Scientists Invite Us to Enlarge Our Universe Concept
Late news from astronomy reports Dr. Erwin P. Hubble of Mt Wilson Observatory claims the universe is a finite sphere about six billion light years across containing 500 trillion nebulae and units far brighter and heavier than the sun. He says space ends beyond six billion light years and matter must exist for space to exist, suggesting vast unseen galaxies beyond.
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Washington
Erwin P. Hubble
Mt Wilcom Observatory
Jeans
Eddington
Maikan
Ar Hubble
Dr. Hubbie
Hubble
Corning
N.Y
Christian Science Monitor
Credit Advertising Drives Value for Canada Cycle Firm
At the April board meeting J W Gibson vice president credited a liberal newspaper advertising policy with helping the Canada Cycle and Motor Company beat the slump. He said years of careful advertising built a lasting trademark making the C C M more valuable than its plant and equipment.
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Canada Cycle and Motor Company, Limited
J. W. Gibson
C.C.M
Brantford Expositor
Cathode Ray Oscilloscope Demonstrated in Denver
R C Jensen of Schenectady New York demonstrated a cathode ray oscilloscope to the Colorado Society of Engineers in Denver. The device makes sound waves visible as moving pictures of the human voice using a pencil of green light. It is intended for testing the quality of sounds broadcast from the station.
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Denver
R C. Jensen
Schenectady
N.Y
Colorado Society of Engineers
Rare Neolithic Pot Found In Manitoba Museum
A unique Neolithic clay pot, dating from early civilization, was found near Hartney Manitoba and is now held by the Manitoba museum in Winnipeg. Curator Harry Rand notes its simple crude form and outward curved lip designed to carry flames, indicating early organized communal life in the prairie region.
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Manitoba Museum
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Hartney
Manitoba
W. D. Magwood
Harry Rand
Ontario
Mississippi
Missouri
Sporty three-piece pattern for shirts shorts and skirt
The ad promotes pattern No. 782 offering a shirt and shorts with a detachable skirt designed for tennis camp hiking and beach wear. It lists fabrics such as pique seersucker and gingham and notes sizes 10 to 18 with material yardage and a 20 cent price in stamps or coin.
Survey on what interests University of Chicago women readers
A University of Chicago business school survey shows women readers favor page one features over bridge lessons and foreign news. Editorials outrank crime news. cartoons lead with 83 percent interest, fashion 78 percent, comics 68 percent, health 44 percent, letters 47 percent, while foreign news trails at 8 percent.
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School of Business
The
University of Chicago
Canada
United States
Birmingham plan to mail bicycles under Post Office rules
A Birmingham England manufacturer outlines a mail order scheme to ship bicycles by parcel post. The plan distributes the machine’s parts in five packages and follows Post Office Department regulations with printed assembly instructions for home building.
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Birmingham
England
Post Office Department
Farmers Chief Reflects on Farm Prices and Hardship
Liberal-Progressive MP Rev John Livingstone Brown of Lisgar Manitoba recalls constituents who say by spring they will be the fattest and raggedest men in the country. He explains surplus produce cannot be sold at prices to buy clothing and necessities, despite ample food. from the Lethbridge Herald.
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John Livingstone Brown
Lisgar
Manitoba
House of Commons
Mr. Brown
West
Lethbridge Herald
B C Shipping Hay to Straits Settlements
Vancouver ships hay as a new commodity to Straits Settlements. The first consignment has gone forward recently. Previously B C exports include milk fish plant foods flour butter apples and other fruits to various regions.
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Straits Settlements
Vancouver
B.C
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australasia
South America
Java
Hawaii
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Canada Introduces Regulations for Commercial Poultry Hatcheries
Canada enacts new hatchery rules after expert reports on infectious bronchitis. Five provinces adopt the policy with Dominion oversight to ensure eggs come from provincially approved flocks and hatchery advertising is vetted. aim is improved chick quality and industry safeguards.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Prince of Wales Crafts Delights with Needlework Paperweight
The Prince of Wales, celebrated for needlework, crafted a petit point paperweight mounted in silver as a gift for the Queen. It bears the initials M. R. and E. P. with the date 1932, inspired by an Elizabethan Wind sor Castle design. The piece travels to a London needlework exhibition, with royal peers showing similar textile interests at home.
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Prince of Wales
Petit Point
M. R
E. P
Windsor Castle
Duke of York
Lord Harewood
Princess Royal
London
Regal barley seen as most promising in the west
Regal barley leads in testing among smooth-owned barleys from Dominion experimental farms and others, but none yet proven as most desirable after limited testing. Regal appears the most promising variety in the western region.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
West
New Non Sparking Alloy Claims Superior Hardness
A new beryllium copper alloy is described as non sparking in all conditions and hard enough to cut steel. The metal is noted as valuable for mining and other fields with high explosion risk from tool sparks.
Knew His Flowers A Florist Thief Named Teddy
Teddy the florist thief prowls Boston shops at dawn pulling withered carnations from vases with his teeth. A quirky note claims he ensures only fresh blooms appear while chaser Mr Ripley keeps watch. Oil from ancient giant turtles aged 250 to 700 years is now refined for cosmetics.
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Mr. Ripley
Teddy
Boston
Cuttlefish Raises Alarm With Long Arms
A mysterious cuttlefish displays extraordinarily long arms capable of wrapping around a whale. Scientists observe unusual flexibility and strength in its unique limb span, provoking curiosity about its hunting and defense strategies in deep waters.
Argentina Deploys Iron Sheeting to Halt Locust Invasion
Argentina orders hundreds of miles of smooth galvanized iron sheeting to form walls across the country to stop locust swarms. The project costs 2.5 million dollars for materials plus hundreds of thousands for construction. The plan targets crawler locusts before wings develop, using a slick barrier and rakes to push insects into pits for destruction.
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Argentina
Canadian Oath Of Allegiance Gets Third Reading
The House of Commons passed the Oath of Allegiance Act simplifying the oath to align with Britain and empire usage. The new form pledges faith to His Majesty King George the Fifth and successors, replacing the former lengthy oath that spoke of defending the king against traitorous conspiracies.
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House of Commons
United Kingdom
Empire
George the Fifth
Radium Rains Down in Thunderstorms Reported
G. R. Wait and A. G. McNish of the Carnegie Institution of Washington report at the American Geophysical Union meeting that radium is carried aloft by updrafts into storm clouds and rains down to the earth, concentrating during thunderstorms.
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Washington
American Geophysical Union
G. R. Wait
A. G. McNish
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Cunard Liner 534 to be Christened by Queen
The Cunard liner 534 likely to bear the Queen Mary name and be christened by the Queen at its launching on September 26 in the King’s presence. It is believed the Queen has approved the suggestion that the vessel be named after her.
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Hubbie
Mt. Wilson
W. KF
Prairies
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Towa
Hpro
Otto Yulevitch
Troyarovsky
B.C. Shipping Hay
North America
W. R. Hinshaw
California College of Agriculture At
Berkeley
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