Tibet in Strange Land Reveals Grand Lama’s Modernization Plans
Gordon Enders describes Tibet as a land of paradox where polygamy rules in farms and plateaus, gold dust symbolizes wealth, and a Grand Lama seeks modernization. He asserts Tibet's walls will fall as Western nations may enter to shape its future.
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Tibet
Gordon B. En- Gera
Indian Frontier
London
Ont
Mr. Enders
Enders
North
India
Britain
America
Clergymen Fight Superstitions About Thirteen Ladders and Salt
Rev. G. R. Balleine and Rev. Dr. H. L. Goudge publish pamphlets urging the destruction of number thirteen, ladder, and salt superstitions. They advocate walking under ladders and dining on Friday the 13th as a deliberate rebuke to superstition while warning against belief in its serious consequences.
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G. R. Balleine
Bermondsey
London
H. L. Goudge
Christ Church, Oxford
Church of England Assembly
Goudge
What He Deserved
A doctor is summoned to treat a stubborn aristocrat who refuses to reveal his ailment. The physician plans to fetch a friend, a vet, famed for diagnosing without questions, as the patient resists explanations.
Polite Hostess and Pianist Exchange About a Tune
A refined hostess asks if her husband seemed rude when he requested not to hear a tune. The foreign pianist confirms the husband asked him not to play that specific piece. The hostess inquires further and the pianist recalls the exact phrase used. Alcatraz origin note traces the name to the albatross and Spanish roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
California fisheries produce more wealth than her gold mines
Wealth from California fisheries surpasses gold mining by value, highlighting the marine industry as a dominant economic driver. Sailors and fishers contribute to port activity, with coastal fleets delivering significant catches that boost regional trade and employment.
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California
Woman who sewed for Queen Victoria and Queen Mary visited Toronto museum
Mrs. E. W. Stephenson, 75, recalls sewing for the royal ladies since age 18. Since 1920 she helped prepare Queen Mary coronation dresses for exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum and has worked on restoring costumes, including the gown Mary was crowned in. She remembers royal children and notes Princess Mary preferred not to have her photo taken.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto
E. W. Stephenson
Stephenson
Queen Mary
Queen Victoria
Reville & Rossiter
Setphenson
Canada
George V
Commonwealth
Princess Mary
Prince of Wales
New Instrument Aids Singers At Metropolitan Opera
A chromatic stroboscope called a winker is installed in the Metropolitan Opera orchestra pit to show the exact vibrations per second of voices and instruments. The device, capable of 32 to 4070 blinks per second, helps singers match pitch with the orchestra and learn which harmonies pair best.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Metropolitan
White House drive raises over 250000 for infantile paralysis
Contributions to the executive mansion surged past 250000 in the annual infantile paralysis drive tied to the President's Birthday Ball. The White House totals surpassed last year's 87000 as the largest collection yet for the National Foundation for the Prevention of Infantile Paralysis.
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White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
National Foundation For the Prevention
Ancient Babylonian Irrigation Mastery Studied
The text notes that irrigation engineering was understood and practiced by the ancient Babylonians over five thousand years ago, highlighting early hydraulic knowledge and agricultural innovation from that civilization.
Not Schoolboys This Time Fun at Peterboro Luncheon
Roy Fenwick, musical director for Ontario, cited humorous answers from Normal School students in recent exams. Examples included teaching methods and misapplied musical terms, such as singing high without ease and humbing tunes.
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Roy Fenwick
Ontario
Peterboro
Fenwick
Defending The Nation and Canadian Democrats Warned
Hon. Dr. R. J Manion addressed Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry veterans in Ottawa urging Canadians to support and defend democracy. He warned of encroachment by dictatorships while noting some doubt Canada faced danger.
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R. J Manion
Conservative
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Ottawa
Manion
Canada
Invisible glass coats gems to make nearly all light pass
Gems heated to vapors coat ordinary glass, producing an invisible film that transmits over 99 percent of light. GE and MIT announced two months ago, noting the film is stronger and intends to enable many commercial uses. Cartwright and Turner reported to the American Physical Society.
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General Electric Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
C. Hawley Cartwright
A. Francis Turner
The
American Physical Society
Hard On Shoe Leather in World Trek Capt Butler Heads For Canada
Captain H E Butler travels from Johannesburg toward Cape Town on foot to complete a 20 year old bet. He aims to cover at least 20 000 miles with no lifts and expects to reach Canada in five months. He has worn out 186 pairs of shoes and has already won more than half the wager of 3200 dollars. Spades in fortune telling symbolize treachery disappointment ill luck and death.
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H. E. Butler
Johannesburg
Capetown
Butler
Robbed Trapper's Cabin Sentenced in Bear Lake Case
A man entering a trapper's cabin on the Bear Lake road near Lparkerville was sentenced to 18 months in jail. The ruling cites violation of private property laws and the unwritten wilderness code that governs aid to travelers and the duty to replace what is taken.
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Bear Lake Road
Lparkerville
Man who defeats government by voting or not voting
Halifax Herald notes that good government is defeated by the voter who stays home from nominating conventions or who goes as a handpicked machine delegate. The essential fact, the paper argues, is involvement in selecting party leaders.
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Toronto Financial Post
Pacific Coast
Halifax Herald
Sea feathers are actually animals found offshore
A report explains that sea feathers discovered in waters from the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the Carolinas are living animals, not feathers. The finding clarifies a long held misconception about these marine organisms and highlights their distribution along the Atlantic coast.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Carolinas
Toast to the ladies of the town and church groups
A Lindsay Post toast extols the influence of Women’s Associations Guilds Institutes and Circles in Canadian villages. It highlights church suppers crokinole euchre and bridge socials moving pictures lectures and dances as keystones of social life and community welfare.
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W.A
W I
Susie
Johnny
Mission Circle
Women's Association
Lindsay Post
Vibration Of Double Stars At Yerkes Observatory
Dr. Otto Struve described at the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia how close binary stars vibrate toward each other like lovers in June. He said the effect may reach distant stars, with atmospheres extending up to 180 million miles and atoms in highly excited states undergoing rapid atomic interactions.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
Otto Struve
Yerkes Observatory
University of Chicago
No Uniform Yet for Women's Auxiliary Territorial Army
Great Britain shows military fashions for women in department stores. air raid precaution units and the women's land army await official clothing. Recruiting is rapid as thousands inquire and groups form in agricultural schools and colleges across the country.
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Women's Land Army
Britain
Great Britain
Auxiliary Territorial Army
Tax Reforms Hit Unmarried Germans and an All American Coin
Unmarried men and women in Germany face a revised income tax that could take up to 55 percent of taxable income, with bachelors and unmarried workers seeing a 12 percent rise, while total tax payments must not exceed 55 percent. Dr. W B Singleton of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station has developed an all American coin, with each ear tri colored red white and blue.
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Womn
Germany
W. B. Singleton
Connecticut Agricultural Experimenttation
Cats sheath claws to protect them and muffle steps
Cats retract their claws to prevent dulling and to walk more quietly. This behavior helps keep their talons sharp for hunting and provides stealth when moving through environments or stalking prey.
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Queen Victor
Metropolitan Opera
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Anna
United States
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British Columbia
Vancouver Province
Franco
Juan Sanchez Gonzales
Porthus
Women's Institutes
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