Eiffel Tower a World Famous Structure in Paris
The article notes the Eiffel Tower's global fame while recounting its controversial start and eventual acceptance. It details construction using 8500 tons of iron, 1 million rivets, and two years of work for the 1889 Exposition. It remained a Paris landmark and later became a broadcasting station and popular souvenir subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramide
Colosseum
St. Pauls Cathedral
Taj Mahal
Parthenon
Ahambra
Peter and Paeut
Mosque of St Sophia
Independence Hall
Paris
Charles Garnier
Paris Opera
Francois Coppee
Paul Verlaine
Cafe d'Harcourt
France
Pari
Philadelphia
Gustave Fiffel
Maurice Koechlin
Ejiffel
Antarctic air touted as cancer fighter by Viennese scientist
Dr Helmuth Husserl, based in Cape Town, endorses the Antarctic as a health haven. He cites cancer resistance among sailors and claims sea air’s chloride and iodine curb rheumatic and contagious diseases, urging hospital ships to take patients south for recovery.
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Helmuth Husserl
Cape Town
Husserl
Antarctic
Suderoy
Germany
Turkish doctors gift gold bath to Ataturk then melt it
A Turkish physician group presented Ataturk a solid gold bath tub to honor his public health work. He ordered the piece melted and the proceeds used for health initiatives. A slot machine coin shows motion picture news reels via an eyepiece. A U S survey reports 65 surgical operations per 1000 people annually.
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Emel Ataturk
Turkey
Icebergs Delay King George and Queen Elizabeth Voyage
Navigation experts blamed a “crazy spring” and stray icebergs for a 31 day delay in the travel of the King George and Queen Elizabeth to Canada and the United States. They noted the crew deferred to Vice Admiral Sir Dudley North for decisive course choices while Captain A. R Meikle remained nominal commander.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
Canada
United States
A. R Meikle
Dudley North
Admiralty
Ottawa widow honored at war memorial unveiling
Mrs Catherine Lewis an 85 year old Ottawa West widow who represented Canadian women bereaved by the Great War at the national war memorial unveiling by the King. Her two sons were killed in the war and two others served with Canadian forces. By collecting a penny a week for seven years parishioners funded church buildings in England. Left handed pupils in some English schools receive specially designed desks.
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Catherine Lewis
Ottawa West
Lewis
Pariament Hill
Eskimos Migrating Northward In Arctic Settlements Move North
Statistics from the Department of Mines and Resources show about 100 Eskimos migrating north from southern Baffin Island in five years. A Dundas Harbour trading post sparked initial moves, with families settling near Devon Island and Arctic Bay, then expanding to Fort Ross and Cape Dorset areas as hunting opportunities drew more relatives northward.
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Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Baffin Island
Dundas Harbour
Devon Island
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic
Arctic Island
Eastern Arctic Patrol
Nascopt
Arctic Bay
Dorset
Pangnirtung
Pond Inlet
Admiralty Inlet
Cape Dorset
Lake Harbour
Hudson Strait
Fort Ross
No Over Production Says Dr Swaine At Royal Society
Dr J M Swaine of Ottawa told the Royal Society of Canada that world economy defects are not caused by agricultural over production while hundreds of thousands lack food and clothing. He noted research aims to lower costs and improve quality, not boost output, and traced historic fears of shortages against a century of rapid production gains.
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J. M. Swaine
Ottawa
Royal Society of Canada
Society
Swaine
Science Service
Department of Agriculture
Earthquake Claims Dozens of Natives on Ysabel Island
The colonial office reports a quake in the British Solomon Islands on April 30 left at least 12 native dead, including nine children on Ysabel island, with survivors and officials beginning relief assessments.
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Colonial Office
Solomon Islands
Western Pacific
Ysabel Island
Woman Regains Lost Voice After Five Years in Kansas City
In Kansas City a woman abruptly recovers the voice she had lost five years ago. Doctors say the unexpected improvement followed a personal therapy program and lends insight into long term voice loss recovery.
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Kansas City
Existence of Cycles in Industry And Its Effects on Business
The piece outlines cyclical patterns in agriculture and industry, noting livestock trends and irregular overall production. It highlights cycles in building, automobiles, and textiles, their durations, and how these cycles influence consumer spending in food, shelter, transportation, and clothing.
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McNiece
Cornell University
Pacific Surf Games Gather Four Nations in Honolulu
Surf Swimmers champion event to be staged in July at Honolulu with competitors from Australia United States Canada and New Zealand. Life-savers from the Commonwealth will number at least ten. Events include water-based surf-boards surf-boats and Hawaiian canoes with Australia highlighting four oared life-saving craft steered from the stern and self balancing with watertight compartments.
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Honolulu
Australia
United States
Canada
New Zealand
Commonwealth
Family life and women's industry reshape American society
The Detroit Free Press argues declining religious influence at home and more women in business are dissolving the barriers of an ideal family life. It asserts the family remains the keystone of the nation’s social, economic and political structure, noting widespread American indifference to the change.
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United States
Detroit Free Press
Admiral Relinquishes Post and Health Swoon At Sea
The British admiralty said Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse was relieved as first sea lord and chief of the naval staff after a serious health breakdown. Sir Dudley Pound will succeed him, currently commander in chief of the Mediterranean fleet. Wings of some insects beat up to 300 strokes per second.
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Admiralty
Roger Backhouse
Roger
Dudley Pound
Tea Experts Relocated to Shield China From War Losses
The National Relief Commission plans to protect tea industry by moving thousands of skilled planters and manufacturers from coastal regions to interior zones. The China National Tea Corporation receives $100,000 to dispatch delegates to war-threatened areas to repatriate experts and boost production. Nearly three thousand experts have already migrated to new centers in the interior to sustain tea exports alongside wood oil.
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National Relief Commission
Japan
China National Tea Corporation
China
Prime Minister’s Gift of Pregnant Phrasing Amid Stalled Policy
The article discusses Premier Chamberlain's rhetoric as a masterful but nonchanging stance, capable of rephrasing last month to seem boldly forward while offering no new obligations. It notes his language shifts aim to align with stiffening British opinion without altering policy. A second note mentions Montreal Star on cooking frozen meats and fish.
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Chamberlain
Montreal Star
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New York Sun
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Liverpool
England
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Montreal
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Guard of Honour
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Somerset Island
Boothia
the Bulletin
Honolu
Chekiang
Anhwei
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