Canada’s Tourist Trade Shows Less Decline Than Any Other Activity
Canada’s tourist traffic will bring between 255000 and 275000000 to the country this year. Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bureau says the tourist industry has declined less than any other business. Through August 31, eight months, 102177 visitors arrived, a drop from 9,676,734 in 1937 for seven months, with August showing improvement. Regions vary with Ontario and Quebec hardest hit, while British Columbia and Vancouver Island report gains including a record visitor count. U S car clearances at Victoria total 26000 cars bringing 72000 visitors. Cruises on Canadian steamers are strong. unsettled European conditions did not divert expected luxury tourism to Canada. Ottawa Journal.
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Canada
Leo Dolan
Department of Transport
Mr. Dolan
United States
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Victoria
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Prairie Provinces
Dolan
Ottawa Journal
World’s Greatest Windmill Problems Studied
Dr. H U Sverdrup from Bergen and California reports on a four year session studying ocean currents to predict long term weather and climate. He suggests wind energy may dwarf heat energy, keeping oceans running by surface friction from the atmosphere. He offers lateral mixing as a mechanism for tropical cooling without large currents.
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Archimedes
Galileo
Newton
H. U. Sverdrup
University of Bergen
Norway
University of California
Tropics
The Platypus Habits Revealed Amid Stamps Issue
Australian stamp news pairs with a platypus study by Robert Edie who kept one as a pet. The animal makes a cluck like a broody hen, can sleep 100 hours, eats a pound of earthworms daily with eggs, has a soft bill, and walks with fists. It is part bird part fish part mammal and lays eggs while nursing young.
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Robert Edie
Australia
Cable ploughing completes four year Atlantic test
Western Union announced a four year experiment to bury trans Atlantic cables in the ocean bed. The cable ship Lord Kelvin left New York last March 29 and buried sections of three cables 100 miles southwest of the Irish coast. The method, marking the 80th anniversary of the first Atlantic cable, aims to save repairs and reduce losses from fishing fleets off Ireland.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Lord Kelvin
New York
Irish
Cyrus W. Field
Survivor of straw bee skep craft in Camelsdale village
William Hill, near Haslemere, Surrey, aged nearly 80, is one of Britain’s oldest straw bee skep craftsmen. He has practiced the craft for about 70 years, learning at nine from an older woman in North Chapel. The couple live in a small cottage, surviving on pension and earnings from bee skep sales.
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Camelsdale
Haslemere
Surrey
England
Great Britain
William Hill
Laburnham Cottage
Hill
Mr. Hill
North Chapel
University Scholarship Funding Increased in Saskatoon Will
The University of Saskatchewan will receive a $5,000 increase to a university scholarship fund from the will of the late Walter Scott, former premier of Saskatchewan, as announced by President J. S. Thomson. Doves symbolize peace but are shown in bloody breeding-season clashes with rivals.
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University of Saskatchewan
Walter Scott
Saskatchewan
J. S. Thomson
University
Girl from Ashford Becomes Cabinet Minister’s Private Secretary
Rosemary Miller of Crescent House Ashford Middlesex, once asked what politics meant, rose through Ashford County School and secretarial training to become private secretary to Lord Runciman. She edged toward public life by studying hard and seizing an early chance in Westminster. The family highlights her ambition, travel love, and competitive nature.
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Praguegat
Rosemary Miller
Crescent House
Ashford
Middlesex
Rosemary
Lord Runciman
Czechoslovakia
Potatoes retain value when cooked with skins on
In this note Bernard Moore argues potatoes should be cooked with skins to preserve minerals and reduce waste. He counters the idea that potatoes fatten, noting they are about 80 percent water, 18 percent carbohydrates, and only two percent protein and fat, comparable to pears or apples. The piece also mentions Ireland’s Galway hat factory planning to produce 1,000,000 hats annually.
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Bernard Moore
The
London Listener
Not Bhutling Threatened Bank Heist At Emigrant Savings
A man entered the Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank at 5 East Forty second Street New York demanded $30 000 and threatened to blow up the bank with a satchel of dynamite He was detained by officers from East Fifty first Street station and later hospitalized for observation on Sullivan Law charges The incident recalls a 1879 Wall Street holdup at Russell Sage where a dynamite laden case killed an employee and wounded 12 others identified later as Russell Norman L Norcoss of Boston.
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Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank
East Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
John Kaiser
East Fifty-first Street
Bellevue
Wall Street
Russell Sage
John D. Rockefeller
Emigrant Bank
Sage
Russell Norman L. Norcoss
Boston
Prolific Writer Thomas Wolfe Dies in Baltimore at 37
Thomas Wolfe, prolific author, died in Baltimore from an acute cerebral infection at 37. Harper and Brothers disclosed 1,000,000 words of manuscript material in seven boxes from a New York hotel plan possibly two or three new Wolfe novels continuing the Grant family saga from Look Homeward Angel.
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Thomas Wolfe
Baltimore
Wolfe
Harper and Bros
New York
Harpers
Grant
Beautiful Joe Inscribed Copy Donated to Dalhousie Library
An illustrated edition of Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders of Toronto was presented to Dalhousie University's library. The copy bears an inscription from the author calling it a slight token of respect and admiration.
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Marshall Saunders
Toronto
Joe
Dalhousie University
Turkish Will Law Allows Heir Protection Except for Mustapha Kemal
Turkish law prevents disinheriting heirs with limited exceptions. Mustapha Kemal is cited as the sole exception to the standard inheritance protections in the country.
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Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Jiffy Knit Pattern for Blouse and Skirt
Jiffy Knit offers an easy round stockinette blouse with sunburst neck detail and raglan sleeves plus a smart flared skirt. Pattern 6019 covers sizes 16-18 and 38-40 with stitch illustration and materials list. send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
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Household Arta Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Turkey tenderness law in Los Angeles sparks curiosity
A quirky note from Los Angeles reports a city law prohibiting poking turkeys to assess tenderness. The item notes an unrelated science tip about soaking a cork in olive oil to make it airtight and watertight.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Moon Study Reignites Interest After Pickering’s Claims
British astronomers report renewed data on the Moon as English amateur Robert Barker presents evidence aligning with William Pickering’s earlier claims of minute lunar changes. The work, though inconclusive, encourages further visual and photographic study to better understand the satellite’s activity.
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Mahler
Beer
W. H. Pickering
Lunar
Flammarion
Pickering
Robert Barker
Barker
British Astronomical Association
Moon
Manchester Guardian
British Migrants Planned for Australia Venture
The Overseas League outlines a program to send fifty young British migrants monthly to Australia starting year end. Unmarried males aged 14 to 18 and females 16 to 22, sons and daughters of British parents, will be recruited mainly from industrial cities. They will be cared for on arrival and placed at work with some apprenticed for trades. Committees will be formed in each state to oversee the migrants.
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Overseas League
Australia
RCMP to Survey Radio System Across Prairie Provinces
Commissioner S T Wood announced the RCMP will survey within a year to study a police radio network for the three prairie provinces. The plan calls for a competent radio engineer to map suitable sites in Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Calgary and Edmonton for potential stations.
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Canada
S. T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Calgary
Edmonton
Feathery Growth in Waterfowl Versus Upland Birds
Wild ducks grow their wing feathers after the body is covered, while upland fowl sprout wing feathers first, illustrating distinct growth sequences in waterfowl and ground birds.
Woollen blanket so fine it fits inside a bamboo
In Mysore India craftsmen produce blankets so fine that an 18 feet long roll can be placed inside a hollow bamboo, illustrating remarkable textile skill and ingenuity.
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Mysore
India
The Motor Car Replaces Horse Yet Ass Remains
In a witty aside, the era of automobiles supplants horse transport while the donkey still endures. The remark reflects changing mobility and animal use in daily life, illustrating a shift in technology and humor of the period.
Lord Londonderry at Seaham rally explains pilot duty
Lord Londonderry, chief Civil Air Guard commissioner, told a Conservative rally in County Durham that he learned to fly as a duty after becoming Secretary of State for Air. He flew his own plane from Northern Ireland to Seaham to address the meeting.
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Lord Londonderry
Civil Air Guard
County Durham
England
Air
Air Force
Cranwell
Northern Ireland
Seaham
Overseas Daily Mail
Predatory Trade Surfaces in Admiralty Islands
In the Admiralty Islands a dog is valued more in death than life and human teeth are used as currency. The grim practice highlights ritual exchange and local economies where remains and body parts fetch value, revealing deep cultural beliefs and social norms surrounding debt and kinship.
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Admiralty Islands
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