Women set new London to Portsmouth record in drive
The Women's Road Records Association standard figures for London to Portsmouth and back were reduced by 38 minutes by a notable driver, Mrs Lillian Dredge. In Battersea England Norman Prior, 46, was bound over for a year after appearing in court charged with theft of 1250 dollars, taken from his daughter's doll money. Royal treasures from ancient to modern times will be shown at the Royal Treasures Exhibition next April and May in coronation year. British Columbians spent over 14 million on beer wine and hard liquor in the year ending March 31 according to the liquor control board. A new British gliding record was believed set when Philip Wills covered about 110 miles in a British-made machine. For the first time in years British Columbia wheat may be shipped to southern Alberta. Seed wheat could be obtained from a 12 000 acre farm near Creston for drought districts in the south. Tar sands deposits between Lac la Nonne and Lac et Anne and west of Lacombe were announced by Alberta minister W A Fallon containing enough sands to pave many miles of roads.
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Try
Women’s Road Records Association
London
Portsmouth
Eychat
Lillian Dredge
Norman Prior
Battersea
Eng
Liquor Control Board
Philip Wills
British Columbia
Alberta
Creston
B.C
Drouth
Lac la Nonne
Lac ‘Bte
Anne
Lacombe
W. A. Fallon
Public Works
Honor German War Dead by Canadian Olympians in Berlin
Canadian Olympic athletes joined officials to lay a wreath of maple leaves on the unknown soldier grave in Berlin near the former palace of Frederick the Great. Dr. Ross Millar led the Canadian delegation as German foreign office and British Embassy representatives joined a crowd of thousands along Unter Den Linden. Torch-bearing figures William Peden and Tom Alligon led the march from the parade route to the memorial.
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Germany
Frederick the Great
Unter den Linden
Ross Millar
Department of Pensions and National Health
William
Torchy" Peden
Victoria
Tom Alligon
BBC Plans London Television Service Faces Funding Gap
The British Broadcasting Corporation prepares to launch three hour daily programmes from Alexandra Palace in October with a staff of 100. Officials say plans are complete but expenditures may exceed the $900,000 already granted as programme costs rise.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Alexandra Palace
BBC
Remarkable reformer Dame Henrietta Barnett dies in London
Dame Henrietta Barnett founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb dies at 85 in London. A friend of Queen Mary, she led social reform from Whitechapel to Toynbee Hall, shaping modern welfare work. Her five rules fueled tireless energy and long public service.
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London
Dame Henrietta Barnett
Hampstead Garden
South Square
Queen Mary
Garden
Henrietta
8. A. Barnett
I ‘West End
Whitechapel
Eye surgery in India with makeshift tools recounted
Sir Henry Tristram Holland described performing a double cataract operation under a juniper tree in Baluchistan. Using hair pins as iris speculum crochet hooks as iris hooks and embroidery scissors as iris scissors he treated two eyes with cocaine and standard instruments, achieving an excellent result. A subsequent case involved a man who fell from a palm tree and was transported 70 miles to a railway for hospital care with a full recovery.
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East India
India
East India Association
Sir Henry Tristram Holland
Baluchistan
Quetta
Bir Henry
Millionaire contest seeks plan to spend a public good
An anonymous midwestern man with a million dollars asks for proposals from the public to maximize benefit to all. The Atlantic Monthly notes the contest offers a $1,000 prize for the best plan to use the fortune for education libraries playgrounds and other communal gains.
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Atlantic Monthly
Solomon
Tugwell
Detroit
Two Monuments Planned By Ottawa Board For West Settlement
Historic Monuments and Sites Board considers two new stone monuments to honor western settlement. One will mark the Dawson road from Lake Superior to Winnipeg near St Anne des Champs area. A cairn may be used. Plans aim for dedication this year. The second honors Fort Maurepas at Winnipeg River mouth by La Verendrye, highlighting fort founding and regional trade significance. George Robertson named president of American Poultry Judges Association, first Canadian in 53 years.
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West
Historic Monuments and Sites Board
Ottawa
F. W. Howay
New Westminster
B.C
Winni
Fort Maurepas
Winnipeg River
la Verendrye
Howay
Winnipeg Free Press
Poultry Judges Association
Department of Agriculture
George Robertson
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
American Poultry Judges’ Association
Topeka
Kas
Robertson
Sunday School Lesson August 16 Devotional Guide
Golden text Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap Lesson Galatians 6 1 10 Devotional reading Galatians 5 16 24
Two-Storey Plane Aims to Carry Sixty Six Passengers
From Holland comes word that Anthony Fokker designed a two storey passenger plane the SP-56 to carry 66 passengers with sleeping accommodations dressings rooms and comfort. It boasts speeds of 200 mph cruising and a 26 000 ft ceiling as a step toward long distance airliner service. The London Amsterdam Berlin route currently uses the Fokker F-36. the SP-56 is described as not an experiment but a regular service design with fuel capacity for oceanic flights.
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Holland
Anthony Fokker
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Brandon Sun
Creation of RAF volunteer reserve announced in Lords
Keser Viscount Swinton announced in the House of Lords the creation of a Royal Air Force volunteer reserve to supply pilots for the expanded force. Entering pilots will be civilians aged 18 to 25, with an annual retaining fee of 25 dollars. Eight hundred pilots are needed each year, a rise from 60 prior to the expansion.
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Viscount Swinton
Fair
House of Lords
Royal Air Force
Sewall Thanking Editors For Publicity Space
A Toronto Mail and Empire excerpt laments how readers and organizations neglect to thank editors for favorable notices. It notes publicity space is scarce besides circulation and urges acknowledgment of editoric courtesy for worthy causes.
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Toronto Mail
Empire
Study on pure white color sparks MIT conference remarks
David L. Macadam of the Institute presented findings at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology color conference claiming no perfect white exists on earth. He noted the closest shades are new fallen snow and pure chalk, with industrially produced whites following after years of research.
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Earth
Massachusetts Institute, of Technology
David L. Macadam
The
Institute
Manchester Education Committee to Create Vision Impairment Classes
The education committee will establish special classes in Manchester schools for children with impaired vision. This initiative targets improved instructional access and inclusive schooling, aligning with local educational reform efforts and city support for disabled students.
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Manchester
England
Knits for Youth Jacket and Matching Hat Pattern
Simple coat and hat set for children ages 4 6 and 8 in stockinette and checkerboard stitches. Durable, easy to knit, with pattern 5678. To obtain pattern send 20 cents in stamps or coin to Household Arts Dept Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Dept
Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks Pattern Book Publ
Germany Re smelts Scapa Flow wrecks for modern navy
The article notes Germany purchases scrap metal from scuttled World War I battleships at Scapa Flow. Steel plates and guns are cut into scrap, shipped to German steel works, and remelted into ship plates for new warships. It mentions the Queen Mary and Mauretania receiving steel from such remelted sources.
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Scapa Fiow
Scapa Flow
Germany
Race of the century ox team race set for Labor Day
Officials in Halifax district trades and labor council announce a coast village ox team race for September 1 Labor Day. Entries include Preston's Gee-Haw the village’s racing pride. The distance and time limit are undecided as a go as you please event allows walk run trot gallop or pace.
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Nova Scotia
Halifax
Bluenose Trials Under Power After Engine Upgrade
The international champion fishing schooner Bluenose, with 300 passengers aboard, completed a first power trial to Cros Island buoy and back. Captain Angus Walters said the engines caused little change in handling, the ship reaching nine miles per hour, with potential improvement after break-in. The vessel remains ready for future races and can revert to previous fittings if desired.
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Crossland
Angus Walters
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