Britain Ready If War Comes Says Montreal Star
The Montreal Star notes Britain's rapid military buildup including Cyprus fortifications, Suez protection, air bases at Alexandria and Singapore, Capetown and Freetown projects, and a target of ten thousand aircraft within a year. It cites rebuilt battleships in the Mediterranean, a large reserve air fleet, and a modernized army to deter any power.
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Ience
Great Britain
Cyprus
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Noti
Singapore
London
Cabies
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Capetown
Britain
Sir Thomas Inskip
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Germany
Italy
Japan
Montreal Star
Fish Eats Water Fleas at Buckingham Palace
A tropical fish expert visits the royal aquarium driving into the palace courtyard with a bag of water fleas kept semi frozen on gauze trays. The fleas revive when dropped into the water, providing exercise for the fish. A humorous exchange follows with the Master of the House and a dog.
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Buckingham Palace
Royal Aquarium
Palace
Diversified Investments for Women of Means
The Woman Investor warns that most world capital is held by women who inherited it. Diversify holdings across real estate endowment insurance stocks bonds and utilities to spread risk. Study each option avoid narrow margins and consult a lawyer before signing contracts.
Air Conditioned Train Demonstration Delights Indian Rly Passengers
A demonstration run from Delhi to Agra with four coaches showed air conditioning keeping a steady comfortable temperature. Each coach held fourteen first class passengers in five two-berth and one four-berth compartments, with air renewed every four minutes. An air conditioned coach may join mail trains between Howrah and Bombay via Chheoki Brandon Sun.
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India
Delhi
Agra
Howrah
Bombay
Chheoki
Brandon Sun
Just What He Said Dealer Played Safe In Recomm ing Horse To Purchaser
A buyer and seller discussed a horse as the deal neared completion. The purchaser praised the animal while the vendor affirmed its looks and work. A week later a quarrel erupted, exposing a dispute over the horse’s performance. The argument centered on misstatements about the horse’s ability.
Astronomers Plan to Leave Giant Star on Doorstep
Yerkes Observatory researchers report discovery of a star nearly as large as the solar system on the doorstep of the universe and intend to keep it in place for further study.
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Yerkes Observatory
Empire Starch Plant Builds In British Honduras
A. Reg. Timms of Wel land Ontario travels to British Honduras to supervise construction and machinery installation for a cassava starch factory named Canada Hill. George Patterson of Toronto and Bill Murray of Montreal organized Empire Starch Products Limited with Colonial Office support to develop cassava farming and a port and road project financed in part by a 25 000 government grant.
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A. Reg. Timms
Welland, Ont
British Honduras
British Empire
Canada Hill
George Patterson
Toronto
Bill Murray
Montreal
East Indies
Empire Starch Products, Limited
British Colonial Office
Agricultural Board of British Honduras
Government of
Honduras
Complex beauty prep processes in lipstick manufacturing
The Overseas Daily Mail notes lipstick production is intricate with large factories churning out volumes weekly. Even precise blends and temperatures yield minor color or consistency shifts requiring discarded batches. Molds produce twenty lipsticks per cycle, a slow delicate process with indelible dyes posing handling risks.
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Overseas Daily Mail
Hailstorm Kills 200 Sheep at Wolversruit
A summer storm in Wolversruit South Africa killed about two hundred sheep. In Burma tattooing is regarded as a fine art.
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Wolversruit
South Africa
Burma
Newer Knowledge of Buttermaking Across Nations
Dr. E G Hood outlines five years of global butter research from major producing countries including New Zealand Australia United States South Africa Germany Denmark Ireland Britain Sweden and Canada. He reviews workmanship wash water packing storage defects standardization and laboratory control and urges continued experimentation and application to practice.
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E. G. Hood
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Dairymen’s Association
New Zealand
Australia
United States
South Africa
Germany
Denmark
Ireland
Great Britain
Sweden
Canada
Hood
Dairy Research Institute of
England
Hood and White
Wiley
Western
Crochet Lions Medallions Pattern 7 2% Inches
Crochet task describes making string medallions shaped as lions using a crochet hook as a wand. Pattern 6039 provides instructions, illustrations, stitches, and material lists. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Second Battalion Grenadier Guards Enter London With Colors Flying
The steamship Dunera brought the Second Battalion Grenadier Guards to the City of London from Egypt. The battalion marched through London with bayonets fixed drums beating and Colors flying. City Marshal J B Poland confirmed the Lord Mayor’s authority to receive them as the Lord Mayor saluted from the Mansion House balcony.
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Dunera
Southampton
Grenadier Guards
Egypt
Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Malta
London
Mansion House
London Times
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Empire
Dr. Hood
Crochet
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