Submarine Race Leads World Naval Modernization Effort
The 1938 British admiralty returns show Italy with 81 submarines under construction and 24 more on the way, leading global numbers as the arms race accelerates. Italy also expands minor war vessels while Britain, France, and Germany increase submarine builds and antiaircraft defenses to counter future air threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Admiralty
Soviet
Russia
Italy
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Australia wireless licenses pass one million mark
H. P. Brown reports more than 1,000,000 radio sets operate in Australia with a $4 annual license on each receiver. He notes 62 percent of homes own a wireless set, especially in metropolitan areas, and that over half the license revenue funds government national station broadcasts.
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Australia
H. P. Brown
Posts and Telegraphs
United States
Denmark
Great Britain
Sweden
New Zealand
Mr. Brown
Australian Press Bureau
Victoria and Albert film planned in technicolor
Herbert Wilcox will begin a companion film to Victoria the Great starring Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria and Anton Walliock as Prince Consort. It covers from the royal wedding to Victoria's death, with the entire story photographed in technicolor.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria the Great
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle
Anton Walliock
Prince Consort
Osborne House
Victoria and Albert
Henry VIII
Wilcox
Nelson
London Times
Oldest Indian couple claims world record for longevity
Sir Temulji Bhhaur Nariman, the oldest practising physician in India, and Lady Nariman are announced as the oldest married couple in the world after an 89 year marriage. They wed at age five under an old Indian custom, a fact noted as astonishing by observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Sir Temulji Bhhaur Nariman
Lady Nariman
Pronouncing Eire in London Debates and Dialect Divides
London columnists debate how to pronounce Eire after Ireland’s name change to the Irish Free State. Officials and commentators offer forms like Airah, Air-ay, Eera-ra, and Fairy, while Alfred Duff Cooper asserts Erie remains plain Ireland.
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London
House of Commons
M.P
London Daily Telegraph
John Bull
Alfred Duff Cooper
The
Admiralty
Erie
Ireland
Sweden
Sverige
Deutschland
World Poultry Congress Promises Broad International Involvement
At the first semi annual meeting of the general committee the seventh World Poultry Congress set for Cleveland in July August 1939. Fred C. Elford Canada Special Poultry Commissioner urged early planning to allow full international participation. Canada will actively participate as in past congresses.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fred C. Elford
Canada
General Executive Board
Ottawa
Mr. Elford
Sailors From Pacific Island Return To Civilization
A group of shipwrecked sailors rescued after years on a Pacific island are being brought back to civilization. The men endure hardships with stoicism as they adjust to life ashore under medical and logistical support.
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Pacific
Antelope conservationist Edgar McHugh dies at Nemisham ranch
Alberta rancher Edgar McHugh who saved pronghorns during the 1907 winter died at his Nemisham area ranch after a long career in conservation. He founded Nemisham Antelope Park, supervised 10 000 acres, and helped the species recover with yearly releases and careful stocking. About 300 antelopes remain in the park with populations growing outside the reserve.
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Alberta
Edgar McHugh
Nemisham
Nemiskam Park
McHugh
Calgary
Queen Mary Visits Drapers Hall Child Centre Display
Queen Mary visited Drapers Hall to view a fortieth anniversary display by children from London play centres. The Queen, a supporter of the play centre movement, champions activities for children in poorer crowded districts.
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Queen Mary
Drapers Hall
London
Blue wrapping paper keeps linen from yellowing in laundries
The text notes that blue wrapping paper is used in laundries to prevent linen yellowing and mentions a theoretical photograph of heavenly objects 500 million light years away.
Wool Campaign Aims To Boost South African Wool Use
The South African wool council allocates 50000 from producer funds to advertise wool in press posters and mailings. The effort, part of an international push against synthetics, seeks to increase wool consumption among South Africans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
South African Wool Council
St. Thomas
Land Grants Question on 1870 Manitoba Probed in Commons
Leslie Mutch asks if an 1870 order in council granted land to every child born in the area that became Manitoba. Crerar says no such order existed. grants of 240 acres to half breed children were set by the Manitoba Act 1870 and orders in council of 1871 and 1873, applicable when Manitoba joined Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Mutch
Winnipeg South
Manitoba
House of Commons
Crerar
Canada
Smart Pull-ons Crocheted Gauntlets Pattern 6057
Crochet pattern 6057 provides instructions for gloves in small medium and large sizes with materials and stitch illustrations. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg for reproduction. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
New Regulations Require Archaeological Specimens To Be Retained In Canada
New rules end finders keepers for Eskimo ruin digs in Canada's Northwest Territories. Archaeological specimens must be submitted to the Dominion government, with National Museum ownership for required items and rest returned to the finder for permanent deposition in a public institution. The commissioner may permit limited retention for scientific reporting.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Dominion
National Museum of Canada
League of Nations
Council of the
Commissioner of the Territories
Council of the Northwest Territories
Hospital room rates in Canada show modest profits
Canadian hospitals report average daily charges of 5.01 for private rooms, 2.79 for semi private, and 1.98 for public wards, with an overall per patient per day cost of 3.23 and a net deficit except for private room revenue, noting a 36 percent rise over 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Poison Fog Sweeps Meuse Valley Averted by Bonfires
Soldiers and villagers built a chain of bonfires in the Death Valley of the Meuse to disperse a poisonous fog similar to a 1930 outbreak that killed 63 people. In Liege area on December 4 1930 a heavy yellow fog from suspected wartime gas or swamp fumes choked villages and cattle for three days. In England the government lists 162 922 factories and 83 110 workshops.
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Death Valley
Meuse
Wometn
Liege
Royal Warrants Tightened for Royal Households
The King will issue Royal Warrants only to suppliers of the royal household at 145 Piccadilly and Buckingham Palace. Warrants will be granted after a two year satisfaction probation. Queen Mary has pruned the list, and shop by shop effort will let former George V holders display the Royal Arms with a purple signed note.
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Piccadilly
Buckingham Palace
London Daily Sketch
Mary
George V
Lord Cromer
Central Bank Aims at Stabilizing Economy in Canada
Graham F. Towers governor of the Bank of Canada told the Montreal Junior Board of Trade that a central bank must prevent disequilibrium by managing currency and credit. He said the bank should stimulate business when confidence is weak and restrain activity during boom conditions to avoid a boom or bust.
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Graham F. Towers
Bank of Canada
Montreal
Real Expert Describes FDR Fireside Chat Timing
A radio executive notes that President Roosevelt can light a cigarette during a fireside chat and smoke to the end without missing a syllable or disturbing the speech’s timing.
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F. D. Roosevelt
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Melba
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Alberta Rancher
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Manchester Guardian
Belgmmm
England
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