Colonization Debate Grows Over British Migration to Western Canada
The article discusses Sir Henry Page Croft's push for large scale British settlement in Western Canada, backed by government finance. It notes railways and highways needing revenue, caution about timing, and the complex modern farming economy plus drought and grasshopper pests eroding Saskatchewan profits. It argues settlers must be properly prepared to meet costs and succeed.
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Sir Henry Page Croft
Bart
C.M.G
Canada
Sir Henry
England
Edward Beatty
C.P.R
J. S. Hungarford
Canadian National Railways
Great Britain
Prairie Provinces
Sir Edward Beatty
Henry
Saskatchewan
Training Ship Admiral Karfanger Lost in Antarctic Rescue Sunk
The Hamburg American Line says the training ship Admiral Karpfanger is missing in Antarctic waters with a 60 crew including cadets aboard for six months. Last report was February 8 from Germain South Australia. Believed iceberg collision likely. A large oak tree leaf coverage note follows as unrelated trivia.
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Hamburg American Line
Admiral Karpfanger
Antarctic
South Australian
Germain
The Duke of Queensbury Old Q Noted Eater of Eighteenth Century
The Duke of Queensbury known as Old Q was the era's mightiest eater living to 85. His day reportedly included two breakfasts with a nap, two lunches with a half hour intermission, plus five other meals. A magazine mocks wart cures and odd folk remedies while noting trivia about eyes and mildew removal.
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Duke of
Queensbury
Old Q
Roosevelt Declaration and World Peace It Signifies
The Ottawa Journal notes President Roosevelt frames the Monroe Doctrine to shield Canada and align the United States with democracies England and France. The speech is hailed as a decisive pledge to defend freedom, potentially altering European and Asian dictatorships and advancing world peace.
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Roosevelt
Asia
Europe
Canada
United States
England
France
Ottawa Journal
English And French Worldviews On Calamity Discussed
Harold Nicolson compares English and French mindsets in a BBC Listener piece. He notes French pessimism about imminent disaster tied to cause and effect, contrasting English cautious optimism with French severity amid the Russo Japanese dispute.
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Harold Nicolson
BBC Listener
Germany
Prague
Kent
Has Taste For Libraries Liverpool’s new Harold Cohen library opens
Liverpool hosts a new £100,000 library named for donor Harold E. Cohen and given to the University. Designed by Harold A. Dod, the air conditioned building features a two floor reading room and an eight floor stack, currently housing over 250 000 volumes with capacity for 750 000. Also noted is a Chevrolet from 1925 with mixed components from several brands.
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Liverpool
Europe
Harold E. Cohen
University of Liverpool
Harold A. Dod
Scientist Praises Canada Urges Oceanographic Expansion
Dr. Stanley Kemp of the Marine Biological Association urged Canada to extend oceanographic studies and expand fisheries administration to improve sea harvests. He praised Canada as a leading Commonwealth nation in this work and predicted gradual solutions to supply fluctuation through improved understanding of submarine conditions and regional forecasts. The Gulf Stream drift is being studied by Britain the United States Germany and Denmark, aiming to map the main features of North Atlantic circulation.
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Stanley Kemp
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Kemp
Marine Biological Association of
United Kingdom
Canada
British Commonwealth
Gulf Stream
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Denmark
North Atlantic
Reduction In Accidents Across U S Shows Nine Month Decline
The U S National Safety Council reports nine consecutive months of lower motor vehicle fatalities from November 1937 through July 1938 versus prior year levels totaling 23 510 deaths October 1937 to July 1938 saw a 5 310 lives saved. Wyoming led with a 45 percent drop. Pennsylvania and Michigan follow with 39 percent declines.
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U.S. National Safety Council
Council
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Forgotten Men Return from Siberian Camp After 20 Years
Stanislas Musielinski leads one of 700 prisoners from a Siberian concentration camp freed by Japanese troops during Changkufeng fighting. He finds his wife remarried with two children in Poland after years of presumed death, and relocates to avoid disturbing her new family.
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Siberian
Stanislas Musielinski
Poland
Manchoukuo
Changkufeng
Musielinski
Gorzupie
Air Tragedy Blamed on Company Shortcomings
A transport department inquiry found that failure to organize weather reporting, check load carried, and assess pilot experience contributed to the loss of a Fairchild passenger plane and its four occupants on the Vancouver to Zeballos route. The May 27 disappearance of Pilot L G Waagen and three passengers remains unsolved with no wreckage found.
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Vancouver
Zeballos
Vancouver Island
Transport Department
Fairchild
L. G. Waagen
Cowboys Go Mechanical
Oregon ranchers invent an electric pole powered by tiny batteries to move cattle. Cowboys now supervise from fence posts while electric prods do the work.
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Oregon
Selected Recipes for Honey Walnut Corn Bread
Lift the first four ingredients together then add whole wheat flour sugar walnuts and dates and the Bee Hive Golden Corn Syrup. Stir in milk water egg and St Lawrence Maize Oil and let stand 20 minutes in a leaf pan rubbed with oil. Bake slowly for one to one and a half hours.
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St. Lawrence
Lemon Jell-O Mold with Cabbage and Apples
Dissolve Jell-O in hot water then add vinegar and salt. Chill until slightly thickened. Fold in cabbage, apples and pickles. Turn into individual molds and chill until firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce. Serves six.
First Alberta wheat cut by Edmonton area farmer
A farmer in the Edmonton district harvested the first wheat in Alberta this year from a field of winter wheat seeded last August. He notes ten years of experience confirms this wheat type can be grown successfully.
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Edmonton
Drive Carefully Today
A compact warning urges careful driving today with a reflective line about there being no road back to yesterday. The sentiment emphasizes caution on present roads and moments.
Sensible Agreement Ends Canton Enderbury Dispute
The United States and Great Britain reach a working agreement on use of Canton and Enderbury islands, small Pacific islets valuable for aviation and communications bases. The nations had previously claimed the specks after a comic dispute and settlers were involved. The settlement shows peaceful commercial competition without force.
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United States
Great Britain
Canton
Enderbury
Pacific
Detroit News
Indian widow rolls to Benares three years on road
An Indian woman from Poona to Benares has reached Allahabad after three years of rolling on a jhoola. Widowed four years ago, police stopped her from the funeral pyre and she says her husband’s spirit guided her to penance by travel. She travels about five miles daily.
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Poona
Benares
Allahabad
India
British writer notes human swimmer expends more energy than shark at speed
A British writer asserts that a man swimming at about four miles per hour uses more energy proportionally than a shark moving at twenty miles per hour, highlighting efficiency differences between human and marine predator locomotion.
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