Five Everest Attempts Planned This Year Amid Himalayan Push
The India News Bulletin reports five mountaineering expeditions this year targeting Everest and other giants like Kanchenjunga Nanga Parbat and Kanchenjunga's neighbors. Early feats include Duke of Abruzzi reaching 24890 feet and Smythe sleeping at 26500 feet, signaling growing high altitude exploration.
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Himalayas
India News-Bulletin
Europe
Everest
Godwin-Austen
Kanchenjunga
Nanga Parbat
Nanda Devi
Karnjet
Duke of
Abruzzi
Godwin- Austen
F. S. Smythe
Mount Everest
Mallory
Irvine
Wilson
Nanga Par
Kanchen
Praise For Farmers Courage In Western Canada
Patrick Ashley Cooper governor of the Hudsons Bay Company and Bank of England director praised western Canadian farmers for years of resilience. He spoke in Quebec before sailing to England noting crops faced setbacks yet farmers kept working and maintaining hope. He said prospects look good for this year and joked royal visits hindered business discussions in the West.
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Canada
Patrick Ashley Cooper
Hudson's Bay Company
Bank of England
Quebec
England
Mr. Cooper
Cooper
Education vs true learning in Canada and U.S. forest fire surge
The Ottawa Journal argues that measuring education by schools and literacy rates fails to capture real learning which is about thinking, values, and duties. The text notes a general concern over surface metrics. It also mentions sugar and cream used in ice cream and reports over twenty forest fires sparked by lightning across Oregon and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
The
Ottawa Journal
Remarkable discoveries of new dwarf stars announced in Paris
Dr G P Kuiper of the University of Chicago reported on 18 dwarf stars described at an astrophysics conference in Paris. Dwarfs range from Earth to Moon size yet weigh 150000 to 800000 times Earth, with intense gravity. Surface flames are only a few feet high, while dwarf surface temperatures average 27000 degrees and peak at 54000 Fahrenheit.
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Fisher
New York
Chicago
Paris
Berlin
G. P. Kuiper
University of Chicago
Kuiper
Birds as carriers of sleeping sickness across continents
Evidence presented at the Pacific Science Congress links migratory birds to the spread of sleeping sickness. Dr Rosenbusch from the University of Buenos Aires notes similarity between Argentine and California virus strains. Caracas doctors report birds of prey as carriers and warn of rising U S concerns due to costly epidemics. Dr Simmons cites horse encephalitis causing 170000 infections and 50000 deaths in 1937.
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Pacific Science Congress
F. Rosenbusch
University of Buenos Aires
California
P. Gallo
E. Vogelsang
Medico-Veterinary School of
Caracas
Venezuela
Rosenbusch
Canada
United States
James Stevens Simmons
Army Medical Corps
Wheat production in drought area of Western Canada 1921–1937
From 1921 to 1937 Western Canada drought region yielded 4.122… or 4.122,943,951 bushels of wheat 2.537… or 2,537,816,712 bushels of oats and 702.685… or 702,685,642 bushels of barley along with other crops The value of these crops reached 3 235 859 730 for wheat 768 1026 for oats and 296 854 482 for barley totaling 4 303 844 233
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Agricultural motor exhibition marks progress since 1904
An English paper notes rapid progress in agricultural motors from 1904 when one was shown. The article says tractors grew as rivals to the horse due to efficiency and adaptability, while crime data shows 25 000 offenders placed on probation yearly in England and Wales with a small lapse rate.
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England
Wales
Pattern 6126 and 6426 Needlework Transfers Offered
The note promotes Pattern 6126 with cutwork accessories and Pattern 6426 featuring a 14 by 14 inch motif and two motifs 71 by 7 inches. It lists materials and stitch schemes and asks readers to send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department at Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E, Winnipeg. It states no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Early botany legends from Theophrastus to Linnaeus
A Dominion station gardener reviews the history of plant naming from Theophrastus in 300 BC to Linnaeus born in 1707 AD. Linnaeus simplified plant names, and his vast collections were sold to Sir James Smith for 900 guineas, then shipped to London where the Linnaean Society was founded. The note ends with a playful aside about zippers.
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A. Hornby
Dominion Experimental Station
Summerland
Theophrastus
Aristotle
Pliny, the Elder
Velusius
Sweden
Linnaeus
James Smith
London
Linnaen Society
Spain demands Gibraltar as long time British stronghold
Spanish government press calls for return of Gibraltar and condemns Britain for its 235 year control of the rock at the western entrance to the Mediterranean. Newspapers recall 1804 loss and urge no foreign mediation while Britain says it will defend if needed.
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Spain
Gibraltar
Great Britain
Mediterranean
the Rock
England
New Spain
Soldiers In India Troop Strength Dips Since 1937
Lieut. Col. A J Muirhead told the House of Commons that the strength of the British army in India fell from 3,052 officers and 52,387 men in 1937 to 2,630 officers and 37,668 men by July 1, 1939. The figure was provided in answer to a query by Major General Sir Alfred Knox.
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India
A. J. Muirhead
House of Commons
Sir Alfred Knox
Col. Muirhead
May Claim Antarctic Land Press Focus Argentine Sovereignty
The article notes Argentina may press for sovereignty in parts of Antarctica and suggests the government could seek a share in the Antarctic partition while possibly opposing any extension of the Monroe Doctrine to the continent.
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Antarctic
Antarctica
Value Of The Canadian Livestock Industry Tops Six Hundred Million
The article notes Canada’s livestock sector worth over six hundred million dollars and details herd sizes including about eight and a half million cattle three and a half million hogs and nearly as many sheep. It discusses research in animal nutrition at the Dominion Department of Agriculture and the Experimental Farms Service with Canada-wide and international collaboration to improve efficiency and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. D. Mackenzie
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Central
Ottawa
Dominion
Arm Swinging Practice In Walking Signals Mental Health
A UC Medical School study led by Dr. Robert Wartenberg finds involuntary arm swinging during walking indicates a healthy mind. He notes that failure of arm synchronization with leg movement may reveal brain center disturbance before other signs appear. Reappearance of arm swinging may occur after treatment restoring mental health.
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Medical School
University of California
Robert Wartenberg
Wartenberg
The Toronto Star on driving courtesy and character
The Toronto Star argues that good driving comes from courtesy and consideration for others, not laws. It cautions against rash driving, notes life is precious, and links power as a source of evil alongside money.
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The
Toronto Star
Looking To Canada A Call From The Spectator
The Hamilton Spectator argues Canada should face its fortunes humbly yet boldly. Europe now looks to Canada with hope and requires a fullhearted, prudent response based on security wealth and long term prospects.
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Canada
Europe
Hamilton Spectator
Seventeenth Century Scriveners and Word Fees
The piece notes how legal documents once charged by every word and cites Michael L. Toll. It mentions new milleumis opening at about twenty each year in the British Isles.
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Michael L. Toll
British Isles
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Clyde Fisher
Hayden Planetarium
Outer Space
Hudson's Bay Co
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Washington
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Rock of Gibraltar
Britain
Springbank Abbekerk
Adaline
T. R. Dent
Woodstock
Ontario
Springbank
A. E. Baker
Department of Agriculture
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