Real John Buchan in Winnipeg Governor General Tweedsmuir Enjoys Book Browsing
The London Free Press describes Lord Tweedsmuir walking Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue and Main Street in shade and sun, buying six 20-cent books, autographing one for saleslady Norah E. Lucas, and helping an aide-de-camp select collars. The piece casts Buchan as a modest, democratic scholar and gentleman who remains at heart a booklover representing King George VI.
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Winnipeg
Lord Tweedsmutr
George VI
Canada
Lord Tweedamuir
Gateway of the West
Portage Avenue
Main Street
Norah E. Lucas
John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
London Free Press
Woolwich Anti-Tank Gun Era Starts For Infantry
Brendon Sun reports Woolwich arsenal experts have developed an anti-tank gun and two pound armor piercing shell that can penetrate tank armor and destroy the entire mechanism with a direct hit. The light portable gun mounts on a small rubber tired truck and can be readied in under 30 seconds. It is capable of rapid fire at targets up to a mile away and targets whippet tanks with armor piercing bullets to halt them at 500 yards.
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Woolwich Arsenal
Brendon Sun
Grass Sowing Report In Arctic Outpaces Expectation
A traveller from Siberia observed grass seeds sown at Port Igarka on the Yenisei near the Arctic Ocean. The next day the grass reached about an inch, and by evening eight inches tall, as Herr Smolxa notes that Arctic growth runs ten times faster than in temperate latitudes.
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Siberia
Port Igarka
Yenisei River
Arctic Ocean
Arctic
Smolxa
Fastest Living Creature Captivates Rochester Scientists
A half inch long insect, related to botfly, cephenemyia, stunned observers at the University of Rochester museum in Rochester New York. Birds eye views and flight speed reports claim it can reach about 800 miles per hour making it the fastest living creature on display.
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Rochester
N.Y
University of Rochester Museum
Submarine Plan for Polar Cruise by Sir Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins announces secret British shipyard construction on a submarine intended to cruise under polar ice. The craft, costing about 150000 dollars, will depart from Spitzbergen in May and aim for a 2200 mile voyage to the Alaska coast.
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Sir Hubert Wilkins
New York
Sir Hubert
Spitzbergen
Norway
Alaska
Bain’s Early Step Toward Transmitting Pictures by Electricity
English physicist Alexander Bain pioneered an early method in 1842 toward sending images by electrical means, marking a foundational step in telegraphic visual transmission.
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Alexander Bain
Cast Iron Pavements Motor Vehicles In Canada
Dr. E. W. Davis of the University of Minnesota tests cast iron corrugated pavements to reduce skidding and glare. He argues the non skid pavement could advance highway engineering as vehicle numbers rise, noting Canada hosts over 4 million foreign autos yearly and Minnesota's 1.2 million cars.
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University of Minnesota
E. W. Davis
Davis
University School of Mines
Dr. Davis
Minnesota
Ours
Dominion
Quebec Chronicle- Telegraph
Sweet potato not a true potato say scientists
Scientists note the sweet potato belongs to morning glory family. Britain’s ministry of transport to limit motorcycle noise as part of transport reforms.
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Britain
Ministry of Transport
Mussolini Restores Relations with Britain Reopens Stefani Offices
Premier Mussolini ends months long press boycott against Great Britain and announces Stefani News Agency offices will reopen in London starting August 1. The move follows Mussolini withdrawing Italian journalists from Britain before King George VI's coronation in May.
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Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
Stefani
London
Mussolini
Men
George VI
Niagara Falls Surges Seven Thousand Tons Per Second
A Niagara Falls statistic notes roughly seven thousand tons of water tumble over the falls each second, highlighting the mighty and continuous flow of the famed cataract.
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Niagara Falls
Rainfall In The Desert And Arab Life In The Mid East
Major C. S. Jarvis notes desert rain is irregular with a real rainy season from November to April and the Arab follows rain for grazing. A Beer-Sheba court siege shows a thunderstorm disrupting a blood money case as sheiks and Arabs rush to their camels.
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Palestine
Sinai
C. S. Jarvis
London Sunday Observer
Mid-East
Libyan
Darak
Beer-Sheba
Was Coached By Marconi And Appleton Wireless Pioneer
An adventurer who later became William A. Appleton climbed a high fence at Marconi’s station 31 years ago as a 16 year old. Inside he met Marconi, toured the transmitter, and was invited to work in wireless development. Appleton has since built the transmitter used on Imperial Airways airships. Canadian visitors at a coronation trip gained weight from ocean air or English cooking.
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William A. Appleton
Imperial Airways
trans-Atlantic
Guglielmo Marcon
Marcon
Europe
Appleton
England
In Love, A Man Gives While A Woman Forgives
A brief aphorism contrasts romantic roles stating a man expresses generosity in love while a woman chooses forgiveness. The line, attributed to a traditional outlook, reflects gendered expectations in affection.
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Ont
Bes Oo
Scottish Office
Edinburgh
Calton Hill
Calton Geol
Observatory
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Morning Glory
Regina
Marconi
Airways
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