Destruction In London and a Potential Canadian Capital
London faces possible aerial attack with plans for temporary government relocation to Manchester or Liverpool and Ottawa as a shadow capital if invasion advances. British authorities weigh wartime continuity and Canada’s role in a Commonwealth emergency.
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London
England
Scotland
Wales
Canada
Ottawa
Paris
Marne
Bordeaux
English Channel
Manchester
Liverpool
Whitehall
Berlin
British Isles
Dominion
Longboat of Toronto A Once Famous Marathoner Now Laborer
The Toronto directory recalls Thomas Longboat once the world’s top marathoner at age 30 1906 rise from Six Nations Reserve Brantford to win the 1907 Boston Marathon He later served as brigade runner in France during World War I and after returning to Canada worked as a general laborer in Toronto a notable local figure fading from public memory
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Thos. G. Longboat
Toronto Directory
Thomas Longboat
Toronto
Tom Longboat
Six Nation
Brantford
Canada
Longboat
France
Redheads Prove Most Resistant to Anaesthetic Gas
A speaker at the British Medical Association conference near London declares redheads are strongest against anaesthetic gas while blondes are most easily rendered unconscious. The average times show fair haired 52 seconds to collapse, dark haired 62 seconds, and redheads 68 seconds.
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British Medical Association
London
The Smeltest Recruit Shafko Imerovitch Faces Medical
A 20 year old Yugoslav conscription recruit named Shafko Imerovitch stands 38 inches tall yet passes the medical examination with flying colors. The article cites odd facts about human heart output and bee eye structure as context.
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Shafko Imerovitch
Does Not Use Brush Julia Stirling Portrait Painter
Julia Stirling aged 78 creates landscape art without a brush using house paint on her palm and paper scraps. Living with her sister in a century-old Chatham, Ontario house, she began painting at 72 and draws inspiration from religion, having filled roles as milliner, dressmaker, cook, decorator, and housekeeper in the same home.
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Julia Stirling
Lorne Avenue
Chatham
Ont
Miss Stirling
Steam Power Spurs Industrial Rise in England
Steam as a driving force emerged in England as mines were pumped for sixty years before James Watt. The boiling moment came with his tea kettle lid popping, signaling a shift from cottage crafts to factory scale production as steam and coal anchored England’s industrial supremacy and global trade.
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England
James Watt
Watt
New Republic
Henry VIII Spoon Sells at London Auction for 1600
A six inch Henry VIII era spoon weighing one ounce dated 1509 sold at a London auction for about 1600 dollars. The relic was found sixteen years ago when an old oak floor was removed from a manor house in East Dorset.
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London
Dorset
Salmon swim rate and emeralds origins noted
A compact report notes salmon speed at 10 yards per second and identifies the Thames source as a small spring in the Cotswold hills, while stating most emeralds come from Colombia.
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Cotswold Hills
Air power and trains in early aviation era observed
British leaders stress air power readiness as Canada contemplates schools in aviation with British funding and know how. The article notes Canada may train volunteers for air defense while mass enlistment is not required. It also recounts the Cumberland Valley Railroad’s early sleeping car development and the 1859 Pullman debut with candlelit simplicity.
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Mr. Basson
Basson
South Africa
Voortrekker
Voortrekkers
Cape Argus
Canada
Montreal Star
Cumberland Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania
Pullman
J. L. Barnes
Greengrocer and Bride Swap Horseradish for Car
Witty dialogue features a greengrocer offering horseradish to a young bride who declines explaining they already own a car. The brief exchange captures a playful domestic moment showcasing social norms of the era.
Motion Picture Machines Installed in 17,000 German Schools
A report notes that motion picture machines have been installed in 17,000 German schools, signaling a broad initiative to modernize classroom teaching with film and visual media across the country.
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Germany
Made His Fortune Charlie Tung Dies at 45
Charlie Tung, famed as the wealthiest Chinese laundryman and a leading citizen, died at 45 from a cerebral hemorrhage. He moved from Canton to New Orleans in 1911, built a modern laundry chain, hosted lavish parties for his son Edson, and reportedly donated a fortune to help China in its war with Japan.
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Charlie Tung
New Orleans
Canton
South
Tung
Edson
Japan
Fossil Shark Jaw Suggests One Mouthful Could Eat Horse
A prehistoric shark fossil shows a jaw capable of swallowing a horse in a single bite, indicating the predator’s massive feeding power and size in ancient seas.
Cross Stitch Pattern 6195 Offers Wool or Silk Craft
Pattern 6195 provides a seven motif transfer for cross stitching at 4 to the inch using heavy floss or wool. It promises quick completion and a decorative pillow and scarf set for living rooms or libraries. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Uni for the transfer and materials list.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg
Uni
McDermot Ave
Winipeg
Alice Brooks
World's Wheat Output Reaches Record High for 1938-39
The U S agriculture department estimates world wheat production at 4 365 000 000 bushels for 1938 39 the largest on record. Total world supplies reach about 4 960 000 000 bushels with consumption near 3 830 000 000 and a July surplus around 1 165 600 000 bushels.
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United States Agriculture Department
Department
United States
Durum Wheat Crop In Western Canada In 1938
The third annual report on durum wheat quality from the Canadian Board of Grain Commissioners finds the 1938 amber durum crop similar in character to 1937. Primary degradation factors include improperly ripened kernels cracking and breaking and black point infection. The 1938 crop is estimated at 22 million bushels versus 30 million last year.
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Zoological Park
Washington
Blois
Loire
Vienna
Major Flower
Gordon Nairne
France
Ann
Edinburgh
London Observer
Western Canada
Canadian Board of Grain Commis
Fall Grazing on Hay Meadows
Fall grazing of second growth in autumn is practiced to feed livestock. Experiments show grasses respond differently. timothy and brome yield about two tons per acre under favorable conditions. Proper autumn grazing benefits grasses, and they fare best entering winter with three to four inches of growth.
Headache Morning Fate and Bird Muscle Facts
A playful note suggests that what seems fun to a tired man may yield a morning headache. The text also states that a bird’s breast muscles are about 100 times stronger relative to human muscles.
Making of a Name Modjeska From Modrzejewska to Modjeska
The Polish actress Helena Modjeska adopted her stage name after John McCullough advised changing Modrzejewska. He suggested Madgeska but feared Madagascar recall, so the “g” became “j.” The result Modjeska read easily and sounded beautiful, guiding her rise in theater across Europe and the United States.
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Sir John
Great Britain
British Isles
Chamberlain
Mme
Helena Modjeska
United States
Modrzejewska
Poland
Europe
John McCullough
San Francisco
McCullough
Madagascar
Modjeska
Not Considered A Menace Japanese Canadians in BC
University of Toronto press study by Charles H. Young and Dr. Helen R Y Reid concludes that even with 150 Japanese immigrants yearly BC population growth will not be materially affected. The work notes Oriental standards of living by W A Carrothers and analyzes foreign populations in western Canada.
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British Columbia
Canada
University of Toronto Press
Japan
Charles H. Young
Helen R. Y. Reid
W. A. Carrothers
Economic Council of
Milk milking side debate and historic locomotive fact
The discussion centers on whether cows should be milked on the right or left. NFU officials cite custom and warn milking on the left may upset the cow. A UK farmer agrees on custom though lacks firm proof. The note adds that Canada’s oldest locomotive Samson, built in 1838, belongs to Nova Scotia.
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Milk Recording Society
L. E. Rose
Churchill Heath
Kingham
Oxford
National Farmers’ Union
D. Davies
Hobbs and Davies
Kelmscott, Glos
N.F.U
Nova Scotia
England
Equal Day and Night Across the World on Equinox
The equator experiences equal day and night year round. On March 21 and September 22, the sun shines equally across the globe, marking the vernal and autumnal equinoxes.
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Danie J. Basson
New Street Cleaner
the Smeltest
Colombia
Lambeth Town Hall
Queen Mary
John Simon
Young Bride
London Zoo
Stanley Flower
Sioners
B.C
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