World Braces For Possible War Between Italy And Ethiopia
The article warns of a looming Italy Ethiopia conflict as Mussolini presses aggression and Haile Selassie resists surrender. It notes League of Nations responses, potential broad war, and the need for united public action to uphold international law and sanctions under Article 16.
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Italy
Ethopia
League of Nations
Haile Sellassie
Mussolini
Ethiopia
Committee On International Law
The
Canadian Bar Association
Winnipeg
Canada
Council of the
League
Niagara Falls Boulder Slide Blocks Railway Traffic
A 500 ton rock slide roared down the American cliff below the lower bridge at Niagara Falls. Huge boulders and shale piled on the International Railway gorge line, lifting tracks from the roadbed and pushing them to the gorge brink. One power line pole was displaced and officials warned clearing the tracks would take considerable time.
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Niagara Falls
Explorers Complete Two Month Northwest Waterfowl Survey
L. J. Goldman and C. E. Gillham of the United States Biological Survey finished a two month nesting survey of migratory waterfowl in the Northwest Territories and northern Alberta. They arrived at Edmonton by plane from Fort Resolution and Gillham said results cannot be released until government reporting. Nesting sites of ducks and geese up to Fort Resolution were examined.
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Northwest Territories
Alberta
L. J. Goldman
C. E. Gillham
United States Biological Survey
Washington, D.C
Edmonton
Fort Resolution
Gillham
Albuquerque
N.M
Women Celebrate Harvest Speedups with New Combines
At the Jess Denton farm in Alma Kansas 31 men dined and 27 men later supped after threshing. Nearby a big combine harvested 165 acres in a day showing the machine cuts workload for farm families.
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Jess Denton
Alma
Kansas
Astronomer Dr. Cannon Wins Ellen Richards Prize
Harvard astronomer Dr Anne J Cannon active in Toronto for the American Astronomical Society meeting explains astronomy is accessible to the public. She is the last recipient of the Ellen Richards prize for women in research for spectral star classification. Four gas test wells on the Kakwa structure near Hudson Bay Junction report 275 feet flow as part of geological data gathering.
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Anne J. Cannon
Harvard
Toronto
American Astronomical Society
Cannon
Madame Curie
France
Ellen Richards
Dr. Cannon
Amalgamated Oils Ltd
Kakwa
Hudson Bay Junction
Piewie Hills
Senator Oil and Gas Development Company
Ottawa
Trail Blazer Company
Intricate Construction of Queen Mary Plates Stalls Progress
At Clydebank yard the Queen Mary hull plates vary in curvature and size with over 10 million rivet holes needing exact matches. Each plate must overlap six neighbors, a task requiring a large engineering staff and a half model layout to study the mating of holes and alignment.
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Clydebank
New York Times
Pavlov Honored by Tsars and Soviets for Nerve Study
News of the World notes Prof Ivan Pavlov, famed Russian scientist, extended for decades of work on the nervous system and brain digestion. He won the 1904 Nobel Prize, received a £19000 lab grant at age 85, now earns £2000 yearly, and is said to be the only man who would dare answer Stalin, per H. G. Wells.
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Ivan Pavlov
H. G. Wells
Stalin
Siamese twin dahlia displayed in Victoria
A two fused pompom dahlia bloom from Sooke B C grown by Mrs W G Gordon drew expert notice. The pink back to back flowers form a near solid ball and are described as a queer natural aberration. It may signal a new autumn variety.
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Victoria
W. G. Gordon
Sooke
B.C
Village fights rat plague with anti-rat army
In Chilthorne England fifty rats a night are being killed as villagers form an anti-rat army to defend a farm from a rat siege. The rodent plague persists and the rats have thus far won.
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Chilthorne
England
Portland resident invents magnetic staff plate for music teaching
A Portland Oregon resident created a painted metal plate displaying a musical staff. Magnets on paper notes allow kids to place notes on the staff for an interactive music lesson.
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Portland, Ore
Okapi Rare African Animal Captivates London Zoo
Leo the Okapi, one of the world’s rarest animals, has become the talk of London Zoo Society. The African okapi blends giraffe deer and zebra traits, appearing like a tiny giraffe and famed for its shy nature amid near extinction threats from local tribes.
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Okapi
London Zoo
Leo
London Zoo Society
Africa
Sturi Forest
British Authority Probes Alberta Coal Market Decline
Sir Montague Barlow opened an inquiry into Alberta coal industry noting the use of natural gas in Edmonton last year deprived mines of 350000 tons of coal. Mayne Reid counsel for 10 coal firms cited gas and road transport competition to railways as reducing steam coal demand.
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Edmonton
Sir Montague Barlow
Alberta
Mayne Reid
Reid
Sir Montague
Attractive new pattern model featured for fall and winter
Ellen Worth presents a practical model in lightweight wool and velveteen jackets with a wool dress option. Style No. 675 covers sizes 8 14 with yardage details and ribbon needs. Patterns cost 15c each. mail orders go to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Old London scheme offers meals for stranded husbands
A St Thomas Times Journal piece reports a proposed service in Old London for husbands whose wives are away. A catering firm would provide breakfast and dinner, keep food in the fridge overnight, and wash dishes for a weekly fee. Socks would be bagged and returned washed and mended.
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Old London
Hubby
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Land Vanishes In Esquimalt Tax Sale Mystery
A San Francisco seller discovers a long held Esquimalt property disappeared after taxes paid for over five decades. He sought title in Victoria and Esquimalt, but registry records show no trace, suggesting the land may now be underwater. The municipality reportedly covered the tax sale sum.
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Seller
San Francisco
Victoria
B.C
Esquimalt
Land Registry Office
Coast
Victoria Real Estate
Soviet Airborne Drill Ends in Tactical Defeat
Soviet military strategists staged a mass parachute drop with fully equipped troops behind enemy lines. The airborne regiments captured the airdrome but advancing overland met a rapidly mobilized defense with tanks and armored trains, destroying them.
Huge Cliff Demolished In Scotland Quarry Blast
A 500 foot high granite cliff at Ben Churnich near Bon Awe was demolished by powder after a signal from Loch Etive. A lone trigger man in a forest pushed a dynamo lever, unleashing a cloud of granite dust and fumes. The blast, costing $20 000, will yield 1 000 000 tons of granite and keep 400 quarrymen employed for six years.
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Scotland
Ben Churnich
Bonawe
Loch Etive
Pivotal stage moment ends as heroine vanishes
The climax unfolds with the villain kidnapping the heroine causing tears in the audience. The hero discovers the loss, clinging to a table and crying out that she is gone. The sales boy’s shout rings from the gods offering snacks.
Moorhen Nests Beside Stream at Egginton Rectory
A moorhen builds and decorates its nest along a small garden stream at Egginton Rectory Derbyshire amid reeds and irises. Buttercups from the adjoining meadow lay sprays along the nest edge each morning.
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Egginton Rectory
Derbyshire
Boston artist halts work with police after danger scare
A young artist atop a Boston waterfront building drew a city skyline as police and an ambulance rushed to the scene. Office workers alarmed by his risky stance triggered the call, freezing activity while authorities handled the scene.
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Boston
Advice For Everyone On Staying Home With Colds
Dr Gordon P Jackson M O H of Toronto urges people with colds to stay home and isolate. He notes colds cause greater financial loss to business than any single disease and are highly communicable. The weather shift to cold nights lowers resistance.
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Gordon P. Jackson
M.O.H
Toronto
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