Newfoundland to host America’s first trans Atlantic air terminal
Newfoundland near Botwood and St Johns hosts a British Imperial Airways project to build a major air base with four runways and seaplane facilities. About 350 workers clear a square mile for runways, hangars, radio and meteorological stations. Two runways may be ready for tests next spring as trans Atlantic flights begin.
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America
Newfoundland
Botwood
St. John's
Hattie
Newfoundland Railway
Reid
Gander Lake
Imperial Airways
British Air Ministry
Canada
United States
Neo
Ocean Airway
Thatcher wheat shows hardy rust resistant qualities in Sask grain trial
A Sinnett Saskatchewan woman planted Thatcher wheat sample on May 16 1936. The crop survived a heavy trampling by a horse and a pruning by a cow and turkeys that feasted on the ripe grain. By August 10 it ripened and the gardener plans to save about 5000 kernels for seed to test under normal conditions.
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Thatcher
Sinnett, Sask
Airplane Ski Found on Savary Island Beach
A 10 foot airplane ski bearing the nameplate FU-2.291A was found on Savary Island 75 miles north of Vancouver. Landing gear attachment was missing but the ski remained undamaged and likely stayed in the water for some time.
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Savary Island
B.C
Vancouver
Governor General Sneaks Underground Visit At Sudbury Mine
A Sudbury Frood Mine official spill reveals Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada, is underground during a visit. A reporter asked which level he works on and was told the question was misinterpreted, highlighting the secrecy of the royal tour.
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Sudbury
Lord Tweedsmuir
Canada
Big Mine
Time Office
New Idea For Holidays From Dr Alfred Cox
Dr Alfred Cox, general secretary of the British Health Resorts Association, urged at the Institute of Hygiene that holidays should be distributed by work burden. He argued the hardest workers deserve longer breaks and proposed holidays in bed for the idle rich who do little to earn leisure. He noted many people lack sufficient sleep.
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Alfred Cox
British Health Resorts Association
Institute of Hygiene
Cox
Seedy visitor Hector arrives for a brief stay
The wife breaks the news of her brother Hector coming to stay for a few days. He appears seedy and unsettles the household. The piece also notes a camel hump myth and a jokey definition of an osteopath.
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Hector
Beauty Joins Economy in Crochet Pattern Book Absence
A note indicates no pattern book by Alice Brooks titled Beauty Joins Economy in crochet has been published. The item highlights missing patterns, suggesting publication delays or cancellation.
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Alice Brooks
Conference to study unwarrantable intrusion in private family affairs
A British conference sponsored by the Institute of Journalists and others will study unwarrantable intrusion by newspapers into private family matters. The Worlds Press News notes mixed reactions in Fleet Street, with debate over pooling views versus citing past resolutions and the variability of human interest stories.
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Institute of Journalists
The
National Union of Journalists
Newspaper Proprietors’ Association
Newspaper Society
Britain
Worlds Press News
Fleet Street
Effectively Censored Sinclair Lewis Story on Fame
Sinclair Lewis, age 52, tells of censorship as he recalls a voyage to England. A passenger elderly lady reading his novel threw it into the sea in a dramatic display of disdain. The report also notes Mont Blanc’s location as largely French territory rather than Swiss.
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Sinclair Lewis
Germany
England
Mont Blanc
Alps
Switzerland
Pet cemetery in Canada reports souls of dogs
Mrs. Victor Blochin runs Happy Woodland near Aurora Ontario the only pet cemetery in Canada She claims pets spirits continue after death and have been seen by herself and other dogs The cemetery has over 100 well kept graves with many inscriptions wreaths and photographs of spirits visitors travel from Toronto and beyond to view specific graves
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Victor Blochin
Canada
Aurora
Ontario
Blochin
Toronto
Salesman Promises Last Word Radio Set
A salesman touts a radio as the last word while a skeptical customer agrees to take it on approval to test it with his wife.
Deaf and Dumb People Learn to Dance by Watching Couples
By observing hearing couples, deaf and dumb individuals learn to move in sync with music, using visual cues to time their steps. The method relies on imitation of pace and rhythm through sight rather than sound.
Color Blind Cats See a World of Gray
A concise note observes that cats perceive colors differently, living in a grayscale-like vision. It notes how this sensory detail shapes their behavior and environment.
British Agriculturist Advises Poultry Farmers on Egg Yolk Shades
A British agronomist notes colors in yolks can be adjusted by diet, with foods like clover cabbage and beetroot shifting yolk hues. The Ministry of Agriculture broadcasts methods to achieve desired yolk tones, while shell color remains easily altered by care.
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British Color Council
Loni Derby
United States Bureau of Standards
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry
Blind student earns law degree at Michigan
Mandino Perlango, 28, Italian born and blind since childhood, graduates from University of Michigan Law School becoming the second blind graduate in the college's history. He studied via braille notes, oral readings, and typed exams, after an honor degree from Michigan State College in 1931 and prior piano and craftsman skills.
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University of Michigan Law School
Mandino Perlango
Common Pleas
Ned Smith
Detroit
University of Michigan
Perlongo
Michigan State College
No War Is Inevitable Says Manchester Mayor
Joseph Toole Lord Mayor of Manchester declares war is not inevitable and cites past three thousand wars as seeds of future conflict. He urges plain folk on both sides of Europe to prevent war and holds blundering statesmen responsible. Russia reportedly producing tartaric acid from grapevines.
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Joseph Toole
Manchester
Europe
The Dog Star Sirius and a Hidden Stellar Puppy
Readers learn Sirius, the Dog Star, is near Earth and accompanied by a faint companion star. The article explains the companion is only one thirtieth the Sun’s diameter yet nearly as heavy as it would weigh a ton per matchbox of the dense material. Physicists still cannot identify such density from known elements.
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Sirius
Paradise
Kensal Green
Averages Deceived In Speech On A Mysterious Illness
In London Sir Thomas In skip, minister for the co ordination of defence, warned against relying on averages. He cited a Health Ministry blue book about a supposed disease said to affect people with an average age of 45. Doctors knew nothing, then it emerged only a one year old baby and a 96 year old man had the ailment.
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Thomas Inskip
London
Ministry of Health
Old man swallows six pills in youth fable twist
A man paid a large sum for a fountain of youth cure, received six pills to take daily for six days, but ingested all at once. His family struggled to wake him the next morning and he muttered he would not go to school.
Tailor argues for three suits for three businesses
A tailor contends a man needs three business suits if he runs multiple ventures, while a writer notes few Varsity girls marry and hints that degrees alone do not guarantee husbands.
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