A Lesson From Europe On Canadian Unity
A European crisis shows unity is strength and warns Canada to avoid domestic dissension. The piece cites Czecho Slovakia’s dismemberment as proof that internal divisions invite interference and collapse. It urges tolerance, warns against ideological cults, and hopes Rowell Commission findings guide a united Canada.
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Europe
Czecho-Slovakia
Czecho- Slovakia
Hitler
Chamberlain
Great Britain
Daladier
France
Canada
Restore Eyesight Through Corneal Grafts Proposes Tissue Sources
Dr Ramon Castroviejo of New York City outlines corneal grafting to restore sight after eye injuries. When donor tissue is scarce, cornea fragments may be preserved from stillbirths or corpses for several days to support multiple operations in a hospital setup. The notes also mention Hong Kong as a British colony and that lunar mountain shadows measure their height.
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Ramon Castroviejo
New York City
Castroviejo
Education And Workers In Prairie Provinces Census Findings
The census bulletin shows prairie province residents with less than high school education mainly in agriculture and in semi and unskilled jobs. Clerical and skilled trades include more people who had nine to twelve years of schooling. Those with thirteen plus years are mostly in professional, commercial and clerical fields. Two-thirds of males report under nine years of schooling, while about forty percent of females are in that category.
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Prairie Provinces
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Farmer Ralph Pastatis Survives Five Day Cliff Fall
Ralph Pastatis, a 58 year old farmer, lay semi conscious at the base of a 30 foot cliff for five days after a fall. He crawled to a neighbor's home and was taken to Olympia hospital before choosing to return home to tend his farm.
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Ralph Pastatis
Olympia
Wash
Pastatis
Make Good Citizens
The article discusses dialogue with Canadians of German or Italian stock and notes their affection for their heritage while strongly opposing the political creeds rising in Italy and Germany.
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Italy
Germany
Equal Teeth Loss For Girls And Boys In Public Health Study
A United States Public Health Service report by Dr. Henry Klein and Dr. Carroll E. Palmer finds girls and boys have similar decay susceptibility at a given age. Yet girls show more missing or filled teeth since they lose them earlier in life. The study of 2,232 boys and 2,184 girls in Hagerstown, Maryland, notes longer exposure to decay factors for girls.
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United States Public Health Service
Henry Klein
Carroll E. Palmer
Hagerstown
Headache Relief Sparked by Kruschen Salts Claim
A testimonial notes a woman with severe headaches found relief after using Kruschen Salts in hot water. The piece attributes headaches to sluggish kidneys liver and intestines with retained waste, claiming Kruschen cleanses the system and prevents future pains.
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Kruschen
L.A.W
United States Cattle Quota For Canadian Imports In 1938
The 1938 US quota allows entry of 155,799 cattle 700 pounds plus, 51,933 calves under 165 pounds, and 20,000 dairy cows. By Sept 3 Canada had supplied 34,010 heavy cattle, 32,610 calves, and 4,288 dairy cows, with heavy cattle and calves quotas filled by Aug 28 of the previous year and dairy cows 20 percent used.
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United States
Canada
One Word Described Dafoe’s Washington Visit
Dr. Dafoe visited the White House for a secretive, extended talk with the President. His publicist sought a leak but Dafoe refused, finally offering one word: Babies.
Skilled Pilot Major Chichester Smith and Naval Air Mission Roles
Skilled pilot Major C. H. Chichester Smith arrived in England from Canada after competing in a 14 foot dinghy challenge on Canadian lakes and became among the first to land an airplane on a warship deck. He later organized the Naval Air Mission to Greece after the war and in 1921 joined Lord Sempill on an air mission to Japan to assist the Imperial Navy in organizing equipping and training its Naval Air Service.
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C. H. Chichester Smith
England
Canada
Greece
Lord Sempill
Japan
Naval Air Service
Wright Brothers First Flight Story Skepticism
Early reports of the Wright brothers first flight faced disbelief as journalists missed the moment. Separately leaf beetle larvae gain air by extending heads into lily stem air spaces underwater.
Greenland Drifting From Europe At About Fifty Feet Yearly
A report notes Greenland is moving away from Europe at roughly 50 feet per year. The estimate emphasizes plate tectonics and the Arctic landmass’s gradual separation from the Eurasian continent.
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Greenland
Europe
The Cricket Note Proves Loud Across The Distance
A cricket chorus is described as startlingly loud, audible a mile away in calm conditions. The article notes the intensity and reach of the sound, highlighting how such acoustics can travel far beyond the cricket’s immediate locale.
Canada to see first Moslem church in Edmonton
Brandon Sun reports the Arabian Moslem Association will own a new one story brick veneer mosque on 108th Avenue Edmonton. The piece notes Islam’s global reach and Canada’s 2000 professing adherents, with reflections on creed diversity and historical church counts.
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Canada
Edmonton
108Th Avenue
Great Britain
Mahomet
Mecca
Brandon Sun
Selected Recipes with Starch and Lemon Flavor
A compact recipe listing sugar butter eggs starch flour milk baking powder lemon flavouring salt. Cream butter and sugar until light then add yolks. Alternate adding milk and sifted dry ingredients. Fold in beaten whites and bake two layers 20 to 25 minutes in a moderate oven.
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St. Lawrence
Durham
Jell O Plum Pudding Molded Dessert
Recipe for Jell O Plum Pudding using lemon or cherry Jell O with salt and spices, hot water, raisins prunes citron and nut meats with Grape-Nuts. Fold in fruits and nuts, mold, chill, unmold, and serve with foamy sauce or nutmeg whipped cream. Optional brandy. Serves 10.
Satisfactory To Designers Giant 42 Passenger Douglas C-4
The 42 passenger Douglas C-4 airliner, built for five U.S. airlines at a cost near two million dollars, surpassed designer predictions in 46 test flights at Santa Monica. It exceeded 240 mph and climbed to 25 000 feet on four engines with a full load, and 20 000 feet on three engines. The craft measures 139 feet three inches tip to tip and 97 feet long.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Sky Leviathan
United States Airlines
Blind Placer Miner Builds Wheel Sluice Shrugs Off Sight
Expert placer miner Welton Benton aged 24 works near Mystic South Dakota since 1934 with his parents after moving to the Black Hills He constructed a large water wheel sluice boxes laid hundreds of feet of railroad for a small ore car and tunneled into a hillside He earns 50 cents to 3 dollars daily by weighing and listening to minerals rather than sighting gold
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Welton Benton
Black Hills
Mystic
South Dakota
Vast Utah salt flats shape a racing amphitheatre
The Salt Lake area salt flats form a 200 mile expanse where John Cobb, a London fur broker, set a world land speed record only to lose it a day later to Capt. Eyston. The surface requires ironshod stakes and furrows are cut by fast cars before leveling by scrapers. Speed driving is Cobb’s hobby.
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Salt Lake City
John Cobb
Capt. Eyston
Cobb
London
Denmark Gains 150 Years of Liberty for Farmers
The Danes celebrate 150 years since vilIenage ended in 1788. Agriculture dominates with farms averaging 15 acres, livestock and hens supporting families. Co operatives market products at home and abroad while the government funds farm improvements and land reclamation.
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Montreal Gazette
Denmark
North America
Melbourne University builds storm locating machine
A device for locating thunderstorms and reporting them by radio has been perfected at Melbourne University in Australia. The article notes the average life span of a tortoise is about a hundred years.
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Vicks
Phyncene
Melbourne University
Australia
Petroleum yields double gasoline today versus 16 years ago
A barrel of crude now yields about twice as many gallons of gasoline as it did 16 years earlier. In China written Chinese remains uniform, yet each province or district has its own distinct pronunciation.
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China
New Use For Radio Lights Sky Like Moon Overhead
Dr W A Bailey of the University of Sydney proposes artificial aurora lighting using radio beams. Two test stations WLW Cincinnati and RV-1 Moscow already demonstrate the concept. The method uses glow discharge principles and resonant vibration with the ionized E layer to excite air into light.
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WLW
Cincinnati
RV-1
Moscow
W. A. Bailey
University of Sydney
Bailey
Swing critic Sir Ernest McMillan questions swing origins
Sir Ernest McMillan of Toronto, a Canadian composer and symphony conductor, told a Vancouver audience that jitterbugs jam sessions and swing music are not new. He said all popular music derives from negro rhythm and doubted swing music would be lasting. He linked jittery music to the nervous life people lead today.
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Sir Ernest McMillan
Toronto
Vancouver
Sir Ernest
Portrait from 1910 and recent photos sparks odd idea
In a humorous exchange a painter questions making a portrait from two photos one old and one new. A Siberian wind event in 1908 reportedly toppled forests across a 100 square mile area due to a meteor.
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Painter
Siberia
Latitude of the North Star Guides Observer
A teaching note states that the north star’s latitude matches the observer’s latitude. Separate figures estimate about 7,000 drownings occur annually in the United States.
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Utah Salt Flats
Vicus
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