amputation.
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Frederick Peake
CMG
Derek McCulloch
Peake Pasha
Arab Legion
Transjordan
Emir Abdulla
Lawrence of Arabia
McCulloch
British Broadcasting Corporation
Children’s Hour
Man
Perfect Caddie Requires A Boy Who Can Count
In a humorous exchange the golfer asks a caddie to count accurately for his monthly medal round. The boy responds confidently with the sum eight plus seven plus nine equaling sixteen, and the golfer assigns him the task.
Locomotive That Pulled King and Queen Across Canada Exhibit
The Royal train locomotive that carried the King and Queen of England across Canada will be shown at the Railroad Exhibit after a thorough check in Montreal. The engine, cited by the New York Sun as possibly the most decorated locomotive, traveled the full 3,000 miles without relief, a record for railway locomotives.
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England
Canada
Montreal
New York Sun
Enlistment Applications Rise as War Secretary Reports
British War Secretary Leslie Hore Belisha told the House of Commons that from February 1 to April 30 there were 166000 army enlistment applications and 62965 were accepted. He compared the gate period enlistments for 1936 and 1927 at 24254 and 18220 respectively.
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Leslie Hore- Belisha
House of Commons
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Lost Colony
Reyal
Pictou County
Weihen
Queen Victorias
Truro
Sheriff Harris
W H. Harris
Malaya
St. Edward's
MacMillan
Royal Postal
Mansion House
London
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Lucullus
Rome
Caesar
Pompey
Russia
Alice Brooks
Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Detroit
Liberty
Detroit Free Press
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