Prospector Hammond Faces Seattle Reveal On Gold Rush Trail
In Prince Rupert Hammond battles a Steam of rumors after a Seattle affair with Kay Joyce. He meets Annie Around the World and learns Joe McKenzie heads north with a rush. Attorney Barstow confronts the fallout as Hammond reflects on class and love.
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Olson
Hammond
Prospector
Weill
Annie
Rouyn
Quebec
Jack Hammond
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Seattle
Kay
Kay Joyce
Barstow
Agnan
Jack
McKenzie Joe
Sanatchee Bank and Trust
Paris Presents Elizabeth with French Library Gift
The city of Paris will present twelve-year-old Princess Elizabeth with a permanent library of twenty French books. The selection excludes unsuitable classics and avoids mere children's literature, aiming for two age based groups from thirteen to eighteen and later reading.
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Elizabeth
France
Paris
Snake on radio valves shocks Southern Rhodesia user
A man in Southern Rhodesia found a snake wound around the valves of his radio set causing a violent vibration until the reptile was killed. The incident halted reception briefly before normal service resumed. In another item a barber quips a joke about shaving. A family exchange recalls a scar in France and a son who grows more like his father.
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Southern
Rhodesia
France Expands Colonial Troops To Vast War Reserve
France increases colonial forces as Edouard Daladier expands recruitment beyond 60,000 and targets 160,000 colonial troops. The buildup in French West Africa, Equatorial Africa and Indo China lifts total armed forces to about 900,000 to 1,000,000, strengthening France’s global empire for potential conflict with Italy.
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France
Charles Marie Emanuel Mangin
Mangin
Edouard Daladier
North
Africa
Daladier
French West Africa
French Equatorial Africa
Indo- China
Sahara
Italy
War Debt Question Open to Con sideration in Lords
The Earl of Stanhope told the House of Lords that Britain’s war debt to the United States remains open for consideration with both governments likely to reach a satisfactory solution. He rejected suggestions that Britain repudiated the debt and noted the US might accept payment amid Britain’s rearmament program.
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Earl of Stanhope
House of Lords
Great Britain
United States
Lord Stanhope
Viscount Samuel
Train streamliners draw crowds in a revived American pastime
The Pantagraph notes railroads debut streamliners reviving the old habit of townspeople rushing to the depot to watch trains arrive and depart. Hollywood films echo the scene as crowds in big cities gather, showing that the beloved custom persists across a broader audience.
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Bloomington
Ill
Hollywood
Glass instruments spark children’s musical lesson in Elmira
Mrs. Carl Sullivan guides a Young Women’s Christian Association class in Elmira NY as girls play glass tumblers filled with water to perform Three Blind Mice. They plan to build a glass bar xylophone, noting glass tones vary with size.
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Carl S. Sullivan
Young Women’s Christian Association
Elmira
Nly
Sullivan
Walter Damrosch
P F R A aids fishing revival in Rolling Hills district
Aid To Fishermen program by P F R A spurred farm rehabilitation in southern Alberta. Winter activity saw several carloads of whitefish from Lake Newell shipped to New York and beyond. The Rolling Hills irrigation system, updated by P F R A, raised Lake Newell water levels and stocked fish, enabling commercial fishing to resume with shipments to eastern American markets.
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P.F.R.A
Rolling Hills
Alberta
Lake Newell
New York
P.f.ra
Royal Feast Sparks Astonishment During King George Visit
Ten renowned French chefs collaborated to serve a grand meal for King George and Queen Elizabeth in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles during a three day royal visit. The brief 45 minute service drew praise and envy from chefs and gourmets alike as vegetables from Limoges arrived in two planes and sugar craft decorated the tables in French and British colors.
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George
Elizabeth
Louis XIV
Limoges
Versailles
Noted Toy Maker Morris Michton Dies in New York
Morris Michton 68 a renowned Russian immigrant and founder of the Ideal Novelty and Toy Company died in New York. He arrived in 1889 and built a doll empire from a teddy bear and later unbreakable dolls and blinking eyed children dolls that captivated U.S. and Canadian youngsters.
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Teddy Bear
New York
Morris Michton
Michton
Ideal Novelty and Toy Company
Russia
Noteworthy Quotes on Democracy Religion and Laughter
A Noteworthy Fact cites Thomas Mann equating democracy with Christian ideals. It notes many nations abandoning democracy also drop Christianity. Lord Tweedsmuir praises laughter as a reply to dictatorship and urges laughing before becoming a dictator. The pelican metaphor illustrates unexpected swift action.
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Thomas Mann
Lord Tweedsmuir
Housewives Busy With Can Openers Warn News On Street
The Los Angeles board of public works reports tin can collections now total 150 truckloads daily, double the 1931 level. A hitchhiker left an unfinished sandwich on a truck and followed it across the continent. Brazil decreed port coffee stocks must not exceed 3,480,000 bags.
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Board of Public Works
Los Angeles
Brazil
Planned UK health policy aims at universal access
The British Medical Association approved in principle a revolutionary plan to reorganize general medical services. It envisions a national health system with a family doctor chosen by each patient, expanded specialist and laboratory access, and a central governing body coordinating nationwide care for about 20 million people beyond existing national health insurance.
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General Medical Services
United Kingdom
British Medical Association
Letter Saved His Life by Lord Baden-Powell Aid
Eric Hall recounts a past incident where a scout lost a leg and nearly died due to hospital neglect. A letter from Lord Baden-Powell to the injured boy revived him and inspired a four page set of youthful signatures from his troop. The letter, framed at Albany Scout Headquarters, is cited by doctors as the turning point in the boy’s fight for life.
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Eric Hall
Boy Scouts In
America
Baden- Powell
Albany
New York
Baden-Powell
Unusual Family Reunion Marks Golden Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Louis Asselin of Pinewood near Fort Frances Ontario led a large family reunion for their daughter Mrs Thomas Jolicoeur of Noranda Quebec to celebrate her golden wedding anniversary. About 50 people spanning six generations attended. Mr Asselin is over 90 and his wife is 84.
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Louis Asselin
Pinewood
Fort Frances
Ont
Thomas Jolicouer
Noranda
Que
Asselin
First President Abroad While in Office
Grover Cleveland became the first U.S. president to travel beyond the three mile limit while serving, taking a fishing voyage in the Atlantic Ocean. The historic trip marked a new era in executive travel diplomacy and expanded presidential prerogative beyond domestic shores.
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United States
Grover Cleveland
Atlantic Ocean
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