Firefighters Braving Blizzard Race to Save Sapphire Forest
Amid a raging blizzard foresters and crews fight for hours to halt a vast timber fire near Sapphire. Airplanes drop water, dynamite lines strip the blaze, and amid the effort Bruce Kenning is found badly burned while Jeanne Towers and Kay Joyce aid the wounded as Around the World Annie runs the camp.
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Hammond
Whoopee
Timmy Moon
Jack
Hove
Bruce Kenning
Annie
Joyce
Jeanne Towers
Safe Driving: A Motor Car Needs Attentive Driving
A Calgary letter warns drivers that the auto mobile’s ton and a half of steel can harm others if control is lost. Dozing for five seconds can be as deadly as violence, so behind the wheel requires focus and safe limits to all activities in the modern world.
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Calgary Ab
Pertan
Figures Show Canada Leads Empire in Air Travel
Figures from Trans-Canada Air Lines in Montreal challenge Australia’s claim to top empire passenger travel. Dominion Bureau statistics show Canadian paying passengers rising from 99,451 in 1936 to 112,472, with Australia reporting 88,486 for the year ended July 1, 1938. Regular TCA service between Montreal and western cities expected to lift Canadian figures further.
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Canada
Australis
Empire
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Montreal
Australia
Commonwealth
T.C.A
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
TCA
Ottawa
Toronto
Winnipeg
Regina
Lethbridge
Vancouver
Fire and Fog Halt Takia Lake Area Fire Reports
A field dispatch describes smoke and fog over Takia lake region. Rangers note high smoke plumes and improving air as visibility drops and temperatures fall toward freeze up. Indians in the area work on tying down supplies and watch for danger.
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Takia Lake
Jammond
Photometer at Arizona Measures Distant Star Light
A University of Arizona photometer uses photographic plates to measure light from distant stars. The device could record a 100 watt bulb’s light from New Zealand if not limited by Earth's curvature.
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University of Arizona
New Zealand
Early 16th Century Watens Made in Nuremberg and London Marriages
The record notes watens first being made at Nuremberg Germany at the start of the 16th century and cites a figure of about forty thousand marriages annually in London.
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Nuremberg
Germany
London
The Real Moral Force Church In Only Hope For Moral Freedom
Einstein, quoted by Christian Century in January 1930, moved from universities and the press to individual German writers for freedom in modern life. He now places faith in the church, saying he never cared for it before but now admires its courage to defend intellectual truth and moral freedom.
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Einstein Christian Century
Albert Einstein
Germany
Food dominates chatter among China's lower classes says observers
Observers note that approximately four fifths of conversations among China's lower classes revolve around food. The remark highlights daily concerns over meals, pricing, and access to staples in a society undergoing rapid change.
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China
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