Four Thousand Mile Air Dash From New York to Budapest
Imperial Airways airliner met the Queen Mary at Cherbourg and carried passengers in five days through Paris Munich Vienna to Budapest covering 1020 miles with speeds near 176 mph. Aboard, radio telegraph kept travelers connected while officials and business leaders could stay in touch. The piece notes the human body may not be built for such rapid travel despite faster times.
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New York
Europe
Imperial Airways
Cherbourg
Paris
Munich
Vienna
Budapest
Ocean Aet
Zurich
World Happenings Briefly Told
Edmonton boy Francis John Savage 15 left to join the British navy in London. In France nine to 14 year olds now receive aeronautics instruction. John Red Kelly 32 died in St Boniface hospital after long illness. King Edward VIII stamps flawed per Philatelists Marvin Wolff. Ernest Bakewell resigned from the British Columbia Co operative Commonwealth Federation. Susan Anthony, suffrage pioneer, to appear on a U S postage stamp. Martha Washington honored as first depicted. Bernard Shaw hosted at H G Wells 70th birthday dinner with 500 guests. Sir Henry Wellcome estate taxes total 968754 pounds. Palestine reinforcements embark for Holy Land on the steamship California. Second battalions of West Yorkshire and Hampshire regiments sail with 1500 troops aboard.
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London
England
Francis John Savage
Edmonton
John “Red” Kelly
St. Boniface
Man
Edward VIII
United Kingdom
Marvin Wolff
St. Lawrence
Palestine
California
Holy Land
West Yorkshire Regiment
Hampshire Regiment
Coronation Attendance Question Divides Queen Mary
Discussion swirls around whether Queen Mary will attend King Edward VIII’s May coronation. No precedent for a widowed queen attending her late husband’s successor’s ceremony, though royal custom has shifted. Queen Alexandra skipped George V’s coronation, while today no queen consort exists.
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Mary
Edward VIII
England
Alexandra
Edward VII
George V
Queen Mary
Rest and Radium Work Prompt Mixed Reactions
The piece contrasts the appeal of periodic paid rest with the harsh reality of radium needle production. Workers stand behind lead screens to handle radium salts, forming needles for implants in diseased tissue. An essayist notes theatre queue delays as social humor.
Rumors Of King Edward VIII Marriage Shot Down
John Drinkwater, British author, dismisses circulating rumors he is contemplating marriage to Princess Irene or Catherine of Greece. He notes the Buckingham Palace suite favors his bachelor status and says official announcements would follow if a match were decided.
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Edward VIII
England
Irene
Catherine
George II
Greece
John Drinkwater
Edward
London
Drinkwater
Buckingham Palace
Secret Soviet submarine fleet converges on Vladivostok
Reliable sources reveal a new and secret Soviet submarine flotilla near Vladivostok to counter a Japanese threat. Estimates place 40 to 50 small fast subs, built in European Russia, shipped 6,000 miles, assembled at secret yards, with constant new personnel training and no capital ships in the Pacific.
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Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Pacific
Far Eastern
King Edward favors rustic Austrian folk song in Vienna
His Majesty praises a dialect tune about Langenlais near Vienna after hearing it in a night club. He requests three encores and tips the performer generously. An Iowan claims to have traced 35,000 relatives after 12 years of research, noting an easier path would have been a sweepstake win.
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King Edward
Vienna
Edward
Langenlais
Agriculture Dominates Frances Population Yet Demand Fails
About half of Frances people work in farming but output cannot meet demand. The text notes agricultural reliance and persistent shortfall in supply.
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Frances
Oklahoma engineers ready wind tunnel study at OU campus
Real Tunnel University of Oklahoma engineering students will study 250 mile an hour wind using a new eighty five foot wind tunnel near completion. A 400 horsepower natural gas engine drives wind through the steel tunnel for aeronautics research and testing of airplanes cars trains and boats. WPA technicians built the facility at sixteen thousand dollars under professor Joseph Liston guidance. It will support new courses in airplane testing and aerodynamics research.
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University of Oklahoma Engineering
Works Progress Administration
Joseph Liston
Duchess of York Guides Glamis Castle Guests in Secret
The Duchess of York, recalling her girlhood at Glamis, once dressed as a maid to guide American visitors. Her detailed knowledge and warm tour impressed the guests who tipped her, unaware of her true identity.
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Duchess of York
H.R.H
Glamis Castle
Glamis
Crochet A Rug Then A Searf Pattern Details
A two color rug crocheted in two colors or white and black with a matching towel end to complete a bathroom decor. Also suggests a bedroom rug with filet crocheted scarf and uses rug yarn or candlewicking. Pattern 5289 offers instructions charts materials and color ideas. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermott Ave E
Winnipeg
First Converts in Europe and Paul’s Pioneer Work
Sunday School lesson chronicles Lydia the first European convert in Philippi and her household, her hospitality, and Paul’s mission to reach Gentiles. It reflects on Paul’s strategy of founding new churches, leaving behind a network of believers as a scout ahead of the main mission.
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Europe
Philippi
Paul
Lydia
Thyatira
John
Moffatt
Christ
Jerusalem
Ilyricum
Asia Minor
Aegean
Illyricum
Bercea
Basil Mathews
Democracy Guarded by Free Press and Liberty
Hon Vincent Massey spoke at a Toronto Canadian Club luncheon noting Europe’s trend shows democracy survives by protecting liberty. He cited Britain and the United States as bulwarks against curtailment, with religious liberty press freedom and the right to elect replacement governments when they err.
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Vincent Massey
London
Toronto
Europe
British Empire
United States
Kitchener Record
Treasures From Japan at Boston MFA and Harvard
The Japanese Emperor honors Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard University for long commitment to Japanese art. An exhibit of 136 objects travels to Boston, including works loaned by imperial and Japanese museums, on view until October 25.
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United States
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard University
Japan
Boston
Imperial Household
Boston Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
Harvard
Home Rule For India Stated By Viceroy Linlithgow
The Marquess of Linlithgow told the Indian legislature that provincial autonomy could arrive in April 1937 with federation following soon after. He noted the 1935 Government of India Bill enabled these changes and contrasted Britain and India’s move to representative government with Europe’s dictatorships.
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Marquess of Linlithgow
India
Europe
Great Britain
Williams Sees Near Collision Then Breaks Leg
Mr J R Williams of Los Angeles watched two cars approach a near collision in front of his home and hurried forward to view. He fell and broke his leg. A magistrate notes middle aged women drivers offend least under speed laws due to years of experience at keeping under thirty.
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J. R. Williams
Los Angeles
Williams
Wiliams
Airways plan to control sky lanes with airways traffic system
Air traffic control measures unfold as the Bureau of Air Commerce builds an airway system. Operators monitor maps and radio messages guiding airplanes through layered routes to prevent congestion. A watcher coordinates six planes by adjusting levels and speeds to maintain separation.
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United States
Bureau of Air Commerce
Airways
Nagging Linked to Higher Sickness in Offices
A British Medical Research Council survey finds offices with nagging atmospheres show higher sickness rates than those with harmony. A quoted case notes steno graphers, influenza absences, and a petty nagger versus a head with a sunny disposition affecting illness absence.
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British Medical Research Council
A Dangerous Plaything
A circular from the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers warns toy air guns and sling shots injure or kill birds and cause lasting harm. It cites a blind school where 300 children will never see again due to toy gun injuries.
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Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
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U.S
Martha Washington
Bernard Shaw
H. G. Wells
Sir Henry Wellcome
Jap Menace
Oklahoma
Alice Brooks
By Brooks
Crochet
Tee Colemas
Ina Dept
Verests
Ceneda
Medel
Biete
Asia
Africa
Duchess of Gloucester
Calgary
Regina
Medical Research Council
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