Queen Elizabeth Ready to Resume Regular Service
The Queen Elizabeth, world's largest passenger liner, is nearing completion of a six year reconversion at Southampton after war service. Workers remove war fittings, repaint hull, renew machinery, and restore furnishings for her return to Cunard White Star service by fall.
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Ottawa Journal
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England
Cunard White Star Line
Atlantic
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New York
Clyde
Gourock
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United States
Australia
Ford
American Red Cross
Cross
King George Ving Dock
Godvilly Speelpuace
The Man Who Taught Mussolini Manners to Die at Sea
Mario Pansa, son of an Italian diplomat and famed for shaping Mussolini’s public image, died by drowning while swimming at Fregene beach near Rome. A polo player and horseman, he remained detached from politics while mentoring Mussolini and even influenced Edda Mussolini's education. He refused a noble title offered by Mussolini after Galeazzo Ciano accepted one.
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Fregene
Romie
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Berlin
Italy
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Edda
Galeazzo Ciano
Ciano
Voltaire
Shelley
British scientists claim perpetual motion airplane
A Sunday People report says British scientists are developing a non stop plane able to circle the world at 1650 mph. Air Ministry officials cautioned that while experiments continue it would be nonsense to expect such a aircraft in the near future.
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London
the People
Air Ministry
Senate backs federal aid to provinces for tourist road network
The Senate tourist committee chaired by Senator W A Buchanan urged federal funds to build high standard roads to boost tourist travel. It projected Canada could gain 600 million dollars in U S tourist business and urged park road hard surfaces, better service at stations and hotels, fresh maps, long term planning, federal provincial coordination, and Alaska highway link study. A historical note recalls a Missouri River tale from 1881 of a boat tied as buffalo crossed.
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Senate Tourist Committee
W. A Buchanan
Alberta
Canada
United States
Immigration and Customs
Alaska Highway
Edmonton
Dawson Creek
West Greenland Climate Shift Attracts Zoology Expert
Dr Max Dunbar arrives at McGill University as assistant professor of zoology after Greenland work. He links Gulf Stream changes to warmer West Greenland waters, shifting economics from hunting to fishing, with cod, whales, and seals moving north. He notes past centennial cycles and calls Arctic knowledge vital for Europe and North America, praising the Arctic Institute of North America.
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West Greenland
Max Dunbar
McGill University
Canada
Greenland
Gulf Stream
Dunbar
Europe
Montreal
Arctic Circle
Arctic Institute of North America
Edinburgh
McGill
Oxford
Yale University
Nascopie
Montreal Daily Star
If Barbers Took Appointments for Haircuts
The author contrasts women's ability to book haircare in advance with men waiting in barber shops. He ponders how a barber might fare if he also booked services by appointment, noting the wasted time men experience while waiting their turn.
Cierva W-9 Helicopter Demonstrated at Southampton
The Cierva W-9 helicopter shown at a Southampton air pageant takes off and lands vertically and can move sideways and backwards as easily as forwards. Crowds admired its performance and experts noted new possibilities for aviation.
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Britain
Southampton
United Nations Proposes Permanent World Food Board
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization proposes an international ever normal granary run by a permanent world food board. The board would stabilize prices, buy surplus when low, sell when high, and build 6 to 12 month reserves while coordinating with the World Bank to boost trade and food purchasing power. It would set export quotas and fund itself via member contributions and its own operations if needed.
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Grant Dillman
Ashington
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
World Food Board
UNRRA
International Emergency Food Council
World Bank
The
Food Organization
Sudbury Steeplejack Survives 85-Foot Fall
George Petryna a 25 year old Sudbury war veteran and steeplejack plunged 85 feet from the belfry of the Church of Christ the King while repairing the twin steeple with Eddie Chamberlain. Petryna survived the fall after crashing onto a cement parapet as Chamberlain saved himself by grasping a lifeline.
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Sudbury
George Petryna
Church of Christ the King
Petryna
Eddie Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Goethe's Early Novel in Seven Languages At Age Eleven
A note recounts that at eleven years old Johann Wolfgang von Goethe authored a novel translated into seven languages. The claim highlights the prodigy’s early literary ambition and multilingual talent, framing his youthful output as a sign of later genius.
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Goethe
Britain plans to open doors to foreign tourists next year
Sir Harley Shawcross told the British Travel Association that Britain aims to attract visitors from abroad, targeting up to £100,000,000 annually. He noted prewar tourism reached £30,000,000 and emphasized offering affordable stays alongside luxury options to avoid disappointing travelers.
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Britain
London
Harley Shawcross
British Travel Association
Floral linen embroidery pattern 7399 in Ottawa pattern sale
Embroidery design pairs feature floral motifs suitable for linens. Transfer offers six motifs averaging 34 by 165 in with buttonhole and outline stitches. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts ment Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain pattern 7399, include name address and pattern number.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg
Man
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