Arctic Warming Confirmed by British Scientists Findings
British researchers report Arctic regions near Spitsbergen warming at about one degree every two years since 1910, with polar ice receding north and Barents Sea opening up. They note higher winter temperatures in Greenland and Siberia, and consider causes ranging from North Atlantic Drift to CO2 or solar radiation.
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Arctic
North Pole
Spitsbergen
Barents Sea
Greenland
Siberia
Earth
Chillingham Herd Saved by Central Fund Plan
The Chillingham wild cattle herd of Northumberland is saved by the Chillingham Wild Cattle Association and a maintenance fund. J Russell Goddard notes the herd’s ancient lineage and unique wild nature, with descriptions of coat, behavior, and the “King Bull” ruling the herd. The herd now numbers 40, and remains unique among white park cattle in Britain. London Listener
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Chillingham
Northumberland
Chilingham Wld Cattl Association
J. Russell Goddard
Hancock Museum
Newcastle
British Isles
Chillingham Park
White Park
London
Ambitious young singers warned against opera career
Miss Bidu Sayao of the Metropolitan Opera cautions aspiring singers about the lonely, demanding life of an opera star. She notes long tours and brief stays in towns, where communities form little and marriage could end a singing career, though she acknowledges the rewards of fame and audience appreciation.
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Bidu Sayao
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Aliquippa honors man who swept streets on relief
Aliquippa residents raise funds to move Mari Izzo’s body from Potter’s Field and place a tombstone on his grave. The elderly Italian immigrant, on relief last summer, chose to sweep streets six hours daily six days a week, saying he would be an honest man and proud to work.
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Aliquippa
Mari Izzo
Potter's Field
Izzo
New York Herald Tribune
Deed by Thurston Provost of Beverley Found After 825 Years
A 12th century deed by Thurston Provost of Beverley, later Archbishop of York in 1114, has been rescued from threatened destruction. The document, dated around 825 years old, is among East Riding property papers now sent to the Yorkshire Archaeological Society in Leeds for preservation.
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Records Preservation Section
British Records Association
Thurston
Beverley
York
East Riding
Yorkshire Archaeological Society
Leeds
London
Sunday Times
Postal rate cut for books to libraries announced
The Dominion post office department announces reduced postal rates for books mailed to and from nonprofit circulating libraries. Current Canada book rate is one cent per two ounces. Effective April 24, new rate is five cents for the first pound and one cent for each additional pound.
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Dominion Post Office Department
Canada
Amnesia as Remedy for Self Forgetfulness
Satirical remark suggesting doctors should prescribe amnesia to forget oneself. A pithy line that critiques memory and identity. The speaker uses dry humor to question the value of self-knowledge and personal history.
Retain New Guinea The Great War Prize for Australia
W L Clark argues in the Windsor Star that Australia should keep the New Guinea mandate as a safeguard against German or Nazi threats. He and Rt Hon W H Hughes warn that losing New Guinea would threaten Papua and Australia by enabling aerial and naval attacks from a base near the continent.
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Australia
British New Guinea
W. L. Clark
Windsor Star
W. H. Hughes
New Guinea
Germany
Papua
British Lord Chamberlain bans song in London revue
The Earl of Clarendon barred a number titled Even Hitler Had a Mother from a London revue, saying no one may hold up the head of a state to ridicule. The act reflects wartime decency enforcement by the Lord Chamberlain.
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Earl of Clarendon
England
Hitler
London
Valuable Coral Jewelry Described Through Ages
The article explains corals as hard lime carbonate skeletons from various organisms and notes most corals are used for lime. It highlights red coral as historically prized for jewelry, valued since ancient times.
Rural drama bloom as Clive Alberta enters Dominion Festival
In London Free Press report, Clive Alberta rural theatre presses claims for amateur drama. A three member troupe from Clive, led by a farmer, gains attention in the Dominion Drama Festival, highlighting rural Ontario potential and community spirit through winter performances in township halls.
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London
Clive
Alberta
Checkov
Ontario
Ailsa Craig
Komoka
Hyde Park
Dominion Drama Festival
Little Theatre
Canada
London Free Press
Village Schoolroom Concert Plans Spark Committee Debate
A village meeting discusses an upcoming concert at the schoolroom. Bill Johnson is chosen as doorkeeper and general treasurer. Brown objects, joking that Bill should be held, but wonders who will hold Bill if he holds the money.
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Bill Johnson
Brown
Bill
World population tops 2.134 billion in 1937
The world population reached an estimated 2,134,000,000 by year end 1937, up 18,000,000 from the previous year, as reported in demographic estimates.
Memel Territory Annexed By Germany Battleground History
The Memel region along the East Prussian frontier has long sparked European politics. Once under Allied administration and later Lithuanian sovereignty with local autonomy, it was seized by Germany in 1939 after years of tension and political maneuvering among Lithuania, Germany, and other powers.
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Memel
Germany
East Prussia
National Geographic Society
Baltic
Memel Klaipeda
Memeland
Bulletin
Lithuania
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Europe
Berlin
Moscow
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Ernst Neumann
Munich
Neumann
Memiel
Worldwide saloon brawl echoes old world rivalries in Shanghai
The Baltimore Sun notes a clash between Scots Highlanders and Italian marines in a Shanghai water-front saloon. American sailors joined the fray defying neutrality talk while Italian officers intervened to stop the fight. The piece praises enduring, familiar battlegrounds of sea power and national rivalry.
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Shanghai
Seaforth Highlanders
Nye
Baltimore Sun
National Library Advocated For Canada By Librarian Kyte
E Cockburn Kyte of Queen s University Kingston Ont urged a national library for Canada warning that without a Dominion government library future Canadian history may be written by Americans.
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Canada
E. Cockburn Kyte
Queen's University
Kingston, Ont
Dominion
History in the News and Its Educational Value
The Brantford Expositor argues that daily newspapers should be part of Ontario education to capture rapid current events. It cites Dean Ackerman of Columbia and notes historians rely on Fourth Estate records for accurate chronicles. The piece asserts Canadian papers provide a top class, fact-based news service beyond propaganda.
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Ontario
Dean Ackerman
Columbia
School of Journalism
Canada
Brantford
Coast Guard Ice Patrol Honors Titanic Victims Each April
The Time account describes a yearly ceremony on a Coast Guard cutter at sea off the Grand Banks. Officers and crew in dress line the quarterdeck as the commander reads the burial service. A rifle volley is fired and a wreath floats on the Atlantic swell commemorating 1 517 dead.
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Grand Banks
Coast Guard
Painting Garage Walls White Aids Parking
A dimly lit garage benefits from white wall painting as it brightens the space and makes parking the car easier. The clearer visibility reduces risk of collisions and improves depth perception for drivers.
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Britain
Imperial Airways
the Rural Theatre
Reychy
Melno
National Library Urged
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