Age and Mental Capacity Defy Retirement Myths
A scholarly survey reports tests by Dr. Irving Lorge and Professor Edward Thorndike showing mental power does not decline with age and learning ability remains strong up to age 50 or 55. Older adults gain from experience, and there is no need for a mandatory retirement age, with elder statesmen valued in politics and business.
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Irving Lorge
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Albert Wiggam
Reader's Digest
Lorge
Edward L. Thorndike
Thorndike
Goose with two pairs of wings at New York Fair
A barnyard goose named Emily, a biplane goose from Hermon New York, displayed at the New York State Fair last year. Poultry experts say it is the only fowl known with two pairs of wings and they note the upper wings are larger while the under pair is shorter and used to fly.
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Emily
Douglas Sawyer
Hermon
N.Y
Empire tele graphic communications study committee announced
Edward Wilshaw announces a committee of dominion and colonial representatives to study empire tele graphic communications. Sir Campbell Stuart to chair as part of the Imperial Communications Advisory framework. He warns of economic strain and security importance amid rising global challenges.
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Dominions
Campbell Stuart
Imperial Communications Advisory Committee
Montreal
Royal Empire Society
Edward Wilshaw
Cables and Wireless, Limited
Wilshaw
Explorers Find 19 Peaks Over 10000 Feet in Yukon 1935
In 1935 Yukon territory explorers reported the discovery of 19 new mountains exceeding 10 000 feet. The finds expanded regional topography knowledge and highlighted remote ranges in northern Canada.
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Yukon Territory
Canada
Haig Remembered in France at Dryburgh Service
The Dryburgh abbey scene honored Earl Haig of Zemersyde with a ceremony attended by Canada’s government and people. A wreath of poppies and maple leaves marked Haig’s grave as Rev. John Kelman preached to the Vimy pilgrims and Scottish dignitaries. Lady Haig had faced hostile attacks with calm dignity.
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Dryburgh
Scotland
Tweed
Canada
Earl Haig of
Zemersyde
France
Haig
John Kelman
Fairbank Presbyterian Church
Toronto
Tuberculous Veterans
Canadian Legion
Braille notes aid war-blinded MP Sir Ian Fraser speech
The London Daily Telegraph notes Sir Ian Fraser, a war-blinded MP who campaigned for free wireless licenses for the blind, used embossed Braille cards with one or two word headings to pace his debate. Major Tryon’s speech with a full manuscript was largely inaudible, highlighting the Postmaster General's fault.
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M.P
Sir Ian Fraser
Sir Ian
M.p.’S
Tryon
London Daily Telegraph
Anglo Russian Trade Theatres And Soviet Credit Plans
London announced a £106 million credit for Soviet orders to British exporters with Sept 30 1937 deadline. Russia to place orders up to the limit, excluding munitions, while Anglo Italian trade talks are suspended. The piece notes rising Soviet theatres and a new Leningrad movie palace with 1500 seats. Gloria Hollister recounts her jungle expedition with New York Zoological Society ties.
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London
Walter Runciman
Board of Trade
Runciman
Russia
Italy
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Moscow
Leningrad
Alma-Ata
Kazan
Simferopol
Ulan-Ude
Chelyabinsk Batum
Karkov
Ashkhabad
Gloria Hollister
British Guiana
South America
Miss Hollister
New York Zoological Society
Ancient Casinum Theatre Unearthed in Augustan Era Discovery
An Italian find at Casinum reveals an Augustan age theatre with preserved machinery for curtain raises. Excavations unearthed inscriptions statues money and stagecraft utensils dating to the Caesars era. Casinum hosted the famed amphitheatre linked to Mark Antony.
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Italy
Casinum
Mark Antony
Selected Recipes From Vintage Cocoa Cake
A vintage recipe card lists ingredients including brown sugar butter eggs boiling water cocoa sour milk soda baking powder salt and Purity flour. Steps describe creaming butter and sugar, beating eggs, dissolving soda with cocoa, alternating dry and wet additions, and baking at 300 degrees for 35 minutes.
May Get Radio Job At BBC Presidency In 1937
The London Daily Mail reports the Marquess of Willingdon is likely to be offered and accept the BBC presidency. The BBC’s new five year charter begins January 1 1937. Ronald Collett Norman, Montagu Norman’s brother, is the current BBC president.
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London Daily Mail
Marquess of Willingdon
British Broadcasting Corporation
B.B.C
Ronald Collett Norman
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
B.bc
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