Precautions Against Spreading Livestock Disease in Canada
Canada enforces strict Health of Animals Service checks to prevent foot and mouth outbreaks. Cargo manifests and second hand bags from risk countries are scrutinized or fumigated, with random fumigation of freight such as raw cotton bales. The service also fights Bangs disease hog cholera glanders mange and rabies and conducts bovine tuberculosis testing with slaughter of affected cattle.
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Canada
Health of Animals Service
Cominon Department of Agriculture
Dominion Department of Agrculture
United States
Bang
Dominion
Veteran engineer recalls William Crooks engine trip to New York
John Maher, a year old engineer from St. Paul, drove the Civil War era locomotive William Crooks to New York for Worlds Fair exhibition. He recalls the engine built in 1861, reaching top speeds of 38 miles per hour, and praises its simplicity and “streamlined” feel despite modern diesels.
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John Maher
Wiliam Crooks
St. Paul
New York
Maher
Purchases Of a Prince Heir to the Nizam in London
The Prince of Berar and heir to the Nizam of Hyderabad visits London to buy polo ponies and luxury British cars. His latest car features a sycamore cabinet, crystal decanters, ivory controls, vacuum flasks in arm rests, air conditioning, and a radiogram. Prices for ponies run to thousands of pounds. The Nizam is said to have about £1,006,000 in private gold vaults.
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Nizam of
Hyderabad
Prince of
Berar
London
Mai
No More Sandwich Men Ban Enforced by Police
A longtime sandwich man who carried advertising signs on his front and back has fallen under a police proscription that has already driven the hurdy gurdy from New York sidewalks. The police ban took effect April 1.
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New York
London Lord Mayor’s yearly public engagements tally
The Lord Mayor of London averages about 1,000 public engagements in his year in office, delivering an equal number of speeches to diverse audiences across the city. This pace underscores heavy ceremonial duties and continuous civic outreach.
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London
Adolf of Nassau and Hitler compared in royal derision
A brief note recalls a medieval king Adolf son of Nassau who ruled in the thirteenth century and was elected German king for battlefield skill. It contrasts his failed expansion with Adolf Hitler and suggests the current leader may not profit from similar fate.
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Europe
Adolf Hitler
Adol
Adolf
Nassau
Detroit Free Press
New air sterilization method from Westminster doctors
Pure Air Doctors of Westminster Hospital Medical School report a spray of ultrafine droplets created by an electrically driven atomizer against fan blades and baffle plates to produce an extremely tenuous mist. In unventilated rooms traces may linger up to two days, with potential use in operating theatres cinemas restaurants and public halls.
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Westminster Hospital Medical School
Juvenile Court Run by Boy Scouts in La Porte
In La Porte Indiana a juvenile traffic court was established run by Boy Scouts Joseph Daley 14 as judge and Fred Dunham 13 as prosecuting attorney. The court addressed a bicycle crowd of 4000 in a city of 17000 with penalties including essay writing on traffic rules impounding bicycles for one day to a week and fines from 25 to 50 cents.
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Joseph Daley
Fred Dunham
la Porte
Ind
Alban M. Smith
Reader's Digest
Condor Flight Declared Key Challenge for Ranchers
The largest flying bird, the South American condor, proves a threat to livestock with its raids on children and lambs. Ranchers fear its impact while experts note condors require a long runway to take off from the ground.
Report Is Doubted on Iceland Annexation and Arctic Spies
Arctic explorer Richard Finnie questions claims that Nazi spies in missionary guise map the North and that Germany could use Iceland as a base to project air power toward Canada. He notes lack of evidence from the RCMP and warns patrols would be slow, while maps remain publicly available from Ottawa.
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Iceland
Germany
Canada
Arctic
Richard Finnie
Arctic Circle
R.C.M.P
Finnie
Canadian Geographical Society
sub-Arctic
R.C.M.P. Patroll
Ottawa
Alaska
Siberia
Ontario
Yale psychologist links eye electricity to animal navigation
Experiments at Yale University suggest human and animal eyes carry positive and negative charges influencing orientation. The finding may explain why pigeons lose their homing ability when released near radio stations.
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Yale University
Womanly Rivalries Are Airing Publicly In Mocking Noses
The piece notes social conflict among women, where confrontation isn't physical but expressed through scornful glances and disdainful airs. It highlights how refusals or snubs serve as the battle lines in rivalries.
Inside the making of a Lockheed Model 14 plane
Business Week notes the vast craft in assembling a Lockheed Model 14 with 229 274 parts plus 5 000 to 6 000 engines. It highlights 2 056 feet of wire and 163 000 rivets, all requiring precise handling and inspection. The piece emphasizes the skilled, young workforce shaping the aviation future.
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Business Week
New York
Widows of Pensioners To Lose Some Benefits
Government officials say widows of war pensioners married after May 1 1933 will not receive their late husbands pension. Minister Hon C G Power notes new rules will grant pensions to widows of veterans with disabilities 50 percent or more while current rules presume death from disability. legislation will adjust the 50 percent threshold.
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Pensions Department
C. G. Power
Monthlong Training for Hunting Eagles in Falconry
Training a falconry eagle requires about one month of preliminary schooling before the bird is ready to pursue living game. The process mirrors the training of other birds used in falconry.
Muskrat as a Delicacy and New Industrial Wonders
A Port Arthur News Chronicle piece surveys muskrat as a gastronomic delicacy, noting opinions from Ontario and Louisiana officials, and compares it to other game. It then highlights recent industrial advances, including climate control, non skid coatings, eye comfort meters, automatic filing, talking robots, electric knife grinders, lightning behavior, magnetic winds, a home printing radio, and new can and turbine devices.
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Port Arthur News- Chronicle
Ontario Department of Game and Fisheries
Louisiana Department of Conservation
Chinese Volunteers Use Explosives to Stop Tank Charges
Chinese reports describe 500 soldiers offering to die to halt Japanese tank advances at Nanchang. Volunteers strapped dynamite to their bodies and hurled themselves at tanks, destroying all tanks as heavy armor broke through Chinese fire.
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Nanchang
Government ends elephant pranks with radio station
In British East Africa, Kenya colony, elephants long used a telegraph line for scratching their backs. For fifty years elephants toppled poles and cut power to interior villages. A new radio station has been erected inland, but it offers little relief to the elephants.
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Kenya Colony
British East Africa
Affectionate Belfast Twins Die Within Months of Each Other
Richard and Thomas Henderson, 42 year old twins from Belfast Northern Ireland, grew gravely ill in tandem and were operated on by different surgeons. Thomas died soon after his operation and Richard, kept unaware for a time, died months later.
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Richard
Thomas Henderson
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Thomas
Fortune Is Like Muddy Water Patient Silence Clears
A proverb-like note advises patience with fortune. Do not stir the murky situation. time will reveal clarity as disturbances settle. The saying emphasizes restraint and measured action to allow events to unfold naturally.
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Boy Scouts
Sydney Bulletin
Australia
Arctic Explorer
Britain
2Nd Batt. Grenadier Guards
Government Radio
East Africa
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