British Colonization Plans Shift Focus to Central British Columbia
A British report on Western Canada explores small farmers in Central British Columbia as a profitable option for British settlement under present conditions. It notes potential gains, questions prairie feasibility, and urges a strong British stock base while monitoring the Central British Columbia project for lessons and possible expansion.
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British Columbia
West
Sir Henry Page Croft
RS Dalgnesh
Western Canada
Prairie Provinces
Prairie
Prairies
East
Widely Read Statements Of Loyalty Across Nations
The Detroit Free Press notes Stalin’s vast global reach with claims of 157 million copies of his works printed 1933 to 1938, plus 13.8 million of his brief history in ten languages and 20 million copies of his speech. It cites reactions from Adolf Hitler and others. Also mentions a ceiling light reflector invention and loyalty messages from Canadian church and Salvation Army leaders to King George.
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Stalin
Detroit Free Press
Joseph Stalin
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Communist Party
Adolf Hitler
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Canada
Lord Tweedsmuir
King George
John Woodside
Gordon A. Siscoe
General Council
G. L. Carpenter
Alaska
Newfoundland
Bermuda
Disease spreads to animals too says medical association
The American Medical Association states that cancer is not contagious in humans and extends concern that snow blindness affects animals as well, highlighting shared vulnerability across species.
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The
American Medical Association
New Use For Honey Stimulates Root Growth In Plant Cuttings
Preliminary tests by the Division of Horticulture at Dominion Experimental Farms show ordinary honey stimulates root growth in cuttings. A 25 percent honey solution proved effective on cedar and chrysanthemum cuttings, performing well against traditional hormone chemicals.
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Division of Horticulture Dominion Experimental Farms
Thrifty committee plans red carpet rug sale for royal visit
A Wood stock Ontario visit by the King and Queen prompts a thrifty committee to buy a red carpet for 350 dollars to cover the runway at the station. The plan is to cut it up after use and sell rugs at 3.50 dollars each. The note adds the term flapper once described young ducks not yet fly.
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Woodstock
Ont
New Terminology and Language Resilience
The Hamilton Spectator notes that English shows resiliency by adopting new terms like reflation and implementation. It argues the language evolves to describe modern trends in economics sociology and media with phrases such as dialectics finks time-lags and semantics.
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Europe
Hamilton Spectator
Selected Recipes for Butter Cookies with Corn Starch
A recipe set lists 1 cup butter 1g cup Benson's or Canada Corn Starch 1% cup icing sugar 1, teaspoon salt 2 cups bread flour 325 degrees F bake 20 minutes Cream butter until fluffy lift dry ingredients in, then combine and knead until the mixture cracks oat gently to inch thickness and cut with fancy cutters or roll into small balls and press with a fork.
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Benson's
Canada
Chocolate Mint Sundae Assembly from Dinner Menu Try
Six portions decorate with mint whipped cream and chocolate wafers. Crush mint candies into the whipped cream then layer vanilla ice cream and wafers to create a two wafer sandwich. Top with mint whipped cream and crumble wafers over the top for serving.
Forgetful Man Aims for Hundred Years In Montreal Star
The piece notes a man who followed a strict health routine—biannual doctor visits, rain gear, open-window sleep, vegetable diet, eight hours’ rest, abstinence from smoke and alcohol, temper control, and daily exercise—yet his funeral occurred yesterday, with a remark about forgetting cars.
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Montreal Star
Monster turtle discovery at Oregon coast shocks scientists
A 16 inch skull of a huge sea turtle found near Newport, Oregon, by Oregon State paleontologist Dr. E L Packard suggests an animal weighing 1500 to 2000 pounds. The fossil, dating about 26 million years, marks the first of its kind reported in North America and generated major scientific excitement at Corvallis.
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Corvallis
Ore
Newport
E. L. Packard
Oregon
North America
UC expedition seeks Crusoe's isle tobacco plant
A University of California botanic expedition pursues a peculiar tobacco species that grows on Juan Fernandez Island, reputed to be Crusoe's isle, highlighting a remote plant collection effort and botanical interest.
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Juan Fernandez
Crusoe’s Isle
University of California Botanic Expedition
Why is thirteen considered an unlucky number
A contemporary asks about the origin of the belief that thirteen is unlucky. The article notes a possible source in court practice where a defendant is said to have counted one judge plus twelve jurors, suggesting superstition arose from this pairing.
Queen recalls veteran met in Delhi 13 years ago
War veteran Leslie Holden, former Black Watch drummer now in Ontario, bicycled 40 miles to attend the Ottawa unveiling of the National War Memorial. The Queen recognized him from a 13 year old Delhi hospital visit and showed him a diamond emblemed Black Watch brooch, bringing tears to Holden as they clasped hands.
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India
Leslie Holden
Black Watch
Kemptville
Holden
Her Majesty
Russian women rise to top railway positions in 1920s push
Zinaida Troitskaya heads the Moscow Belt Railway and rose from depot mechanic to locomotive engineer, organizing Russia's first all female crew. Her success spurred courses in engine driving attended by hundreds of women. Galinda Todchuk becomes head of another line as the first woman locomotive fireman.
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Russia
Zinaida Troitskaya
Moscow Belt
Galinda Todchuk
Mechanical skinner demoed for grafting in St Louis
Dr. Earl C. Padgett showcased an electric razor like device that removes skin with a vibrating knife to create grafts. The curved metal drum, rubber cement, and motor enable patches up to six by four inches to be snapped from a donor and applied to burns or injuries, with edges scalloped for fit.
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Kansas City
Earl C. Padgett
Padget
Thinks of consequences after drunken driving conviction
A London Ontario man convicted of drunken driving told the magistrate that he might lose his job. He received two weeks in jail and the magistrate warned of potential harm to others on the street, stressing responsibility over employment.
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London
Ont
Safer Motoring Warns Against One Eyed Drivers
Canada wide safety drive targets motorists neglecting car maintenance. Police report headlight and tail light failures as major hazards. Drivers are urged to test brakes and check lights to avoid fines and improve road safety.
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Canada
Hopkins says Europeans hoarded US paper cash
Secretary Harry Hopkins estimates Europeans have accumulated about 100 million dollars in United States paper currency since the start of the first Czecho-Slovakian crisis last autumn.
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Harry Hopkins
United States
One Scientific Name Across Locally Varied Common Names
An animal can bear several common names within a locality yet retain a single scientific name globally. This naming system reflects taxonomy where local terms differ but binomial nomenclature remains constant for universal identification.
Chinese trousers help supply Chinese with pants via Japan
The article notes that Japan ships calico flour bags that Australia uses for clothing destined for China. Chinese workers in Tientsin fashion the bags into trousers with Best Australian markings. An estimated consign ment to Tientsin this month will clothe about 432 750 Chinese.
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Japan
Australia
China
Tientsin
Michigan Tops State Rankings in Big Game Animals
Michigan ranks first in big game animals in the United States with Pennsylvania in second and California in third, highlighting state-by-state comparisons in wildlife prevalence and hunting potential.
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Michigan
United States
Pennsylvania
California
Kondratieva sets world endurance record in stratospheric balloons
Alla Kondratieva, 20, claims a new world record for endurance in stratospheric balloons by remaining aloft 22 hours 44 minutes at Penza. She also asserts 17 additional women’s records. The longest English railway platform is reported at Victoria and Exchange Station in Manchester, measuring 2,194 feet.
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Alla Kondratieva
Penza
England
Victoria and Exchange
Manchester
Myth of snakes eating young debunked and Swiss wildflower group founded
The claim that snakes swallow their young to protect them is a myth. The first organization for preservation of wild flowers began in Switzerland about sixty years ago.
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Organization For
Switzerland
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