War fears and shifting alliances across continents
The article outlines divergent views on the imminence of a major European war amid massive armament in Europe, noting European publics’ apparent war fatigue while tensions rise in Spain and China. It cites rapid shifts in focus from Spain to Sino-Japanese tensions and warns that incidents involving European and American nationals could ignite broader conflict.
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Europe
Atlantic
American
Spain
China
Japan
Willy Nilly
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
New Process Converts Gasoline to Explosive T N T
A process to convert gasoline into toluel used for making T N T in wartime was reported to the American Chemical Society in Rochester New York. A symposium forecast a renewed oil boom and a new by product industry turning refinery waste into hundreds of chemical bases. Charles Goodyear received a patent for vulcanizing rubber in 1839.
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T.N.T
United States
American Chemical Society
Rochester
N.Y
Charles Goodyear
Electric drying system speeds Moscow plaster work
In Moscow a new builder's method uses rows of fine wire under plaster to conduct electricity from a stepped down city supply. The heated plaster dries in less than a day, solving slow winter drying for mass building projects.
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Moscow
Russia
Hopes for own fleet as Pacific base in 1939
Singapore aims to field a complete fleet for the Pacific once the naval base at the Malay Peninsula south tip is finished in 1939. Australia and New Zealand are expected to join the new defense unit organized by Great Britain.
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Singapore
Pacific
Malay Peninsula
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Windsor Death Rate Surpasses Detroit in Murders
Windsor Ontario shows a murder rate far lower than Detroit Michigan with Windsor reporting about one fifth of Detroit’s death toll. Data contrasts urban crime trends across the river.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit
Mich
Germany Faces Anxiety Over Self-sufficiency Push
The Peterborough Examiner notes that despite visible German progress since 1933, anxiety rises as a key German newspaper is threatened for reporting true food conditions. Germany aims for self sufficiency, risking wheat shortages of 68 million bushels and 35 million bushels of rye, highlighting the peril when mutual trade terms fail.
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Germany
Peterborough Examiner
Fuller sets Bendix transcontinental records in 1930s race
Frank Fuller of San Francisco pilots Rapid Flight Engineering to two Bendix records. He covers 2,042 miles Burbank to Cleveland in seven hours, 55 minutes earning 9,000 dollars, then 2,426 miles Cleveland to Bendix in one hour 40 minutes to win 3,000 dollars. His combined nine hours 35 minutes breaks the Bendix cross country record and awards total prize money of 14,000 dollars.
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Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Fuller
Burbank
Cal
Cleveland
James Haizlip
Clevvland
Bendix
N.J
Roscoe Turner
Poison bottle stopper aims to prevent accidental poisoning
Doctor T C B O'Brien and an engineer friend designed a stopper that opens the wrong way to deter misused bottles. In darkness, attempting to unscrew left would tighten it. turning right feels unnatural. Patented design sent to the home office poisons board, which declined to mandate compulsory use. A embossed version further enhances foolproofing.
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Poisons Board
T. C. B. O’brien
Pembroke Mayor Fred Gay Says He Knits Socks and Bakes Bread
The 77 year old mayor of Pembroke Wales Fred Gay claims self sufficiency. He can knit socks bake bread and sew shirts and says he has long practiced knitting since boyhood and considers himself an excellent nurse.
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Fred Gay
Pembroke
Wales
Drought Humor From Wingard Elevator Agent
A Wingard elevator agent relays a telephone quip linking crop transport to drought humor in Central Saskatchewan. The message jokes about sending a crop into town and returning the sack. The report also notes Lake Superior’s depth, with the bottom 1,180 feet below surface and 578 feet below sea level.
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Saskatchewan
Wingard
Lake Superior
Privacy at Royal Lodge mirrors historic royal retreat
The King and Queen keep Royal Lodge in Windsor Forest as a private residence, following a tradition of monarchs using York Cottage at Sandringham. They value the garden, enjoy weekend escapes from publicity, and amid Windsor Great Park remain largely undisturbed, with distant views of Windsor Castle from the hill beyond the Long Drive.
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Royal Lodge
Windsor Forest
King George V
Queen Mary
York Cottage
Sandringham
Sandringham House
Queen Alexandra
Windsor Great Park
Windsor Castle
Virginia Water
London
Applesauce for Roast Meats and Fruit Cakes
Alice Stevens offers apple based recipes highlighting applesauce to pair with roast pork and turkey. The method softens fruit, uses less sugar, preserves natural apple flavors, and includes a tested apple cake recipe with brown sugar and spices. Readers may write to Alice Stevens Home Service in Penticton for free home cooking advice.
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Alice Stevens
Home Service
Penticton
B.C
Expedition finds two high ice caps on Baffin Land
Lieutenant-Commander Donald B. MacMillan returns from a two month polar expedition. He notes the discovery of two ice caps on Baffin Land and says the caps were 3,500 feet high eight years ago and are now half as high, suggesting they may eventually disappear.
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Donald B. MacMillan
Polar
Baffin Land
MacMillan
Turtle causes traffic tie up in Central Square
A 20 pound snapping turtle halted traffic in Cambridge Mass Central Square when a patrolman stopped it near a seafood grill. The Turtle was moved by a patrol wagon at the request of Hughes to clear the roadway.
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The
Animal Rescue League of
Cambridge
Mass
Central Square
Hughes
Money In Old Clothes Restored To Owner After Sale
A Winnipeg woman’s $2,500 purse was found hidden in donated clothes given to a rag man by her daughter. The rag man sold the outfit for $3 to a second hand dealer who hadn’t opened the purse. Police traced the money and returned it to the relieved owner.
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Bessie Morrow
Winnipeg
Toronto
French Convict Elie Rondeau Recaptured After Escape Stints
Three times escaping from Devil's Island ends with Elie Rondeau, 39, tracked to a Paris cafe terrace by three detectives. Police found in his pockets identity papers belonging to three different men.
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Devil's Island
Elie Rondeau
Paris
Japanese chemists seek rayon from soybean husks
Japanese chemists attempt to produce rayon from soy bean husks, exploring a plant based fiber route. The project aims to create an eco friendly filament from agricultural waste, potentially expanding bio polymer applications.
Population of Greater London at end of June
The population of Greater London reached 8,203,942 by the end of June, reflecting the latest census-like tally for the metropolitan area. This figure underscores urban density and supports planning for housing, transport, and services in the capital.
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Greater London
Prefers Trail To Highway Woman Explorer Visits Western Canada
At 51 Mrs. Jane Akeley widow of Carl Akeley naturalist sculptor and Africa explorer tours Revelstoke and Field in British Columbia and Calgary and Waterton Lakes Alberta. She made 10 exploratory trips into northwestern British Columbia including headwaters of the Fraser and Mount Sir Alexander region under Canadian government sponsorship. Mount Jobe in the Canadian Rockies was named for her by the Geographical Board of Canada. she was decorated by the King of Belgium for Belgian Congo exploration.
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Jane Akeley
Carl Akeley
Canada
Revelstoke and Field
B.C
Calgary
Waterton Lakes
Alta
Akeley
British Columbia
Fraser River
Mount Sir Alexander
Canadian Rockies
Jobe
The
Geographical Board of Canada
Sakai Survivors Probe White Hospital Experience in Malaya
Report describes Sakai people entering a hospital in Pahang after buying shotguns and harming themselves. It notes their past secrecy and avoidance of white men, contrasted with the chance to understand a hospital bed in a so-called white man’s hospital. An unrelated joke closes the item.
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Malaya
Pahang
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