Cancer Fight Prompts Public Education and Early Diagnosis
The article contrasts tuberculosis control with the ongoing war against cancer. It highlights the unknown cause, the need for early detection, and public education campaigns led by The American Society for the Control of Cancer. Data from studies show fewer cancers reaching lymph nodes and earlier treatment, with improved outcomes and a call for sustained funding to extend the campaign.
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Canada
Dominion
Lord Moynihan
Frank Adair
Bulletin of
The
American Society For the Control of Cancer
Dr Adair
A Good Description of Mr Benderbury's Prize Lamp
Young Mr. Benderbury arrived home late from a whist drive with a large oil lamp as a prize. He presented it to his sister who praised the lamp’s looks and noted its instability. She warned it was prone to tipping, could flare at night, and smoked excessively.
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Benderbury
Iis
Royal pair at Hyde Park church donate unseen
King George and Queen Elizabeth placed United States bills on the collection plate as it passed before them at a Hyde Park church. Newsmen could not determine the amount donated as the collectors refused to talk.
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King George
Queen Elizabeth
United States
Church
Hyde Park
Oil burner salesman bailed by desk sergeant stunt
W B West a real oil burner salesman from Eau Claire Wisconsin was arrested for speeding. He could not post $20 bail but persuaded the desk sergeant to advance $20 as a down payment on an oil burner. A separate note states the Russian geographer Shokalsky has an island strait two glaciers three peaks and other geographic features named after him.
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Eau Claire
Wisconsin
W. B. West
Shokalsky
NYC Boroughs and The Willamette Meteorite Mystery
A fragmentary note cites that Brooklyn is the only NYC borough on the mainland while the others lie on islands. It mentions the Willamette meteorite weighing about 15 percent of a ton and claims it was stolen in 1903 and moved nearly one mile from its original resting place.
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New York City
Bronx
The
United States
Willamette
Canada
Durham
St. Lawrence Starch Co, Limited
Japanese taxi dancers quit jobs as war outbreak cuts earnings
Public performers in Tokyo and other cities have declined since the China trouble began. About half have left dancing for other work, with earnings dropping from over 600 yen monthly previously to under 60 yen now as police view dancing as inappropriate during wartime. The official stance blurs lines between frivolity and pleasure.
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Japan Times Weekly
Tokyo
China
Switzerland Defends Neutrality Through Public Will
The 1937 Swiss referendum approved rearmament and public works costing about 90 million dollars, with 444000 in favor and 199000 against. Parliament had previously readjusted national service to strengthen the Army, reflecting popular support without a referendum.
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Switzerland
Austria
Great Britain
Portugal
Prussia
Russia
New York Sun
How Times Change Modern Fast Transportation
An older account contrasts swift air travel from Lethbridge to Calgary with historic journeys. It notes 20 minutes for 125 miles by plane, versus 1874 westward marches by North West Mounted Police from Bismarck to Fort MacLeod taking the summer and part of fall, Fort Calgary’s 1875 two day stage ride, and 10 days by bull team from Fort Benton to Fort MacLeod, highlighting dramatic progress in prairie mobility.
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Lethbridge
Calgary
North West Mounted Police
Bismark
North Dakota
North West Territories
Canada
Fort Macleod
Fort Calgary
Vast Canada offers hunters vast game areas and lakes
Panning a hunting trip, readers are urged to explore Canada with over a million square miles of forest and numerous lakes and sloughs, nesting grounds for wild ducks and geese. Mentions King George V rearing budgerigars and Australian love birds, U S television private enterprise versus European state control, and Salvador’s 1939 coffee crop expected to weigh 130 million pounds.
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Canada
George V
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Ogden
Ogden's
Vogue
Chantecier
Ralsing Jongly Borys
Europe
Salvador
Pisegale Pictures
Wenn Seka
Para Sani
Appleford Paper Products
Appleford Paper Products Ltd
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Edmonton
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