The Duty of Safe Driving on North American Highways
A reflective meditation on motor safety urging drivers to value safety over speed. It cites almost one million U S road accidents annually and Ontario figures, warns of catastrophic outcomes from reckless driving, and endorses restraint, caution, and shared responsibility for all travelers.
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North America
United States
Canada
Ontario
Reader's Digest
Niagara Falls
New Spray Weld Method Restores Worn Machine Parts
Popular Mechanics describes a rapid rebuild technique that fires molten metal at 2700 feet per second to fuse into grooves and ridges. Screw heads are cut, parts are sprayed, then smoothed to extend wear life. Applied to piston rods, cylinder walls, shafts, bearings, and turbines.
Texas Lab Produces 90.96 Percent Helium Purity
A government laboratory in Texas reports achieving helium purity of 90.96 percent. The breakthrough marks a milestone in gas purification and industrial applications. Further tests and scaling efforts are planned to confirm consistency and support potential deployment.
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Texas
Jubilee Week Busy Statistics Reveal Royal Correspondence
During May 3 to 9 the King received 10 264 telegrams from around the world and replied to every sender. Overseas messages were answered mainly by cable, with many by personal letter from the King’s secretaries or His Majesty’s representative in dominions or colonies. The report notes Turkish municipal decrees drape Istanbul houses in Turkish colors on feast days.
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British Isles
Ife
Dominions
Istanbul
Turkey
Building Hotels in Algeria by French Army Engineers
French army engineers tackled a difficult task erecting hotels in southern Algeria as the Sahara expedition advances. Builders moved bulky parcels by camel caravan to Timimoun, with mud bricks and palm beam girders manhandled to the site. The crew faced hostile desert routes and superstition about blueprints, while transporting windows, doors, and furnishings in slow, perilous journeys.
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Algeria
Sahara
Jesort
Timimoun
Drama Festival Finals Regulations Set for Regions
The drama festival finals rules, issued by secretary-general Aylen, divide Canada into regions for English and French plays. Finals to be held in Ottawa starting April 20, with regional English dates in Vancouver Calgary Saskatoon Winnipeg and Quebec City Montreal and Ottawa dates to be arranged. No play over 45 minutes or under 20 minutes may be used. past winners barred from 1994 or 1985 finals. Col H C Osborne leads the festival with regional committees in each area.
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Ottawa
Aylen
Anotary
Segmations
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver
Abrartealgary
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Quebec City
Montreal
Forth
H. C Osborne
Wescsany
Stamitte
Lighthouse heroine Mme Matelot dies in Lorient
The French lighthouse keeper’s wife Mme Matelot known as Sailor died at Lorient. In 1910 she gained world fame by turning the Kerdonis Light at Pelle Isle during a dangerous night, saving crews, earning the Carnegie Medal and the Legion of Honor. She kept the light working for her husband and children until dawn before collapsing.
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Mme
Matelot
Kerdonis
Pelle Isle
Moon proximity linked to higher 15 percent quake rate
A historical note claims earthquakes increase by 15 percent when the moon is nearest Earth compared with when it is farthest away, suggesting a gravitational influence on seismic activity.
New wrap-around apron home frock by Ellen Worth
The design features a paneled bodice flowing into a flared skirt with pretty sleeves. Calico or percale prints suit its development, with a dimity cover-all option for over a best frock. Style No 210 fits sizes 14 to 42 bust. 445 yards of 35 inch material for size 36. patterns 15 cents. mail orders to Winnipeg Pattern Department. Autumn Fashion Book offers more vacation clothes for 15 cents.
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Pattern Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
First rivets driven into the cruiser Aurora at Portsmouth
The report notes paid Union Rates of a penny per rivet were paid to Lady Kelly wife of Admiral Sir John Kelly and other officers wives when they drove the first rivets into the plates of the new cruiser Aurora at Portsmouth.
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Lady Kelly
Sir John Kelly
Aurora
Portsmouth
Ministry aims to end horse traffic in London streets
The Horseless Ministry of Transport plans to mechanize traffic within five years. Horse-drawn traffic will be phased out as London gears toward a fully mechanized system. Measures include street closures to horse traffic and a future edict banning horse-drawn vehicles after three to five years. London streets may soon see Oxford Street already regulated by limited hours. The Minister L Hore Belisha can halt horse traffic under existing law, but owners will receive prior warning.
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Ministry of Transport
London
Oxford Street
L. Hore- Belisha
Eastern Excursions Bargain Fares From Two Railways
Early autumn bargain fares to eastern Canada inspire Canadian Pacific and Canadian National to offer travel privileges in September. Sale runs Sept 21 to Oct 4 with a 45 day final return limit. Stopovers allowed within limits at Port Arthur Armstrong tourist or standard sleepers with fare adjustment. Tickets valid from Port Arthur and west to Sault Ste Marie Sudbury Cochrane and east.
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C P.R
CNR
Eastern Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian National Railways
Joseph B. Parker
Western
Canadian Passenger Association
Port Arthur
Armstrong
Pacific Coast
Sault Ste. Marie
Sudbury
Cochrane
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