Hong Kong to be eastern hub for Imperial Airways planes
St Thomas Times Journal notes Hong Kong under British control will host commercial landings and serve as a major eastern headquarters. Imperial Airways planes will link London with Chinese cities and Pan American routes, connecting Europe, the United States, and Asia with wider regions.
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Hong Kong
China
Japan
Lkely
Imperial Airways
London
Pan-American
Pacific
Europe
United States
Straits Settlements
Australia
India
Philippines
Hawaii
St. Thomas Times-Journal
Middle Temple Hall Secured After Six Months of Restoration
London's Middle Temple Hall, one of the city's oldest buildings, has been stabilized after extensive work. Eight hundred cubic yards of concrete and 8,000 feet of steel rods underpin the west wall to depths of fifteen to thirty feet, ending long standing concerns over collapse and historic cracks.
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London
Middle Temple Hall
San Francisco Chronicle
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Indies
Francis North
Charles II
Shakespeare
Civilization Arrives as Eskimo Boy Parade Occurs
An Eskimo boy paraded on Bethel Main Street with sandwich boards and a cowbell signaling civilization has reached the Kuskokwima river country. Two-plank sidewalk, a mile long, drew Bethel residents while 20 whites and 200 Eskimos attended moving pictures today and paid admission for the event.
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Bethel
Kuskokwiuma River
Antlers versus horns and early clock ornamentation
The text contrasts antlers with horns noting antlers shed cleanly yearly without blood flow, while horns have a bony core and bleed if broken. It also states that decorative clockmaking emerged in the 17th century and that France pioneered making fancy timepieces.
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France
Death of Sir Fitzroy Maclean Ends Clan Era at 101
Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 101, Scotland’s oldest clan chief and 26th head of the Maclean line, died at Duart Castle. He buried the feud with Campbells in 1932 and led the clan after serving in 13th Hussars and Crimea. His grandson Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean, 20, succeeds as new chief.
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Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean
Scotland
Duart Castle
Sir Fitzroy
Clan Maclean
Campbell
Light Dragoons
Buljanak
Alma
Sebastopol
The
Macleans
Charles Hector Fitzroy Maclean
Hector F. Maclean
League Opens Movie House in Geneva Secretariat
The League of Nations has opened a 10 million dollar cinema in its Geneva secretariat to show films illustrating league work. It will welcome over 2,000 daily visitors during holidays and host technical demonstrations for the secretariat and expert committees. The first program includes a league aims film and Tibet and Soviet Russia travel films featuring health service members.
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League of Natons
Geneva
League
Tibet
Soviet
Russia
Massey Visits Glasgow Promoting Canadian Trade
The Dominion High Commissioner Hon. Vincent Massey spent a busy day in Glasgow promoting Canadian trade with Scotland. An aeroplane trailing streamers reading Canada Calling Glasgow served as a visiting card over the city.
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Canada
Glasgow
Vincent Massey
Dominion
Scotland
Imposing Queen Victoria Memorials Across London
A survey notes 24 outdoor Victoria memorials in London the most imposing in front of Buckingham Palace using 2300 tons of Carrara marble. Kensington High Street hosts a unique granite candle memorial while Kensington Gardens features a statue by Princess Louise.
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Buckingham Palace
Victoria
London
Kensington High Street
Kensington Gardens
Louise
Feeding pullets for egg production at the Fredericton station
At the Dominion Experimental Station in Fredericton New Brunswick pullets destined for laying are fed a dry mash from hoppers with fresh mash each day. A grain mix of two parts wheat one part cracked corn barley and oats is given in litter for morning and night with about a third of daily supply in the morning. Water oyster shell grit and daily green feed are provided.
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Dominion Experimental Station
Fredericton
N.B
Prosperity for Democracies Hinges on Fair Distribution
Sir Robert M. Kindersley of the Bank of England told the American Club of Paris luncheon that three great democracies France Britain and the United States face a promising era but true prosperity must be widely shared with lower income brackets or it will be short lived. He urged broad minded policy to ensure fair and just distribution to extend prosperity indefinitely.
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France
Great Britain
United States
American Club of Paris
Robert M. Kindersley
Bank of England
Beneficial Habit Eating Between Meals Boosts Work
Yale physiologist Dr. H W Haggard says snacking between meals improves performance for most people. He notes early studies reviving exhausted athletes with sugar and reports ten years of feeding industrial workers milk between meals increases work output, enthusiasm and reduces fatigue.
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H. W. Haggard
Yale University
Radium Sealed In Needle At Port Hope Canada
The last needle of the first ounce of radium was sealed at Eldorado Gold Mines plant in Port Hope Ontario with a group of medical mining and research leaders present. Lieutenant-Governor Herbert A Bruce and Sir Frederick Banting were among the attendees.
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Canada
Eldorado
Port Hope
Ont
Herbert A. Bruce
Ontario
Frederick Banting
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Bessemer City
New York
Cornwall
St Ives
Madrid
Verdun
Troy
Helen
Alexander the Great
Tyre
B.C
Nebuchadnezzar
Clive
Arcot
Port Arthur
Spain
Zaragozaz
Kingdom of
Aragon
Queen Victoria
RADIO
Saskatchewan
Regina
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