Canada’s World Fair Pavilion Showcases Young Canadian Spirit
The Canada pavilion at the New York World’s Fair will be a 205 by 118 by 40 foot stucco structure fronting on Presidential Row South. It features an illuminated pool, vibrant tilework, two carved totem poles, copper map backdrop, and landscaped grounds. Architects Williams and Morrison of Nelson BC were chosen after a Dominion wide competition. The design emphasizes agricultural, industrial, and economic life with investment and travel opportunities, and includes a large copper map illuminated by lamps.
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Pinal
Canada
Itelf
Douglas S Cole
J.C. Parmelee
Department of Trade and Commerce
Ottawa
Ww. Williams
Iain R. Morrison
Nelson
Presidential Row
Broad Court of Peace
Coat of Arms of
Dominion
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
New York Sun
War settles nothing says Toronto Telegram on European peace
The Toronto Telegram argues that war cannot settle disputes and warns that future conflicts would recreate the same baffling problems. It notes the peacemakers cannot restore the Czech republic to its former state and stresses gratitude for avoiding another European war.
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Czech Republic
Toronto Telegram
Fulton Oursler Edits Liberty Magazine From Massachusetts
Fulton Oursler, head of Liberty magazine, conducts editorial work from West Falmouth Mass while the New York office is inaccessible after a hurricane. With wires down, he uses a roundabout route via Boston and London to relay instructions.
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Fulton Oursler
Macfadden
Liberty Magazine
West Falmouth
Mass
New York
Boston
Liberty Magazines
London
Oursler
Reach of Burts Compass Reveals Michigan Iron Deposits
William Burt, a surveyor, reportedly discovered rich iron ore deposits in northern Michigan when his compass needle spun violently during fieldwork. The anecdote links early exploration to the ore findings and hints at pioneering geology in the region.
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Michigan
Wiliam Burt
Parents Asked Awkward Questions Inspire Motherhood Need
A fragment suggests children’s probing prompts parents to reflect on motherhood. The piece notes that questions spark a sense of purpose, highlighting the invention of the necessity of a mother in challenging family dynamics.
Tourist value over money in Canada’s roads and scenery
The Engineering and Contract Record argues tourists should not feel they are being lured by cash incentives. It says Canada’s $300,000,000 yearly tourist trade must balance money value with quality. Visitors should be treated as valued guests, not purses, with roads and scenery that justify their spend.
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Canada
Tattooing Across Cultures Through Time
Many people in youth bear arm tattoos and seek removal later with skin colored retattooing. Darwin notes aborigines tattoo many nations. Tattoo derives from the Tahitian tatou meaning mark. Blue pigment from coconut ashes traveled to Polynesian skin via bone tools. Maori facial designs reveal age, aging the young and aging the old. Haida tattoos of British Columbia are acclaimed for fine workmanship.
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Darwin
New Zealand
British Columbia
Farmer weighs calf in wagon puzzles scales
A farmer carts a calf in a lumber wagon to town then weighs the wagon with calf and unloads it. After mud delays the weigher is puzzled by the result. The farmer asks what it weighed and the weigher replies the wagon weighs sixteen pounds less than no calf at all.
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Waal
Mystery of Vanishing Hotel Silver Solved
James J. Maloney of the United States Secret Service explained that hotel table silver was melted and molded into counterfeit dimes. Two bus boys, Rafael Almira aged 26 and Elpidio Artigas aged 38, stole the silver from several hotels and passed about 5,000 dimes monthly.
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New York
James J. Maloney
United States Secret Service
Maloney
Rafael Almira
Elpidio Artigas
Dahlia Show Honors Swedish Botanist Namesake
The American Dahlia Society held its annual show in New York City’s Bronx last week honoring the dahlia named for Swedish botanist A Dahl. The exhibit featured over 1,000 entries across 329 classes, reflecting the flower’s expansion from ten original species to more than 5,000 today.
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Mexico
A. Dahl
American Dahlia Society
New York City
Bronx
Queen Mary A Model Of Graceful Enduring Public Life
Valentine Williams writes in the London Daily Mirror praising Queen Mary for defying age with constant public work and personal courage. He notes her 71st birthday and widowhood as challenges she meets by continuing duties, good works, and personal interests with unfailing grace.
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England
Valentine Williams
London Daily Mirror
Queen Mary
Dogs urged not to leave in hot cars with all windows shut
The National Canine Defense League of England urges motorists to avoid leaving dogs in parked cars with windows closed as heat can cause suffering and collapse or unconsciousness.
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National Canine Defense League of England
Just His Bad Luck
The article argues that longevity is not tied to abstinence. It cites 110 year old Mrs O Connor and 112 year old Mrs Guthrie as pipe smokers, and notes hardy drinkers like Paul Parnell and Heinrich VI. It hints that excess wine may not shorten life and ends with the notion that milk overdose caused Duke Heinrich VI’s death.
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Johanna O'Connor
Ireland
Bridget Guthrie
County Clare
Paul Parnell
Ewes Farm
Yorkshire
Heinrich VI
Liegnitz
Silesia
MIT scientists receive grant to study solar energy use
Dr. Karl T. Compton announces a gift of 647700 to MIT to pursue converting the sun's energy into power or storage for future use. He notes the sun delivers vast heat daily per square yard and per acre during peak sunshine, while Harvard researchers explore accelerating tree growth, as reported by Popular Mechanics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karl T. Compton
Harvard University
Ivory usage by piano makers drives large ivory imports
Piano manufacturers are the world's largest users of ivory. Three hundred thousand pounds of ivory are imported annually for this purpose.
Colorful Peacock Panel Pattern Offer
A transfer pattern panel 15 by 20 inches with color chart and stitch illustrations is offered. Send 20 cents in coin to the Household Arts Dept of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union at 175 McDermot Ave. E for the pattern. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Night Driving Hazard Spurs New Safe Headlight Work
The article argues glare from oncoming headlights makes night driving three times riskier than day driving. It advocates puncture proof tires and new glare free headlight windshields using special glass, predicting standard equipment in Canada soon. It also notes sun spot activity at Mount Wilson shows a double maximum, with potential links to weather and telecom disruptions.
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Canada
Calgary
Carnegie Institution
Mount Wilson Observatory
Wheat farming in southern Saskatchewan faces limits
H. Van Vliet of the University of Saskatchewan told a Saskatoon service club that farming in the southern region is feasible but inherently hazardous due to recurring droughts. He argued that wheat, the most drought resistant crop for the area, is central and that broad adoption of mixed farming will not solve southern Saskatchewan farming problems.
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Saskatchewan
H. van Vliet
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
South Saskatchewan
Grasshoppers on Ice Revealed by Glacier near Yellow Stone Park
Dr Kenneth King a Dominion government entomologist spoke to Weyburn district farmers about a dwarfing glacier near Yellow Stone Park exposing layers of grasshoppers. He noted the hoppers migrations depend on atmospheric conditions and have adapted to the plains over many years resisting efforts to destroy them.
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Yellowstone Park
Kenneth King
Dominion
Saskatoon
Weyburn
King
Great Plains
Red Cap Mailman Finishes Trip With Postcard Message
The New Yorker recounts Miss Anne Morgan's secretary traveling from a West vacation. While between trains in Chicago she dashed a postcard to her sister and handed it to a Red Cap to mail. The sister later received the note with a penciled postscript saying She made it. Respectfully yours Red Cap.
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the New Yorker
Anne Morgan
Chicago
Czechs In Canada Population Estimate
The Sudbury Star notes about 40,000 Czechs in Canada today with the 1931 census listing 30,401 Czech and Slovak origin residents. It adds thousands more since and records 8,871 in the province, many in Sudbury and northern Ontario centers.
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Canada
Sudbury
Ontario
Sud. Star
Renown Wheat Promises Rust Proof Seeding Hope
Dominion government stations developed Renown wheat as a rust proof variety likely to replace Marquis. Thatcher, while high in quality, suffers in appearance and leaf rust vulnerability. Renown shows rust immunity and grade parity with Marquis, with up to half a million bushels slated for seeding next year to meet western Canadian export needs.
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Marquis
Thatcher
Canada
Canadian Art Exhibition Opens at Tate Gallery in London
The Duke of Kent opened the most significant Canadian art show outside Canada at the Tate Gallery. It showcases Canada’s long tradition and cultural evolution with 17th and 18th century Quebec wood carvings and works from national institutions and the Vincent Massey collection. The exhibit stays for two months and may tour provincial galleries afterward.
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The
Dominion
Duke of Kent
Tate Gallery
Europe
Canada
Quebec
National Gallery of Canada
Toronto Art Gallery
University of Toronto
London
Vincent Massey
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Time
New
York Hotels
Zofingen
Alice
Frederick Seares
Seth Nicholson
Mt. Wilson
Mexican
Grasshoppers
Red Cap Service
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