Democrats Praise Leadership as War Looms Across Nations
The piece lauds British and French leadership led by Chamberlain amid looming war. It contrasts democratic resolve with German aims, noting wartime unity, peace efforts, and the cost of conflict. It also reports Salvation Army facilities in Canada placed at government disposal for wartime service under Commissioner Carpenter, with King’s acknowledgment.
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Chamberlain
Ume
Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
Memel
Germany
Hitler
New York Times
Salvation Army
Salvaton Army
Canadian
George L. Carpenter
Toronto
England
World Forces of the
Mackenzie King
Carpenter
King
London
Evangeline Booth
Canada
British tire cuts out whine with new stud arrangement
A British firm announces a tire that does not whine on straight-ahead running. The design uses irregular stud lengths and misaligned ribs to stop the steady drumming that produces a high note. Industrial Britain notes Galileo and the telescope and mentions insects as ancient earth inhabitants.
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Industrial
Britain
Russian Soul Snuff Prevents Flu Says Doctor
Dr. A Smorodinsteff described in congress proceedings a horse serum snuff derived from the clear liquid of flu infected horses. In a large Russian trial 650 exposed men received the snuff with 4 infections, while 1 700 controls had 149 influenza cases and higher pneumonia death risk.
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A. Smorodinsteff
Mosen
Smorodinsteff
Russia
Donors to Red Cross War Aid Report
The King and Queen donated 7000 pounds to the Red Cross for wounded war relief. The King contributed 5000 pounds and the Queen 2000 pounds. Queen Mary added 1800 pounds, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester 1000 pounds, the Duke and Duchess of Kent 750 pounds, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood 500 pounds, and the Duke of Connaught 2 pounds.
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Red Cross
Queen Mary
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Princess Royal
Earl of Harewood
Duke of Connaught
Memorial mark for first Great War clash at Mons
A memorial in Mons Belgium marks where British and German forces first clashed in 1914. The article notes Corp E Thomas fired the first British shot on August 22 1914 and references earlier war memories.
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Mons
Belgium
Corp
E. Thomas
Higher Pay for Active Service Troops Set by Ottawa
The Defence Department Ottawa announces active service pay rises from 1.19 to 1.30 dollars daily for non permanent militia. Dependents allowances vary. wife up to 60 dollars monthly by rank, children 12 dollars monthly per child until 16 or 17, with minimums for disabled dependents. A private with wife and three children would get 91 dollars monthly after deductions.
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Defence Department
Ottawa
Sun study links surface cancer to sun exposure findings
A John Hopkins study presented at an Atlantic City congress links sun exposure to surface cancers that oddly shield against other cancers. It notes army and navy men with skin cancers show immunity to other forms. A bride jokes about cooking fish cakes and trifle at a wedding.
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John Hopkins University
International Congress
Atlantic City
Sigisimund Peller
Army
Navy
Triumph For The Queen In Dumfermline Visit
Queen Elizabeth praised by Mrs Peden of Dumfermline during an informal stop at the Black Watch Memorial Home in Dundee. The Queen noted the tree she planted in Dumfermline Glen now towers above those planted by the King and Queen Mary. A brief local exchange followed at Dunalis gair, Broughty Ferry.
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Elizabeth
Dumfermline
Black Watch
Dunalisgair
Broughty Ferry
Dundee
Peden
Dumfermline Glen
Duchess of York
Mary
George
Northern Lights Dance Stirs Eskimo Community
In the Hudson Bay port near Churchill Es ki mo medicine men protest modern dances while youths embrace new terpsichorean trends. The annual excursion dance draws Cree Chippewagan Es ki mos trappers Hudson Bay men and sailors with 90 American tourists amid two orchestra shifts and sleigh dog background music.
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Arctic
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Texas
California
New Canadian Farm Clubs Lead in Agriculture Growth
Canadian Boys and Girls Farm Clubs drive leadership across provinces with livestock, crops, horticulture, and home economics projects. Alberta and Ontario show strong calf and wheat club results. Ottawa and Lakehead exhibitions featured top youths and animals. the movement now totals over 37 000 members as it enters its 25th year with the motto Learn to Do by Doing.
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Dominion
Canadian Council On Boys
Canada
Ottawa
Lakehead
Port Arthur
Alberta
Ontario
Tree Belts to Halt Soil Drift in Western Canada
Forester Capt. Rich ard St. Barbe Baker advocates a nationwide tree belt program to stop soil drifting and improve rainfall. He cites Canada and U S CCC camps, noting Roosevelt’s New Deal plans then discusses forest projects in Kenya and Nigeria and a chase for a formal tree conservation program in England. He leads a party of eight on tours of Canada and the United States.
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Canada
Richard St. Barbe Baker
Baker
United States
Civilian Conservation Corps
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
C.C.C
Capt. Baker
Roosevelt
England
University of Saskatchewan
Kenya Colony
Nigeria
Gas Fueled Cars May Revolutionize Road Transport
British MPs will see new high-compression coal gas engines claimed to rival oil and gasoline in efficiency. Developed at Ashton-under-Lyne, the engines may reshape fuel usage during wartime shortages. The UK Gas Corporation Studies gas filling stations to power gas driven trucks and vehicles with rapid refueling.
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Ashton-under-Lyne
England
United Kingdom Gas Corporation
Weather Effects on Fish and Bird Migrations Highlighted
The article explains how heat harms trout and how deforested river banks raise water temps to lethal levels. It notes the nighthawk migration spans vast distances, from the Yukon to Argentina, about 7000 miles, illustrating extreme bird movements.
Cat with Wings Amazes Sheffield Neighbors
Mrs. Mary Roebuck of Attercliffe reports her tomcat Sally has grown two foot wings. The wings extend from behind his shoulders and unfold to a fowl like span. He cannot fly but jumps well and clears five feet with wings spread. Local experts deem it a pure freak formation.
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Mary Roebuck
Attercliffe
Sheffield
Eng
Sally
Radium Buried in Britain to Shield Nation
The Manchester Guardian reports Britain has buried nearly all radium up to 50 feet underground in artesian drill pits to prevent dispersion from an explosion. A conference will decide safe areas for medical use of radium. In Texas, an alligator killed by an arrow and musket ball was unearthed near the San Antonio River.
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The
Manchester Guardian
Great Britain
San Antonio
Texas
Royal visit yields bizarre war paint use
During the royal visit, Indian chiefs reportedly used their wives lipsticks as war paint in a striking, unusual practice reflecting cultural customs observed by visitors.
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