Dangerous Driving at Rail Crossings Across Canada
A December Transport Board report details 346 dangerous crossing incidents from Halifax to Vancouver during 1938. It highlights drivers racing trains, even under lowering gates, with 140 cases crossing in front of approaching trains and 42 driving under lowered gates. The piece laments rising deaths despite safety campaigns and urges license suspension for repeat offenders.
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Board of Transport
Mtastoners For
Canada
Halifax
Vancouver
Eece
Dangerou, Voaging
Dominion
Cased
Saskatchewan
Elasmosaurus A Giant Reptile Of The Cretaceous
The elasmosaurus was a colossal reptile of the Cretaceous era with a porpoise like body and an exceptionally long neck. It measured about 40 feet in length and inhabited a sea area that is now Kansas, as evidenced by deposits from that period.
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Kansas
Reductions Forecast for League of Nations Staff
Budget committee proposes cutting the 1939 budget of 7,252,600 by 1,518,750. Economies cited include withdrawal of some states and end of surpluses from back payments by members, with staff dismissals anticipated in League offices.
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League of Nations
Radium pricing and Congo supply before discovery
Before the Seid of radium was established, most world supply came from the Belgian Congo and sold for $70,000 per gram, a price more than twice the current $840,000 per ounce level.
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Belgian Congo
Tomato Variety Leads U S Canned Fruit Output
The fragment notes tomato is the largest canned vegetable by volume in the United States, with peaches and pineapples among leading canned fruits.
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United States
Southern Polar Air Route Could Trim Africa Australia Flight
A white paper proposes a southern polar air route to cut about 10,000 miles from Africa to Australia. The plan would route Cape Town to Sydney via Adelie Land near the South Pole with French consent. If approved, Britain Australia and New Zealand would grant France access to southern polar territories in exchange.
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Africa
Autralia
South
Cape Town
Sydney
Alexandria
India
Singapore
France
Adelie Land
South Pole
Australia
United Kingdorm
New Zealand
Mystery Bed Bounces in Virginia Cabin Baffles Locals
In Jonesville Virginia nine year old Bertha Marie Sybert reports a bouncing bed at her grandmother Rebeca Sybert's cabin. The bed began with scratching after Bertha’s 6 pm bedtime and grew to pumping thumps and violent quivering. Reverend Victor Sword witnessed the events but said they are beyond his knowledge. Bertha remains unfazed though uncomfortable.
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Virginia
Jonesville
Bertha Marie Sybert
Rebeca Sybert
Bertha
Victor Sword
Cybert
Selected Recipes AM Waffles
A vintage recipe card for waffles uses 2 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder and a pinch of salt. It directs combining egg yolks with milk into flour then folding in melted butter and stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a hot waffle iron and serve with butter and maple flavoring yields four to five waffles.
Sour Milk Waffles Recipe Card
A vintage style recipe for sour milk waffles uses cake flour baking soda salt sugar and eggs. Mix dry ingredients sift twice then whisk egg yolks with milk add to flour and shortening fold in beaten egg whites and cook in a hot waffle iron. Makes four to five waffles with butter and syrup.
Not So Gullible Now in Old Belief Myths
In earlier times people readily accepted myths of mermaids satyrs unicorns and sea serpents. Corn mistaken for an insect and other tales show how beliefs shifted with knowledge. The piece notes gullibility waning as science advanced.
Modern Aviation Transforms Northwest Territories Trapping
Canada’s oldest trapping industry has been streamlined by airplanes and radio, shifting from canoe caravans to rapid transport. About 300 to 400 trappers across the Northwest Territories and western provinces now rely on Edmonton's yearly rush of air freight, making fur trading faster, wider in reach, and safer.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Edmonton
Coureur de Bois
New Germ Destroyer Uses Light to Kill Bacteria
Dr. Harvey C. Rentscher and Dr. Rudolph Nagy of Westinghouse reported a method to kill different germs by exposing them to specific light intensities for set times. The practical aim is hospital use in operating rooms to sterilize incisions and prevent infection during and after surgery.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Harvey C. Rentscher
Rudolph Nagy
Westinghouse Research Laboratories
Philadelphia
Anthem played at slower tempo ordered by Nazi leaders
A mused criticism by Chancellor Hitler led Heinrich Himmler to decree that Deutschland Ueber Alles be played at a pace matching its nature. The Fuehrer had complained the anthem was played too fast at a Nazi meeting. Also reports bones of a giant horse and a dwarf buffalo were found in South African caves as scientists search for human origins.
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Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Fuehrer
Aviators Flee Bull After Forced RAF Landing
An RAF bomber forced landed in a field near Loughborough, England. The crew escaped danger by running to safety beyond a hedge as a bull charged the aircraft. The enraged bull charged the plane then recoiled, allowing the crew to survive unharmed.
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Bull
Royal Air Force
Loughborough
England
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