British Professor Forecasts Rapid Transatlantic Flight
London University engineer G T R Hill told the Royal Society of Arts that airplanes may soon cross the Atlantic in a few hours at about 275 miles per hour with four passengers powered by 800 horsepower. He describes a tropopause route via the stratosphere as the future path. The piece notes Queen Mary may precede this route. A Toronto Globe aside reports on book sales, noting a publisher sold 10,000 copies with six pages omitted and only eighteen complaints, referencing Elbert Hubbard's blank book satire.
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London
New York
G. T. R. Hill
London University
Royal Society of Arts
Hill
Atlantic
Toronto
Elbert Hubbard
Toronto Globe
Oldest Indian Peocus Dies After Guiding Pioneers
Cree hunter Peocus reputedly 130 years old, claimed as oldest Canadian, died near Camrose Alta after guiding Hudson Bay explorers and voyageurs from Fort Garry toward the Rockies. Survived by son Louis and daughter Mrs Marie Rose Ladoux of Vermilion.
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Peocus
Gome
Canada
Camrose
Alta
Prairies
Hudson Bay
Father B. Beillevaire
Father Beillevaire
Canada Ranks Seventh in World Trade Volume
The League of Nations monthly bulletin at Geneva shows Canada seventh in world trade volume for last year. Great Britain led with 14.2 percent, followed by the United States Germany France Switzerland Japan and other nations. The February 1936 gold value of world commerce was 84 percent higher than February 1935.
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Canada
League of Nations
Geneva
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Switzerland
Japan
Belgium
Netherlands
India
South Africa
Australia
Argentina
Canadian poultry industry shows egg output rise in 1935
Estimates indicate 94,000 fewer egg laying hens on farms in Canada in 1935 than 1934, yet production rose by 268000 dozen eggs. The total eggs valued at 37,763,000 dollars, up 3,309,000 from 1934, with average egg value at 17 cents per dozen versus 15 cents in 1934.
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Canada
Destroyers Grafton Grenade Join Mediterranean Fleet
The Admiralty announced the new destroyers Grafton and Grenade have sailed to Gibraltar to join the Mediterranean fleet. Meanwhile destroyers Rowena, Truster and Torrid, slated for sale this year, departed the Mediterranean for home waters.
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Admiralty
Grafton
Grenade
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Rowena
Truster
Torrid
Bagpipe Noise Case Pauses as Neighbors Seek Quiet
In Wirral Cheshire England magistrates weigh limits on Allan’s bagpipe playing after summons alleging excessive noise. Adjourned twice while parties seek agreement on daily hours, with some complainants deeming even a single squeal excessive.
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Wirral
Cheshire
England
Allan
New York
Nasturtium Superdouble Delights Missouri Botanist
George Pring director of the Mis couri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis praises a new nasturtium variety. The superdouble, developed by David Burpee and William Eyster, has 50 to 60 petals and strong fragrance. It arises from 41,000 crosses between ordinary and golden gleam varieties and is sterile, propagated only by cuttings.
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George Pring
Miscouri Botannical Gardens
St. Louis
David Burpee
William Eyster
Pring
Mexico
Burpee
Eyster
Outlook Improves for Waterfowl in Central Saskatoon
The thawing snows have filled sloughs that served as hay meadows for the past five years. If spring remains reasonably wet, these wetlands may sustain duck hatchings this year. Previously drought killed thousands of young ducks when sloughs dried up before fledging. No major floods have affected the Saskatoon area.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Eye trouble often signals broader body illness says NY doctor
A New York physician notes that 60 percent of eye trouble cases are merely symptoms of problems elsewhere in the body, highlighting the need for broader medical evaluation.
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New York
Horses Shipped From Weyburn To Wisconsin
Over 300 general purpose work horses were bought by American buyers in Weyburn Saskatchewan and shipped in 17 freight cars to Black River Falls Wisconsin. A spring shortage exists in Weyburn with more sales planned despite higher prices 15 to 20 percent above last year.
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Weyburn
Sask
Black River Falls
Wisconsin
A Real Philosopher The Northampton Shoemaker James Lucey
The Northampton shoemaker James Lucey known as a friend of Calvin Coolidge is described as an average man with keen observations. He reportedly said in his basement shop that his work is below and his family above, a simple measure of contentment.
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Northampton
James Lucey
Calvin Coolidge
New York Sun
Queen Marys Garden to be landmark at Regents Park
A London project named Queen Marys Garden in Regents Park will become a premier world garden. The Ministry of Agriculture along with top British growers will showcase new varieties in borders featuring delphiniums lilies scabions lupins phloxes and Michaelmas daisies. It will also include what is hoped to be the finest rose beds in England. The effort follows a wider push by the Ministry to promote horticulture and beautification across the United Kingdom.
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England
Queen Mary's Garden
Regents Park
London
Ministry of Agriculture
British Isles
United Kingdom
Hampton Court
St. Thomas
Jiffy Knit Blouse and Skirt The Easiest Sewing Pattern
A Winnipeg pattern feature promotes a one piece knit blouse and plain knit skirt. The Jiffy Knit pattern 5530 offers drop stitch blouse and plain skirt in sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with complete instructions and materials. 20 cents requested to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Medical Missionaries Tales From Labrador Coast And Ontario Farm
A medical missionary recounts Labrador Coast service with Sir Wilfred Grenfell and describes a perilous Arctic life. In Ontario, Mrs. T. N. Tyler runs Canada’s largest goat herd near Niagara Falls with Saanens Toggenburgs and Nubians. her herd’s milk and care are highlighted along with her children raised on goat milk.
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Canada
T. N Tyler
Beaverdam's Road
Niagara Falls
Saanen
Switzerland
Tyler
Saskatcewan
British Columbia
California
Tylers
Arctic
H. L. Paddon
England
Dr. Paddon
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Ontario
Belle Isle Strait
Ungava Bay
Victims Of The Depression Called By Minister Rogers
Hon. Norman Rogers, Minister of Labor, says the victims of the depression in Canada may number in the hundreds of thousands. He notes the harsh reality of privation behind unemployment figures and praises the patience and fortitude of those enduring fear and pain beyond World War II duration.
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Norman Rogers
Labor
Canada
Will of John Downing Invalidated by Later Note
In Los Angeles the probate of John Downing is challenged by a scrawled amendment dated November 1 1930 and signed April 20 1934 declaring the earlier will null and void. The note states I was mad and confirms the later will is okay.
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Los Angeles
John Downing
John Davis Downing
O.K
Swanson Named Professor at British Columbia
Dr. Clarence O. Swanson head of geology at Michigan Tech was appointed professor of mineralogy and petrography at the University of British Columbia.
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Clarence O. Swanson
Michigan Technology School
University of British Columbia
Plans for US dirigible larger than Hamburg built
Goodyear Zeppelin Corp president Paul Litchfield said engineers drafted a dirigible larger than the Hamburg ship. The proposed airship would be 850 feet long and 145 feet in diameter, 75 feet longer than the Hindenburg, with Philadelphia, Alexandria Virginia, and Richmond Virginia named as possible American termini for transatlantic service.
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Paul W. Litchfield
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Germany
Europe
Philadelphia
Alexandria
Richmond
Curious 1600 Cambridge cows hired out free during dry periods
A note from a country rectory recalls a 1600 bequest of cows for church upkeep in Cambridge shire. The testator allowed hire at set rents but stipulated that during the cows dry period the rent would be nothing, highlighting an early remedy in farming economics.
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England
Cambridgeshire
London Spectator
Killing Time as a Poem by Walt Mason
Poem condemns those who waste or waste others time. Author Walt Mason imagines banishing time-wasters to a sea island where they can kill hours without disturbing people.
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Walt Mason
Tourists spent 28 million in Austria during 1935 season
A newspaper brief notes tourism expenditure in Austria reached 28,140,000 dollars in the 1935 season. It mentions odd courtroom dialogue about intoxication and escaping imagined crocodiles. The report links travel spending to postwar era European tourism dynamics.
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Austria
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