New Wheat Promises Rust Immunity For Western Canada
Western Canada moves toward a rust resistant wheat with a $600000 investment and ten years of lab and field testing. The new variety aims to withstand rust epidemics, be scalable for seed distribution in 1937, and be priced at cost to protect farmers. Trials show milling and baking qualities equal to Marquis and Renard, with strong straw and high yield. Officials promise government control of seed supply to prevent private exploitation.
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Ired
Western
Dominion
West
Canada
Omier Ir
Marquis
Renard
Empress Waizeru Menne Called Queen of Kings by Ethiopians
The article portrays Empress Waizeru Menne as Haile Selassie’s devoted wife and chief adviser during Italy’s threat to Ethiopia. It notes her monogamy, aristocratic lineage, private education, and revered status among ten million subjects, claiming descent from Queen Sheba and Cleopatra.
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Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Waizeru Menne
Mussolini
Waizeru
Sheba
Cleopatra
Judah
Dionne Quintuplets Birth Day Bowl Debuts
A cereal bowl tribute to the Dionne Quintuplets offers a chromium piece engraved with names Emile Annette Marie Yvonne and Cecile. The 4x inch dish doubles as a decorative Olive and celery or bon-bon bowl and costs two Quaker Oats trade marks plus fifteen cents for postage.
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Emile
Annette
Marie
Yvonne
Cecile
Quaker Oats Company
Saskatoon
Sask
Heaviest Air Passenger Rides United Airlines in Omaha
Judge A W Dulweber, famed for weighing about 400 pounds, sought a plane ticket at the United Air Lines office in Omaha. The booking clerk faced a dilemma and ultimately booked him without extra charge, marking him as the airline's heaviest passenger.
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United Air Lines
A. W. Dulweber
Omaha
Tapton City the eight house Derbyshire curiosity
A strange Derbyshire settlement near Chesterfield's crooked spire is said to be Tapton City. It contains only eight houses and 25 inhabitants with no church chapel pub shop post office or utilities. Local lore suggests it arose on the site of a Roman camp.
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Derbyshire
England
Chesterfield
Tapton City
Temperature Estimates for Sun Surface Features
A historical note explains that one sunspot's area reaches about 4,700 degrees centigrade, roughly 1,000 degrees cooler than the sun’s spotless surface. The comparison highlights the thermal contrast between sunspots and the surrounding photosphere.
New Type Flying Boat Parachute Kite Trial
Soviet aviation authorities report a successful test of a parachute kite carrying four tons of cargo. The design merges a 65 foot dome parachute with a gondola and long ropes to steer the load. Officials call the system a parachute train and say it could lift explorers toward the stratosphere with a guaranteed safe descent.
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T Aviation
I. Grokhoffsky
Experimental Institute of the Commissariat of Heavy Industry
Grokhoffsky
Transmits Sound And Vision Television In Germany
A transmission from Witzleben to Gildenhall in Germany covered nearly 50 miles, delivering sound and vision with very good results. Dr. M Hadamowski head of the German broadcasting service spoke to workers at the Gildenhall labor camp, and news pictures followed with satisfactory results.
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Germany
Witzleben
Gildenhall
M. Hadamowski
German Broadcasting Service
Narrowest US building to rise in Philadelphia four feet wide
A corner plot in Philadelphia will host a four foot wide building, possibly the nation’s narrowest. The steel structure will house a restaurant on half its front, with a removable summer facade. A historic note mentions a seventeenth century English bishop discussing lunar travel by flying chariot.
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Phildelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
England
World dole prize offered by Hull magistrate
Letters to J R Macdonald Stipendiary Magistrate Hull offer substitutes for the word dole. A prize of 2.00 was offered but none of the 65 suggested terms met the standard. The judge notes no acceptable submission yet.
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J. R. Macdonald
Hull
England
Dole
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