Empire parliamentary ties mix with world events
World happenings brief mentions Henry E Ewart named master of the royal Canadian mint in Ottawa. Alberta legislature calls for increased coal sales in Canada. Invitations go out to over 70 delegates for the 1940 Empire Parliamentary Association conference in New Zealand. Duke of Gloucester tipped as viceroy of India. Swiss permit for Jewish children from Germany to enter temporarily. Claude C Ponter reelected president of Canadian Association at Tourist and Publicity bureaux. 1939 convention to be held in Vancouver. 60 to 80 giant airliners to carry Christmas mail to 40 empire territories, about 350 tons. US voters still prefer Great Britain but interest dipped seven percent in year and a half.
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Churchill
Hudson Bay Railway
Henry E Ewart
Royal Canadian Mint
Ottawa
Dominion
Alberta
Empire Parliamentary Association
New Zealand
London Sunday Pictorial
Duke of Gloucester
India
Marquess of
Great Britain
United States
American Institute of Public Opinion
Music Affects Factory Work Says Science Study
Dr John Hume of Pennsylvania State College reports experiments in a Pennsylvania factory showing better performance and lower spoilage on assembly lines when workers listen to crooning Bing Crosby or Guy Lombardo. He notes rhythm and clarity matter, with no music or harsh swing increasing spoilage. New Guinea air travel charges natives by weight, 10 to 25 cents per pound depending on distance.
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Bing Crosby
Guy Lombardo
John Hume
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Hume
New Guinea
Trackless trolley buses spark Winnipeg transit debate
Trackless trolley buses in Winnipeg faced rising losses after an $960,000 improvement program since 1936. Revenue passengers dropped from 61,238,734 in 1929 to 41,579,017 last year, prompting calls for public authorities to partner with the company while new double-wire buses operate with long flexible trolleys to maintain power without fixed rails.
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Publi
Ity
Helium in Canada Could Reopen National Resources
The Quebec Medical Journal notes Canada can produce helium, challenging the US monopoly claim. It cites World War deposits found in Ontario and Alberta and discusses medical uses for pneumonia and heart conditions, plus nonmedical applications like food preservation and radio tubes. It states Canada is the empire’s only helium source.
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Canada
Quebec Medical Journal
United States
Ontario
Alberta
British Empire
Glacier Crash in Canadian Rockies Sparks Avalanching Ice
In early autumn 1938 a large ice slide from Mount Hector on the Alberta side of the Canadian Rockies caused an avalanche into Molar Creek valley. Unseen by people, it was found two weeks later by a guiding party. The ice mass traveled about two miles, spreading over the valley in four broad sheets a couple of hundred feet deep. Mount Hector rises 11,135 feet and nearby Banff Jasper Highway now skirts its western slopes, though the glacier was not visible from the highway.
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Canadian Rockies
Hector
National Park
Alberta
Lake Louise
Banff-Jasper
Jasper
Banff Park
Hector Mountain
Bow Lake
Bow Pass
Mistaya River
Saskatchewan River
Courage Award For Scout Ince Faces Paralyzing Battle
Stanley Ince, a disabled Boy Scout leader in London, is the only other recipient of the Cornwell decoration for courage and character after illness left him paralyzed and legless. He credits Roland Phillips’s death and a will that asked him to continue Pioneer Scout work in London’s East End as his reason to endure.
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Stanley Ince Ns
Ince
Bailey
Abe
London
Roland House
Roland Phillips
East End
FWO FROM A NEW BASIC DESIGN By Anne Adams
Anne Adams unveils Pattern 4960 with “Pattern Magic” for a slim hipline dress and housecoat. Features include a front paneled front, demure collar options, and a long swirled movement below the knees. Available in junior and misses sizes 10 through 18. 4 yards of 96 inch fabric for size 14. Send 20 cents, size, name, address, and pattern number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Anne Adams
Anne ‘Adams
Winnipeg
Sunday School Lesson Behold the Truth in Action
The piece discusses truthfulness as core to justice and democracy. It cites scripture about false witness, Jesus as truth, and the need for honest speech to foster mutual trust in a free society. It emphasizes moral capacity to receive truth and working with others toward common ends.
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Jesus
John Saiaat
God
Zee
America
Arthur Twining Hadley
New Zealand receives Canadian gift of buffalo elk from Elk Island
A shipment from Elk Island National Park in Alberta, Canada, comprising one pair of buffalo and one pair of elk, is en route to Wellington Zoo. The animals were health cleared after park wardens captured them and prepared special crates. They travel by rail to Vancouver and sail aboard the MS Hauraki to New Zealand on November 24, with an attendant aboard the ship to feed and care for them during the three week voyage.
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Wellington Zoo
Canada
Wellington Zoological Gardens
Wellington
New Zealand
National Parks Bureau
Department of Mines and Resources
Ottawa
Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Lamont
Vancouver
Fada
Radium needles theft highlights cancer treatment value
A New York doctor reports radium needles totaling one milligram lost to theft, valued at about four hundred dollars. Radium used in cancer treatment involves tiny platinum packed needles and radon seeds. advances in Canada have driven prices and supply, while radium’s medical value is noted as essential in oncology.
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New York
Canwila
Powis
Worth
Canada
Sithim
Editorial Note on McCrehene Cancer Articles
Meaders seeks full cancer reports from The Health Penne of Canada. Readers urged to write to 103 Tond St in Toronto Ontario to obtain the complete act.
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Meaders
McCrehehe
Health Penne of Canada
Tond St
Toronto
Ont
Language note on billion scales in US and UK
The author argues that an American billion equals a thousand million while the English billion equals a million thousand, noting the distinction helps when discussing dollars since most people will not encounter both scales in everyday life.
Human body breathes air by weight daily
The statement notes that the human body breathes air by weight more than it consumes in a 24 hour period, highlighting how respiration uses oxygen and releases carbon dioxide as part of metabolic processes.
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Transporta
Sual
Scout
FWO
Devott
Spain
Alhambra
R. J.W. S. McCullough
Canapal
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