Vision Of The North Wealth And Transport By Lord Tweedsmuir
Lord Tweedsmuir outlines a future northern Canada rich in minerals with copper potential up to the Arctic. He argues transport costs, especially air travel powered by oil, will drive development and enable many small industrial centers connected by radio and air. He notes oil near McMurray and northern wells already supply local needs and that safer year round air links hinge on cheap airfields.
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Hudson Bay
Mackenzie
Arctic
Canadian
North
Abasand
Bitumont
McMurray
Imperial
Fort Norman
Atlantic Air Services
China
Japan
Mackenzie Basin
Prairies
Canada
Siberia
Lord Tweedsmuir
London Sunday Times
Ordinary Height Change for London Police Recruit
Metropolitan police will accept men five feet eight inches tall, down from the former standard. The note cites a survey showing Englishmen average five feet seven and three quarters inches, Scots five feet six and a half, and Irish five feet eight inches. The excerpt blends quotes on submarines and job satisfaction with a business tone urging daily interest.
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London
Metropolitan Police
Kitchener
Paleontology exhibit reveals Canada's ancient tropical climate
Dr Madeleine Fritz at the Royal Ontario Museum of Paleontology discusses Canada 400 million years ago when the climate was hotter than today. She notes coral reefs in Ontario, sponges near Hamilton, crinoids near Peterborough, and inland seas that once covered the prairie lowlands. She previews reconstructed skeletons of large marine reptiles and coal-forming tropical plants from Cape Breton.
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Tropics
Canada
Madeleine Fritz
Fritz
Royal Ontario Museum of Paleontology
Ontario
Hamilton
Peterborough
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Cape Breton
Museum of Paleontology
Napoleon and the Beet Sugar Industry’s Rise Through Time
The passage notes Napoleon’s role in launching commercial beet sugar in 1811 with six sugar beet schools, linking his influence to the modern sugar trade. It highlights advances from seed breeding to factory-controlled production and Canada’s beets now four times richer in sugar than Napoleon’s era.
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Pimperor Napoleon
Napoleon
France
India
In Flanders Fields Commemoration at Wimereux Cemetery
Diplomats and veterans from four nations gathered at Wimereux France to honor Lieut Col John McCrae on the 20th anniversary of his death. Attendees included Philippe Roy Sir Eric Phipps J B Lasalle and William C Bullitt with veterans under the Inter Allied Federation of Ex Servicemen.
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Wimereux Cemetery
France
John McCrae
Flanders Fields
Wimereux Hospital
Philippe Roy
Eric Phipps
J. B. Lasalle
William C. Bullitt
United States
Canadian railways drive national wealth growth
President S. J. Hungerford of Canadian National Railways said railways unlock Canada’s wealth by expanding into resource-rich areas like Rouyn Quebec and Flin Flon Manitoba. He linked rising production to improving economic conditions and forecast a bright outlook as the country enters a new development cycle.
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Canadian Railways
S. J. Hungerford
Canadian National Railways
Rouyn
Quebec
Flin Flen
Man
Halifax Board of Trade
Canada
Drifting Arctic Ice Floe Expedition Faces Peril and Hope
The New York Times reports on Professor Otto Schmidt and four explorers establishing a polar station on an ice floe drifting toward Greenland and Spitsbergen. They face danger from warming seas while planes and ice-breakers may rescue them if needed.
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Otto Schmidt
North Pole
Papanin
Krenkel
Shirshond Fedorov
Greenland
Spitsbergen
Professor Schmidt
Arctic
Shirshov
Schmidt
Chelyuskin
New York Times
An Age Of Specialists The All-Round Handy Man Has Dis Appeared
An essay contrasts past and present work life noting a shift from versatile locals to highly specialized professionals. It recalls early motoring when a man could be his own mechanic before cars grew complex with thousands of parts.
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Daily Commercial News
London reports no fatal road accident in 10 weeks
A ten week period in London produced no fatal road accidents in the central square mile. Meanwhile the market notes greyhounds fetched up to 375 dollars in England, reflecting strong demand for racing dogs.
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City of
London
Turkeys Available Per Person Drops Since 1890
Crop figures show a shift from one turkey per five people in 1890 to one per six people now. The decline reflects changes in production consumption and agricultural trends across the country.
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Turkey
Airline to sell china ware after weight issues
An airline sold five thousand dollars of newly ordered china for five hundred dollars because the items were too heavy. In Argentina, Don Juan Souto of Velez Sarsfield reports a cabbage plant reaching over 11 feet in height.
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Don Juan Souto
Velez Sarsfield
Argentina
Colorful Afghan Crochet Pattern 6040 from Winnipeg Union
This 20 cent House hold Arts notice promotes a quick jiffy crochet Afghan using a large hook and Germantown yarn in three shades or scraps. It includes pattern 6040 with stitches, illustration, material needs, and color ideas. Send coins to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
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Germantown
Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
The Oldest Trade of Farming and Grafting Skill
The Port Rowan Ontario note praises farming as an ancient clean trade. It traces wheat improvement over 50 years to grafting as a key science. Proper grafting requires skilled hands and is likened to teaching and parenting joy.
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Port Rowan
Ont
Measuring steel hardness with a diamond-pointed hammer
Engineers test tool metal hardness by dropping a diamond-pointed hammer from about ten inches and measuring rebound to assess steel hardness.
Family life shifts from stable to garage basis
A brief report notes changes in home life with the household moving from a steady footing to a garage based arrangement, reflecting a shift in living conditions and routines.
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London Police Force
Four Nations
Inter-Allied Federation of Ex-Servicemen
Egypt
Cleopatra
Farida
Nazir
Fuad
Bach
Julius Caesar
Mark Antony
Saladin
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Holy Land
Farouk
England
Alice
Brooks
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