Canada and U S jockey for Alaska air routes
Canada and the United States race to control Alaska's profitable air lanes. Officials discuss a planned weekly Juneau to Fairbanks route and Canada aims to run Edmont on to Fairbanks via Whitehorse, creating a standstill pending cross border permissions.
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Canada
United States
Alaska
Harllee Pranch
Juneau
Fairbanks
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Edmonton
Dawson
Great Falls
Mont
Earl's Court Opens Largest Exhibition Centre in Britain
A £1,500,000 world class venue rises at Earl's Court London. The 118 foot arena spans 12 acres, with 450000 square feet of exhibition space and three halls. Boxing and events capacity tops 25 000 seats. basement space converts to a 2000 car garage. Joe Louis eyed for October appearance.
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Earl's Court
London
Britain
St. Paul's Cathedral
Albert Hall
John Harding
National Sporting Club
Joe Louis
Tips for boiling ham and corned beef with flavor notes
The guide suggests boiling half a ham or equal amount of corned beef in tepid water and adding half a cup of vinegar and half a cup of sugar to extract smoky flavor without changing water. Include a small bouquet of soup greens for extra taste, or add cloves for spice. It also notes serving cold preserves juiciness.
The Cat Teaches Birds Respect in New York Zoo Bird House
A remarkable zoo cat at the New York Zoological Park Bird House is famed for never harming birds. Raised as a mouser, she was trained to fear birds and has passed this lesson to 54 kittens, who also avoid birds in their care and display.
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Bulletin
The
New York Zoological Society
Forbush
Massachusetts
New York Zoological Park
Change theory used by a restaurant sales tactic
A Baltimore Sun item explains a cashier’s change method. If customers receive larger coins they leave. if nickels are included with pennies in the change they tend to buy gum or chocolates, a tactic said to boost small purchases.
Two Englishmen rewarded in Duchess of Bedford will
The Duchess of Bedford who vanished after a crash in an Iraq oil field left bequests of £2000 each to two English friends, Robert Parkyn and N. Gass, who hosted her and her co pilot for 10 weeks with Anglo-Persian Oil. Her estate totals £355,779.
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Duchess of Bedford
Iraq
Woburn
Robert Parkyn
England
Parkyn
N. Gass
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
India
Gass
Soap maker invents edible soap and mentions world dam facts
A soap maker claims a soap so pure it can be eaten, noting people will swallow ordinary soft soap. The article then lists Boulder Dam as the world’s highest and India hosting the second largest dam, with a date code 2218.
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Boulder Dem
India
Crossing The Atlantic Flights Set Record Pace
A letter notes William Con stable Breed, a top New York lawyer and former NYS Bar Association president, making two Atlantic trips yearly. It compares a man claiming 100 Atlantic crossings to then discusses English Channel journeys and predicts future Imperial Airways pilots completing 100 trans Atlantic trips in a lifetime.
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William Constable Breed
New York
New York State Bar Association
Air Line
Imperial Airways
Overseas Daily Mail
Unusual grafting feat by R A Trott in Indiana
An Orleans Indiana man grafts 71 apple varieties five pear types and three crab apples onto a single seedling tree. A copper plate records the grafts with each branch tagged. Trott is known for coddling moth control work and the text notes long term steel weather tests in Maryland.
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R. A. Trott
Orleans
Indiana
Mr. Trott
Captive Canary Proves a Clever Prisoner in Scottish Home
A blind canary kept for 15 years in a Scottish household sings with a full voice and shows remarkable navigational tricks. The bird, likely 17, enjoys a long life while living in captivity, with skilled routines to locate food and perch positions.
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London Spectator
Four Color Combinations Prove Easier to Read
An advertising poster expert says four color pairings beat black on white for readability. The top choice is black letters on yellow, with green on white as the runner up.
What is the most potent water power known to man
A quip notes that a woman's tears are described as the most potent water power by a speaker. The line plays on the phrase water power while contrasting weather or industry imagery with human emotion.
Cuddle Toys Pattern from Odds and Ends
Cozy sewing project inviting readers to make colorful cuddle toys from odds and ends. Pattern 5832 covers one pattern for three toys with ears mane and tails. materials listed. Send 20 cents to Household Arts pt Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain the pattern.
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Household Arts
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave. E
Winnipeg
Experiments At Indian Head Station On Fence Post Preservation
Experimental results from the Dominion Forest Nursery Station at Indian Head Sask indicate creosote treatment greatly extends fence post life. Immersing round cedar posts 20 minutes to an hour at 180 to 235 F preserves posts for 20 to 25 years, while untreated posts rot in 10 to 22 years. Creosote treated Russian poplar posts endure beyond two decades, unlike untreated ones.
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Dominion Forest
Indian Head
Sask
Barrie remembered for wit and quiet rooms
The News of the World portraits Sir James Barrie as a stubborn yet absent minded man who chatted with Henry James at the Reform Club. They forgot the taxi. Barrie kept a secret quiet flat behind a revolving bookcase with a tiny kitchen for private work.
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Sir James Barrie
Henry James
Reform Club
Adelphi
News of the World
London
Driving tests in Britain refuse over a quarter of applicants
Latest figures show that licenses are refused to slightly over 25 percent of persons taking the driving test in Great Britain. Those refused must try again to qualify.
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Great Britain
Death Gulch in Yellowstone Park Claims Many Lives Early
A ravine in the park's northeast is called Death Gulch where bears elk and squirrels died from natural poison gas in early days. The old saying notes the hurried man is often late.
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Yellowstone Park
Hawk with bell tracked on continent found dead in Saskatchewan
A rough legged hawk lived over 20 years with a bell on its neck showing wide travels across the continent. The bird, found dead at Strongfield Saskatchewan, carried a tag dated January 7 1917 linking to W V Shouse of Clayton New Mexico now of Hooker Texas. The bell indicates winters 1918 1919 at Clayton and nesting near Strongfield in later years. A final note on marriage quips about women's understanding.
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Department of Mines and Resources
Strongfield
Sask
T&g
W. V. Shouse
Clayton
New Mexico
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Mercinless
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Spain
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Atlantic
Maryland
Liberty
Alice Brooks
Nash
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Saskatoon
Dominion Laboratory of
Barrie
Texas
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