Armaments Race Exposed in Global Spending Surge
A circulated cartoon annotates a tabulated rise in world defense spending from 1833 to last year, projecting about two billion dollars more annually. The piece argues democratic nations, led by Great Britain and the United States, must lead a new unity to avert financial ruin and pursuit of collective security.
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Thormons
League of Nations
Group of Nations
Great Britain
United States
Sir Henry Page Croft
Wales
Henry Page Croft
Crystals Show Potent New Vitamin A at Chapel Hill
Visual proof of a 23 year effort yields pale yellow needle crystals of pure vitamin A at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chapel Hill North Carolina. The 3 000 000 units per gram potency surpasses other concentrates and follows earlier isolations of vitamins B and C.
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American Chemical Society
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Real Magician Demonstrates Egg Frying on Ice at GM Show
General Motors vice-president Charles F. Kettering wowed about 1,000 people in Detroit with an ice cake egg fry using a cold coil and a 1,600 cycle per second electric current. The demo opened GM's road show Previews of Progress to tour the United States. Second-class fares and barbering regulations in Victoria BC set 5 cent rail and 10 cent facial prices while restricting barber schools to 1,000 hours of training to shield licensed shops.
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General Motors
Charles F. Kettering
Detroit
Kettering
United States
Victoria
British Columbia
Amherst man recalls name carved on wood abroad
Cecil Ripley of Amherst Nova Scotia marked his name on a piece of hardwood a year ago and forgot it. He recently received a letter from Charles Wilson a chairmaker in Hoxton England who found the address and wrote to him.
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Cecil Ripley
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Charles Wilson
Hoxton
England
Bim
Secret Radio Spy Device Tied to Navy Cryptography Plan
United States Navy officials disclosed limited details on a confidential radio spy device developed to track enemies at sea. Admiral Harold G. Bowen urged congressional committees to fund the program and a cryptography system that would allow fleet signals to stay undeciphered by adversaries, with potential first tests planned during Pacific maneuvers in Alaska and Hawaii.
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United States Navy Department
Harold G. Bowen
Navy
Department
Congressional Appropriations
Alaska- Hawaii
Pacific
Bowen
Kipling Letter Sells In New York After Coronation Postponement
A Rudyard Kipling letter depicting gloom over Edward VII s coronation postponement due to illness sold in New York. Dated June 26 1902 the missive describes England in shock as the king s illness halts events and dampens public spirits.
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Kipling
Edward VII
Edweard VII
Rudyard Kipling
New York
HL Wolcott Balestier
Vermont
England
Edward
Australian Gunner Sullivan VC Funeral Attended by Officials
Australian soldier Arthur Percy Sullivan VC who died in London was honored in a Wellington Barracks funeral. High officials including Australian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce attended alongside representatives from many governments. Sullivan, a Manly bank manager, left a widow and four children. he earned the VC in 1919 for rescuing four comrades under heavy fire in a northern Russian swamp.
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London
Arthur Percy Sullivan
Paris
Den
Wellington Barracks
Sullivan
Stanley Bruce
Australian Bank
Manley
New South Wales
V.C
Selected Recipes Temperature 350 Bake Time Details
Recipe fragment lists ingredients and steps for a butter sugar corn syrup cake with a corn starch flour blend and almond meringue. Includes eggs yolks, baking powder, vanilla and almond flavoring, and a 9 by 12 pan. Mentions Crown Brand corn syrup and Benson's corn starch. Oven time appears corrupted as 3 hour.
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Crown
Benson's
Col J Obed Smith Dies on World Cruise in Yokohama
Col J Obed Smith a former chief officer for Canada's immigration department aged 75 died in Yokohama while aboard the Empress of Britain during a world cruise. An English native from Birmingham he moved to Canada after Liverpool college, was called to Manitoba bar in 1881, served with the provincial government, became Dominion immigration commissioner for western Canada in 1901, retired in 1924, then led Hudson's Bay Overseas Settlement. He lived in Richmond Surrey and is survived by his widow and two daughters.
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J. Obed Smith
Immigration Department
Cana
England
Yokohama
Japan
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Smith
Birmingham
Eng
Col. Smith
Canada
Liverpool College
Manitoba
Dominion
Western Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Overseas Settlement Limited
Richmond
Surrey
Harry Barton Rose
Winnipeg
World Famous Women Sought For Sydney Needlecraft Exhibit
Australia to host an international exhibition of modern tapestries in Sydney next year as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations. Queen Mas is invited to lend a tapestry sample and Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt is likewise asked. Lady Gowrie proposed the exhibition and invites Australian tapestry weavers to compete interdistrict, with winning pieces to join the display unless sun glare prevents.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
Queen Mas
Mra Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Lady Gowrie
Look And Listen Drivers Should Exercise Caution At Crossings
The article argues Canadian rail crossings cannot be eliminated due to 140000 miles of tracks. It suggests plain signal warnings and removing or protecting the most dangerous crossings, noting overhead bridges and subways are too costly. It urges the traveling public to heed warnings. It also mentions the nine of diamonds being called the Curse of Scotland and notes US and China lead in poultry production.
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Canada
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Appleford Paper Products Limited
Hamilton
Calgary
Regina
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Country
China
Lea
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