Royal Repulse linked to Dominion's early history voyage
The H M S Repulse, wartime flagship of Britain's fleet, prepares for a royal voyage to Canada in a months long program. The ship traces a long lineage from 16th century vessels through 18th century battles on the St Lawrence and Caribbean to its modern retrofit for a royal cruise with 900 crew.
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Britain
Canada
Dominion
France
Bellone
Vestal
Quebec
Repulse
J. Allen
Sandys
Plains of Abraham
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Genoa
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
H.M.S
Devonport
Royal Oak
R. F. Phillimore
Empire
Victoria
Vancouver
St. John's
Newfoundland
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
South Africa
Argentine
Uruguay
Chile
E. J. Spooner
S. L. Bateson
Dudley North
Cheaper Housing Aims to Cut Home Costs in Canada
J E Jones of the Dominion Housing Administration urged the Canadian Lumbermen's Association in Montreal that housing costs can be lowered to about 2500 dollars per home with proper design and pricing. He noted a collapse in Canadian construction from 139 million in 1929 to 24 million in 1933 and cited loan distributions under the Housing Administration, with many loans for dwellings at or below 2500 dollars and substantial government funded contracts guiding residential building.
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Canada
J. E. Jones
Dominion Housing Administration
Canadian Lumbermen’s Association
Montreal
Jones
Housing Administration
National Housing Administration
Destruction of Mustard Gas Shells After World War Ending
The United States held 419000 mustard gas shells at war’s end. Each shell could incapacitate targets within yards of detonation, and no safe land site existed to burn or bury them, so the shells were removed to sea and sunk.
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United States
Oil level check depends on level stance
It states that determining the exact crankcase oil amount is impossible unless the car is on level ground. The sentence highlights the need for a flat surface to accurately assess oil level.
Soap plant roots form suds in water for washing
In this note the soap plant native to Colorado and Mexico is described as producing suds when roots are placed in water, suitable for washing clothes.
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Colorado
Mexico
Support for Chamberlain voiced by British business leaders
Sir Hugo Cunliffe Owen, chair of the British American Tobacco Co and Canadian Car and Foundry director, spoke in Montreal praising Chamberlain. He urged appeasement and stronger defenses, arguing war cures nothing and would bring greater disasters, with English businessmen broadly backing Chamberlain's policy.
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England
Chamberlain
Montreal
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
British- American Tobacco Company
Canadian Car and Foundry
Court of Appeal rule grants damages for nervous shock after road crash
The English Court of Appeal decided that bystanders who suffer nervous shock from witnessing a road accident may claim damages against the responsible driver. The ruling expands liability for emotional harm in traffic incidents.
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Court of Appeal
Baffling Canary-Sized Bird On View At London Museum
A bird displayed in London baffles ornithologists at the Natural History Museum. Experts cannot identify its species or country of origin. About the size of a canary, the bird was brought from Africa. Panama hat palms grow mainly in Ecuador and Peru. Human heads continue to grow until old age.
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Natural History Museum
London
Africa
Ecuador
Peru
Dairy farming gains as Canada Holstein group surveys
President S G Sims addressed the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada in Toronto calling dairy farming a bright ray of hope for agriculture. He urged a shift from annual to weekly revenue planning, noted US trade growth with about 6000 pure bred Holsteins passing tests, and cited Britain’s need for cows for disease replacement while praising shipments as satisfactory and the outlook as cheerier.
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Canada
S. G. Sims
Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada
Toronto
Stonewall
Sims
United States
Great Britain
Bang
Has No Visible Outlet Lake Naivasha Summary
Lake Naivasha in East Africa measures 17 miles by 12 miles and has no visible outlet. Surrounded by mountains it never floods despite two rivers pouring in more water daily than surface evaporation removes.
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Naivasha
East Africa
The Sea Cobra: Longest Serpent Reef Creature Revealed
The largest sea serpent known to science is a sea cobra, a paddle-tail ed snake attaining about ten feet in length. Dee ars.
Pronunciation of Ymir Town Name Sparks Debate
The Edmonton Journal reports on the Kanadian mining town Ymir south of Nelson B C where locals say the word rhymes with Pie for the Y and cur for mir. A Vancouver editor notes the name may be of Indian origin and predates white settlement, with locals pronouncing it Wi m ur.
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Ymir
Nelson
B.C
Financial News
Vancouver
Edmonton Journal
Friendship By Mail Links London Ontario and London England
London Ontario and London England plan a pupil letter exchange under the joint supervision of the London County Council education authority and the London Ontario Board of Education. Initiated after a 1937 visit by E M Rich, the program will involve 12 to 14 year old students from around 20 to 30 schools with about 400 correspondents across the Atlantic.
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London
Ont
England
London County Council Education Authority
London, Ont
Board of Education
Ontario
E. M. Rich
London County Council
L.C.C
Atlantic
Romanian Family Traces 2000-Year Lineage Through Sixth Finger
A Romanian family claims a 2,000 year lineage anchored by a persistent sixth finger on the hand. Researchers note the feature appears in multiple generations, suggesting a hereditary pattern across centuries.
Pattern 6270 Crochet Cloth and Scarf Center Design
Simple beauty of design for a 92 inch cloth in double strand crochet. Instructions cover cloths of various sizes and a scarf center with solid band. Pattern 6270 includes illustrations and stitch methods. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg.
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Household Arts Department
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Alice Brooks
Botany's Reach Across Nations and Daily Life
The article notes botany’s direct impact on all people and nations, citing Cambridge curfew unrest as example of civic action. It traces botany from primitive plant use to modern science, detailing its role in agriculture, medicine, dyes, and daily materials, and highlights Canada’s Botany Division in disease control, weed extermination, seed certification, and nationwide plant surveys.
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North America
Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
Harvard
Tolanthe
Winnipeg Tribune
Harold A Senn
Division of Botany
Science Service
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
Botany Division
Royal Warrant Adds Augmentation to Strathmore Arms
The King grants the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne a royal augmentation to his heraldic arms. An inescutcheon with the Imperial Crown and a rose badge, plus circonfleur desize, will be added and ensigned with an Earl’s coronet. Lord Lyon of Arms rematriculated Strathmore’s arms per the warrant.
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Earl of Strathmore
Lyon
House of Strathmore
Barena
Thanes
Giamnis
Tannaduce
Scotland
Lord Lyon King of Arms
Kinghorne
Duke of York
Lord Lyon
Lord Strathmore
Importance Of Leisure Emphasized By Professor Crew
Professor F A E Crew of Edinburgh University urged business men that leisure should be life’s main aim, arguing work is less important than play. He warned unemployment undervalues living and calls for using existing knowledge to reduce work for all.
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F. A. E. Crew
Edinburgh University
Prof. Crew
Growth of Juice Industry Expands With New Flavors
Science Service notes rapid growth in the juice business with upcoming flavors such as rhubarb passion fruit guava strawberry and blueberry. Leaders include tomato grapefruit and pineapple juices, with 1930s expansion and high annual volumes: tomatoes about 12.5 million cases and total juice preservation over 32 million cases in 1937.
Frozen vegetables expand in Canada with new plants
In 1938 Canada produced 590000 pounds of frozen vegetables up from 126600 pounds in 1937. The gain was mainly in peas and corn on cob. New factories opened in British Columbia and Ontario, with plans in 1939 to add freezing units in retail stores. Most sales go to hotels and restaurants.
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Canada
British Columbia
Ontario
Unusual Writing Habit of Ouida in Early Career
The author of Under Two Flags Ouida penned her novels with a quill and discarded pages on the floor. When a sufficient pile formed she gathered the sheets and ordered them into a sequence for her manuscripts.
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Ouida
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George Rodney
Martinique
New York
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Deptford
Cadiz
Robert Devereau
Earl of Essex
R. Leveson
la Rochelle
Cowes
Darby
Gibraltar
Jamaica
Ferrol
Spain
Dardanelles
Flushing
Hore-Belisha
Alice Brooke
King George
Weekly
Scotsman
Edinburgh
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