Empire Defence Drive Highlights Britain Raw Materials Push
Britain’s defence program centers on securing raw materials with private industry to back government efforts in shipyards machine shops and construction camps. Trinidad is eyed as an oil hub while fears of iron and steel shortages prompt talk of cheaper pig iron imports and possible industry controls. The Clyde see naval tonnage growth. airdrome construction may get priority to extend employment and curb slums as Building Industries National Council offers labor and material planning help.
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Britain
Eaw
John Cachiman
Trinidad
British Isles
Dominions
Venezuela
Clyde
Belfast
Avoir
Building Industries National Council
Western film to shoot Timber in Prince Albert park
M G M plans a Timber production in Prince Albert National Park this summer with Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur headlining. Cameraman Bob Lightner leads a crew bound for the park to film background shots, awaiting June arrivals and possible further location changes for snow. Phyllis Gordon Demarest and her mother Estelle Demarest are among the first to arrive.
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Prince Albert National Park
Gary Cooper
Jean Arthur
M-G-M
Bob Lightner
Cooper
Miss Arthur
Place Lightner
Phyllis Gordon Demarest
Estelle Demarest
Saskatoon
Star-Phoenix
Village encounter with two men chasing a motorist
A motorist asks directions from a village elder who, after reaching the village end, sees the elder pursued by another man. The pursuer calls out and identifies himself as Charlie Buffle. The elder admits he too does not know the distant town.
Moscow to Host 90-Piece Wind Instrument Orchestra
Moscow plans a wind instrument orchestra of 90 players as a cultural initiative. Canada reported 1935 fish exports valued at 24,435,000 dollars, reflecting robust maritime trade.
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Moscow
Canada
Uses Of Cocoanut Palm Ceylon Arboreal Pooh-Bah
The article lists 20,000,000 cocoanut palms in Ceylon and a cocoanut research group detailing diverse uses. Natives eat the meat and drink the milk. desiccated meat decorates cakes and remedies dogs. Copra yields oil for soap margarine and candles. Shells imitate hoofbeats in theatres or become charcoal for gas masks. Fibre makes ropes brushes doormats carpets and upholstery. Leaves yield fans baskets brooms thatch and lobster-traps. Trunk supplies fuel and porcupine wood for building and carvings. Roots boiled coffee or roasted into tooth powder. Young bud called palm cabbage. Unopened flower juice yields toddy boiled into sugar or distilled into arack. An arboreal Pooh-Bah.
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Ceylon
New York Times
Gas mask fittings spark new atomic age exhibition
London visitors at a Marylebone air raid precaution exhibit learn to wear elastic fitments over or with spectacles to seal gas masks. The show promotes home gasproofing with a model family shelter stocked with food and entertainment for all ages.
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Marylebone
Luxurious Flying Hotel Hindenburg Sets Airship Records
The Hindenburg, 803 feet long and powered by four 1,000 horsepower engines, was a flying hotel style airship with a 15 ton payload and a 156 foot promenade. It featured luxurious interiors, a fully equipped kitchen, and space for cars or light airplanes, with a sister ship under construction.
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Hindenburg
Lakehurst
Frankfort
Poultry Outlook Sees Possible Egg Shortage This Fall
Canada faces a potential egg shortage from September to January as producers are urged to hatch and raise more chicks this spring. Higher feed costs and rising prices may push egg and poultry prices higher, with England importing more market poultry from Canada as export volumes reach new highs.
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Canada
England
North America
Great Britain
King's Mastiffs and Falcons Executed as Traitors
A New York Sun note recalls Henry VII executing animals deemed traitors. Four English mastiffs reportedly hanged after overpowering a lion, and a falcon killed for facing an eagle. The incidents are described as symbolic warnings to rebels.
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Henry VII
England
Miss Strickland
New York Sun
Farmers Invent Motorist Gate in New Zealand
Two Wellington farmers unveil a motorist gate that lowers when a car approaches and rises after passage. A second device triggers the gate to slide back into place, offering a smooth barrier system. Bolivia and Paraguay lack coastlines or seaports.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Flower Basket Quilt Pattern From Scrap Fabrics
This item advertises a simple quilt pattern named Flower Basket. It includes a Block Chart, finished block illustration, color schemes, step-by-step directions, and exact yardage. Order pattern 5848 for 20 cents by mailing to Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Mellon Institute Dedicates $6 Million Building in Pittsburgh
The Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh unveils a nine story Greek temple exterior and 322 laboratories hosting 185 current scientists and 777 predecessors. The facility supports climate controlled experiments, vacuum, steam, gas, and water systems, with a $4006 average annual salary and a record of 669 patents and 650 processes. It honors Andrew W. Mellon and Richard M. Mellon as founders.
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Mellon Institute
Pittsburgh
Tropics
Arctic
Sahara
Institute
United States
Andrew W. Mellon
Richard M. Mellon
Canada Calling campaign boosts Canadian food sales in UK
The federal drive in the United Kingdom promotes Canadian foods with strong results in recent months. UK centres report 20 to 100 percent weekly increases year over year and Scotland’s largest wholesaler sees salmon sales up 163 percent. Demand for hams canned milk vegetables and lobster strains supply amid ongoing promotion. Brandon Sun.
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United Kingdom
Canada
Scotland
Brandon Sun
Best Friend Nation Liked by Americans in IP0 Poll
A nationwide Institute of Public Opinion poll marks the twentieth anniversary of U S entry into World War I showing Great Britain as the most liked European nation with 55 percent support. France and Germany follow with 11 and 8 percent respectively. Other results include Ireland Finland and Italy each under 5 percent.
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Institute of Public Opinion
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Britain
Finland
Ireland
Italy
Switzerland
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Greece
Holland
Us.s.r
Russia
Unusual marital name continuity noted in Leek
A widow Mrs Barker of Leek Staffordshire kept her not changed name after two marriages. She left the church second time as Mrs Barker, her late husband’s brother was the bridegroom. Her surname stayed Barker since before her first marriage. A California scientist states solar flames leap 20000 miles per minute and reach 1000000 miles high.
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California
Fisheries Employment Across Canada in 1935
Canada’s Fisheries provided work for over 85,000 in 1935 with 70,600 in primary operations catching and landing fish. About 15,000 in canning and curing plants including salt fish and shellfish processing. Atlantic Coast employed 56,650, with 2,500 in freshwater. BC employed just over 17,000. freshwater outside Quebec and New Brunswick totaled about 750 men.
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Canada
British Columbia
Dominion
Pacific
Atlantic
Quebec
New Brunswick
Old Ash Dump Supplies Road Material in Coalhurst
An abandoned colliery ash dump near Coalhurst Alberta has smouldered for two decades and now provides road building material as hundreds of tons of ash are spread on the highway to Kipp. Steam and smoke linger briefly after dumping. Photographs from the 1897 Andree polar expedition were not developed until 1930.
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Yukon Territories
British Columbia
Great Lakes
King
Yukon
Alberta
Pacific Coast
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prairie
West
Parliament Hill
Duff Pattulio
Dominion
Yukon Territory
Vancouver
B.C
Pattullo
Financial Post
Coalhurst
Alta
Kipp
Andree
Polar
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Selkirks
Charlie Buffle
London
Occidental
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Paraguay
Alice Brooks
Wortd
Riage
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