Great Citizen Lord Tweedsmuir and Dr Butler Birthday Toast
A message from Lord Tweedsmuir and W L Mackenzie King offers warm greetings to Dr Nicholas Murray Butler on his 75th birthday and over 35 years of Columbia presidency. They hail his service to education and international goodwill, wishing him health and continued impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tweedsmuir
Nicholas Murray Sutter
Columbia
United States
W. L. Mackenzie King
Nicholas Murray Butler
Doctor
World Happenings Briefly Told From Around The World
The Ark Royal, Britain's new aircraft carrier worth 15 million dollars, was launched at Birkenhead before 30 000 spectators. The Belgian government opposes selling Congo raw materials to rearm Germany. Premier Pattullo unveiled a four point works program for British Columbia totaling 4.7 million dollars. B Leslie Emslie of Montreal elected president of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists for 1937 38. First official rover amateur short wave radio station in New Brunswick established at Minto with Ottawa filing. Madrid Valencia regime church doors may reopen as religious freedom promised. Marshall Saunders author of 27 books celebrated her 76th birthday and noted for prison reform work in Halifax jails since age six. Philatelists seek 25 missing three cent stamps of the Canadian George VI issue. 40 000 stamps sold in Montreal with 100 flawed left portrait stamps found, 75 held by collectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ark Royal
Britain
Birkenhead
England
Belgian Congo
Germany
T. D. Pattullo
British Columbia
Marshall Saunders
Joe
Miss Saunders
Halifax
Montreal
National Research Council awards 47 Canadian scholarships
The national research council announced 47 scholarships totaling 27 500 for 1937 38 to support post graduate scientific research in Canadian university graduate schools. Five special scholarships 1 000 each and two 750 plus three 700 fellowships 12 600 and 27 500 bursaries are listed with field tallies and recipient names across physics chemistry biology geology mathematics and engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Research Council
National Research Laboratories
Ottawa
Dalhousie
Laval
McGill
University de Montreal
Queen's
Toronto
Western Ontario
Saskatchewan
H. H. Penley
L. Sair
Manitoba
R. M. Donald
A. G. Brown
H. Bohonos
Alberta
L. Brickman
I. B. Cushing
A. D. Hogg
G. F. Ledingham
A. Prebus
J. H. Shipley
The Ordinary Fellow Inn Named for King George V Tale
The London correspondent notes a new Chatham inn named The Ordinary Fellow after King George V. The license comes from The Brown Jug and honors the archbishop’s anecdote that the sovereign saw himself as "an ordinary fellow." The piece also recalls Bank of England vaults and hand made watches.
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George
London
Ottawa Journal
Canterbury
George V
Chatham
Canadian educationists plan Britain trip this May and June
Deputy ministers of education and superintendents from all Canadian provinces except Manitoba will visit Great Britain for round table conferences with British directors of education. Saskatchewan’s C A Oulton will participate. the tour continues a reciprocal exchange following last year’s British visit. Dr J D Denny cannot go due to illness.
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Educationists of
Canada
Great Britain
Major F. Ney
National Council of Education
Manitoba
C. A. Oulton
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
British Isles
J. D. Denny
Regina
Make This Youthful Frock With Pattern 4362
Anne Adams offers Pattern 4362 a slim line youth frock with a capelet and V neck, designed for spring and summer in printed silk sheer or synthetics. Sizes 36 to 46 require 4 yards of fabric. order by sending 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
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Ladies Aid
Anne Adams
Winnipeg
Nir Union
McDermot Ave. E
Noah's Ark Faith and Covenant After the Flood
Sunday school lesson highlights Noah’s faith and obedience in building the ark and his family’s salvation. It covers the Flood’s judgment, Noah’s sacrifice after leaving the ark, and God’s blessing and command to repopulate the earth with human and animal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Moffatt
Novel Cold Air Therapy Reported to Save Pneumonia Patients
Dr H L Wallace of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children reports in the British Medical Journal that an open air regime in a ward has saved hundreds of children with acute primary pneumonia. Over 300 cases tested show moving cold air on the face with warm clothing, used day and night until fever subsides, improves comfort and appetite and reduces need for other exhausting treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Wallace
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
British Medical Journal
Wallace
Good Salesmanship at Fifty seventh Street Corner
A girl hailed a southbound cab but chose a bus after a bus conductor teased her about the rush. She paused, weighed the quick ride option, and boarded the bus downtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifty-seventh Street
the Avenue In New York
Cockney Defined as Bow Church Bell Ringing Resident
In England a cockney is someone born within sound of the bells of Bow Church in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Bow Church
London
Gardening Tips for Extended Vegetable Seasons and Start Plants
The article advises sowing early and using started plants from greenhouses or seed houses for fast results. It highlights buying the right varieties from Canadian seed catalogs, selecting flowers like cosmos and zinnia and vegetables such as cabbage celery tomato head lettuce and peppers. It suggests focusing on high yield crops for small plots and trying new vegetables each year to broaden variety across Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florst
Canada
Bracken Extends Manitoba Premiership to Dean Rank
The Brockville Recorder notes Hon. John Bracken premier of Manitoba, tied Roblin for the province’s longest tenure in February. Bracken, a Leeds county native, remains in continuous office longer than any Canadian premier, earning the status of Dean of the Premiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bracken
Manioba
Leeds
Lansiowne
Rodmond P. Roblin
Manitoba
Bracken
Canada
Brockville
New Air Mail Route Linking Edmonton to White Horse
Postmaster General J G Elliott signs a contract with United Air Transport Limited to operate 4 weekly air mail runs from Edmonton to White Horse Yukon Territory. The route will pass Peace River Fort Nelson Lowe Post and is the first link in an aerial northwest service toward Japan and Asia. Postage will be six to ten and a half cents per mile with an expected 60 to 70 percent of Yukon mail moving by air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Elliott
United Air Transport Limited
Edmonton
White Horse
Yukon Territory
Orent
Bering Era
Great Care
Japan Strait
Kurile Islands
Asie
Edmonton Peace River
Fort Nelson
Lowe Post
Yukon
George Herring
Air and Land Mail Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dr. Butler of
Columbus University
Len
B. Leslie Emsiie
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Rover Scout
New Brunswick
Minto
Tawa
Bank of England
Messina
Sicily
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