Riches In The North Describe Canada’s northern wealth potential
A Saskatoon service club heard C J M Farland of Calgary describe vast northern development. He predicts the next two decades will yield more wealth from the north than the south, citing Arctic exploration, Eskimo trade, and northern towns as busy centers. A Fort Simpson doctor drove 4000 miles in a 1928 model with only one mile of road. Aklavik stood 60 above and blooming with berry picking. Eskimo boats, fur incomes, and purchases of modern machinery were noted.
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Canada
Aklavik
Edmonton
McFarlane
Candid Camera Sparks Britain Wide Debate
British public figures condemn ambush photography at banquets and highlight privacy rights. Churchill urges protection for guests while noting Roosevelt’s half opened mouth photo. The Royal Photographic Society positions cameras as vital yet must avoid sensational intrusion.
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Winston Churchill
the Times
Roosevelt
Lord Southwood
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Britain
Royal Photographic Society
Russell Square
Christian Science Monitor
Stainless steel Reading train uses two end observation cars
The Reading Railway plans a bright stainless steel train with an observation car at each end so it need not be turned around. The locomotive will be uncoupled and turned, a simpler operation, with passengers in the forward car watching the tender. Two daily round trips are planned between New York and Philadelphia, power is steam, and the design mirrors the Mercury running Cleveland to Detroit.
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Reading Railway
New York
Philadelphia
Mercury
Cleveland
Detroit
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Revival of colonial punishments proposed in Massachusetts bill
State Representative Charles Wilson proposes reviving whipping posts ducking stools and stocks for drunk driving offenses in Massachusetts. The bill would allow two to ten lashes and up to four hours daily for three days in ducking stool or stocks, with current penalties of 35 to 1000 dollars or jail for two weeks to two years.
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Massachusetts
Charles Wilson
R. Ashland
A Star Attraction at Westminster Draws Canadian Visitors
The British House of Commons appeals to Canadian visitors with 1697 passes issued during the year. Admission to the Lords cost 5 dollars, while Canadian registration at Canada House reached 11,806, about 60 percent higher than the prior year.
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House of Commons
Westminster
Canada House
Commons
Remarkable Winchester Window Rebuilt From Cromwell Fire
An unusual stained glass window in Winchester Cathedral, shattered by Oliver Cromwell’s army nearly 300 years ago, was meticulously restored piece by piece but none of the shards are in their original positions.
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Winchester
England
Oliver Cromwell
Scientists Unite 20000 Pieces of Dinosaur Fossil at NY Museum
Two vertebrate paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History in New York completed assembling a dinosaur fossil that had been broken into over 20 000 fragments after six years of meticulous work.
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Department of
Vertebrate Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Law Forces Fixed Iron Ladders On Norwegian Farms
A Reader's Digest note states law now requires stationary iron ladders on certain Norwegian farms, replacing the old practice of pulling ladders up to hide from tax collectors. The ledges on mountains remain the farms' precarious working spaces.
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Reader's Digest
Earthworm Gizzard Details in Digestive Study
A science note explains earthworms possess a gizzard to grind ingested material. The mechanism aids digestion as soil and organic matter are broken down by muscular action and small rocks. This function supports nutrient extraction in soil-dwelling organisms.
Royal Lancers 143 Years Hymn Tradition
The XII Royal Lancers of the British Army have performed nightly at 10 p.m. for 143 years. Their five hymns include The Sicilian Vespers God Bless the Prince of Wales God Save the King and two others one of which later became the national anthem of Czarist Russia.
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XII. Royal Lancers
Russia
Shamrock Tea Sparks Curiosity at Local House
A young man recalls a visit where only a cup of shamrock tea was offered. His companion asks about the drink, and the other explains it is tea brewed with three leaves, prompting further discussion.
Canadian Wapiti planes delivered for RCAF reconditioning
Ottawa examines eighteen Westland Wapiti fighters received from the British air ministry for immediate service. The move is part of a plan to equip the air force with 102 planes this year in varying sizes and roles under Defence Minister Ian Mackenzie.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
British
Air Ministry
Defence
Ian Mackenzie
Lincoln Tunnel Opens Two-Way Tube Across Hudson
The Lincoln tunnel section linking midtown Manhattan to Weekhawken New Jersey is opened at a cost of 42 million dollars. The 8215 foot tube uses air from two blowers to provide 150 tons of fresh air per minute and features a glass tile roof. Fourteen workers died during the initial boring completed August 22 1935. the second tube is slated for late 1940.
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Hudson River
Euphrate
Royal Palace
Hal Temple
Jupiter
AMD
Thames River
England
Manhattan
Lincoln Tunnel
New York
Weekhawken
Babylon
Sale of Norfolk House Ends St James's Square Era
London correspondent notes demolition of Norfolk House, a two century old St James's Square townhouse linked to George III birth and early Dukes, to make way for flats and offices. The piece recalls dueling era, highwaymen, captured Boscawean cannons, and Johnson and Savage roaming the square.
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London
Ottawa Journal
Norfolk House
George the Third
Henry Jermyn
Earl of
St. Albans
England
St. James’ Square
Admiral Boscawen
Finisterre
Johnson
Savage
Duchess of Leeds
St. James Square
Boomerang Shirts Deal Foiled By Honest Merchant
Isaacs bought six cheap shirts with no sale. Levinsky suggested sending five billed, to trick MacCohen. Isaacs tried, but MacCohen returned five shirts with a note he did not want them, ruining the scheme.
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Isaacs
Levinsky
MacCohen
Sarnia
Experience Comes With Payment, Not Just Time Invested
A concise adage notes that experience often requires external funding or sponsorship to gain practical lessons. It implies that paying for opportunity can accelerate learning beyond self-directed effort alone.
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