Business recovery seen in Canada northland copper finds
Dr J B Phillips of McGill and Lorne MacLaren hiked 200 miles by canoe into the Ottawa River region, collecting copper ore samples from a previously neglected district. They anticipate follow up tests and a second trip before term starts, with hints of gold and silver with copper. Locals and lumber firms expect better times as hunting and trapping resumes. A porcupine blocked their car horn at night, then fled.
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Canada
Northland
J. B Phillips
McGill University
University
Ottawa River
Phillips
Lorne MacLaren
Buckingham
Que
Four British Schoolmasters Die Climbing in Switzerland
Four Eton masters H. E. Howson E. W. Slater E. W. Powell and C. P. R. White-Thomas were killed while climbing near Rosey Peak in the Bernina Massif Switzerland. Powell an Oxford Blue and Diamond Sculls winner in 1912 was among the victims.
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Eton College
Switzerland
England
Rosey Peak
Bernina
H. E. Howson
E. W. Slater
E. W. Powell
C. PR. White-Thomas
Ely
Powell
Oxford
Henley
Reopening Churchill Port Echoes Historic Livestock Route
The piece recalls 1733 when the frigate Mary from England delivered two oxen and two bulls to Churchill, aiding fort construction at Port Prince of Wales. The harbor fort ruins remain, highlighting early Hudson Bay shipping and livestock movement to the United Kingdom.
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Hudson’s Bay
Hudson's Bay
United, Kingdom
Churchill
England
Port Prince of Wales
No Safe Upstairs On Bus Says Driver Missing
Two yokels visiting a big city ride a double-decker bus for the first time. One lights a cigarette and the conductor directs him to smoke upstairs. Moments later he rushes down saying there is no driver upstairs.
Unque Bookstore In Jap The World’s Most Unique Bookshop
A Japanese bookstore claims to offer every title published in both fiction and non fiction within two months of release and keeps copies on hand thereafter. The boast highlights Japan as home to an exceptionally comprehensive selection.
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Unque
Japan
Bock
Country
Canadian insurance firms weather lean years with flying colors
The Montreal Star notes that Canadian insurance companies have withstood economic strain, remaining highly trusted as 67 percent of insurance for Canadians is with domestic firms. Accumulated premiums total 1.75 billion dollars, fueling industrial, commercial, and government ventures, with no policy holder losing a dollar due to a licensed Canadian company failure.
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Canada
Montreal Star
A Cave Of Champagne Beneath Dover’s White Cliffs
London correspondent describes a vast cave under Dover housing thousands of champagne cases built by French prisoners during the Napoleonic wars. After wars the cave stored brewery barrels and later Hock and Moselle during Vievrotta War. Nightly champagne ships sail from Calais to Dover guarded by a watchman, with new consignments and older stock replenished each morning.
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Dover
Hock
Moselle
City of
London
Secret organization aids escapes from Devil's Island
British Guiana police believe a Cayenne based secret group helps prisoners escape from Devil's Island and other French penitentiaries in French Guiana. The network is said to extend to Trinidad and Venezuela to steer convicts toward Colombia. Over 30 Cayenne fugitives have passed through British Guiana this year after perilous jungle and sea routes. 40 escaped via British Guiana in 1932.
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Devil's Island
British Guiana
Cayenne
French Guiana
Trinidad
Venezuela
Colombia
Reason She Knew in Cross Examination of Lodgers
A young barrister grills a landlady during cross examination about lodgers who never go out at night. He taunts her with a question about a hidden, “queer” set living in her house. She replies they are studying for the law.
London to Host World Largest Broadcasting Studio
The National Hall at Olympia is being converted into a studio in London with seating for 2,000. The project makes the Olympia venue the biggest broadcasting studio in the world and will showcase Radio broadcasts to the public.
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London
National Hall
Olympia
Stoney Chief Seeks Voice at Pacific Relations Conference
Chief Hector McLean, Stoneys of Manitoba, petitioned Sir Herbert Samuel to secure representation for his tribe at the Institute of Pacific Relations conference. He argued the Indians wished to present sociological matters for Dominion and British governments to consider, but Sir Herbert declined to intervene.
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Hector McLean
University of Manitoba
Herbert Samuel
McLean
Institute of Pacific Relations
Canada
Herbert
Upswing in Canadian rail car traffic continues this month
For the week ending August 12 the cars loaded surpassed the prior year by 869 units. Total loads were 38 644 for last week vs 37 775 for August 5. Grain and grain products rose by 1 040 cars to 5 740 while coal jumped 434. pulpwood ore and other freight increased and livestock grew by 147. Coke lumber pulp and paper and other forest products declined compared with August 5.
Long-overdue return of Plato’s Republic from Scotland
A former St Andrew’s University student returns Plato's Republic after fifty years with an apologetic note that he was too busy to finish reading it. He had kept the book out of the library since his study days.
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St. Andrew’s University
Scotland
Sun and planets race toward Dorado in drag lon drift
Scientists say the sun and its planets travel about 130 miles per second toward the southern Dorado constellation. The report notes a steady galactic motion in that direction.
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Dorado
Draglon
Veteran water diviner seeks well in Sooke hills
Joseph Wriglesworth, a long time water diviner now nearing 93, travels into the Sooke hills to locate a water well for a client. He has shown skill across British Columbia since arriving from England in 1862 during the Cariboo gold rush.
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Joseph Wriglesworth
Sooke Hills
British Columbia
England
Cariboo
France Eyes Early Revival in Heavy Industries
France signals an early revival in heavy industries as industrial output and investment intentions rise. In Hungary employment shows recent gains with hiring across manufacturing and services sectors supporting the broader regional recovery.
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France
Sleeping Sickness A Worldwide Growing Malady
Medical expert Dr Milton J Rosenow describes sleeping sickness as a virus driven brain disease with varied forms and high mortality. The illness affects the central nervous system causing stupor and ophthalmoplegia in many cases, with incidence rising slowly after wartime events.
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United States
Milton J. Rosenow
Rosenow
The Quietest Place in Utrecht Reveals Its Hidden Chamber
In Utrecht Holland a professor constructed three nested rooms to create the world’s quietest place. An outer shell of stone wood cork lead and sea grass layers with horsehair cavities and tapestry absorbs sound to keep the innermost chamber devoid of any noise.
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Utrecht
Holland
H. Zwaardemaker
Zwaardemaker
Road work continues on Lake Louise Scenic Highway
Over half of the Jasper Lake Louise scenic route has been built with relief work to continue through the 1933 season. Federal interior minister Thomas G. Murphy says crews will resume along the Jasper Highway toward the British Columbia Boundary once a road to Miette Hot Springs is completed.
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Lake Louise
Jasper-Lake Louise
Thomas G. Murphy
Jasper Highway
British Columbia
Miette Hot Springs
Two Students Complete 22-Foot Canoe Challenge
Two young medical students proved a 22 foot canoe could navigate from Nakao Ontario along the Drowning Kenogami and Albany rivers to James Bay then along the west coast to Moosone completing the arduous voyage.
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Nakao
Ont
Kenogami
Albany
James Bay
Moosone
Brazil Allocates Funds to Aid Breath Sufferers
Brazil has appropriated large sums to aid its breath sufferers. Bees of the world produce bees wax worth $4,000,000 a year.
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Brazil
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Westminster
Lambeth
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