Canadian call for national relief plan amid unemployment crisis
A speaker urges Canadians to accept national responsibility for relief, noting municipal limits and Western drought strain. Citizens with income should pay taxes, provide small work opportunities, and those on relief should accept reasonable demands and give back to the community.
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Silence Exhibition in London Promises Almost Total Quiet
The Science Museum in South Kensington hosts a June exhibition by the Anti-Noise League led by President Lord Horder. Items on view include a silent house, silent lift and locks, sound-proof windows and doors, silenced motorcycles, a noiseless motorcar, silent vacuum cleaners, road drills, and a silent factory room.
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London
Science Museum
South Kensington
Woman regains use of limbs after ten years with Kruschen
A former rheumatism patient describes ten years bedridden until Kruschen salts enabled movement again. She notes improved ability to eat and dress, crediting Kruschen with life-saving change and gradual limb suppleness. The ad cites Kruschen ingredients as dissolving uric acid crystals and stimulating kidneys to expel dissolved material.
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Germany claims air force strength surpassing Britain
The London Daily Mail reports Adolf Hitler told Sir John Simon that Germany already has a numerically stronger air force than Great Britain. The source was not disclosed, but Simon brought back documents from Berlin showing Der Fuehrer exposing Germany’s air armaments. The disclosure unsettled the British cabinet as ministers held informal talks ahead of Eden’s return for a major debate on the German situation.
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Banks Withdraw Scotland Notes Over Royal Arms Error
An error in Scottish notes led to millions being taken out of circulation. The Bank of Scotland the National Bank of Scotland and the British Linen Bank used royal arms on their designs though such insignia are government property. Lyon King of Arms Francis J. Grant investigated and found officials unaware of the regulation.
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Cork to New York One Goat Shipment Record
In 1934 the United States purchased an animal from the Irish Free State. Shipment returns note the item as Cork to New York one goat.
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Holland Faces Tide as One Quarter Lies Below Sea Level
In a 2093 report, officials warn that nearly a quarter of Holland sits below sea level, raise concerns about flood risk and need for coastal defense improvements.
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Long Distance Turtle Gift Ties Tonga to King George Visit
Queen Salote of Tonga arrives in London with her 300 year old turtle, a historic gift lineage from Captain Cook. The tale traces the turtle's voyage from 1774 when Cook named Tonga the Friendly Islands and offered a turtle to King George III, later passed to King Tubou and now to Salote.
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Long Distance Record Telephoned From Empress of Britain
Sir Julian Cahn, famed British cricket captain, holds the world long distance telephone record. A call from the Empress of Britain during a world cruise was routed via San Francisco and New York to England, covering about 17 887 miles with timing showing seven hours ahead of London. Direct distance would be 7 950 miles.
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Records of Jenny Lind Believed Hidden in Europe
A Swedish paper asks residents to search attics and trunks for wax cylinder records Jenny Lind made in Paris in 1887 soon after the phonograph appeared. The records, likely sent to Stockholm or Copenhagen after her death, may still exist unseen in attics or storehouses.
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Holland S Noord Zee Canal Locks Taller Than Panama
The article notes that Holland's Noord Zee Canal features navigation locks larger in size than those of the Panama Canal, highlighting an unusually sizeable infrastructure comparison between the two waterway systems.
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Holland
Noord Zee Canal
Boy Victor Holmes Endures a Spate of Accidents
Nine year old Victor Holmes of Pendlebury Scotland believes eleven accidents in nine years are too many. He is recovering from his eleventh incident a scald from boiling water on his legs. He has survived drowning three times suffered three street accidents bitten by a dog burned by carbide and dislocated his elbow becoming entangled in a cart wheel.
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Normandie Sets Maiden Voyage for April Departure
The French liner Normandie, rivaling the Queen Mary as the world’s largest, will depart Saint Nazaire on April 20 for Le Havre and then begin its maiden voyage to New York.
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New York
Learn Not to Begrudge What Others Have
An early guide urges contentment and happiness by abandoning envy of others possessions and achievements. It frames generous attitudes as groundwork for personal well being and social harmony.
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