The Park Lane Mystery
Inspector Carlton and Inspector Elk piece together a London case linking the Rata Syndicate to a rubber market crash engineered by a group led by Lee Hertz Jo Klein and Philip Serrett. A fire at rubber stores in New York and a Paris sighting trail propel a chase toward a locked bed room at Fotheringay Mansions No 637.
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Elk
Rata Syndicate
Westshire House
Old Broad Street
City of London
New York
Wall Street
Rata
Lee Hertz
Lee
United International Rubber Compaq
Rata Syndicate, Inc
Scotland Yard
Jo Klein
Philip Serrett
London
United International
Paris
United
Jim
Bird
Harlow
Toronto
Rio
Calcutta
Jim Carlton
Makes Its Own Gas Makes Its Own Gas
Jim visits a peculiar flat tied to Arthur Ingle alias Jackson and discovers a secret lumber room with a hidden floor and a perilous balcony. Miss Rivers explains the layout while a clue about Ingle’s identity surfaces, leading to a tense moment as she fears exposure.
Uncertain visitor and inspector at the flat doorway
A girl standing in a doorway explains she is there to collect her uncle Jackson's letters each Thursday, while two cleaners work in the flat. She admits she cannot call the police due to unnamed reasons as Inspector Elk eyes an engraving in the corridor. Jim Carlton introduces Elk as a friend and dismisses him as a factor.
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Miss Rivers
Arthur Ingle
Jim
Ingle
Jackson
Inspector Elk
Jim Carlton
Elk
It All Depends H C Ferraby in The Navy
On a snow covered quayside a naval officer recounts 26 days at sea with a 44 hour bridge shift and two near crashes. He notes the ship is frozen and a war is ongoing, while awaiting fresh orders at a railway waiting room.
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Don
War Science Experts Claim Allied Lead In War Science
London reports say British scientists assert clear advantage over Germany in early war months. They dispute German advances in new war chemistries and gas, noting British organic chemists are premier and no new poison gas exists. Sicily described as the Mediterranean’s largest island with dense settlement.
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1914
London
Hitler
Duncan named acting deputy minister of defence aviation
The Massey Harris executive James S Duncan becomes acting associate Deputy Minister of National Defence in charge of aviation. He will organize the British Commonwealth Air Training Scheme with Britain Australia New Zealand and Canada. Duncan formerly served in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers in World War I and led a hazardous recovery of Massey Harris equipment at Arras under shellfire.
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James S. Duncan
Massey-Harris Company
National Defence
Canada
Duncan
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Portsmouth
England
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Engineers
Arras
Toronto Globe and Mail
London notes on Ribbentrop’s early Royal Court gestures
The Ottawa Journal’s London correspondent recalls Von Ribbentrop’s first Buckingham Palace salute to King George and his later snubs by Mayfair. It also cites a West End dinner paneled by royal guests praising Nazism and a diplomatic misstep sending German invitations. The Japanese Embassy’s reply in Japanese amused onlookers.
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London
Ottawa Journal
von Ribbentrop
Germany
St. James
Buckingham Palace
George
Mayfair
West End
Ribbentrop
Churchill
Wartime plan to recruit schoolboys for farming harvests
The Ministry of Agriculture plans holiday land army camps to train town school boys for farm work this summer. Thousands of evacuated cockneys and public school lads will be recruited to replace men who left the land for fighting or armaments work.
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Britain
Ministry of Agriculture
Admiral Farragut dialogue on Charleston failure and a nesting dove
A wartime exchange between Admiral Farragut and Dupont jokes about why ironclads failed to reach Charleston. The quip centers on disbelief rather than crooked channels or horrendous firing. Separately natur alists explain mourning dove nests reflect poor bill and foot adaptation for nesting.
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Farragut
Dupont
Charleston
New Telephone Directory Ready for Distribution
The Peterborough Examiner notes 278000 directories prepared in Toronto with 160 men and 15 trucks a week for delivery. It lists 77400 new or changed entries, hinting many moved to justify updates. Also mentions widespread May relocations in Montreal and Exeter resident Mary Elizabeth Sweet Easterbrook passing at 72 in the same home.
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The
Peterborough Examiner
Toronto
George Easterbrook
Exeter
Ont
Mary Elizabeth Sweet
Florrie Forde Dies at 65 Former Music Hall Star
Florrie Forde a long time music hall favorite and the woman who introduced Tipperary the marching tune for the British Tommy died after entertaining patients at a naval hospital in Aberdeen Scotland She sang Tipperary to crowds in 1913 and the song soon spread among soldiers worldwide.
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Florrie Forde
Tommy
Aberdeen
Scotland
Florrie
Britain
Effective Phrases For All Occasions from Home Service
A 32 page booklet offers ready phrases for social and business situations. It suggests greetings, polite inquiries, and follow up lines to keep conversations smooth and leave favorable impressions. Also advertised are other small guides on topics from dogs to ballroom dancing and language basics. The Rocky Mountain goat note appears as a separate trivia line.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Italy's 18-Year-Old Inventor Builds Pedal Auto
Mar cello Creti, an 18 year old from Italy, built a pedal powered car called a pedaflauto using avional. The vehicle travels 35 to 40 mph and carries two people. Mussolini era self sufficiency themes influence its design and usage at the Rome exposition. The commissioner plans to construct several units for the fair grounds with potential mass production around $150 per unit.
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Italy
Marcello Creti
Creti
Benito Mussolini
Avional
Gems and quotations on faith and action
A collection of timeless statements from Zwingli Lincoln Mary Baker Eddy Binney Cowper and George MacDonald. The lines urge aligning with God's will doing good and trusting truth to guide life. They reflect moral reflection and spiritual encouragement.
Exchange Offer Turns to Condensed Milk in Far East
During military hostilities in the Far East a negotiating envoy offered four colonels for a captured general. The offer was refused and eight majors were proposed. After careful consideration the exchange was deemed unacceptable and the parties settled on demanding two dozen tins of condensed milk.
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Far East
Oldest Existing Watch? Saxon Pocket Sundial Found
A gold and silver Saxon pocket sundial, claimed as the oldest watch, was discovered two feet underground in a Canterbury garden. It remains scarcely tarnished, noted as a remarkable timepiece of antiquity.
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Canterbury
England
In Spain 80 Percent of People Engaged in Agriculture
The report notes that eighty percent of Spain's population is employed in agriculture, reflecting a heavy rural economy. It cites agricultural labor as the dominant occupation among Spaniards, with regional variations in farming activity and output.
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Spain
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Ledger Syndicate
Inspector Fak
Police
Eric
Carlton
Havana
Mr. Carlton
Public Prosecutor's Office
Gordon
Stratford Harlow
Harlows
America
Elke
Ratas
Jie
Ellenburg
Eerie
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO. Ltd
Dept.w.n
Ivols
Piskhem
H. C. Ferraby
Navy
Lon
Sicily
Mediterranean
Europe
Ontario
Montreal
Tipperary
Home Service
Pedaiauto
God
Zwinglt
Lincoln
Mary Baker Eddy
Binney
Cowper
George Macdonald
W. L. MacKenzie & CO. Ltd
Bennatyne Ave
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