Peiping: A Sovereign City Through Ages and Wars
Peiping, long known as a sovereign city of the world, faces renewed warfare at its gates. The article describes its triple walls, the Imperial and Forbidden Cities, and landmarks like Temple of Heaven, Bell and Drum Towers, and the Summer Palace. It notes eight names, cycles of humiliation, and resilience against Japanese encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
Imperial City
Forbidden City
Son of Heaven
Orient
Kublai Khan
Asia
China
Big Brother Farm Gives Vacations to Underprivileged Youth
Chester A. Lyon and his wife run the Big Brother Farm near Lebanon Oregon to host 25 to 30 underprivileged boys each summer. The boys help with light farm work and harvests while enjoying games, hikes, swimming, and camping activities. Funds from nut and prune crops and donations sustain their annual vacation effort aided by daughter Catherine and son Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Lyon
Lebanon
Oregon
Mr. Lyon
Lyons
Catherine
Howard
The First Poet Laureate and Royal Patronage History
The article traces early royal verse makers from Richard I to Henry III and Edward IV, noting pensions and patronage. It identifies Ben Jonson as the first official poet laureate in 1617 under Charles I, marking the formalization of the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Coeur de Lion
Richard
Guilielmus Peregrinus
Henry III
Henry
Edward IV
John Kay
Chaucer
Edward
Gathering Eggs And Ancient Incubation Facts
Gather eggs at least twice daily, with a third gathering in heat. Collect late in the day before dark to avoid hens seeking nests after laying ends. Place gathered eggs in the cellar’s coolest spot. Ancient Egyptians knew incubation, and Pliny claimed 100000000 chickens hatched yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny
Broadway Length Measured at Fifteen Miles in City Limits
A field survey records Broadway within New York City limits stretching fifteen miles. The finding outlines route span through multiple boroughs and notes implications for planning and traffic management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Greater
New York
Furs Drive Arctic Trade Linked to Hudson’s Bay Co
Eskimos rely on fur from Coppermine and the Hudsons Bay Company supplies wolverine skins for Arctic parkas. Wolverines, scarce in the northwest, are bought in the east and shipped along the Mackenzie River to trading posts for cash or barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Coppermine
Arctic Circle
Hudson's Bay Company
Canada
Arctic
Northwest
East
Mackenzie River
The Likeable People and Trust Worthiness
A compact reflection from Sir William Robertson on how love and trust grow when others are reliable and willing to bear part of one’s load. It notes that amiability fades if people are forgetful, unpunctual, or habitually neglectful, turning liking into annoyance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Robertson
Population decline in Paris as suburbs expand
Five year trend shows metro Paris shrinking as residents move to suburban areas. An earthquake near Japan created two new islands, altering regional geography and signaling shifts in national expansion narratives amid conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Japan
Canadian Certified Seed Potatoes Move Strong Across 1936 37
Export movements of certified seed potatoes from Atlantic provinces show 1,484,989 bushels shipped in 1936 with 1,142,808 in fall and 342,181 in spring 1937 plus 214,336 sold in Canada. About 30,000 acres were inspected for 1937, a 45 percent rise, with orders for 300,000 crates to Argentina and Uruguay and more shipments planned to the West Indies and United States ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Argentina
Uruguay
West Indies
United States
Trans-Canada Air Lines Takes Over Vancouver Seattle Mail Route
G A Thompson general manager of Canadian Airways announced that Trans-Canada Air Lines has taken over the mail contract for the Vancouver to Seattle route. He also announced that Trans-Canada Air Lines purchased two Lockheed Electra planes formerly used by Canadian Airways on the same route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver-Seattle
Canadian Airways
G. A. Thompson
Lace medallion crochet pattern for Winter scarf set
Pattern 3817 offers an openwork medallion design for a scarf buffet set. Includes nine inch medallion, stitches, illustrations, and materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg for complete instructions. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Great Britain Rearmament Plan Dominates Early War Preparations
The article details Britain’s five year rearmament program with a daily expenditure near £578 and aims to mobilize industry, expand navy and air force, and protect civilian life. It notes fears and optimisms about timing, potential disarmament, and unknown research outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Britain
Chamberlain
Europe
Navy
Empire Defence
Malta
Singapore
Rubber tires gain ground on farm machinery progress
The piece notes rubber tired wheels replacing steel on separators binders and drills as newer light machinery benefits from higher speeds and less crop damage. It cites 60 million pounds of raw rubber imported and shows the industry expanding into new fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Department of Trade and Commerce
Britain to require larger handkerchiefs for women and children
The Wholesale Textile Association of Britain in London announces steps to raise minimum handkerchief sizes to ten inches for women and nine inches for children, reversing earlier standards set to protect public interests. Rockefeller investments in Standard Oil reached 1.1 billion dollars at 1929 highs. George Washington’s face bears pockmarks from smallpox contracted in the West Indies. Britain imports leather worth 75 million annually plus large hides and skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wholesale Textile Association of Britain
London
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Companies
George Washington
West Indies
Great Britain
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Nanking
Peking
The
Big Brother
Charles II
Ben Johnson
Tion
Pasadena Post
Eskimos
North
Maritimes
Air Mail
Alice Brooks
West
Western Canada
Toronto
Gladstone
Glad Stone
Man
Viking
Alta
Burns and Company, Limited
Vegreville
Lacombe Creamery
Lacombe
Carstairs Creamery
Carstairs
Stettler
Elnora Creamery
Elnora
Crystal Dairy, Limited
Macleod
C. Sorensen
Rocky Mountain House
Wetaskiwin Creamery
Cardston
New
J. M. Johnson
Hawarden
Sask
Myrtle A. Johnson
J. M. Johnoon
Thomas Inskip
House of Commons
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