Prison Reform Brings Blue Suits and Night Schools
In Wormwood Scrubs London prisoners, first offenders serving over six months, receive single-breasted blue serge lounge suits for evenings and Sundays to restore self respect. Leicester prison reports night schools run by Arthur R. Davenport with a strict pupil selection, desks, blotting paper, and no warders present during classes.
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Wormwood Scouts
London
Leicester
Arthur R. Davenport
England
Canadian unity and federal harmony after Confederation
The writer urges calm Canadian discussion on Confederation changes and Dominion provincial relations, emphasizing reason and equity. It notes the Charlottetown Conference of 1864, praises the project’s origin, and stresses ensuring smooth operation of the federal system for greater achievements.
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Charlottetown
Winnipeg Free Press
Will Get His Man Royal Canadian Mounted Police seek flute players
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police hunt for flute players as Inspector J T Brown directs the search to recruit one or two skilled musicians in Toronto. The RCMP band, formed a year ago, earned the honor of sharing guard of honor for the King and Queen during Their Majesties visit to New York.
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police
J. T. Brown
R.c.mlp
R.C.M.P
Toronto
New York
Royal Fish Offer Declined by Palace Authorities
Officials at the Royal House declined a one ton porpoise deemed a royal fish under medieval law. The creature became stranded in the River Thames and died before being towed out to sea for burial after authorities waived rights.
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Suckingham Palace
Thames
Edward II
George VI
Women’s clubs adopt homemaker term to replace housewife
A convention of women’s clubs voted to adopt the word homemaker as the preferred descriptor, replacing the term housewife in official usage and correspondence. The change signals a shift toward framing domestic work as a recognized skilled role.
Chinese Leader Praises Endurance As Key To China’s War Effort
Premier H. H. Kung argues China’s agrarian economy and vast hinterland give resilience against war disruptions unlike Japan’s industrial system. He cites global sympathy for China, foreign financial support, and China’s effort to honor obligations as signs of financial stability and reconstruction potential.
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Japan
H. H. Kung
China
America
France
Great Britain
Russia
Women delegates showcased diverse roles at national convention
About 1,700 delegates gathered in Kansas City for the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs. Bertha Hudson of Winthrop Maine described herself as a farmer who works at it and runs a farm with family support. M Izetta McCoy operates a Twin Falls Idaho grocery with her sister. Nina Kinsella of Washington DC serves as executive assistant to the director of the federal bureau of prisons checking county jails.
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Kansas City
Bertha Hudson
Winthrop
Miss Hudson
M. Izetta McCoy
Twin Falls
Idaho
Nina Kinsella
Washington, D.C
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Marriage Rates and Life Expectancies Worldwide
The article compares marriage likelihood and life expectancy across nations. It notes South Africa leads in marriage rates with 22 per thousand, followed by the United States 21 and Britain 17, while life expectancy is about 58 in South Africa versus 63 in Australia and 61 in the United States. It also mentions population density with South Africa at eleven people per square mile and Britain at 467.
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Union of South Africa
United States
Britain
France
Germany
Japan
Denmark
Australia
One Explanation for Women Fainting Given by Professor
Eminent psychologist Professor Donald Laird explains women faint more readily than men due to higher water content in blood and fewer red cells. He says in bursts of emotion the blood lacks energy and oxygen compared with men.
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Donald Laird
Hitler's Berchtesgaden Flight Order Bans Civil Air Ops
A dictum moved to limit airspace above Hitler's eagle's nest retreat on Berchtesgaden Mountain. Foreign governments receive the mandate while only specially permitted planes may fly over the area.
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Adolf Hitler
Eagle's Nest
Berchtesgaden Mountain
Insects Harmful to Humans Compared Among Half Million Species
A study notes that out of roughly 500000 insect species only about 300 cause harm to humans. The statistic highlights the rarity of dangerous insects amid immense biodiversity.
Germany imposes jail term for absence from work
Labor officials in the Reich rule absence without a legitimate excuse or failure to perform duties can lead to jail. A Hanover court jailed two young men for one month each for staying away from their jobs. In Fulda another man received a year of forced labor for laziness and drinking too much.
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Reich
Hanover
Fulda
Manitoba lands rehabilitated under Prairie Farm Act
The Land Rehabilitation Act proclaimed in Manitoba Gazette implements Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act operations. It enables municipalities to enforce rules to rehabilitate drought stricken lands across the province.
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Manitoba
MacDowell Keeps Humble Tone In Concert Exchange
Edward MacDowell, famed American composer, joked about his talent and modestly dismissed a critic while back stage during a dress rehearsal at a fashionable girls' school. An elderly man who could not identify him complimented the pianist for abandoning the loud clatter of the performance.
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Edward MacDowell
MacDowell
Rare agates found in Idaho lava rocks by gem club
E. E. Walden, president of the Idaho Gem Club, notes 25 members explore dead craters and lava rock crevices for stones. They recently discovered segenite agates with moss-like formations and tiny red, brown, black and white seams.
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Idaho
E. E. Walden
Idaho Gem Club
All There Was the Minute Interview with DiMaggio Family
The piece cites Joseph DiMaggio Sr praising his sons Joe Vince and Dominic as the world’s best players. He briefly reflects on Noah and a hypothetical one hour parking limit on Mount Ararat to end the interview.
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Joseph DiMaggio
Mr. DiMaggio
Joe
Vince
Dominic
Noah
Mount Arrarat
Noyes Recalls Tennyson Voice From Edison Records
Poet Alfred Noyes praised hearing Lord Tennyson’s voice from 1889 Edison records made in England. The audience of about 250 at Aldworth, invited by the Maharaja of Baroda, heard Tennyson recitations by his grandson Charles Tennyson. Noyes called the experience moving and noted the poet’s cadence and passion in Maud.
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Alfred Noyes
Lord Tennyson
Tennyson
England
United States
Thomas Edison
Charles Tennyson
Aldworth
Poetry Society
Alksworth
Maharaja of
Baroda
Mr. Noyes
Chanicel
Trains Confront Three Young Travelers On Arctic Journey
Aklavik family on a 1700 mile trip to Ottawa via boat and rail detours through Edmonton. Five year old Sheppard and three year old Edwin mix trains street cars and an automobile, unable to distinguish between them, while their mother, Mrs. H. S. Sheppard, enjoys a rare city visit.
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Sheppard
Edwin
H. S. Sheppard
Aklavik
Arctic
Edmonton
Ottawa
John
Nobody’s safe from the highway zealots
Premier Hepburn faults slow-poke drivers as highways menace while speed fiends defend their own antics. The column notes that both groups are nuisances and moderates warn that everyone thinks others are the problem.
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Hepburn
Toronto Star
The Newest Remedy At Montezuma Hay Fever Chamber
George Chastain hosts a refrigerator chamber for hay fever sufferers. Guests sit in a meat refrigerator chamber for eight to fifteen minutes. They sneeze on entering and show reduced sneezing on leaving.
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Georgia
George Chastain
Tce
Montezuma
Chastain
Grand Lac Metasconac Renamed for Royal Visit
In the Laurentides park 60 miles northwest of Quebec City the fish and game department announced the lake is renamed Le Grand Lac Reine Elizabeth to commemorate the royal visit.
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Grand Lac Metasconac
Laurentides National Park
Quebec City
le Grand Lac Reine Elizabeth
Fish and Game Department
Spring and Deep Well Waters Contain High Salt Levels
Readers are reminded that spring and deep well waters, though generally well filtered, often carry large quantities of dissolved salts that may affect taste and quality.
Artificial daylight surpasses real daylight for color grading
National Research Council lighting experts unveil an artificial daylight system suitable for color grading in furs, paints and related industries. Dr. L. E. Howlett led development of a diffused artificial skylight room using tungsten lamps and a color filter to mimic north sky light with a variable color temperature between 6 000 and 26 000 degrees.
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National Research Council
Prince Edward Island
North Sky Fight
Department of Agriculture
The
Research Council
L. E. Howlett
Queen Mary and Queen Mother recall potentilla at royal show
At Windsor the Queen Mary paused beside a tiny red flower, a flowering potentilla, among rockery plants. The Queen Mother recalled that King George V admired the same plant at Derby years earlier as they toured the Derby Royal Show.
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Windsor
Eng
Queen Mary
Queen Mother
Derby
George V
Gas Masks Firm Expands in Hong Kong Plant
Safety Industrial Co, a $1,000,000 enterprise, operates in Hong Kong to supply gas masks for General Chiang Kai-Shek's forces. Moved from Shanghai after the Japanese conquest, the factory near RAF headquarters turns out 500 masks daily. German machinery and plant expansions are set to double production.
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Hong Kong
The
Safety Industrial Co
Chiang Kai-Shek
Shanghai
Royal Air Force
Germany
A Polish Newspaper Proposes Danzig Exchange Plan
Czas suggests a swap between Germans in Danzig who wish to join Germany and Poles in Germany who want to move to Poland. The idea cites Tyrol repatriation reports and rumors of Danzig residents being declared Reich citizens.
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Warsaw
Czas
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Tyrol
Moral age and trust in a tobacco shop encounter
A 42 year old man from Quebs, recently married to a seven year old widow, says he met her while buying tobacco in her shop. The moral warned is that even a man past forty should be cautious in his social contacts.
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Quebs
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