Canadians Welcome Americans on Tours Boosting Tourism
United States tourists report warm Canadian courtesy and friendliness aiding repeat visits. Government bureaus note inquiries from May to October about scenic spots roads and camping and estimate two week trips cost 40 to 50 dollars with last year’s tourism revenue exceeding 100 million dollars. The King and Queen visit attracted many and spurred future trips to Ontario and other provinces.
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Canada
Ottawa
Toronto
Ontario
Ohio
New York
Bureau
Dudgeon Steam Wagon at New York World's Fair Exhibit
A historical note from the St. Thomas Times Journal describes the Dudgeon Steam Wagon displayed at the New York World’s Fair, claimed as the first automobile in the United States. It could carry 12, reach 14 mph, and required a red flag could be driven on designated streets two years after its debut.
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United States
Bryant Park
New York City
Nicholas Cugnot
Richard Trevithie
England
London
Ontario
St. Thomas
Thomas
Grass and legume production grows on Saskatchewan farms
Production of grasses and legumes shows a clear upward trend in Saskatchewan, with northeastern areas leading. Applications for registration of new grasses and legumes have risen, and much of the seed is marketed within the province as farmers increase livestock numbers. Rust resistant wheat varieties remain largely unregistered, causing a sharp drop in wheat seed registrations.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Canadian Girls Collect European Official Buttons on Europe Tour
Fifty five Canadian schoolgirls aged 13 to 20 gathered official buttons during a three week itinerary across England Scotland France Belgium the Netherlands Switzerland and Italy. The trip left many feeling Scots were most hospitable and Edinburgh the best city visited. Muscles lifting a pigeons wings weigh half as much as the bird itself.
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Europe
England
Scotland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Italy
Edinburgh
Alaska as a Strong Frontier for Settlement and Trade
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson argues Alaska offers easy development and a broad immigrant appeal, likening its potential to Scandinavia. He cites newsprint as a model, noting tariff-free export potential to the U.S. and Japan with sufficient capital and cross-border investment by American or West Coast papers.
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Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Alaska
Scan
U.S
Harold Ickes
Stefansson
America
United States
Japan
Scandinavia
Roaring Forties Quip Sparked at Brighton Prize Giving
Miss E Stopgord headmistress of St Mary's Hall Brighton quoted a schoolgirl remark about turning 40 during a prize giving. The quip described aging as a roaring rush of years in a light humorous moment at the ceremony.
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Howler
E. Stopgord
St. Mary’s Hall
Brighton
England
Has Different Hobby Rush Collects Fireplace Descriptions
Charles E. Rush head of the Cleveland public library pursues a hobby of collecting chimney and fireplace descriptions. After twenty years he owns a thousand fireplace figures catalogued with pictures and detailed notes. Neptune’s satellite orbits in under six days and its moon rivals Earth’s in size. A fool and his money soon make many friends.
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Charles E. Rush
Cleveland Public Library
Rush
Neptune
Earth
Poisoning grasshoppers to curb next year outbreak
Authorities advise using poison during the egg laying season and tilling stubble land after harvest to curb future grasshopper outbreaks. Targeted baiting can control roadside and stubble hoppers. shallow tillage aids destruction and prepares land for 1940 seeding.
Royal Birthday Greeting for Centenarian Wilfrid Brosseau
Wilfrid Brosseau of St Johns Quebec received a royal congratulation on his 100th birthday. The message from Queen Elizabeth II and King George VI, signed by their private secretary, accompanied a dinner where he was honored and given a purse of gold. The centenarian initially mistook the message for Queen Victoria.
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Wilfrid Brosseau
St. Johns
Quc
Queen Victoria
England
Elizabeth
King George
Portable train telephone system praised after disaster
A Canadian railway official described a portable telephone carried on all trains that can contact any line point by tossing a hook to the wires in emergencies. Following a $2,000,000 luxury train wreck in Nevada a trainman reportedly walked 12 miles for help. The spokesman warned delays may occur if the equipment is damaged or lines torn down.
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Nevada
United States
Blindness in India report urges action to end scourge
The National Institute of the Blind cites 5,000,000 Indians either totally blind or severely vision impaired. Sir Michael O'Dwyer notes widespread blindness and inadequate prevention, blaming infantile ophthalmia, neglect of child eye diseases, irritant remedies, smallpox, and trachoma as preventable causes. The text also mentions U S migration and English women pilots preparing for war.
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India
National Institute of the Blind
Michael O'Dwyer
Crochet pattern for The Last Supper panel available
A crochet pattern translates the Last Supper into a 25 by 47 inch panel suitable for living rooms, dining rooms, or altar cloths. Pattern 6422 provides a chart, directions, panel illustration, stitches, materials, and costs 20 cents mailed to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Norse Explorers May Have Reached Great Lakes
The article discusses Vinland and Norse exploration possibilities, citing James W. Curran’s Here Was Vinland which argues Norsemen reached Ontario, Manitoba, North Dakota and the Great Lakes around 1000. It notes artifacts in Beardmore Ontario and references Ojibway and Mandan legends as part of Curran’s case for wider Viking activity in North America.
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Vinland
North America
Iceland
Greenland
James W. Curran
Sault Daily Star
Sault Ste Marie
Ont
Great Lakes
Canada
United States
Ontario
Manitoba
North Dakota
Duck
Mr. Curran
Algoma
Hudson Strait
Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson. Mr. Curran
Lake Superior
Minnesota
New York
Michigan
Wisconsin
Beardmore
James Edward Dodd
James Bay
Pierre Verendrye
Curran
America
Sault
Eton College to mark 500th charter anniversary
The London correspondent notes Eton College will celebrate the 500th anniversary of its royal charter next year. The program includes a living Old Etonians list and recalls Henry VI granting the charter and endowing the college. The Montem custom, last observed in 1344, involved marching on Whit Tuesday to collect "salt" from passers-by, a practice that once yielded large sums.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Eton College
Eton
William of Wykeham
Winchester
Bath Road
Salt Hill
Floating weather ship Carimare launches from Le Havre
Seventy men depart from Le Havre aboard the 4500 ton French vessel Carimare to operate a three month mid Atlantic weather station. The ship carries exclusive meteorological equipment and will transmit weather reports every three hours using radio sonde to aid South Atlantic air routes.
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le Havre
France
mid-Atlantic
Carimare
South Atlantic
Fire brigade shows pride with street display in Streetsville
Streetsville Ontario firefighters parade a shiny fire truck at a carnival and opt to bucket brigade a hay truck blaze instead of using their vehicle. A Brno tombstone inscription notes birth in Auatna and death in Germany. Japan threatens mobilization of all industries.
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Streetsville
Ont
Brno
Auatna
Czecho- Slovakia
Germany
Japan
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