Wildlife fear for prairie birds and education remedy
A Regina meeting of the Fish and Game League warned that migratory birds and other feathered life in Saskatchewan are declining for years. Proposals included protected sanctuaries per township, tighter game laws, and supervised youth campaigns to teach conservation and true sportsmanship.
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Western
Ime
Canada
Regina
Saskatcces
Fish and Game League
Echewan
Wild Flowers In Canada And War History Reflections
A Canada focused piece contrasts prewar world conflicts with the 1914-18 era while warning about overharvesting native flora. It notes public education needs, calls for protection of species like trilliums, and cites U.S. laws protecting wild plants and penalizing root destruction.
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Canada
Ontario
Dominion
United States
Famous Barber Haby, Kaiser’s Private Barber, Dies
Francois Haby, 76, longtime private barber to Kaiser Wilhelm II for 26 years and travel companion, died. He invented the bayonet painted moustache the Kaiser favored before the Great War, later adopted by many admirers. The article notes a belief that the moon affected human minds.
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Francois Haby
Kaiser Withilm
Haby
Wheat Fed to Livestock In Canada Rises This Season
Canada plans heavier wheat feeding for live stock and poultry in 1937 38 with an estimated 18 938 000 bushels compared with 15 795 000 bushels in 1936 37 Provinces Ontario Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia report more wheat available for feeding this year.
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Canada
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
British Columbia
Neuritis Sufferer Finds Relief with Kruschen Salts
A reader recounts severe neuritis in the head and arm, describing months of agony and sleepless nights before relief after taking Kruschen Salts. The note attributes the condition to intestinal stasis and uric acid crystals, noting Kruschen dissolves crystals and aids natural elimination.
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Kruschen
English geologist Manning returns from Arctic exploration
North Thomas H. Manning arrives at Chesterfield Inlet 225 miles north of Churchill from Southampton Island after wintering there for exploration. He plans to return to the island then proceed to Baffin Bay for two years of work and will receive supplies from the RMS Nascopie at Cape Dorset this summer. Manning led four young English scientists into the Canadian Arctic in 1936.
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Thomas H. Manning
Chesterfield Inlet
Churchill
Man
Southampton Island
Chesterfield
Baffin Bay
RMS
Nascopie
Cape Dorset
Manning
Canadian Arctic
Queen Mary's Coronation Diary Presented in Toronto
Miss Jean Black received a book Coronation Cavalcade and a personal Queen Mary letter at the Royal York hotel in Toronto. Nova Scotia education chief Dr Henry F Munro presented the volume to Vaughan Road Collegiate’s fifth form student. Ontario students attended the presentation as Richard Graybiel, son of Windsor Daily Star’s GM, won the boys diary prize.
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Jean Black
Henry F. Munro
Nova Scotia
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Queen Mary
Miss Black
Vaughan Road Collegiate
Desert sleeper buses travel Damascus to Baghdad
New sleeper buses span the Syrian Desert from Damascus to Baghdad in 15 hours over 600 miles. They are air conditioned and sandproof with three inches of insulation and stainless sealed walls to resist extreme temperatures from zero to 145 degrees.
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Syrian Desert
Damascus
Baghdad
Daladier Expands French Armed Forces and Naval Build Up
Premier Edouard Daladier orders manpower increases across all French armed forces and colonies. The decree authorizes rapid naval expansion with two battleships, a cruiser, seven submarines, 24 000 tons of auxiliary craft and five oilers, plus motorization of remaining foot units and more horses for North Africa mobilization.
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France
Edouard Daladiver
National Defence
Navy Ministry
Daladier
Lebrun
North Africa
Scientific marvels on display at University of Michigan open house
The University of Michigan showcased devices like a 30 000 rpm cutting wood with paper discs high speed turbines and a millionth inch precision instrument. Exhibits included the Otto Langdon 1870 one cylinder engine fired by pilot flame, noted as a forerunner of the modern automobile.
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University of Michigan
Otto- Langdon
Canada poised to supply RAF with efficient fighting planes
Sir William Alexander said in Quebec that Canada is well equipped to produce efficient fighting planes. He boarded the Empress of Australia for the British Isles and noted Canada as a likely place for Britain to build planes for the Royal Air Force.
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Canada
William Alexander
Quebec
British Isles
England
William
Britain
Royal Air Force
New Twist in Dentistry Debuts Twilight Sleep Method
Dr James F Hanegan of New York demonstrated a twilight sleep technique at the New Jersey Dental Society meeting in Atlantic City. A randomized boy patient remained conscious and able to speak while his nerve undines were asleep under regulated nitrous oxide and oxygen.
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New Jersey Dental Society
Atlantic City
James F. Hanegan
New York
Hanegan
Canadian Airways Norseman Sets Skis Wheels Floats Flight Record
A unique aviation record is claimed for Canadian Airways Goldfields Express Norseman. In under 10 hours the aircraft completed a final Goldfields sortie using skis wheels and floats on different landing gear.
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Canadian Airways
Goldfields Express
Norseman
Goldfields
Venus and Mercury Distances and Sizes Compared
Venus lies about twice as far from the sun as Mercury and closely matches Earth in size. The comparison highlights Venus as a sister planet in mass and scale while orbiting farther from the sun.
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Venus
Mercury
Earth
More Expensive Wrapper For Butter In Aluminum Foil
The Montreal Provision Trades Association decides to charge a premium for Canadian butter wrapped in aluminum foil. The new wrapper costs twice the current covering, but producers are urged to adopt it to raise appreciation and intrinsic value.
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Montreal Provision Trades Association
Board of Trade
Principle and timing: quips on income and boxing
A witty comment contrasts a man with two million income lacking principle with a cynic’s jab. The second remark notes the ten second gap between a vertical and a horizontal boxer, signaling a humorous take on speed and integrity.
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