Yukon annexation eyed by British Columbia premier
Premier Pattullo of British Columbia favors annexing the Yukon to BC arguing it would unlock rapid development and simplify administration. He notes the Yukon’s gold future, his personal Yukon ties, and says a BC Alaska highway would boost employment and attract American traffic and investment.
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Yukon Territory
British Columbia
T.D Pattule
Briteh Columbia
Toronto
Yukon
Brith Columbia
Pattulla
Dawson
Alaska
Pattullo
Girls Run Fishing Boat on Lake Michigan
Three Montague sisters captain a 27 foot hooker on Lake Michigan fishing grounds. Goldie Strayer, 19, leads the crew with Betty 16 at the engine and Dorothy 12 as factotum. The Strayer Fish Company nets 100 to 200 pounds daily, providing the family income as Coastguards monitor their skilled work.
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Montague
Goldie Strayer
Betty
Dorothy
Strayer Fish Company
Strayer
Charles C. Strayer
White Lake
Goldie
No Real Victors Prime Minister Chamberlain Speech
The article quotes Prime Minister Chamberlain in the House of Commons saying there will be no victors in the next war and that wish for peace grows as rulers and people recognize the suffering for all. It notes signs that Hitler and Mussolini may grasp this truth as a deterrent to total war.
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Chamberlain
House of Commons
Hitler
Mussolini
Mr. Chamberlain
Detroit
Maharajah of Indore Cuts Household Expenditures
The Maharajah of Indore reduced his annual household spending by 32000 dollars after marrying an American nurse. The note questions whether other Eastern rulers might follow suit in thrift.
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Indore
Improved Dakota 23 Rye Ready for Distribution by Sask University
Professor J Harrington of the University of Saskatchewan field husbandry announces the Dakoll a 23 rye strain after fifteen years of selection. Seven acres yielded 44 bushels per acre, about nine percent above ordinary Dakota. About 150 bushels will be distributed to Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association members with small individual allotments. Farmers in the north should plant soon, while southern growers should seed by September 15.
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University of Saskatchewan
J. Harrington
University Field Husbandry Departtment
Saskatchewan
Harrington
Farrge
Original Type Of Pictures At Bond Street Exhibition
The London Daily Sketch highlights Mrs. Mary Ireland’s fabric mosaic exhibition on Bond Street. Using stained glass techniques, she intercuts rare silks on wood, paints faces on crepe-de-chine, and lectures on antique silks after recovering from hydrofluoric acid fumes that injured her.
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Bond Street
Mary Ireland
London Daily Sketch
Ireland
India
Great Britain
New Citizens Offer to Buy Courtroom Flag
Federal Judge Harry F. Kalodner of Philadelphia was amused when six new citizens four men and two women offered to contribute to buy an American flag for the courtroom. He declined the donation saying it should be provided by the government and ordered a flag purchased for the room.
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Philadelphia
Harry F. Kalodner
Kalodner
Royal Train Ends Era as Balmoral Holiday Run Concludes
History notes the final trip of the 36 year old Royal train on the London Midland and Scottish Railway as the King and Queen holiday at Balmoral, to be followed by a new streamlined air conditioned train with separate saloons for royal members and a special study for the King. Also reported are imports of Timothy seed to Canada and a comparison of generation rates between mice and humans.
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Balmoral
London Midland and Scottish Railway
Pruning Shade Trees Best Time For Pruning Is Autumn
G D Matthews of Dominion Experimental Station at Scott Sask outlines pruning guidance for prairie shade trees. The autumn after leaf fall is best, with bottom-branch removal to reduce snow buildup and deter children from swinging. Use proper cuts to promote healing and protect wounds with shellac before protective coatings.
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Prairie Shelter Belt
G. D. Matthews
Dominion Experimental Station
Scott
Sask
Snowstorm Inside a Navy Plane Surprises Crew
Naval officials in Washington report a PBY-3 patrol bomber crew experienced a snowstorm within the cabin during a Seattle training flight. The pilot noted a sudden temperature drop to condense moisture into tiny snowflakes swirling inside the aircraft while outside the sun shone at 9000 feet.
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Naval
Washington
Navy
Seattle
Wash
Chief Walking Eagle Seeks Private Talk With King George
Stoney Indian Chief Walking Eagle, visiting Calgary and Edmonton, laments not securing private words with King George. He had urged the Crown to grant tribal lands on the Kootenay Plains and sought government aid for farming implements, with Lord Tweedsmuir and Hon. John Buchan present during discussions at The Pas reserve.
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King George
Walking Eagle
Calgary
Queen Elizabeth
Edmonton
Kootenay Plains
Rockies
Morley Reserve
George Woud
Lorainweedsmuir
Pas
Man
Queen Victoria
Canada
Dominion
Louis McGillivray
John Buchan
Lord Tweedsmuir
McGillivray
Ft. B. Horsefield
Parsees youth Vakil swallows arsenic to prove faith
Kay Khush ray Barjorji Vakil a 20 year old Parsees youth drinks four ounces of arsenic in a public ritual to prove devotion to Zoroaster. He declares willingness to face molten lead or hanging, refuses antidote, and the arsenic is later analyzed as highly arsenical 99749.
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Zoroaster
Kay Khushray Barjorji Vakil
Vakil
May Prove Better Name Protektorat Pronunciation
Slavs adopt a new reading of the term used by Germans for parts of the Czecho-Slovak republic, rendering it as Protekto krat meaning for the time being. Jasper the black bear at Cope land Lake lodge in Rocky Mountain national park reportedly drinks up to three dozen bottles of pop in a day.
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Czecho-Slovak Republic
Jasper
Copeland Lake Lodge
Rocky Mountain National Park
Back to the Wall order joins British Museum collection
The British Museum acquired Earl Haig s famous Back to the Wall order of April 11 1918 through the will of Sir Philip Sassoon Haigs secretary during the Great War. The message urged steadfast defense as Germany massed 106 divisions on a 50 mile front to drive a breakthrough and threaten English Channel ports. Sir Philip died June 3 and secured the document after the war. Additionally the report notes US turpentine output reaching up to 36 million gallons in a year from forests.
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British Museum
Earl Haig
Philip Sassoon
Haig
English Channel
Britain
Sir Philip
Montana Alberta air link aims to join Lethbridge and Great Falls
Branch Air Line Aviation seeks a 200 mile route between Lethbridge and Great Falls Montana. Mayors congratulate Kenyon Field opening and urge early Alberta Montana service linking coast to midwest with inland safer Rocky Mountain route.
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Lethbridge
Great Falls
Mont
David E. Elton
K.C
Civil Aeronautic Authority
Washington, D.C
James F . Connor
Montana
Lawrence Lewis
Colorado
American Flying Companies
Inland Air Service
Western Air Express
Trans-Canada Airlines
Kenyon Field
H. Hollick- Kenyon
Vancouver
Regina
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Alaska
Amercan
Seattle
Fargo
N.C
United States
Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Mrs Jesse Jones’s Elephant Collection Enthralls Borah Home
Mrs Borah, wife of Senator William Borah, keeps a long running collection of elephant figurines in her Washington apartment. The display ranges from tiny ivory pieces to a large gold trimmed Siamese statue named Ferdinand, with eleven crystal elephants near a canary named Saito. The senator says the elephants are hers not his and the canary can knock them over.
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Jesse Jones
U.S Federal Loan
William F. Borah
Bridge
Ferdinand
Saito
Mr. Borah
Borah
Common Bible mistakes critiqued by The Presbyterian Witness
The Presbyterian Witness argues that misreadings are widespread. It notes that the widow’s mite refers to complete sacrifice, Esau’s birthright is not described as a mess of pottage, and Eve tempted Adam with an apple is a Miltonic error, not biblical.
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Esau
Adam
Rajah of Tripura Pledges Full Indian Support to Britain
The Rajah of Tripura arriving from Ottawa in Montreal declared India 100 per cent behind Great Britain in event of war. He governs a state of 382,000 people and was among the first in India to offer aid during the Munich crisis.
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Tripura
Ottawa
Montreal
Great Britain
India
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Royal Naval College
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Rushmoor Arena
Aldershot
Branch Air Line
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