Colchicine: A Double Edged Agent For Medicine And Forestry
The article surveys colchicine as a powerful drug with potential medical benefits in treating gout and possibly halting some cancers, while also triggering cancer in horticulture and boosting plant growth. It highlights University of Illinois research, Dr. F. H. Peto’s work in Ottawa on diploids and polyploids, and forestry prospects in prairie Canada, including faster tree growth and sugar beet enhancements.
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Toronto Daily Star
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Toronto Star
F. H. Peto
Ottawa
Peto
Alberta
British Columbia
le Is
Prairie Provinces
Sidney M. Katz
Digest
Mr. Katz
Sweden
Canada
Walter Mulford
University of California
India issues one rupee bills to curb hoarding
The Government of India announces immediate issuance of one rupee notes to halt hoarding, likening the move to wartime controls. The note value is compared with the prewar rupee and shilling system, while Manchuria’s mineral wealth is listed as coal reserves above 4.8 billion toma and iron at over 800 million tons.
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Government of India
Manchuria
Pudden-spoiler Parson Shocks Village Visiter
A visitor compliments a village church and asks about the parson. The verger privately whispers that the preacher is a pudden-spoiler, meaning he spoils the pudding for the roomier pulpit.
Cleanup of Glen Rock home uncovers 24000 cash
In Glen Rock New Jersey friends cleaning the home of the late Fred Kooreman a Dutch immigrant of 44 years found 24000 dollars hidden in a crude tin box He left no will The statement about tea notes that green tea differs from black tea by fermentation.
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Glen Rock
Fred Kooreman
Netherlands
Canada as British Empire Center, a World View Shaped Choice
The Sault Daily Star weighs whether Canada could become the center of the British Empire, noting its industrial growth, financial development, and vast resources. It cautions that success would depend on strong political organization and a broad outlook beyond parochial concerns, with a Commonwealth parliament seen as possible in the future.
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Canada
British Commonwealth of Nations
Sault Daily Star
The Law of Increasing Returns in Education
Professor William Pepperell Montague of Barnard College argues for a concentrated course of study modeled after Oxford or Cambridge. He says sustained focus creates a rapidly growing, living body of knowledge and enthusiasm, whereas a broad liberal education leads to faded, forgotten subjects after years.
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William Pepperell Montague
Barnard College
Columbia University
Montague
Oxford
Cambridge
Blockade Weapon Could Shorten War Says British Experts
British experts say Britain must deny Germany essential supplies from the western world to shorten the war. The strategy hinges on stopping goods reaching Germany through Spain, alongside defending against invasion and beating continental Germany. Observers believe the decisive moment to implement this blockade is nearing.
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Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Italy decrees four meatless days weekly and bread rationing
The Italian government orders Tuesday as a meatless day and enforces strict bread rationing in restaurants. The Agriculture Ministry promotes increased fruit consumption to offset limits.
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Ministry of Agriculture
Britannia Sailor Marked Century of Cunard Transatlantic Start
One hundred years ago the paddle wheel steamer Britannia sailed from Liverpool to Halifax and Boston. It was the first Cunard liner to cross the Atlantic, signaling a shift from sail to steam and foreshadowing future ocean travel. Boston celebrated the event with an ovation as Cunard planned a centenary observance.
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Liverpool
America
Britannia
Halifax
Boston
Savannah
Cunard Line
Cunard White Star Ltd
World's first disaster car donated to Portland by local merchant
The red and white six man crew vehicle travels up to 60 mph and carries an emergency hospital with two operating tables and oxygen, a boat, generator, flood lights, radio, camera, toboggans and skis, field kitchen, and tools to free victims, cut through metal, or lift heavy obstacles.
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Portland
Oregon
Selected Recipes Honey Krisp Cookles and Lamb Tomato Bake
Honey Krisp cookies mix honey fat sour cream flour baking powder salt soda nut meats dates vanilla or cinnamon and Rice Krispies. Bake tablespoons scooped on sheet at 375 for 20 minutes yield about 24 cookies. Lamb tomato crumble uses soda wafers canned tomatoes cinnamon allspice pepper salt lamb fat and cheese baked 425 for 15 minutes yields six portions.
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Christie's
Trouble at the Door as Bigamy Claim Stirs Concert
An elderly ticket collector whispers of trouble to the secretary at a concert. He reveals he let in two women claiming to be the secretary’s wives and now a third seeks entry, triggering confusion over married status at the event.
British royal princes tied to Nazi regime fears
Ex-Kaiser's grandsons Prince Louis Ferdinand and Prince Frederick of Prussia are under protection as Britain faces invasion threats. Louis Ferdinand holds a lieutenant position in Hitler's air force and is linked to blitz squads, while Frederick remains under surveillance in Mayfair. Queen Mary sought secrecy for Frederick's movements amid evacuation plans that were later abandoned. Louis Ferdinand has spent years in the United States, including five years at the Ford plant in Detroit.
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Louis Ferdinand
Hitler
Mayfair
Prince Frederick
Prussia
Freddy
Canada
Mary
Prince Louis Ferdinand
United States
Ford
Detroit
Decorated Canadian NCO Called For British Service
John Benjamin French, reputedly Canada’s most decorated NCO, has been called for British service from a minor Ontario government post. He holds the D C M and two bars, Military Medal and two bars, French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, and was mentioned in dispatches 14 times with the 2nd Infantry Battalion in the first Great War. He was recommended for the Victoria Cross and appointed a King’s Sergeant for gallantry.
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John Benjamin French
N.C.O
Canada
Ontario
French
D.C.M
British Anger at Italian Broadcaster Over Old Diatribe
A Rome radio program aired a sensational piece by Lady Stanhope claiming shame in being English. The text, attributed to Arabia by Lady Stanhope, was written over a century ago by the eccentric 19th century figure.
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Britain
England
Rome
Lady Stanhope
Arabia
Hester Stanhope
Postal Geography Mixups Across States
The note points out common confusions where Chicago lies in Illinois while East Chicago sits in Indiana and East St. Louis is in Illinois, with St. Louis in Missouri. It highlights how city names cross state lines and create misperceptions about regional geography.
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Illinois
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