Buffalo rehabilitation plan urged for Clear Water Forest reserve
Vast buffalo range in Alberta seeks government approval to reintroduce and sustain a herd in Clear Water Forest Reserve. Lead proponent Harry Stelfox, veteran guide, outlines transport from Wainwright National Park and expansion toward Banff and Jasper. Reports by Inspector Them Kiar and RCMP Constable Hale support maintenance.
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Rocky Mountain House
Ban and
Jasper National Park
Clear Water
Sielfoc
Kiar
Alberta Game Department
Hale
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Tom (Ameson
Concens
Stelfox
W. H Walace
Alberta
Wainwright National Park
Banff Reserve
Prairies
Holbein Portrait Claim Linked to Queen Elizabeth Girl
Antique dealer George Fripp claims a Holbein portrait of Queen Elizabeth as a girl, found among hundreds bought years ago, may prove genuine. He believes it matches Holbein’s style and was altered by restorers, prompting expert tests to confirm if it is the famed Elizabeth portrait sought by generations of art historians.
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Queen Elizabeth
George Fripp
Fripp
Elizabeth
Edward
Prince
Holbein
Henry VIII
Owen Dexter
Rennine Holbein
Strength Of Empire In The Sword
Vescount Gort the imperial general staff chief told cadets at Cranwell College that the empire was won and preserved by the sword and that in the last resort it can be safeguarded only by the sword.
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Viscount Gort
Vescount Gort
Staf
Regular Force
Cranwell
England
Antarctic Expedition Fund Approved by Congress
A columnist notes Congress approved 350000 dollars to fund an Antarctic expedition but did not specify repayment details. The piece warns that failure to secure funds for the return trip could invite serious consequences and perilous prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Congress
Antarctic
Mars Environment and Possible Life Discussed by Astronomer
Dr William Steavenson of the Royal Astronomical Society says future observations by Dr Vesto Melvin Slipher in South Africa may better reveal vegetation on Mars. He doubts human life ever existed there but notes life could adapt to extreme cold and dry air.
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William Herbert Steavenson
Royal Astronomical Society
Mars
Vesto Melvin Slipher
South Africa
Earth
Steavenson
Camouflage Plans for Key Sites In Wartime
The British air ministry drafts aimed to conceal factories, HQs, famous buildings and aerodromes from air view. Experiments at South Farnborough camouflaged gas works as churches and an airport as a pretty village.
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British
Air Ministry
South Farnborough
Ber muda Aquarium Adds Diverse Fish Species
The Bermuda government aquarium showcases a varied roster including hog fish porcupine fish sea cat seahare sea serpent butterfly fish goat fish and a guinea chick lobster. About 50 orchid species grow wild in Britain.
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Bermuda Government Aquarium
Britain
Enterprising Tide Bus Services of Malay States Explored
Stanley W Nelson describes sea shore buses in Malay States where no roads exist They use tide tables as timetables and cross rivers with passengers helping push through waist deep water Some buses survive by fording mangrove swamps and riding sand until tides reclaim them The adventurous network links Kuala Rompin to Kuala Endau and extends into Trengganu
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Stanley W Nelson
Ministry of Transport
Pahanet
Nelson
Kuala Rompin
Kuala Endau
Trengganu
Pahang
Tde
Parachute Threats and Dominion Troops in Wartime Analysis
Captain Liddell Hart argues in The Defence of Britain that a parachute stroke could threaten Britain but parachute battalions without main support would be quickly wiped out. He praises Canadian and Australian troops as the best fighting bodies in the last year of the Great War and notes autocratic armies collapsed first.
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Great Britain
Liddell Hart
Britain
Salvage of German Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow Suspended
Metal Industries Limited chairman Sir J Donald Pollock announced at the Glasgow annual meeting that salvage of the scuttled German Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow will be suspended after the Derfinger is raised within months. The firm will vacate Lyness premises in September when the lease ends, though work may resume later. Two battleships will remain submerged.
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J. Donald Pollock
Metal Industries, Limited
Glasgow
Scapa Flow
Derfinger
Lyness
London Times
Exquisite Chess Exhibits At Hove Museum Display
A recent exhibition at Hove Museum of European and Oriental chessmen draws wide interest. Items include a Burmese set linked to Field Marshal Roberts, an ivory set once owned by the Duke of Wellington, and others tied to Lord Clive and Captain James Cook. A 1790 Wedgwood piece is notable for supposed portraits of Mrs Siddons and Charles Kemble.
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Hove
Lord Roberts
Duke of Wellington
Lord Clive
James Cook
Australia
Siddons
Charles Kembi
Berne
London Times
Growth of Vancouver and Oklahoma City Boosts Population
The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes Vancouver’s 1891 population of 13,709 rising to 267,000 and Oklahoma City’s growth to 226,000. W. W. Southam of Vancouver Daily Province directed attention to the dramatic urban expansion in the United States and Canada.
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Oklahoma City
New York
U.S.A
Woodstock Sentinel Review
W. W. Southam
Vancouver
Paved with Good Intentions Across the World
A reflection on how many global outcomes rely on benevolent aims rather than guaranteed success. The phrase underscores that intentions alone often shape plans that affect nations, communities, and individuals.
Sleeping Habits Across Britain Revealed by Survey
A Britain wide questionnaire shows most people sleep eight hours daily while women report longer sleep than men and the rich less than the poor. Three percent sleep six hours or less and fourteen percent sleep more than nine hours with two percent over ten. Only forty percent of the young met their usual sleep every night last week. fifty five percent of those over fifty did. Women report more than eight hours at 79 percent versus 65 percent for men. irregular sleeping is higher in middle and upper income groups.
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Great Britain
Banner Year for Vancouver Port Sees Exports Rise
The 1939 semi annual report from the National Harbors Board notes exports doubling from the previous year, imports up 20 percent, and more deepsea vessels. Wheat exports lagged last year, but overall activity is rebounding with optimism for the second half.
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Vancouver
Orient
Globe
National Harbors Board
Vancouver Province
Postponed Visit Ends in Global Travel for Arthur Parens
Arthur Parens planned to marry a girl in Perth but joined a ship in England to visit her in Australia. The voyage swung via Durban and a world circuit including Lourenco Marques Singapore Vancouver and the Panama Canal before returning to Durban. The ship then heads to Aden and Port Sudan delaying reunion. Rembrandt’s worth notes show paintings sold for up to half a million dollars in recent years.
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Arthur Parens
Perth
Western Australia
England
Australia
Durban
South Africa
Lourenco Marques
Singapore
Vancouver
Panama Canal
Capetown
Aden
Port Sudan
Camp Shilo Training Camp Grows In Dominion Defense Effort
Thousands of Canadian youths join training at Camp Shilo Manitoba as the largest overseas dominion force intensifies drills. Army officers note new facilities including a 50 bed hospital and a mess kitchen while armor and air force participation expand.
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Great Britain
Camp Shilo
Manitoba
Empire
Dominion
American Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Canada
Camp
Shilo
Western Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Winnipeg
George V
England
D. C. MacKay
O.B.E
V.chow
Winner announced in memorial award for Canadian women writers
Joyce Marshall of Toronto wins the Canadian Women's Press Club memorial award for a short story And the Hilltop Was Elizabeth announced in Saskatoon. Honorable mentions go to Beryl Gray Vancouver Jessie L Beattie Blair Ont Melanie Benett Montreal and Virna Sheard Toronto with The Horse With the Grand Manner.
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Canadian Women’s Press Club
Joyce Marshall
Toronto
Saskatoon
Miriam Green Ellis
Miss Marshall
Elizabeth
Beryl Gray
Vancouver
Jessie L Beattie
Blair
Ont
Melanie Benett
Montreal
Edward Oglethorpe
Virna Sheard
G G Sedgwick
Gladys Lougheed
Winnipeg
W. A. Deacon
Health of Live Stock Shows Strong Dominion Indicators
Health of horses has shown no disease in over 14 years, sheep have had no scab for a decade, and there were no cases of rabies glanders or cholera in 1938. The Dominion Health of Animals Division maintains livestock health and meat quality. Also notes Waldseemuller’s 1507 maps naming America.
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Dominion
Dominion Health of Animals Division
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Buffalo Range
Harry Sielfox
Tion
London
California
Atlantic
Botwood
Newfoundland
Felixstow
British Air Ministry
Nature
Pacific Coast
St. Paul's Cathedral
Malay States
Parachute Army
Hove Museum
Rxports
Port of Vancouver
Rembrandt
A&a
Watchet
Somerset
51St London Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Territorials
Toronto Girl
Isood
Martin Waldseemuller
St. Die
France
America
New World
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